The PDX Mini club was invited to a rally held by the Oregon Rally group. I wasn't able to participate but i stopped by to see the cars and take some pics.

The event started at one of the sports car dealerships in town so the have a bunch of their inventory on display. A Spyker C8 catches my eye:



So thanks to you guys, the first thing I check out is the finish.

Yep, it had swirl marks and some haze




They weren't that bad actually, just very minor swirls. But for brand new $300,000 car, I think I would not want swirl marks.

Made me want to run home and get my PC and polish those out

More pics of the event here
http://picasaweb.google.com/photoshare2/SCCA

 

Great pix! These look to me like buffer swirls which are induced by a detailer who doesn't know what he's doing with a rotary buffer! Or more accurately, from a production detailer who isn't focused on quality. When you see stuff like this, now's a good time to introduce yourself and say..."uhm, what a great looking car, too bad somebody trashed your finish. Here's my card. Call me if you want a finish worthy of a car like this!" LOL

I see this all too often on high end black cars every day.

 

Yeah, you could definitely tell it was a rotary buffer since the swirls down the side had a nice repeating pattern to them. It made me sad :(

The black Mini that can be seen in the other shots had a nicer finish and it wasn't brand new.

 

Those Spykers are beautiful cars... too bad they don't come with a copy of Octane Guy's CD!