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 phaeton
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 posted on April 19th, 2007 at 04:45 PM |
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Should we combine VW Nationals & Bug In ?
Hello My Fellow Dubbers
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Should we combine VW Nationals & Bug In ?
What is you opinion ?
Can it be done ?
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Hi guys I've discussed this with Yiorgos and a friend of mine.
We need a combined Watercooled and Aircooled VW Show.
Something that rivals the US and Euro shows something big and glossy.
Something uniquely Australian
Proposed contacts need for an event this size
All VW Clubs and Forums
VWMA Mag
Possibly Guy
VW Group Australia
http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=4601
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| posted on April 19th, 2007 at 06:03 PM |
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Never work now.
Bug In is on at easter and the Nationals looks like its moving to a different weekend.
LOL:o
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| posted on April 19th, 2007 at 07:00 PM |
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I was very impressed by the watercooled effort at the Nationals. I hear it took a lot of coordinating, but the quality and variety of cars was the
best I have ever seen at the Nats. Well done guys!
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| posted on April 20th, 2007 at 12:29 PM |
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Never work now.
Bug In is on at easter and the Nationals looks like its moving to a different weekend.
LOL:o
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I still think a combined National event to rival the US & Euro shows is in order, one where all the clubs & forums come together.
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| posted on April 20th, 2007 at 12:47 PM |
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You know what to do then.
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Never work now.
Bug In is on at easter and the Nationals looks like its moving to a different weekend.
LOL:o
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I still think a combined National event to rival the US & Euro shows is in order, one where all the clubs & forums
come together.
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Well you just have to get on your clubs committee and put forward the ideas you have.
Thats how simple it is.
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| posted on April 20th, 2007 at 01:22 PM |
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Yep join up to a Club n get on the Committiee
easy ive only been doing it for 20 years now LOL
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| posted on April 21st, 2007 at 08:55 AM |
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do you mean something like this
http://www.big-bang.co.uk/
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| posted on April 23rd, 2007 at 04:06 PM |
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posted by BUGBOY
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Never work now.
Bug In is on at easter and the Nationals looks like its moving to a different weekend.
LOL:o
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I still think a combined National event to rival the US & Euro shows is in order, one where all the clubs & forums
come together.
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Well you just have to get on your clubs committee and put forward the ideas you have.
Thats how simple it is.
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Yep join up to a Club n get on the Committiee
easy ive only been doing it for 20 years now LOL
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So that would mean I'd have to join every club in Australia LOL 
Yeah thats the idea Ian 
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| posted on April 23rd, 2007 at 05:33 PM |
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SO Phaeton who is " WE " in your origional message ???
Who do u want to organise this event ???
Please let me know as i want to get out of 12 months work yeh har and rely on someone else to do the job
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| posted on April 24th, 2007 at 09:03 AM |
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SO Phaeton who is " WE " in your origional message ???
Who do u want to organise this event ???
Please let me know as i want to get out of 12 months work yeh har and rely on someone else to do the job
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Really what I'm trying to say is All the Clubs contribute in one way to make it a really big event.
The Clubs are the WE
I know this won't happen within a year due to politics but I'm just throwing the idea out there.
I know I'm very optimistic
I do not know the 1st thing about organization ??????
So really this thread is just a place to throw ideas around to see how we can get every club involved
While the Nationals & Bug In are great shows in their own right I feel as a Young Enthusiast something BIG with everyone involved is needed.
Now I know no One club would have the $$$$$$ for something this size thats why we need to come together as Enthusiasts for the brand.
Yes I rabbit on and it may all just be a :sandrine fairytale idea but its something we need IMO.
Cheers
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| posted on April 24th, 2007 at 01:07 PM |
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Its probably a little easier to stage something like that in England where there are 60 million people living within 300kms of the event, plus greater
europe is just a 50km trip through the tunnel.
Half of Australians probably dont leave their home state in their lives. Apart from a few hundred on this forum, not too many would venture across the
country for a VW show, and you would need thousands to support that event. If you could get every person who goes to dubs by the pub, and then every
person who goes to Valla, every person who goes to nationals, and bug ins... then you might go close. Finding somewhere that could accomodate them all
would be another challenge. Who would organise such a thing? I struggle to keep up with my work organising a hillclimb for 50 cars. You would
definitely have to quit your day job. Where would the money for a venture like that come from? Do you put it all on your credit card and hope to god
people come so that you can pay it off?
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| posted on April 25th, 2007 at 09:19 AM |
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Phaeton, I think Amazeer has hit the nail on the head. Australia has to few people living too far apart to manage anything more than Valla. And really
and truly the event you're talking about is what Valla pretty does.
The other thing is, the rate of attrician caused by living such a long distance from eachother has an effect on who goes too. In England, you can
nurse a sick car to an event and back. In Oz going to Valla (the closest big event bar the nationals) from sydney is a 6 hour drive. There's no way a
sick car can be nursed for 12 hours there and back. As VWs get older it becomes a more expensive hobby too. If you have a low millage original, a high
$$$ restored car or a show car, you really want to put it on a trailer, which means more $$$. And if you don't there's the real chance you won't
make it due to mechanical problems just due to the age of the car.
I think local shows are the best idea....shame though.
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| posted on April 25th, 2007 at 11:57 AM |
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Phaeton, I think Amazeer has hit the nail on the head. Australia has to few people living too far apart to manage anything more than Valla. And really
and truly the event you're talking about is what Valla pretty does.
The other thing is, the rate of attrician caused by living such a long distance from eachother has an effect on who goes too. In England, you can
nurse a sick car to an event and back. In Oz going to Valla (the closest big event bar the nationals) from sydney is a 6 hour drive. There's no way a
sick car can be nursed for 12 hours there and back. As VWs get older it becomes a more expensive hobby too. If you have a low millage original, a high
$$$ restored car or a show car, you really want to put it on a trailer, which means more $$$. And if you don't there's the real chance you won't
make it due to mechanical problems just due to the age of the car.
I think local shows are the best idea....shame though.
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That said, i'm still planning to drive Gwen up to Valla next year! (I hope) :bounce
And don't discount the old cars.. A friend and i were bored the other day and ended up going on a 5 hour drive! And Gwen certainly isn't perfect..
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| posted on April 25th, 2007 at 12:04 PM |
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5 hours is a bit different to 12, but good on ya for actually driving your car! Hopefully I'll actually make the mext Valla weekend. 
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| posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 08:38 AM |
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Thanks for the responses
I see now alot goes into planning eg insurance, venues etc etc and the distance thing didn't about that think much at all.
I still throw the idea out there to those who wish to to try and solve the probs
ps South Australia is central perhaps have it there
pps apologies for belated response 
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