Recently a few friends mentioned that they were planning to host a new German car meet in the South East, as they’d noticed a significant gap in terms of quality meets in the East London/Kent area. With the date set to be every first Saturday of the month and the stage currently set at Bluewater Shopping Centre, I decided to make the trip up to check out the first ever TreffPUNKT. I really wasn’t sure what to expect – putting on your first meet can be hit or miss attendance-wise. On arrival, about thirty minutes late due to the lovely London traffic, most of the car park was already packed out with German metal, mostly BMW’s. Impressive! Throughout the night more people kept turning up, including a whole host of classic Mercedes’ which were just awesome to see. Check out my highlights…
Tej Bajwa’s static Santorini Blue E30 M3 on ACS splits
Phil Cole’s F82 M4
Kos Loizou’s E24 635CSI on ACT split rims
Daryl Ingram’s E30 M3 on AC Schnitzer splits
Az Riz’s bagged E92 330d on WORK VS-XX’s
Ricky Sadasivan’s static E36 cab on Gotti’s
Jay Kalsi’s Mtech1 E30 convertible on OZ Futura’s
Rash Bajwa’s E90 M3
Nick Sahota’s E34 M5 3.8
Dee Barwick’s static Austin Yellow E82 123d on 3SDM 0.04’s
Ben Walsh’s bagged E36 with overfenders & BBS RF’s
Sam Sandhu’s bagged E92 335d
Rashpal Phull’s Bentley Continental GT on 3pc Trafficstar DTX’s
Shaun Grazette’s bagged E92 335i on Blitz Technospeed’s
Sam Le Fevre’s RHD-converted E30 M3, including a supercharged S54 & BBS LM’s
James Brown’s bagged Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.6 on Rotiform 2pc MBZ’s
Kamal Sokhi’s bagged M52-converted E30 Touring on OZ Futura’s
Kos Loizou’s E24 635CSI on ACT split rims
Jake Stanford’s static Volkswagen Tiguan on Rotiform SPF’s
Viv Burns’ Mercedes-Benz W124
Jag Singh’s (Jag’s Bodyshop) Rocket Bunny kitted Mercedes CLK V8
Sensi Makwana’s Mercedes-Benz W201 190E AMG
Indy’s bagged Mercedes-Benz W210 which took away first place in TreffPUNKT’s Show & Shine of the night
As you can see, the quality of cars were right up there with the best, which is really surprising for what is essentially a car-park meet. Another major plus about the Bluewater location was the fact that the dedicated part of the car park was pretty far out of the way from the general public, well lit, and of course a whole selection of restaurants within walking distance – essential for a Saturday night when catching up with car buddies. To top it off, they are doing a good thing with it by collecting for Cancer Research UK, this time they made a healthy £250 towards the charity. With “Treffpunkt” meaning “meeting place” in German, the guys are considering switching up the location at times, which is a great idea. But for the next meet, it will remain at Bluewater in the cinema middle floor car park so if you’re in the area on the 5th September, make sure you head down.