I arrived on day two of the Kent Modded Show to a sea of tents, discarded disposable barbeques, beer bottles and the smell of burgers and bacon in the air. I must have missed a flippin' good party the night before as people were slowly emerging out of their sweaty canvas temporary homes.

The show this year was bigger than before and attracted up to 100 car clubs from all over the UK, some as far away as Wales, all displaying motors in various stages of modding. Some better than others I may add. The Chavtastic award goes to a very tidy white 1.4-litre Renault 5 Turbo with ridiculous mahoosive V-shaped rear exhausts and a completely pimped out interior. In fact, it was so modded you'd have no idea you were driving a Renault. Sunglasses were a necessity to shield the glare from the gleaming chrome detailing. Secretly, I thought it was cool.

In the main hall Girlracer had a strategically placed stand in the corner right next to the entrance door to 'Babe World' where Stu and Ady seemed to disappear to frequently, taking photos for their, ahem, private collection. Stu was also on top form getting models to pose over Ady's MX-5, and going by the large grin on Ady's face, I don't think he minded. The boy's room will be deluged with ex-rated pics by the end of today.

Was great to see the usual hardcore GR crowd out supporting the club, including big cheese boss Gaz who had been at the show for the whole weekend - hoorah, but I think this is because it was within the vicinity of the M25 and woops I'm now so cruisin' for a bruisin'! I reckon I managed to polish off the stand's infamous jaffa cakes for lunch washed down by a few gallons of tea.

Ady was showing off his latest mod - apart from the shiny new trophy he won at a recent MX-5 event - TV screens integrated into his sun visors. These looked the dogs, although not sure if quite practical when needed for their proper use! Mandy's pink 206cc had a lot of admiring looks and I discovered how the paint effect was created by, believe it or not, cling film!

The most bizarre and unusually modded cars had to be three TVRs in the main hall. I thought the Tuscan and Sagaris both come with mental, head-turning styling as standard, but to add bodykits and airbrushing on top of this is just plain crazy. Each to their own of course…….it's just not my thing.

The public display area saw plenty of adrenalin fuelled action from a stunt team where one guy drove a fruity-sounding Bedford Rascal truck around on two wheels while nutty bikers jumped ramps. There was a fire explosive finale too, which made us sensitive girlies jump out of our skin at GR stand headquarters.

This may well have been the last main modified car show of 2006 now that Trax has been and gone, so here's to a bigger and better bumper 2007 season of shows and motorsport for us all at GR to get our teeth into!

Sezza