Re: Great Waterfest!

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

hey brett are you refering to the g-60 rocco that is yellow with a bbs
kit and funny adjustable wing...if so it was disablerd ...due to a water
ppump belt flying off..i know cause i was driving it..thjat thing was
awesome power adn handlign in a bright yellow car..i bet you all could
imagine that everyone i passed was staring at me driving this car up 95
and 295..
jonas

Brett Van Sprewenburg wrote:
> 
> Just wanted to publicly say that I really enjoyed Waterfest with all
> the scirocco list members that made it out.  It was awesome, and you
> all know who you are. :)  Once again, more then 50% of the fun was
> during the day before the show.
> 
> Special interest notes:
> 
> -Even the most careful VW drivers forget how to drive sanely when
> mixing it up with other VW enthusiasts...me included!  I had
> smoke rolling off my front tires in a locked brake slide into a
> U-turn (on the wrong friggen side of the road) even before we arrived
> at the hotel! :)  Things went downhill as the weekend progressed.
> 
> -I now have a new superhero dynamic duo to look up to:  Burnt Kid and
> Botch Boy.  I'll let you guys figure out whom I'm talking about...
> 
> -It's true that I was probably very close to being 'detained' by
> the police for getting a tiny little bit mouthy, with a rather
> upset policeman...and I _did_ kinda think it was funny... :) Wouldn't
> you if someone asked "Just how many other cars that look like this
> are there around here?" during a Waterfest weekend?
> 
> -It's also true that on the way out of the show, we kinda got too
> close to one policeman/cruiser partially blocking the road, and
> had to stand on the brakes rather big to avoid the second one
> blocking the road a little further down...the one where at least
> Ben and Jason got a bit out of shape... screeching tires & all :)
> I dare say they looked very relieved that we didn't plow into them.
> 
> -As far as _I_ know, no one got arrested, it's just a viscous rumor
> that Shawn was trying to spread. (you know we missed you man!)
> 
> -I'm still really suprised at taking 1st in Scirocco Modified, I
> appreciate all the good words and congratulations from everyone,
> thanks again!!  It's probably because Alee helped me detail the
> engine compartment in the hotel parking lot the night before the
> show.  Probably also due to the fact that at least 5 other very
> nice Scirocco's that I've seen at Waterfest before were not
> attending this year (The pair of yellow ones from last year,
> the show winner from the previous 2 years, Kims 8v to name a few).
> 
> -The show costs quite a bit to get into, spectator or participant...
> but it is a commercial enterprise...expensive to produce is an
> understatement. Realistically, probalby should have been ~$5 less.
> Local shows around here cost at least $10 to show, and waterfest is
> far more then twice the show IMO.  I'll be going again and again
> until something better comes along.
> 
> -I'd like to publicly thank Mike Potter for some of the free stuff
> he brought (shirts, stickers, hats...) , the fun company, and
> for (accidently) carrying my vice-grips & screwdriver back to
> California with him. :)  Maybe we'll have to return the favor by
> attending the ND show some year, eh?  BTW, someone took my Virtual
> World hat!!  I've got to get another one!!
> 
> -I also ended up in the Waterfest video, telling the story of my
> wife hitting my car just a couple of weeks prior to the show.  In
> fact, when I picked up my award at the presentation, I kinda freaked
> a little with excitment, and they turned the video on my again...
> holding up the trophy, I stated that I'd like to thank my wife for
> hitting my car for without her I'd have never gotten some other
> parts of the car fixed/painted and the JE Design spoiler wouldn't
> have made it onto the car.
> 
> -The A1/A2 scene was pretty good...besides the venders, and the other
> people I like to see/meet/hang out with, it's the main attraction
> for me at the show.  I can't get into the much phatter A3 zone. I
> like the Audis, the B cars, some A3's, most A2's, just about every A1...
> the mindset of people tuning the later cars is different, I just don't
> get it.  One of the big things this year was strobe lights in every
> orafice of the car...mostly A3's BTW.  The A1/A2/B cars are mostly
> very clean, about performance and looks at the same time...maybe it's
> just my impression/opinion...would welcome other peoples views.
> 
> -More Sciroccos are needed to show up!!  We've got the best cars VW
> ever made, let's show everyone how much we like them!  :) I think
> there were only 13 Mk2's and 2 Mk1's.
> 
> -The trip home was uneventful except for the Friendly Chrome Shop,
> CB joint, Adult Entertainment, and Mobile Chapel all right next to
> the most amazing 'truck' stop I've ever been in.  Oh, the colored
> red light works great in the interior BTW...
> 
> Ok, I've probably got more to say, but It'll have to wait.
> 
> later!
> 
> ==Brett
> 
>   \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
> \/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net
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