For me (who works as scrutineering supervisor and doesn't get to see too much of the actual show) highlights were:
The improved attitute of the entrants, the general lift in standard of the cars that came through (not so many being told flat out no), the cool 3D graphics on a holden wagon of Spiderman, meeting up with all my old friends, seeing a few new cars coming through and the alcoholic slushies (!!!!!) that helped me through Saturday.
Lowlights:
The constant stories of woe we heard at scrutineering as we do every year. I really feel for some of the poor people who cop damage to their cars on the way or just prior to the event. I, along with all the other scrutineering staff were also dismayed and disgusted by the police who pulled up any remotely modified car as they headed in from Sydney and did them over with a fine toothed comb. We saw people told to take their cars home, and cars that were defected for as little as their demister not working and having no water in their wiper reservoirs!
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