Waterfest, the novel chapter

[jfolkson at optonline.net (Jan Folkson)]

Hey Marc,

Forgot to tell you that somebody (I use the term body loosely) pooped in the
elevator on Saturday night.  Kind of like a cherry atop the sundae that is
waterfest :)


- Jan Folkson 
NYC, NY 

http://www.janfolkson.com

'86 16V
'03 Passat GLS 1.8t
'03 Jetta Wagon 1.8t

"How do you know when it's music and not just a bunch of noise" - Dennis the
Menace


> 
> I just got back from Waterfest last night, after a 7 day detour to
> North Carolina's Outer Banks. As usual Waterfest did not disappoint,
> and as always, the Scirocco folk had a great time watching the
> youngsters doing crazy shit in much newer cars.
> 
> My gorgeous green Mk1 (which is for sale) got me to hotel # 2 on
> Friday in 2 hours thanks to NJ rush hour traffic, even though it
> should have taken 1 hour. During a beer stop along the way I ran into
> the new owner of Glen Stile's '79 Scirocco
> <http://www.mk1scirocco.com/glen.htm>, he was driving a bunny truck at
> the time. Let's all sing "it's a small world after all...".
> 
> Hotel # 2 had a good much of .org'ers (Jan, Brett, Frank, Sara, Jason
> A., Ben, Anson, Peter, Peter's friend, and Jason C. & Mark for a short
> period) and plenty of morons to entertain us. Highlights include
> someone shitting in the pool, some nice bikini clad trim, burnouts,
> cops, burnouts, cops, more cops, and lots of alcohol. Rumor has it
> that the Canadians were all in Hotel # 1, but alcohol + a completely
> illegal car + laziness prevented me from visiting.
> 
> Unfortunately my sit down drinking session with Brett/Frank on Friday
> night delayed my Saturday appearance until 3:00 PM. But after a
> somewhat-full recovery I was back out watching the escalating mayhem.
> I quickly learned to hate anyone on tiny tiny little motor bikes!
> Grrr... However, feeding me (thanks for the pizza Jason) calmed me
> down in order to watch the night's festivities.
> 
> After a few burnout/cop sessions and hiding in Frank Ralph Drinkalot's
> new 105? F trailer it was time for me to leave for vacation.
> Unfortunately I had to trade in one mini-vacation (Waterfest) for
> another (OBX), but not until I revealed to Ben Harder the 3 day long
> practical joke that Anson and I were playing on him ;-) (you can't buy
> $195/bottle beer without a name made by Nazis exiled in Cuba in
> Windsor, ON as far as I can tell).
> 
> On my way home, I passed by the Ramada on Route 1 (near Scott Williams
> parent's house) - it had more cops at it then VWs, and a low flying
> police helicopter with a very bright spotlight. Got to love WF!
> 
> As for having .org folks stay at a non-WF endorsed hotel, NO WAY!
> While it would be terrific to have all the Scirocco folk together at
> one hotel, not having young drunken morons to watch would be quite
> disappointing.
> 
> -Marc
> 
> '81 VW Mk1 Scirocco             Philadelphia, PA
> '84 VW GTI Bunny Truck          marc@getty.net
> '02 MB C230 Kompressor          AIM: DaMarcDaMarc
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of
> roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:26 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Waterfest, the novel
> 
> Well, you knew there was going to be a lengthy post from me about ?the
> Fest?, which was this past weekend in New Jersey for those that don?t
> know. So let?s split it into chapters: That way you can delete/skim as
> you wish.
> Chapter One: THE PREPARATION: We traveled in three cars, My son?s
> slammed
> 87 Jetta ?on air?(the Valdez), my 1987 16V Rocco (the headache) and my
> 99 TDI New Beetle (the punchbug). The bug got an oil change, and the
> rocc got tune up items, in hopes of finding missing power. And it has
> its new fuel tank, courtesy of VW. And it still smells, and is just as
> erratic in its power delivery, but it idles great now thanks to10' of
> new vacuum line, new plugs/clean air filter/new cap and rotor/new fuel
> filter. Of course this was all done when relatives were visiting, so
> there?s the family /car juggling act to deal with. The last work was
> done at 5 am Saturday, prior to the trip. Sounds typical, eh? The
> Valdez rolled the day before us, so it was a caravan of two, with no
> surprises, except that the sun shone all the way down. Klaus stayed
> home with his awesome newfound power and his bad brakes.
> 
> Chapter Two: DRIVING IN JERSEY: I am convinced that there are three
> types of drivers in Jersey, crazed lunatics, total incompetents, and
> drunken crazed lunatics driving semis.. Well, then there are us
> tourists. I only had my brakes locked up once, but had three separate
> Volvo rigs nearly end my life, those guys are insane. And then there
> are the friggin Jersey barriers. You have to turn left from the right
> lane (WTF??) in most places, and merge from city streets into 50mph+
> traffic. Not a problem on the headache, somewhat more of a concern in
> the TDI. So you?d see the hotel on the left and drive five miles past
> it to make a U turn from the right lane to get back. This is normal.
> 
> Chapter Three: PUTTING THE WATER INTO WATERFEST: We all know that the
> water part is for watercooled, but actually it?s always been about the
> need to build a mode of transport measured in cubits and stocked with
> pairs of each species and Bilblical proportion rain. This year?s event
> didn?t disappoint. . So I was delighted to share a shower with a whole
> bunch of Rocco guys, I?m such a loose woman. Jan, it was a true
> pleasure, but don? t tell your wife. Perks of the big sky dump
> included putting us drag racers out of our misery for the day (after
> two time trials) and the guys seemed to enjoy the gals in  thin white
> T shirts for some unknown reason. I felt bad for the show guys,
> detailing your car to have it drizzled on all day sucks. Sounds like
> the Grassroots car suffered axle failure on the strip at the hands of
> Mr VanSprewenberg, and Peter was in the pits too, but just for the
> great parking, It IS worth the extra 15 bucks to park so near the
> action. Of course we had the required family moment on the way home
> following downpour #2 on Monday, where steam poured out of the Valdez
> and we had a group hug ( NOT) on the shoulder. Deja vu.
> 
> Chapter Four: THE HOTELS: Here is the true heart of the Waterfest
> experience, it is right out of ?the Fast and the Fundamentally lacking
> in sense?. There were the usual elements- lots of rubber smoke,
> hanging out and drinking in the parking lot, babysitting by the local
> cops, all that good stuff. And the cars, lots of them to see. And the
> bullshit to go with them. Excellent! I ran into the Canuck faction
> first (TMB and the VWoT crew), followed by Scirocco types, like Mark,
> Ben, Anson, Scott Williams (who I hadn?t seen in ages, he looked great
> and had his rally car with him), and a bunch more. Dan Savateri
> (spelling help here please?) and I had a nice spirited run over from
> hotel 4, and it was fun to drive with another Rocc, (He?s got a
> gorgeous black 16V) I hadn?t done that in , well, lessee, oh, a
> week...The Hilton didn?t look too burnout friendly, and I heard that
> Hotel 2 was run by the gestapo and had a mad crapper running loose, no
> pun intended. We stayed at the Sierra Suites and I think this should
> be the official Scirocco org hotel, that way we?re all in one place.
> Oh, I forgot that one Mr. Cammisa showed up in his Granny?s Nissan
> sedan. Now what?s with that? ( I bet it was returned to granny with a
> bit less carbon buildup) The big fun was when the lot had about 6 cop
> cars in it, and some ricers decided to do burnouts in the Walmart lot
> that adjoined the hotel lot. Too much fun to watch the cops roll out
> and the ricers evaporate. I?m sure each has their own experience to
> share. Add it in.
> 
> Chapter Five: WATERFEST!! The show was great, lots to see and buy, and
> way too much to absorb. I shared the staging lanes with a 1.6 TD that
> ran 15.7 in the quarter, and there were wonderful turbo wheeshes all
> around. The V8 New Beetle wasn?t running unfortunately, but it was
> quite the conversion, I think I need one. It was a straight line car.
> You name it , it was there. Denny met the guy who ice races a Rocco up
> here, he had a Golf I believe in the drags. Anyway, it?s not Cincy,
> but it is good entertainment. I didn?t hear all the awards, so maybe
> someone could post the results. I missed the cars of old, Brett?s and
> Jim?s are both in storage, Cammisa?s is also vying for the title
> Valdez, so was banished to the garage, Josh and Riche?s are gone.
> Jan?s gorgeous stock 16V and Paul?s white beauty were there though,
> and several new ones belonging to non listers. We?ll recruit them.
> 
> Anyway, that?s my little novel, hope it didn?t put you to sleep! And
> we need to co-ordinate our efforts better next year, everyone was all
> over the place!
> Cathy
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