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« on: July 17, 2005, 07:08:49 PM »
Awesome show. VERY humid and hot. It was like a sauna both days. Met up with James & Family and London. Good times, lots of hot cars.

I'm still in NJ, so I'll post my pics as soon as I get back to VA. Hopefully tomorrow night.
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2005, 07:16:34 PM »
Speaking of James and family... do you know when they were planning on leaving to head back here?
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2005, 07:17:13 PM »
Alison told me they would be back Tuesday, but I dunno what time.
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2005, 07:41:42 PM »
Pictures!!!

Did you get any recognition Scott?

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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2005, 08:17:52 PM »
Weird, I've read nothing but complaining from the WF11 Tex forum! Weather, roads, and people sucked were the most popular.
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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2005, 08:49:26 PM »
someone had better explaion this shit to me....

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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2005, 09:19:51 PM »
I think that is the interior of this car


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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2005, 10:46:14 PM »
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someone had better explaion this shit to me....



Ha, I saw that in a Japanese magazine the other day, the guy has a 32" LCD screen in his hood, and another 20+ screens in the car.  It is out of control.

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« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2005, 02:32:45 AM »
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someone had better explaion this shit to me....

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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2005, 09:07:48 AM »
and fish in his headlights :sly:  :rolleyes:
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2005, 10:46:33 AM »
show was alright, judges sucked ass, weather was bad, traffic blew, hotel scene blew, that is all for now. i will report all that happened later. I am in Atlanta at the moment, flying home tonight...




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« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2005, 03:08:57 PM »
Eric... did you see what happened in that thread where I told you to remind mr to kick your ass w=once you get back? I looked for it again, and it was black holed.
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2005, 05:45:51 AM »
James and Family should be back by Tuesday afternoon.

Really, the show wasn't that bad. Yeah, the weather sucked but that's a chance you take anywhere. And I have no sympathy for people that complain about bad roads. First of all, its Jersey. If you get lost, then its  b/c you're not from Jersey! And the potholes and bumps, well, its not so bad when your car is in a trailer! haha

Eric, why didnt' you come say hello? I didn't know you were gonna be there.

And Ryan, FUCK  NO. I think I came in second to last in my class.  :cool:
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2005, 06:22:12 AM »
im still stuck in NJ, supposed to be in DC area.  The show was great right up till the floods.  I was driving an MK4 VR6 that now has a paperweight for a motor.  Its a very long story and was a very long day.  I personally witnessed no less than 8 hyrdolocked motors all in the exact same spot.  They closed route 18, so we were stranded for over 7 hours on Englishtown road.  I guess that's what we get for trying to beat the crowd and leave early.  The only people I know whos cars aren't seriously damaged in one form or another are the people who waiting out the rain at the show.  I didn't know we would get caught in a flood when the rain started or I would have waitied as well.

Anyway Jeff Bynum and Scott Mason were heros, after making their way back to the hotels they offloaded a car from Jeff's trailer, fought the floods for another hour just to get to us and load us up.  We sat in the parking lot till 3 am trying to get it to the MK4 to run again, no dice.  I was on the crank pully with a 3 foot breaker bar and the motors mounts were about to let go but the crank wouldn't turn.  Water everywhere.

blah blah,  can't even think straight.  I'll post a full report next week when I get home.

The show was amazing, this season is the "year of the MK2" imo.  I've never seen so many top notch MK2 show cars so Scott I wouldnt' feel bad about not placing.  Jeff B and Scott M didn't place either, that was by far the toughest class.  The contrast betweeen this show and the west coast is amazing.  Let's just say Cali doesn't have shit on the east coast,  when it comes to quality or quanity.
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2005, 06:44:30 AM »
Aw Mike... I can't believe you had one of the hydro'd motors. That blows in the biggest way. Let me know if there's anything I can do. Had I known that I would have tried to tow YOU back instead.

Yeah, it took me over 2hrs to just stop looking at the MKII ailse. Sooo many gorgeous and tasteful cars. I had no preminitions of placing, so I wasn't at all disapointed. In fact, i was quite honored to even be in the same row as those guys.

Great fuckin' show, I can't wait for H20! Hell of a weekend!
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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2005, 08:04:00 AM »
SOunds like you boys had fun... wish i could have went... but as the saying goes... there's always next year but then something else will come up then too LOL
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« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2005, 08:06:56 AM »
LOS man, the MKIII class was friggen ripe for the picking. There wasn't much there that impressed me. I know James is stoked about making the trip out for H20. maybe you should come too?
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« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2005, 09:51:37 AM »
Well, the Insane Clark Posse is back from their monster road trip...Overnig hting it to Louisiana, then overnighting it to Jersey less than a week later, then a 28 hour or so drive back to Fountain.  Am I making any sense?  I'm fucking tired.

We did learn the true meaning of Waterfest when we got slammed with a thunderstorm or two during the show.  I'll bug James to post his pics later.  Hanigng out with Lovett again was cool :)

The Audi rocks!  The only trouble we ran in to was law enforcement in Kansas not liking us doing 82 mph in their state.  Oh well.  

Thanks Anne holding down our fort while we were gone!  Talk to you later!

I'm going to sleep.
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« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2005, 09:57:10 AM »
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Thanks Anne holding down our fort while we were gone!  Talk to you later!


No problem... Call me later, and I'll bring your keys back.
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« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2005, 02:13:37 PM »
Once again, the computer is not recognizing the camera portal, so we are having difficulties downloading the show pics.  But here is somehting I saved from the Marriott where we stayed.   :mrgreen:  :twisted:

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« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2005, 02:37:57 PM »
Thank you so much for keeping that! I meant to take mine and I forgot! I'm sending that to Marriott corporate, along with the BABS fuckin flyier we got. It was in such poor taste!
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« Reply #21 on: July 19, 2005, 02:56:05 PM »
You go, Scott.  It was in bad taste, and all the cops around made me feel like we were all being babysitted or something.
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« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2005, 04:20:30 PM »
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LOS man, the MKIII class was friggen ripe for the picking. There wasn't much there that impressed me. I know James is stoked about making the trip out for H20. maybe you should come too?


West Coast MKIIIs were very very well stocked when I went to Dubwars, so it might be so "ripe" out here...

Besides, you have me to go up against. :)

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« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2005, 10:37:05 PM »
I almost didn't go due to my Father-in-law being sick, but he seemed ok except for the fact that he has emphasima and has to be on oxygen 24/7.

I decided since we had the new car and the time off that I wasn't going to miss this show for another year.

My 2 cents on the show. Was well worth the trip to see the great cars and meet some of the people that have built the cars that I have seen in the mag features. I spent over 2 hours looking and talking to the guys that Mike and Scott mentioned who were in the same row as Scott's car. The Mk2s were absolutely amazing especially the engine bays. No picture in the world can do them justice. You have to see it in person to appreciate the level of detail and some of the incredible ways they relocated key pieces of the engine. I know hotrod guys have been doin this to engines for years, but a VR6 is no hotrod engine and these guys cleaned out enough junk around it to make it look like one.

I feel bad for the people who lost their cars due to lighting or flood, but the problem with Vortex is the complainers are going to get on there first and bitch cause that is what they do. The people who enjoyed themselves are going to go home sit back and have a beer and probably not waste their time ranting on some forum. You can't blame the organizers for the weather and the location was beautiful. I got to see a whole new side to jersey that I never knew exsisted. I use to think Jersey was all grey and dumpy and industrial, but this place was surround by scenic winding roads and trees and reminded me alot of New England where I grew up.

There were so many cars that I didn't even get to the Mk4, Audi, other and the Exhibition area. Although walking by the Ex area I could see alot of show worthy cars that would make a great show all by itself. If it weren't for the rain and a bored 7 year old I would have stayed to the very end just to look at more cars or go back and find 10 new things on those Mk2s that I didn't see the first time. The rain and BABS added that extra element to the whole weekend that will make for great memories in years to come.

I have to say a huge thanks to Scott for hooking us up with finding the room and getting us around a very confusing highway system. If it weren't for him I probably wouldn't have been so pleased with my first Waterfest experience.
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« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2005, 11:00:11 PM »
I have to say that as for the Mk3s, that I don't think Scott made it over to the vendor and tuning area. The rows that were there for judging were ok. I saw a hand full that really lit my fire, but over in the Vendor area was Frank Bisogno's Red Mk3 GTI that I don't think anyone in the US can touch. This car would even amaze some Germans I think. Unfortunatly I didn't get over to it until the rain had started and he had the hood shut to keep the water out. I did get to meet him and discuss what and how he did some of his mods. Then there was about 5 other Mk3 Golfs around the DubAudi tent that were amazing to see up close.

I can say after having been to a major Westcoast and now an Eastcoast show that there are alot more quality Mk3 Golfs on the east than West and the West has more quality Mk3 Jettas. Even after all I have done I still can't compete with Westcoast guys, but then again I don't go to compete. I go for the pleasure of the show and getting to see what other people have done.
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« Reply #25 on: July 20, 2005, 04:08:55 AM »
Awesome, thanks for the info James.

Maybe next year I'll make an effort to get out there, if my schedule doesn't look like poop, although with training, I am sure it will.

I have read enough to have learned my lesson:

- Don't be in a rush
- Stay out of town somewhere (Pete's beach house on the shore :))
- Wait until the rain stops
- Bring a lot of memory card space

I saw Frank's car in Euro-Tuner this month (yes, I bought it because I was bored on the plane, even after swearing to never read that shit again) and it did look incredible.  That engine bay was unreal, turbo VR looks like a damn stocker!

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« Reply #26 on: July 20, 2005, 07:50:30 AM »
You are right James, I didn't really get over into the vendor area. I only got as far as NGP's tent to get the $25 they owed me... which I never got.
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« Reply #27 on: July 20, 2005, 08:08:10 AM »
none of these pics are mine but this shows the kinda shit I had to deal with from 3pm to 1030pm.  I would love to see a final tally on how many cars got trashed.  Hydrolock fest 05.




http://www.pifiu.com/vortex/uploads/2005-july/corrado3.jpg



that's just a small sample...
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« Reply #28 on: July 20, 2005, 09:19:24 AM »
next year they'll have a custom hydrolocked euro plate :shock:
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