DC09 - BMW & VW Show - 14th June 2009

[Rav335uk]

See you guys at the next Oxford meet if you are coming? BTW I was thinking................maybe we could do a small fun prize setup (Gortour?) like

Gayest car........................IMYS
Butchest car.....................Rav335
most intimidating car.......Initial G
freindliest car...................Ian H27

that sort of thing?

I left early, but am going in to be re-classified due to my colour change. You guys must be black! YES we are

Cheers guys.

[ImysE30]

You know you really love it Rav

[Rav335uk]

Excellent day, really enjoyed the day.
Good to meet some new faces and some old"ADIT" and Ian

That Supercharged thing was nice, but lucky blowing the hose off, and getting it fixed, well done.

[The_Diddler]

Great cars, even if some were a bit OTT. That white Golf with the bike carb/engine setup was flawless. I can't remember names, so accept my appologies now, but the red four door in front of my E28 was really nice and got a lot of attention.

See you guys at the next Oxford meet if you are coming? BTW I was thinking................maybe we could do a small fun prize setup (Gortour?) like

Gayest car RAV335UK
Hairdressers car RAV335UK
Girlies car RAV335UK
Metrosexual mans car RAV335UK


that sort of thing?

I left early, but am going in to be re-classified due to my colour change. You guys must be black!

Cheers guys.

Corrected

[ImysE30]

Well done Mr Diddy

[Rav335uk]

Great cars, even if some were a bit OTT. That white Golf with the bike carb/engine setup was flawless. I can't remember names, so accept my appologies now, but the red four door in front of my E28 was really nice and got a lot of attention.

See you guys at the next Oxford meet if you are coming? BTW I was thinking................maybe we could do a small fun prize setup (Gortour?) like

Gayest car DIDDLER
Hairdressers car DIDDLERS
Girlies car MOREDOOR DIDDLERS
Metrosexual mans car OH AND AGAIN P DIDDY


that sort of thing?

I left early, but am going in to be re-classified due to my colour change. You guys must be black!

Cheers guys.

Corrected

Glad you won the first prize for all those categories mate, weel pleased

[The_Diddler]

ohhh and one more.

Male most at ease with his sexuality RAV335UK

[Rav335uk]

ohhh and one more.

Male most at ease with his sexuality RAV335UK

Yes i certainly am

[The_Diddler]

ohhh and one more.

Male most at ease with his sexuality RAV335UK

Yes i certainly am

hehehehehe

[Rav335uk]

Oh by the way, i found abra for you at "EVANS".
link below
http://www.evans.co.uk/webapp/wcs/store ... ogId=20554

[Felix79]

Steve which e30 was yours?

Not in attendance....there are some pics of it here though: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=137909

I drove down with Gav....I mean Steve (yes 2 Steves) in His Cabby 325, with the Tech2 kit and awesome stance!

Was loving your Alpina....v.tasty! Did you see the B10 V8 hiding at the back of the show???

Was that the purple cab?

I saw the B10 and nearly had a trouser acident LOL. I was the tall guy with glasses , zone top and a very bad limp. On the way down this morning a had a Caleado trying to get me to race but it sounded like a fighter jet so politly declined.

There was a audiance everytime I started my Alpina up hopefully I can get most the body work finished over the next few months.

[lunatixantix]

Well, the monster awakes from his slumber... Pics being uploaded right now will post a link soon as they're done.

Have to agree with Rav, Initial G deffo has one hell of an intimidating look, especially in the mirrors! Was a great day though, and thanks to everyone for their help and advice very much appreciated...

Can't say I enjoyed the show itself for lack of entertainment, but was a good day down to good company, hopefully many more days to come, and will definately be out for the monsport meet for that very reason (and of course as it's for a good cause)

[rado-steve]

Steve which e30 was yours?

Not in attendance....there are some pics of it here though: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=137909

I drove down with Gav....I mean Steve (yes 2 Steves) in His Cabby 325, with the Tech2 kit and awesome stance!

Was loving your Alpina....v.tasty! Did you see the B10 V8 hiding at the back of the show???

Was that the purple cab?

I saw the B10 and nearly had a trouser acident LOL. I was the tall guy with glasses , zone top and a very bad limp. On the way down this morning a had a Caleado trying to get me to race but it sounded like a fighter jet so politly declined.

There was a audiance everytime I started my Alpina up hopefully I can get most the body work finished over the next few months.

Aye Yep the Purple One with 17" Fake Alpinas...lol

What the hell is a caleado????

[lunatixantix]

Well obviously I'm not the greatest with the camera, but the pics are here anyways:

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/ ... =slideshow

These are low res, I doubt anyone will but if they want the high res let me know and I'll send them to you...

Will eventually get round to posting each picture individually in the meets/events pic section

[Felix79]

Your VW. I can't spell to save my live!

I really loved that cabs color. As Gav found out and was shocked how much I loved it!

[kam325itouring]

Looks like i missed out on a great show, plus my car isnt ready yet. well done to the guys who won prizes. My mate one two prizes, best merc and best stance with the e class on air, next to my other mates orion. and my other mate got 3rd in best mk5 with his white gti, well done boys. next time when my car is finished should be ready for e38 and players.

[rado-steve]

Your VW. I can't spell to save my live!

I really loved that cabs color. As Gav found out and was shocked how much I loved it!

You mean a Corrado Gav's actual name is steve lol! It's just funny to call him that

[Felix79]

LOL sorry. For my 1st few meets people would call me Felix all the time. Just assumed Gav on the plate was there because of his name being Gaz!

[tari]

Don't worry Kam. We do a convoy to the next one..

You going bimmerflex? We can do a convoy with MStyle, and as I'm not working I can take my car too.

Let me know, I'll pass through yours after work today to see you anyway.

Tee

[priddie]

Well done Mr Diddy, i have been telling you all year yours would win prizes. Next year i could put mine with the pink VW and we could have his and hers gay cars. What a great day out plenty of new faces roll on the next one.
The lads up North have thread going for another meet in Pontefract, im going up again any body else up for it.
WELL DONE Mr P

[tari]

Priddie, I don't think you'd remember but I spoke to you about your car (I thought it was formally a baur), Just wandering if you have any pics off it with the roof closed, as I'm curious as to what it looks like.

Must have been a b*tch to do.

Tee

[Felix79]

I wanted to see it next to a certain pink car hehehe.

[kam325itouring]

no offence to bmw guys, but why dont you guys style like the dub guys, ok there are a few beemas which are something special, but i got to say it they know how to do it. "pink car" aleast he had the balls to do it!!!!

[Gortour]

Fair comment Kam. Boring when everything looks the same.

[Felix79]

no offence to bmw guys, but why dont you guys style like the dub guys, ok there are a few beemas which are something special, but i got to say it they know how to do it. "pink car" aleast he had the balls to do it!!!!

The pink car was owned by a girl I beliave.

For me there is very little I am ever going to change on mine due to it being an Alpina. It's bcause of how the Alpina looks is why I fell in love with Alpina's in the first place. I am sure Iain went for a Hartge because he liked their styling beston an e30.

I think with e30's most of the appeal has always been about the shape and styling of the orgnal item which is why there are very few that go down the same route as a VW owner would.

We had some nice clean examples and then we had stripped out racers , sexy engine conversions and then classic old school cool. The ultimate BMW show will have moreextream e30's at it and if cliffybabe goes take a look at the stuning work he has done in his cab.

[rado-steve]

no offence to bmw guys, but why dont you guys style like the dub guys, ok there are a few beemas which are something special, but i got to say it they know how to do it. "pink car" aleast he had the balls to do it!!!!

The pink car was owned by a girl I beliave.

Nah, big bloke drove it in and was polishing it all day.....nasty horrid thing!

The VW lads have got the show car down to a T! So many different looks, No offense to anyone on here but nearly all the cars look pretty standard, there are not any serious off the wall E30's..like Mugly's harlequin Vento or the Polo classic caddy conversion etc

There were a couple of mint euro look e30's on the stand when we arrived, silver one with some naughty MX-5 rims and a white one with brocks (I think) fitted! Both those cars looked the cats bananas!!!

[ImysE30]

I was reading some of your comments on another forum while looking for DC09 pics

I think there was a good variety on the Zone stand but do agree that the vdubs were awesome

[Felix79]

To me all the zone e30's were compleatly different and nothing was standard c

Some people were admirering my car as they reconise "Alpina".

The dub guys are like people from e36coupe forum in what they like do to their cars. Still loved the look on some peoples faces when I told them only 74 of my conversion type.

[kam325itouring]

im not having a pop at guys who owm alpinas or such like i wouldnt change them if i owned one. But there is so much you can do to an e30 the european guys do it, even decking it on a set of 16" rs's would look awesome!!! im gonna try to get my e30 ready for e38 and players, i got a set of white 17" bbs going on and dropping it more, maybe if i got time flairing the arches out a little. Inside is all sorted out full custom audio install with 3 12" subs in a custom box. I dunno its just my personal opinion, but some of the mk2 golfs that were there, bloody amazing and they are from the same time as an e30!!!

[ImysE30]

Mine is no where near standard And i'm doing more

[SUMPCRACKER]

One of the best shows ive ever been to.
Amazing VWs, perfect weather, good plane crash, nice women ect..
Not surprised the more door won a prize, total minter.

[Felix79]

Sumps did we meet?

I can't remember being introduced

[Rav335uk]

mor can I

[aj_mckay]

Fair comment Kam. Boring when everything looks the same.

Get the pink paint out then Gordon...!

[Jeepster]

no offence to bmw guys, but why dont you guys style like the dub guys, ok there are a few beemas which are something special, but i got to say it they know how to do it. "pink car" aleast he had the balls to do it!!!!

The pink car was owned by a girl I beliave.

Nah, big bloke drove it in and was polishing it all day.....nasty horrid thing!

The VW lads have got the show car down to a T! So many different looks, No offense to anyone on here but nearly all the cars look pretty standard, there are not any serious off the wall E30's..like Mugly's harlequin Vento or the Polo classic caddy conversion etc

There were a couple of mint euro look e30's on the stand when we arrived, silver one with some naughty MX-5 rims and a white one with brocks (I think) fitted! Both those cars looked the cats bananas!!!

I think this just highlights one of the issues between to two scenes. There is a clear lack of understanding, simply put VW guys don't know what they are looking at, that's not a criticism, its just that they don't because they are into VW's. Much like I probably wouldn't notice some of the subtle things done to a Polo. There is also the belief that the VW scene is just about lowering, stretch and poke, now I don't agree with that, but its certainly a belief held by some BMW boys, therefore they look at all of the VW's with stretch and poke as being exactly the same, they don't understand the subtleties and because of this they don't appreciate it.

Take my car for example:





It looks pretty standard, however what folks may not notice is that it has door handles that are rare as you like, I don't know of another set in the uk, quite uncommon wing mirrors, the front brakes are one of only two sets in the country and not available anymore anyway. The wheels are also rarer in 18's and the colour combination is pure custom. Whilst quite a bit of the carbon work inside and under the bonnet is custom with nothing available like it off the shelf. Then on top of that, I imagine that there were very few at the show who know what the car actually is or the fact that there was only ever 50 rhd models produced. That's not even going into the long list of mods that most VW guys wouldn't even notice. However, I bet if I put my car in front of most guys into BMW's they would pick up a fair bit of what has been done and certainly realise what model it is.

My point is that we have a wealth of experience and knowledge regarding our marques, both marques have different styles, but because of this lack of knowledge about each others there are things that we miss. This does not mean that any scene is richer than another, simply there is a lack of understanding that leads to a lack of appreciation.