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redbanditZ28 · 06-26-2006, 04:27 AM

As it saidm i just came home from the weekend event at Carlisle, PA by hershey park. Took some nice pics of the new camaro concept and foud out that the red concept going around is just a shell and not the whole car, so naturally, i saw the silver concept. I also saw the Chevelle concept in person and took pics of that too. I must say, if i was to buy either a new camaro or chevelle, i would definitely pick the chevelle. It has an awesome design and stands out much more than the camaro concept does. I showed my car there, and won an honorable mention award which was bulls***. Plus the award wasn't even a nice plaque. Kind of cheap looking for an event called the GM nationals. And of course the other people in my class new the guy running the thing so naturally they beat me out for 1,2,3 place. Supposedly i missed 3rd place by one point. But yet a lot of other people tied in other classes. I guess it was dead even with them(Rolls eyes).

Like most shows it was rigged or fixed, and of course it rained all weekend long. I paid 400+ dollars for lodging at a crappy super 8 and i got sick off their breakfast which was horrible. I had no idea the show judged your car on the cleanliness of the car and whether you had scratches or not. I thought it would be based on the apperance and what you had done to it. Which makes me wonder why they break it down into classes of what your car has done to it if you only get judged on how clean and scratch free your car is. I got judged last out of all the camaros that showed, so by the time i got judged, all the other cars, (Chevlles, GTOs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, trucks, etc.) were gone. A very poorly done show for something called the GM nationals. And what i loved at trophy time is that some kid that was with some one who parked next to me, won a trophy without even having a car there to be judged. He won a bigger trophy than most people who won anything. Thats pretty ballsy. I am not alone in complaints. Many people didn't even show up for the trophies the next morning. I guess they knew it was rigged too.

Bottom line, the show isn't worth the trouble of putting mileage on your car and crapping it up with rain. I wouldn't go to the show to show your car. Quite possibly the worst show i have been to and i even won an award which most people didn't.

06-26-2006, 04:27 AM	#1
redbanditZ28 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Somerset County, NJ Posts: 447 iTrader: (0)	Went to the GM Nationals in Carlisle, PA. Regret it. As it saidm i just came home from the weekend event at Carlisle, PA by hershey park. Took some nice pics of the new camaro concept and foud out that the red concept going around is just a shell and not the whole car, so naturally, i saw the silver concept. I also saw the Chevelle concept in person and took pics of that too. I must say, if i was to buy either a new camaro or chevelle, i would definitely pick the chevelle. It has an awesome design and stands out much more than the camaro concept does. I showed my car there, and won an honorable mention award which was bulls***. Plus the award wasn't even a nice plaque. Kind of cheap looking for an event called the GM nationals. And of course the other people in my class new the guy running the thing so naturally they beat me out for 1,2,3 place. Supposedly i missed 3rd place by one point. But yet a lot of other people tied in other classes. I guess it was dead even with them(Rolls eyes). Like most shows it was rigged or fixed, and of course it rained all weekend long. I paid 400+ dollars for lodging at a crappy super 8 and i got sick off their breakfast which was horrible. I had no idea the show judged your car on the cleanliness of the car and whether you had scratches or not. I thought it would be based on the apperance and what you had done to it. Which makes me wonder why they break it down into classes of what your car has done to it if you only get judged on how clean and scratch free your car is. I got judged last out of all the camaros that showed, so by the time i got judged, all the other cars, (Chevlles, GTOs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, trucks, etc.) were gone. A very poorly done show for something called the GM nationals. And what i loved at trophy time is that some kid that was with some one who parked next to me, won a trophy without even having a car there to be judged. He won a bigger trophy than most people who won anything. Thats pretty ballsy. I am not alone in complaints. Many people didn't even show up for the trophies the next morning. I guess they knew it was rigged too. Bottom line, the show isn't worth the trouble of putting mileage on your car and crapping it up with rain. I wouldn't go to the show to show your car. Quite possibly the worst show i have been to and i even won an award which most people didn't.