Spring 2013 Get Together in the Bellevue-Seattle-Redmond-Issaquah-Kirkland Area

[olanmills]

It seems like it's going to be hard to show up on Sunday with a perfectly clean car...

 

[Puyallup Bill]

It seems like it's going to be hard to show up on Sunday with a perfectly clean car...

Yep, I'm debating whether to even try - have it clean, that is.

 

[TESLIVE]

Go Wash!

 

[Francis Lau]

Go Wash!

Go Washington! or Go Wash your Car?

 

[scooterrr]

Also doing the Spring Break thing. Have fun, all, and thanks, Francis, for bringing this together!

 

[olanmills]

Yeah but what I meant is that according to the forecasts, it's going to be rainy on Saturday and Sunday. So even if I get a wash on Saturday afternoon, by the time I drive home and then to the meet on Sunday, the car will get dirty, especially since we often have wet roads, but littler or no rain, which means you'll just be driving around in a dirty spray with no rain to rinse the car.

 

[TurboFroggy]

Hand washed the car in the driveway, dried and put back in the garage. Hoping for at least couple of hours of no rain in the morning. Also anyone else washing and cleaning their car today? I feel like I need to be very through, wipe the door jambs, dry the windows, clean the wheels, tire dressing, get it really clean. I figure we are meeting up at a car detailer and it should be at least as clean as I can get it. I have that same feeling the day of my teeth cleaning at the dentist, brushing and flossing a little more than usual before the visit...

 

[Puyallup Bill]

OK, I washed it, let it sit in the rain for several hours, dried partially, then in the garage to finish wiping it down when the rain started again. Nix on the door jambs and such - looks fine with the doors closed. But, I think it was all for naught - I'm bringing an umbrella!

Froggy, you have about a 10 mile advantage over me to try and get there between showers - hope we both make it on dry roads.

 

[ThortsMD]

Mine is washed and put to bed. Froggy sounds a little more ....aggressive...than I was, but it still looks purdy. Here's to hoping it's dry in the morning! See you all there.

 

[ChadS]

Hey, I washed mine a week ago. Good enough. Actually it is in pretty good shape as we've only been driving the Roadster this week. OK, so the Roadster will be dirty; but my wife will park that outside in the rain.

My Model S will be in the detail bay (on a lift; Froggy, you'll be at the entrace of that bay)...who knows, maybe our hosts will be embarrassed by dirty cars and clean them up.

Hey Francis, will we have name tags? I have some I can bring. We should put TMC handles on them.

 

[brianman]

Hey Francis, will we have name tags? I have some I can bring. We should put TMC handles on them.

I think it'd be fun to put the nametags on the cars.

 

[brianman]

In case it's raining again tomorrow, I figured I'd offer some evidence that my car's been clean at least once since January...

 

[Francis Lau]

Hey, I washed mine a week ago. Good enough. Actually it is in pretty good shape as we've only been driving the Roadster this week. OK, so the Roadster will be dirty; but my wife will park that outside in the rain.

My Model S will be in the detail bay (on a lift; Froggy, you'll be at the entrace of that bay)...who knows, maybe our hosts will be embarrassed by dirty cars and clean them up.

Hey Francis, will we have name tags? I have some I can bring. We should put TMC handles on them.

We have name tags all printed out - each include First and Last Name, car color, delivery date and TMC handle. I will be bringing some spare ones too.

 

[buzzbuzz]

With a 90% chance of precipitation tomorrow, I couldn't bring myself to wash the car...oh well.

Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow. It'll be a blast!

 

[ThortsMD]

Francis,

You are INCREDIBLY well organized. Will you finish my taxes for me? Or start them, rather? ; ) See ya in the morning.

 

[olanmills]

I simply did not have time today to wash the car. I might be able to do some of the waterless washing tomorrow morning, but I'm worried that I don't have enough time to be thorough and so it will just look weird if it's partially clean.

 

[brianman]

I simply did not have time today to wash the car. I might be able to do some of the waterless washing tomorrow morning, but I'm worried that I don't have enough time to be thorough and so it will just look weird if it's partially clean.

You and your car are welcome no matter how they're dressed.

 

[captain_zap]

Francis - thanks for putting on a great event today. Especially liked Chad's road trip talk and the car wash demo. Only in the Northwest would you see 50 people standing in the rain watching someone wash a car.

Next time I see the blue S in Totem Lake I'll know it's you!

 

[brianman]

I know I missed at least 1 car (she left mid-event and came back later). This is just a crude stitching to tally the vehicle count, so don't expect much but...

Apologies to #22 for not getting a good image of your vehicle.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Nice going, folks! Any pics of the people too with a TMC handle identifier next to them?!

And, any tally of the various colors and battery pack choices?!

We'll probably never get such a thing going on this scale in the Bay Area for one reason or another - unless it's at one of Bonnie's BBQs! - although I'm going to try to make some mini TMC get-togethers/road-trips happen this summer.