Dotz Does Mod Nats

By Pippa

Modified Nationals.. What a way to spend the weekend! Over the years this show has become one of the favourites on the show calendar, and not without good reason. It’s still one of the biggest and best selections of the latest and greatest show cars from the UK scene. Naturally, as wheel purveyors to many of the great and the good of the tuning scene, The Dotz team had a mahoosive stand from which to ply our wares. And, rather than subject our beloved customers to Dave and Tony’s easy-going sales style.. I thought I’d come along and shake things up a bit!

It all started manically when I realised that I had managed to arrive with no underwear or shorts (easy!!!!) that is no spare underwear or shorts.. What’s a girl to do? Obviously the answer is an impromptu shopping trip with oneself to ensure the appropriate level of sartorial elegance for the weekend…

After battling with the traffic on the way in, and queuing for what seemed like several lifetimes to get into the show, I finally made it to the Dotz stand. As usual, our MD and ex-professional spinner Kev was laying down some quality tunes, and with a nice retro 80s vibe kicking off, I got into my working day. As you can imagine, there was a LOT of brochure, photo and chat related action to be had!

As ever, the lads had done a good job on the stand, with all of the latest designs on show and some superb motors on hand to show them off in their best light. Naturally, it wasn’t too long, before we started cranking up the sound system in the Dotz van and belting out the 80s classic ‘I Ran’, by A Flock Of Seagulls. This classic floor filler soon had the lot of us grooving around the place in a real party atmosphere.

Our very own Dotzmag is always a big hit at the shows – especially as it’s free! Spent a good few hours bagging these up into goodie bags before handing them out to the sprawling masses coming through the doors. It was pretty manic, to say the least!

When you’re on your feet all day, Lunch is a very serious business.. And Team Dotz like to do it right! Sandwiches and a G&T for me! Certainly gives you a little lift for the afternoon, that’s for sure!

Then, of course, it was down to the extremely serious business of judging the Miss Max Power competition. I have to say, the standard was extremely good this year and it was hard to pick an overall winner.. Funnily enough, Kev and Dave seemed to really enjoy this part of the weekend, too.. Hmm.. can’t imagine why..

Evening entertainment is always a welcome relief after a hard day’s graft and a full slap-up feed at one of Peterborough’s finest Thai establishments soon had the whole gang kicking back with a beverage or three and discussing our plans for disco-related antics. It seems to be coming something of a tradition ‘on tour’ these days.

Despite everybody being in a real party mood, being the consummate professionals we are (honest!) we all decided to call it a day (or should that be a night?) at a relatively rock ‘n’ roll 2 am. Hey, come on.. we had to be sparky and fresh the next day didn’t we?

And there you have it! Another day in the life of a Dotz girl. Keep an eye on the site and on the blog to find out when we’re next on the razzle.. and make sure that you come up and say ‘Hi!’ next time we’re on it! Who knows? We might even take you out with us!

See you soon

Pippa x

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