It was great to see everyone at ADI today, it was a bit chilly but dry!!
Good turnout - 28 A2s and Robin's amazing S1 (I class it as an Honorary A2 and he brought his real A2 too).
So I thoroughly enjoyed the day and meeting new and old faces (some older than others!)
The awards were as follows
Long distance award -
Went to Andre for his journey from Germany to ADI. These guys travel here especially for our A2 meets and they have been to other events with us in the past.
Last time they brought the 1.2, this time the tdi 90. I think it is great to have them join us, perhaps we could return the honour soon and visit an A2 meet in Germany???
Special Mention-
Was for A2Steve's car (or should I say "van" with all of the goodies he was delivering). I just liked the subtle personalisation. Great wheels ( I wonder where he got them from ??
) and nice trim work on the front grills.
Modified-
Went to ZipnJeff's great "Air ride A2". The work he has done on that car to change the air ride set up into a professional looking install with added features is great and he has some very interesting plans for more mods! It is great to have a club that can accept radically modified cars as well as OEM standard cars!!! We are all the richer for the variety. It is also interesting that out of 28 cars there were no two that were similar, let alone the same. That is great.
Best "OEM style"-
Drew Robert's TDI 90 Sport is a good example of a car that has not perhaps had the best service history, but now it is back on the "being pampered list" and it is a great example of one of the top models in the range (In my view anyway).
Finally (waits for the fanfare!)
Best A2-
I have to be honest here, I had planned to deliberately ignore any cars owned by any of the A2OC team, but in all honesty I think it would be a travesty to bar A2Sumo's car from the awards, just because he is the event secretary. That car is BEAUTIFUL and a credit to its owner !!! Well worthy of the "Best A2" award (in my view)
So a big thanks to Mike English, Vonnie and the rest of the team for organising yet another event that makes me kind of proud to be an A2 owner.
And a big thanks to everyone in the club (those that could make it and those that couldn't) that make this club great and a pleasure to belong to.
See everyone at the meal at the end of the year hopefully?
Steve B