Yega 10 Posted March 11, 2013 I went up in the G60 and made it there and back without problems. Win :D I saw a black Corrado stuck in that massive queue of traffic, I was in a layby with the convoy I was part of as one of the guys had a burst water hose (one of the fans was touching it and cut right through it!). Gave the bloke a thumbs up :D Was that anyone off here? Never been to the show before and to be honest I don't think I'll go again. I certainly didn't enjoy the 3hrs we spent in traffic to travel 3 miles!!! Had fun driving the car though so at least that part was good. I definitely think they need to manage parking and the traffic better, not just leaving it up to the public to sort it out. Felt sorry for all the non-dubs trying to get through it all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rado-steve 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Having just got home i thought id share my opinions... Some awesome cars and i mean to an unreal standard, mainly Mk2s doing it for me and very nice to see so many Rallyes in one place.. Yes a lot of stuff that is too over the top for my liking and i have a feeling that no matter how much you may like it but air ride is here to stay. Delighted to have taken home a trophy, best runner up other VW, no Corrado class this time. I am sorry to hear about Macdaddys car on the way down. Shame not to see other Corrados there although i don't feel they are that fashionable in an Ultimate Dubs environment which makes the trophy that bit sweeter... Congrats Dude! Last year was the 1st year of No Corrado Class :( I seem to have the honour of being the last recipient of Best Corrado in 2010 :( As you know, corrados are lumped in with Other VW's now, glad they had a runner up spot this year, as last year there was just one trophy! Plus as a previous class winner they didn't ask me to go into the hall with the other winners...so this year Fook 'Em! 1st time I've not attended in 6 years! Glad you're back in a Rado though, been too long chap, must catch up! Looking at the winner list I thought I recognised your name :) Congrats again fella, from the only Pic I've seen of it, it looked class, is it an ex forum car??? Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
destructiv dave 0 Posted March 11, 2013 is it an ex forum car??? Looks like Gareth's old car from the dealer sticker in the rear window. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldie 2 Posted March 11, 2013 Thanks for the compliments people.. Dashboard - i use Poorboys natural look cleaner, very handy for engine plastics as well.. Ex forum car - yes, it is indeed Gareths old motor.. Steve, is a shame there isnt a Corrado specific catagory although i suppose it depends on how many are there. They did have a Classic Scirocco class so you never know things could change. Im assuming that the back hall is for previous winners, that is toss that you werent in there last year if you rightfully should have been. UD08 was one of the last shows i got to in my old one, cant believe that is 5 years ago.... It is a good show, i like the cleaning done exhibitors only saturday making way for a relaxing day sunday.. Car washing facilities are poor and i thought they might have put pictures of the winning cars on the two massive TVs they had in front of the stage so people knew who was what... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 1 Posted March 11, 2013 Thanks for the compliments people.. Dashboard - i use Poorboys natural look cleaner, very handy for engine plastics as well.. Exactly what I use but my dash looks nowhere near as good as that. Maybe all the years of previous owners using Armor All etc have taken their toll... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rado-steve 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Thanks for the compliments people.. Dashboard - i use Poorboys natural look cleaner, very handy for engine plastics as well.. Ex forum car - yes, it is indeed Gareths old motor.. Steve, is a shame there isnt a Corrado specific catagory although i suppose it depends on how many are there. They did have a Classic Scirocco class so you never know things could change. Im assuming that the back hall is for previous winners, that is toss that you werent in there last year if you rightfully should have been. UD08 was one of the last shows i got to in my old one, cant believe that is 5 years ago.... It is a good show, i like the cleaning done exhibitors only saturday making way for a relaxing day sunday.. Car washing facilities are poor and i thought they might have put pictures of the winning cars on the two massive TVs they had in front of the stage so people knew who was what... Yeah, bit ****...Gareth as in OSV's car?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldie 2 Posted March 11, 2013 Yes mate... I am a very lucky boy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) I understand the other vw class bit but to judge a corrado alongside a T5 transporter is Bol**x don't care how good the Transporter looked.And was that Jay renshaw's brother coming runner up in the A4 Class?. Edited March 11, 2013 by clumpy1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rado-steve 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Yes mate... I am a very lucky boy... You are indeed! Amazing Car, be interesting what you do to it :) ---------- Post added at 9:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 9:23 PM ---------- I understand the other vw class bit but to judge a corrado alongside a T5 transporter is Bol**x don't care how good the Transporter looked . Yep! Last year I went was last year I think, and none of the Corrado owners were told they had ditched the Class, so we got lumped in with a Caddy van that had about £30K spunked on it........It was at that point I thought UD can Effing Do One! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Speaking for at least 2 of the 3 that went yesterday, we did enjoy the show, yes, it is full of some dubious types (part of the fun really), some dubious cars, some extremely expensive cars 9where you ask who actually owns the thing, the bank or the driver), but apart from that, leaving all the doubts etc. behind, and just look at some of the cars, it is actually quiote nice to see such a wide range of cars and what has been done to them. Some excellent interiors, too. Most important thing was to simply catch up with my mates from the SciroccoRegister, where one of them did win best Scirocco Classic (the white Scala). All in all had a great weekend, that started Friday night at ca. 23:30, when I collected a mate, who had travelled all the way from northern Germany to display his French Mk2 Rocco at UD (the one outside in the concours area) , from a service station along the M6 to start the weekend at my place. Saturday Jim and Chris joined us, driving up in 3 cars, pwashed 2 Roccos, put them inside, and it was time for Jim to taxi us back (super! Thanks!) to Coventry for great eveing at a local Chniese buffet restaurant. Back on Sunday to look at the cars and people (:lol:), collect our Rocs and return home for another evening of fun, before today my German mate left for his home town agan, long trip back on the ferry. Time for some pics: Tempest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted March 11, 2013 Can i ask Tempest is that Rocco cab a one off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted March 11, 2013 No, there were 2 companies back in the olden days in Germany, that did convesrions: Hornstein and Bieber. The green is a Bieber (telltale: bootlid hinges on outside of lid, Hornstein on inside of lid). Tempest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted March 11, 2013 Was that you german friend's car or is it owned by someone on this side of the channel? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martinb 0 Posted March 11, 2013 I had to work and only got too look round briefly but still had a good weekend and enjoyed the show. It was nice to meet a few of you. Some of my pics (apologies for the i-phone quality): The rest of the pics I have uploaded so far are here: http://photobucket.com/HICUD2013 (all i-phone pics unfortunately until I find the lead for my camera!). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Was that you german friend's car or is it owned by someone on this side of the channel? Nope, the French yellow headlight Mk2 Rocco was my German friend´s car. the vipergreen Cabrio belongs to a good Welsh mate. He also owns the Storm Mk1 that was parked on the SciroccoRegsiter stand, had his wife drive that one :) Tempest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted March 11, 2013 Just noticed the cab with uk plates on martinb pic's do you know if it was Jay renshaw's brother who got runner up in A4 class. Cheer's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rado-steve 0 Posted March 12, 2013 Just noticed the cab with uk plates on martinb pic's do you know if it was Jay renshaw's brother who got runner up in A4 class. Cheer's Could well be.... Mk1 Golf Highly Commended - Dave Bond, Blue Caddy Runner Up-James Henderson, Manilla Green Winner- Greg Howell Lido Green Mk2 Golf Runner Up- Russ Whitfield, C4RBD Winner- Tim Vincent, Tornado Red 20v Mk3 Golf Runner Up- Gethin Evans Winner- Trix Mk4 Golf Runner Up- Martin Mc Connellogue, Sage green Bolf Winner- Barry Whitwood, TFSI engine conversion Mk5 & 6 Golf Runner Up- Michael Jones, Blue MK5 GTI Winner- Alex Langford, Silver MK5 GTI Lupo Runner Up- Ryan Noon, Red on Air RIde Winner- Ben Mayne, Silver GTI Polo Runner Up- James Mc Cafferey, Mk1 Polo Winner- Kristoff Van Streels, Beige G40 New Beetle Winner- John Cunningham, Cream Cabriolet Classic Scirocco Winner- Kevin McLean, White Mk2 Scala New Scirocco Winner- Alex Begley, Scirocco GT Booted VW Runner Up- Jamie Fagan, Grey Mk1 Jetta Winner- Gareth Spiller, Vento VR6 VW Estates Runner Up- Mark Allan, Grey Golf estate Winner- Lisa Loose, Champagne/Gold Golf Estate Other VW Runner Up- Michael Goldsmith, Silver Corrado Winner- Shaun Lewis, Red T5 Transporter Audi A3/S3 Highly Commended- Ford Fitzsimmons Runner Up- Allen Edwards Winner-Jason Allen Audi A4/S4/RS4 Runner Up- James Renshaw Winner- Julian Loose Other Audi Runner Up- Hamish, SWB Quattro Winner- Chris Scragg, Grey TT Seat Higly commended- Sai Mistry, Blue Ibiza Runner Up- Emma Dickson, Black Arosa Sport Winner- Jake Harris Skoda Winner- Euro Sunday Skoda Octavia Porsche Winner- Matt Glassop, Green 964, Players stand Wheels Latham Papworth, HTN Rennsports Paint Greg Howell, Mk1 Golf Engine Kristoff Von Streels, Beige Polo G40 Interior Studio In Car, Grey A3 Concours David Cross, Mk2 Jetta GT Ultimate Best in Show Tim Vincent, Red Mk2 20v Ray Wilding Trophy Tim Vincent, Red Mk2 20v Dirty Stancing Trophy Craig Levens, Red Mk5 Golf Best Club Display Mk1 Golf Owners Club Runner Up Club Cleaned Best CLub Dub Fiction Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted March 12, 2013 Wouldn't it make sense for them to roll the Scirocco and Corrado into one class? God knows the Corrado shares far more with the MK1 and MK2 Scirocco than the MK3 Scirocco does! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted March 12, 2013 That's why the split off the "Mk3 Scirocco" into its own class, because the place was almost littered with the things. What always gets me is that there is a class for each Mk Goof. So just a question of time till we'll end up with 100 Goof classes. Tempest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaded2882 0 Posted March 12, 2013 I enjoyed it mostly, although I agree with a lot of the comments on here. There seemed to be fewer Corrados than ever and I've never seemed so many Rallyes! I didn't think there were that many in the UK! It seemed that were far more new cars than old stuff, standard or modified, which I thought was a shame. The Quattro and S2 in the small room were my favourites, as it was nice to see something built for a purpose rather than just for people to coo about how low it is. I guess car modifying would be boring if everyone liked the same thing so to each their own. I still don't understand the queues in the morning. It's not a huge show, and after a few hours there you will have seen everything. Those who turned up at 11 and onwards seemed to avoid traffic jams (although couldn't park in the main car parks admittedly) and then walked straight up to pay at the desk. I had to be there early as I was on the clubs bit outside, but why does everyone else flock in at 9am to sit in jams?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 1 Posted March 12, 2013 I don't get all the complaints about the queues - we got to Telford at 08:50 and were inside at 09:20... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Current issue of Golf+ magazine has a nice photo-rich feature on UD 2013: Tempest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C5 OEM 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Nice feature with no picture of the car of the show....lmfao Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Who's scirocco is that on the right hand page of the third spread Eric? Can't imagine why you'd have bought that particular issue... ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
