How About a Little Show Off?

Joining an auto showoff contest was never my intention when i build The Dog. Those cracks on the dash, dusts under the hood and minor dents all over the exterior aren't really bothering me. However, when i heard there was going to be an auto-show here in Lampung, i didn't hesitate to join. It's just for fun and i'd rather pay as a participant than to pay about the same cash just to see the show. So, me and The Dog decided that it's time for a little show off of our hard work for the last three years.

The show was held last Saturday afternoon on Hotel Marcopolo's parking lot. Despite of the heavy rain season, it's was fortunately dry during the whole show. I was surprised by the number of participants as there were nearly 50 cars joining. I surely underestimated this small town i'm working in. Can you spot The Dog on the pic below?

There were some categories that we can nominate our cars in. Some of the categories are Best Retro, Best Road Scrapper, Too Damn Low, Best Elegant, Best Cutting Stickers (body decals), Best Paint, etc. I put The Dog on Best Retro and Best Racing Look. Here she is in action..

LOL.. The only preparation i made was washed the exterior and took off the passenger and rear seats. The seats were even supposed to still be there if Nico didn't convince me to take them off an hour before the show started.

I have to be honest that i was a bit nervous about the judges inspecting The Dog. She isn't really the most reliable of car when it comes to starting. Luckily, all went well. When the judges asked me to crank her up, the engine fired immediately. The engine hood was opened and one of the judges rev'd the engine. As soon as the sweet sound of BOV hiss was heard, my worries were gone and i was all smiles. That and being the only Daihatsu Charmant on the show were enough to make me happy.

Anyway, here are some of  the participants.. First, the guys from Corolla Retro Lampung or COREL join the show as well.. Here they are.

How about some widened steelies?

That KE30 on the right you see above, won the Best Retro. Congrats COREL!

Here's my favorite of the show, a proper KE70 with some wide Watanabes.

I'm going to write a feature post about this Corolla DX, as we call it, later.


Here's another one i like. A simple 4th Gen Civic.

Here's the winner of the Best Cutting Sticker. Cutting Sticker is our term for body vinyls or graphic decals. This KF60 series Toyota sported a Hulk themed graphics all over the exterior.

This 5th Gen Civic won the Best Paint. Can't really tell why the judges voted for this one as i didn't get to see it close up. Perhaps they inhaled a bit of the extra gay "cloud" coming from below the car.

I question some of the taste these guys have when it comes to modding their car but to each, their own i guess. Here's a sample.. How about some Lamborghini doors on a Kia Sephia?

and how about being desperate enough to win The Road Scrapper nominee that you just put your body-kit right there on the spot with some double-sided tape that holds for just five minutes before coming off?

Oh did i win? Of course not. With The Best Retro won by one of the COREL guys, there was only one more category left for The Dog: The Best Racing Look and it was won by the KE70 i'll be featuring soon.