Yes, I have not seen any progress either. Sure hope we have one somewhere out west.
Out west is totally fine by me, since I'm out there to visit family every so often anyways.
I haven't seen any proposals or serious interest other than some casual chatter about Lake Tahoe or somewhere in the southwest. This is a big event, and it doesn't plan itself. If something is going to happen for 2017, some serious proposals will need to show up in the next few weeks in order to make it happen.
I don't think I'll be able to assist with the planning of a 2017 Fest. I have a lot of stuff going on at work right now, and we are entertaining the idea of making a big move this coming summer. I don't want to extend the offer to help plan and then not be able to follow through on that commitment.
Also, it would be a good idea to start putting some local GTGs together. Build up the social meets and get people involved in brainstorming Fest ideas.
I'd love to do a local GTG in Central Texas. Heck, even if we had quarterly or bi-annual GTG's in different parts of Texas, for those of us who live here, that would be quite nice (I know there are lots of us TDI drivers, as previously discussed, but being the big state it is, we're very spread out). GTG's in general, regardless of state/region, could be good - local clubs could have more say in planning out a larger TDIfest and help to captivate more interest in the larger event. Or... my idea could be full of crap. But I'm thinking more of the former.
as one who has attended all but 2 and won nearly every award this is very depressing....But sort of knew this was coming, the great VW TDI disaster it is a shame..... Hopefully the Fests will continue...
Agreed, going to an every other year schedule puts the Fest out of the minds of members and with the loss of membership via dieselgate, I would guess that interest would be minimal, at best.
Dieselgate is hurting everyone, especially our gurus that we turn to when we have problems we can't fix ourselves. My Texas mechanic told me that he started amping up inventory and bought more lifts - when dieselgate hit, business revenue fell in the toilet, as tuning for CR's/maintenance made up the bulk of his business. I know for a fact that this has hurt other tuners/gurus and suppliers alike.
And the other problem is this, Fred uses the proceeds of the Fest to fund this site with no Advertising.....No fests....no money to continue running TDI Club.
so only time will tell.
I still have 2 TDI's and not selling mine back.....however watching GM with great interest!
Nor am I. I don't know what I'll be doing for my JSW, but I opted out of the class. I don't drive that car as much, but it's not going anywhere. I love both of them, and even contemplated ditching the Saab and replacing it with an ALH Golf or Beetle. I think those of us who have/had 2 or more TDIs/diesels definitely have more of an interest in seeing the continuance of TDIfest.
But going back to Lawson's suggestions, I'm really liking the idea of GTGs, again, possibly by region even. We could have one for New England, Eastern Seaboard, South West, West, Midwest, etc. Just depends on who's interested and obviously making it happen. Maybe have fun outings driving on scenic roads, raffles, short (1-2 hour) seminars.
Well - that's the situation. People can step up and do something about it, or we can go down the path described above. I've invested countless hours on five TDIFest (plus one that didn't come to fruition), and it's someone else's turn to carry the torch.
Would it be possible to maybe have a sticky in the most visited sub-forums with a poll or a "symbolic link sticky" that all points to one sticky, where we can try and gauge interest as a whole among the TDIclub userbase for a TDIfest 2017?