Re: Volkstoberfest in Review

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>Quoting Steve H <16vrocco@del.net>:
>
> > Hey all,
> >   Well, just got in from Volkstoberfest...I believe that there were
> > about
> > 130-140 cars or so...
>
>The registered count was actually 118.
>
> > Mostly in the Mk 3-4 range.  Brett received his
> > well
> > deserved 1st in the Scirocco category, whilst I lost to modded cars with
> > fishtanks for blinkers (Guess ya had to be there).

ah, thank you.

> Jim's cabby is also
> > a very nice piece, although it did not come home with any decorations.
>
>Grumble.  I lost out to two '96+ essentially stock Cabrios which 
>bugged me a bit,
>and a very nicely done '84 convertible which deserved to win (strangely, I was
>parked right next to it yesterday, and at waterfest! 
><http://www.scirocco.org/list/wf2k/Media/hires/0007.jpg>).

Jim is hungry for some trophys...I think once he finishes his interior,
they'll have to come...but as long as he's classed with A3 cabrios, it'll
be an uphill battle.

>
>
> > The
> > weather could have been better, but I believe that no one could have
> > expected anything but cold weather in October.  Hope everyone got home
> > safely !!
> > -Steve H
>
>
>At least it didn't snow.
>
>Steve, good to meet you in person.  Going to shows is a great way to 
>put a face
>with an e-mail address.  You lame-o's ( :-) ) out there need to get out more.
>Let's make every show a repeat of ND2K - more Sciroccos than you could shake a
>stick at.

Yeah, we should all turn out more often...it's usually pretty fun. :)

>
>My observations of Volkstoberfest:
>
>-A lot of people think a lot more of their cars than they should.  When I
>pulled in as the 2nd or 3rd convertible, the guy next to me just 
>shook his head, like, "Oh crap.  Now I'm not going to get anything." 
>Well, his car was lowered  and had rims; that's about it.  It was an 
>'84 or '85 with a "clipper kit", but it had been detrimmed and the 
>side markers removed.  Not shaved.  All the holes were still there.

Yes, it wasn't pretty...oh, you might want to start referring to that as
the late mk1 cabrio kit so people know what you're talking about Jim. :)  The
Clipper references are from a manufacturer in the UK which makes a late
mk1 cabrio knock off bodykit.

>
>Also, the guy who got 2nd Scirocco hates to see Brett show up. He 
>keeps losing to  him. This guy's car had a Kamei grill and spoiler, 
>and had been painted yellow.

Him and his buds crawled all over my car pointing and talking...not sure
what they were saying though.

>But pop the hood, and it was a mess under there.  Plus the corner markers were
>full of water (and from what I could tell, a dead guppy :-) )  And from what I
>was told, the interior was no treat.  Steve was right; his car was 
>cleaner than this guys.

Myabe he'd do better by cleaning up some of the obvious crap all over his
ride...it looks great from 10 feet, I'll give him that.  The body kit is
falling off, but those 17 inch rims really look nice...and the
custom Kamei front spoiler is decent too...except for the two hunks
missing from the bottom.  Oh, and it was only one turn signal lens that
was only half full of water.  Steve _wanted_ to add a fish though...might
be a cool mod for him though... :}  I'm not trashing his ride though, he's
got a good look, but low amount of detail work and follow though in many
areas.

>
>-Judging at Volkstoberfest bothers me a lot less than say, Waterfest, because
>it's all volunteer judging picked that day.  Volkstoberfest is 
>essentially a big bunch of VW enthusiasts getting together. 
>Waterfest bills itself as a big-time show, where you'd expect a high 
>level of....I dunno...."professional" judging?

Yes, I agree.  I like judging at this show (and no, we didn't do our
classes).  I'll keep going back.

>
>OH, and on the way home, I think my headlight switch fritzed; in any event, my
>dash lights and taillights stopped working :-( Pennsylvania is becoming the
>Bermuda State.  Entering it makes parts of your car disappear or stop working.

Gotta say that I'm glad it wasn't me this year...although, now I'm getting
>some odd voltage swings since returning home...hmmm, the PA triangle...



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>| Jim Jarrett                      http://www2.rpa.net/~jarrett |

==Brett

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\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '92 Passat 16v (Winter+) | - brett@netacc.net

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