VW Nationals Wrapup and Photos

[dylan8]

One thing I have to add, I was very disappointed with the lack of Polos, jettas, passats, touregs, tiguans, etc. Lots of Golfs is good, but I thought there were tons of members with those other cars, hopefully they will be able to make it to another show.

On one of the cruises last year we must have had at least 10 Polo GTI's, and there was only 1 at the Nats.

Any boras?

Id like to make the trip, maybe next year.

[melissa]

Melissa your mk 1 was incredible, didn't get a chance to say hi, but well deserved 2nd place!

Thank you Jarred. My main aim of putting it in was to show my daughter (who I bought it for to learn to drive) that it will not look good purple and it should be kept as it is.

[BALLR]

Your engine bay wasn't even clean, mate. It doesn't matter whether it has been modified or not.

Just saying..

No offense or anything by what im about to say as that i respect the judges decision and i know their decision is final, but that kinda defeats the purpose doesnt it??

"Top Modified Audi" means the best presented modified audi (well thats they way i look at it!), means its judged on all areas...just because my engine bay wasnt clean (cause its STANDARD!!!) shouldnt write me off altogether.

Ill take the feedback you supplied and i MAY (and thats a big MAY) bring my car back next year if i still have it. The reason i havent touched the engine bay is cause its a standard motor (only with a boost tap & BOV). Ive considering doing some minor detail parts (ie plastics, etc), but we will see

Thanks either way for a good show!

[AusScare]

Any boras?

Id like to make the trip, maybe next year.

Only Manaz, but he couldn't stay for long.

[dylan8]

Only Manaz, but he couldn't stay for long.

Cheers.
my god his car his clean!

[BL33SU]

Your engine bay wasn't even clean, mate. It doesn't matter whether it has been modified or not.

Just saying..

stockish car with clean bay over a highly modified audi.. dat isnt how you judge a car..
everything on that audi was modifed minus the engine.. while the other audi only did the engine bay with abit of engine work shouldnt of taken top modified audi..

[static1800]

Have you seen the judging form? do you know the criteria for the judging we did?

no, of course you don't...

So don't make a statement on how the judging should have happened if you don't know the method for how things were judged.

Just because everything bar the engine and exhaust for that matter were modified doesn't mean it should automatically win.

While being a clean car the engine bay wasn't even clean and tidy and was actually rather filthy as was the exhaust.

The car that won was a very tidy car and didn't only have a few engine mods but as I said it's not the mods list that wins fit and finish matters most of all... this is where the A4 lost a heap of points otherwise it probably would have won.

[Jarred]

stockish car with clean bay over a highly modified audi.. dat isnt how you judge a car..
everything on that audi was modifed minus the engine.. while the other audi only did the engine bay with abit of engine work shouldnt of taken top modified audi..

Actually. it's a show and shine. you could have the most modified car there, but it it's dirty, it'll loose points. simple as that.

And BALLR, just cause your engine bay is standard, doesn't mean it can be filthy, it's still part of the overall car.

and Melissa, don't say that! I've seen some very good looking purple mk 1's! ha! But it's probably best left standard!

[BALLR]

Have you seen the judging form? do you know the criteria for the judging we did?

no, of course you don't...

So don't make a statement on how the judging should have happened if you don't know the method for how things were judged.

So why wasnt i given any feedback from the judges rather then being left in the dark about it? Thats not how u judge. I went to another show the day before, the judges came up after the show, told me where i lost points and what i need to work on. Thats good judging. That happens at most shows i go to if im close for an award.

[BALLR]

Actually. it's a show and shine. you could have the most modified car there, but it it's dirty, it'll loose points. simple as that.

Thats right...loose points in that category, not instantly give the trophy to someone else!!

[Jarred]

who knows mate, you might have only lost out on a couple points not "instantly given the trophy to someone else"

p.s. your paint looked pretty mad! don't see that kinda paint job everyday!

[BALLR]

who knows mate, you might have only lost out on a couple points not "instantly given the trophy to someone else"

p.s. your paint looked pretty mad! don't see that kinda paint job everyday!

Thats true man, but when i looked at the Audi that did win it, it looked like it only had some engine work done, where mine had pretty much everything done BUT engine bay/motor.

Im not a sore loser by any means, im just simply trying to find out as to why i didnt get it, but it seems the judges dont want to give me a proper answer apart from that my engine bay wasnt clean!

Thanks for the comments about my paint, it cost enough, and i wanted something different

[static1800]

So why wasnt i given any feedback from the judges rather then being left in the dark about it? Thats not how u judge. I went to another show the day before, the judges came up after the show, told me where i lost points and what i need to work on. Thats good judging. That happens at most shows i go to if im close for an award.

Given the volume of cars that are at the show should I be required to walk around for a further 3 hours after judging finding everyone to let them know what was lacking in their car?

Thats right...loose points in that category, not instantly give the trophy to someone else!!

cars are judged under 4 categories that tally up to a final score, you lost points in the engine bay area which would have affected your total score, nothing was instantly given to another car.

[BALLR]

Given the volume of cars that are at the show should I be required to walk around for a further 3 hours after judging finding everyone to let them know what was lacking in their car?

Did i say u had to do it to every car?? It would be a good idea to those who may have just missed out on their category...just an idea!!

cars are judged under 4 categories that tally up to a final score, you lost points in the engine bay area which would have affected your total score, nothing was instantly given to another car.

Ok, thank you for that. Thats what i was looking for!! Now i know

Thanks for the feedback, i rest my case!

[static1800]

It's hard to know what cars miss out on a win, two judges mark each car and the scores are added together, the scores are also added up by people in the office, so I didn't personally know who won what until they announced it.