How did you 1st find this site?

**JeffBruce** · 07-31-2004, 12:07 PM

What I can remember, this was a few years ago....

My story,
On Autopia, summer of 2002..
I had been a member of Autopia for a year and a half`ish

In August, 2002
I think it was Jngrbrdman had tried (PAC`s) UPP and did a review, I was interested in this product.
So I either received a sample or bought some....I think I email`d Dwayne asking how to use the product correctly,
I thought UPP was great.......good price too...
I then got into a big disagreement with a Zaino fanatic who tried it and he didn;t like it, he used it on top of his Zaino`d vehicle and did not prep his vehicle right, so he rip`d UPP in his posts...The posts got ugly and I decided to stop posting on the subject, I made my point......

The next thing I know , I get an email from David Bynon that I can`t have two user names on Autopia with same computer IP address. My wife was also a member. He said one of us need`d to be deleted.
I disagreed and he deleted both of us, and I haven`t been allow`d back since(he does send me and my wife Happy Birthday wish`s (email`s) on our birthdays)

This may have been around the time Dwayne was banned, he email`d me telling me of a new site he had created.......I signed up then, and have been a member since....

**awd330** · 07-31-2004, 12:15 PM

Originally posted by Dwayne
One of my distributors of Platinum (now Four Star Ultimate) decided to give out over 250 samples of the product back in late 2002.

Hey, I got one of those samples!

That was my first experience with the Platinum (4*) brand.

I think originally found DC through a Google search and then later from a link on another site. This was when the site was still pretty new, and there wasn`t a lot of activity. I didn`t give the site much further thought until I met Poorboy`s Steve. I had told Steve that I read about his products on Autopia, and he asked if I ever visited DC. I said had browsed through DC a while ago, but that Autopia seemed to have more information. Steve told me to give DC another try, and I`m glad I did! I think I spend more time here now than any other website. :-p

**Bill D** · 07-31-2004, 12:22 PM

Jeff Bruce,

Sounds mightly unfair to me. I know not many of our spouses are into participating in detailing forums but it seems perfectly logical you would have the same IP address, I guess it`s mandatory you need two different computers , two different internet providers? Doesn`t seem right. :nono

**The Fuzz** · 07-31-2004, 01:34 PM

I was doing a search on `Smooth` on google and came across a comment about clay or something. I was curious how using clay would help me be smooth with the ladies, but I`ll try anything once. :naughty Imagine my surprise when I found out it was all about detailing. Imagine my bigger shock when I realized that the whole thing was based in Florida! So I hopped in my *****in camaro and went to go pay Dwayne a visit. It turns out that it was more like `gracing him with my presence` because they hired me on the spot to stock the skittles machine in the front of the store. I guess I didn`t need to do any research on how to be smooth. I was already as smooth as smooth could be. :naughty

Well, to make a long story short... no sooner did I start at 4 Star and the ladies appeared. :naughty They would come in alone and in pairs for a look at the mighty Fuzzard. Sales went up and I got my name on a gold star in the warehouse. Then Dwayne took me aside and told me about some problems that he was having online. I sat him down for a talk. Not everybody can be smooth with the ladies online, and I figured that was the kind of thing I could help him with. Well, it wasn`t the ladies he was having a hard time with. It was filthy rotten spammers on Detail City. So I doned my velvet cowboy hat and polished up my six guns and put on the badge of Brisco County Jr. to try and restore order to Detail City. My `shoot first and ask questions later` style was a little harsh I suppose, so Dwayne suggested I let out the mullet and bring some smoothness to the scene. :naughty

I was just a moderator at first. I had to prove I was worth the trouble of keeping me around.

After a year or so of shooting up the place and keeping order, Dwayne finally gave me the keys to the city and I`ve been helping him keep the peace here ever since.

Ahhh... the good old days....

**HondaMan** · 07-31-2004, 04:25 PM

2 weeks ago on vacation a friend mentioned cleaning his vehicle with clay (my car was 2 weeks old then) and mentioned the site. I was intrigued -- but also confused and overwhelmed -- by all the different steps he kept talking about, so when I got home I checked out DC.

After looking around and not finding an "Easy To Find and Cheap Detailers in Rockland County" thread, I decided to spend some time trying to get up to speed. I still seem to generate 2 questions for every 1 answered, but you guys have been great.

I`ll keep ordering all my stuff through the sponsors here. It`s the least I can do.

**clean4u** · 07-31-2004, 11:06 PM

Surfing the web on detailing products and stumble on here!

**ALAN81** · 08-01-2004, 05:44 PM

I think it was a great marketing idea of 4 STAR(back in 2002) you recieved 1oz of wash 1oz of wax (paint protection)and 1oz of a final detail.You get samples for free and then people go ahead and start running there mouths.I recieved the samples and was very thankful I didnt really car for the products but didnt open my mouth.IF you get a sample product be happy and if you dont like the product you dont have to bad mouth it and call the company it just classless

**jaybs02** · 08-01-2004, 06:34 PM

I found DC through a Google search :google for "Professional" detailing products (tired of just using consumer stuff i could find at Pep Boys).
And I found a whole lot more than just great products I found great people:jump

Maybe we should send David B. a thank you email :dunno

"J"

**Gman** · 08-01-2004, 08:18 PM

I surfed on while looking for detailing products.

**zesty-man** · 08-01-2004, 09:37 PM

Originally posted by JeffBruce
The next thing I know , I get an email from David Bynon that I can`t have two user names on Autopia with same computer IP address. My wife was also a member. He said one of us need`d to be deleted.
I disagreed and he deleted both of us, and I haven`t been allow`d back since(he does send me and my wife Happy Birthday wish`s (email`s) on our birthdays)

the good thing about AOL broadband, you have an infinate amount of IPs

. everytime you log on, it changes. this can be good for trash talking, but bad for lan, etc etc