[Kevan]

Thanks guys, things are looking interesting... I'm giving my next car to Ed to setup 

[Graham]

 Good Morning,
so the cars are packed up and ready to depart for Round 9 at the Culverstone Slot Car Club on the 7th February

       


Car Inspection
I have looked over the cars to see if there are any new issues since last round.
#8 Ruscilllo racing/Ferrari 166 - has one front headlight missing.
#58 ModSports /Jaguar XK120 - has a red rear brake light lens missing.
#7 BAracer / Capri - stangely had oil on one of the rear tyres, cleaned it off.
#3 Brumos / Corvette C3 - loose body screw on one side, tightened to be the same as the other side.
#9 Bangers Racing/ Porsche 911 - tyre still rubbing on inside wheel arch on pinion side.
# 12 ALS / Lola T280 - front tyres still binding on the wheel arches.
#220 Roadrunners / Ferrari 412P - windscreen wiper missing
#36 Equipe Trelawney/ Lancia D24 - windscreen come off, put into spares bag.

[Kevan]

A concerning post by Colin over on FB:

Cars have arrived at Culverstone Raceway!
Yes, thanks to DPD, who have apparently "resealed with care!"

Cars are all over the place, wrong compartments, upside down and the Chapparal wing is loose in a different tray, wedged under another car!

No sign of a bag with broken off parts either.

I'm guessing this isn't the original box either?

[Kevan]

...at least one badly damaged car too 

[Graham]

I cannot believe this, the cars left here in a very well packed secure box 

[Graham]

I will ask Colin for feedback regarding the cars, but to me there is probably little point in continuing with this proxy.

[Graham]

ANNOUNCEMENT - THE PROXY SERIES HAS ENDED

Due to the mishanding of the box of cars by DPD, I feel that any further Rounds would not be fair to the entrants who had carefully prepared their entries.

[Kevan]

OK, that's understandable.

DPD have let us down before, losing the whole box for a month.

Maybe there's a better quality courier out there who gives a sh*t about the parcels they courier for paying customers.

[Makem]

I think that maybe the only way to get these cars safely between rounds is to deliver in person by mutual meet up.

Maybe sort the hosts by geographical location (Kevan may have to swim across the Irish Sea.

Gerry

[Kevan]

There's contact details on the box, has the courier contacted anyone with this bad news?