For example, there was no mk5 class ? and the cars have been out for over a year, also mk3 cars were split up and all over the place, there were mk4-5s parked inbetween each other, there wasnt enough space for the watercooled cars.
I think some things need to be done, such as Pre-Registration....
I went to waterwagens ...... the cars are judged on a 100 point system, and i had a few friends with great cars enter who didnt win, and once we read over the sheet, saw the brake down of the judging there was no bitching about why another car won or lost.
There wasn't enough space for
every class, not just the WC cars. This is the price we pay for having such a great venue. The water park is usually very busy with VW parents. Most other potential sites don't have permanent washrooms, only the plastic phone booths. It's nice to be able to wash you hands, don't ya think? This site has grass areas to spread out on, it has trees that always have shade. It is also central in GVRD. IMO one of the biggest reasons for the great success of the event is due to the location. If we want to continue using this location, we have to deal with cozy parking.
As was stated, Pre-Registration has been done for the last 2 years (at least). Someone suggested an online form of Pre-Registration. Do I hear a 'puter savvy WC enthusiast volunteering to set-up something?
When the GCVW show first started in the early 90s, the classes were judged by knowledgeable people. Geoff and I still remember that year we did the Beetle class. It took us 4-5 hours without a break to cover all the cars. To give each car a fair chance you have to give it more than a quick 2 min glance. If you think applying the same standards to all the cars by the same judging team will stop all Bitching, you are wrong. It doesn't matter how the cars are ranked (by judging, people choice, owner judged), there will ALWAYS be someone who's whole day revolves around getting a scrap of lumber. We have found that with the current method of judging, there is less bitching than there was in the past when we had judges scoring the cars. If you have a car you feel is worthy of winning but didn't, look to yourself. Do you have a display sign listing your mods? Is the car open so people can see what's been done?
If we were to have judged cars we would need at least 10-15 more volunteers that know about the cars they are judging. Finding that many is a very tall order given the fact that the word was put out last year for volunteers from the WC camp and ZERO stepped forward.
Someone over in the DOV site complained that Golfs, Jettas, and GTIs were all lumped into one class for each of the 4 generations. The same thing
did happen on the AC side. Did you go over and look at the Type 3 class? The Squarebacks, Notchbacks, Fastbacks
and T3 Karmann Ghias were all tossed into one class. When you only get two Type 3 Karmann Ghias attending, it is kinda silly to have a separate class with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophy, don't ya think? Even though I did make a couple of passes through the WC section, I didn't do a car count for each class. I can only recall seeing 2 Mk V cars, one Jetta, and the multi coloured Golf (or was it a GTI?). IMO if you are going to have a separate class, you need at least 5-6 cars for the 1-2-3 trophy to mean something. Over the 5 generations, do you think we got at least 50 Gs, Js, and GTIs?
