Video: H2Oi 2013 Official After Movie

Every autumn for the past 16 years Audi and VW enthusiasts have been gathering in Maryland to celebrate car beauty and workmanship but last years' H20 International car meet could possibly have been the best car enthusiast gathering to date.  People from all over the world flocked together and made their way towards Ocean City, Maryland where there were already thousands of car fans with cars so unique, that in my opinion, all deserve a reward. Days before the meet the social network sites were overflowing with mentions and hashtags of the event. Despite being an event only for watercooled VWs and Audis, the turnout was amazing and what better way to show you just how diverse the car scene in America is than a video that is possibly the best car meet coverage ever made.


After watching the video I am pleased to see that the car modding scene in the USA has settled down from the spoiler, decal and fake air vent heavy Fast and Furious and NFS: Underground 2 inspired showcars to the oil pan scraping, tyre poking, dapper style of the air-bagged vehicles. By the emerging trend of keeping things sleek, smooth, shiny and  low-down I can not help but notice similarities with the 1930s era of automotive styling. Everything designed then was about living good and the joy of life. The Bugatti Type 57 is a very good example from the era.

Couple of things I didn't like though. First there are the Ocean City Police which seemed to have nothing better to do than to hide in the bushes with their police bicycles and wait for someone to do a burnout and then write them a ticket for a sticker on the  base of the windshield that is in no way restricting the view. The tax disc can be more obstructing. The other thing the Ocean City Police seem to enjoy doing is impounding cars that are have too much camber. Do they understand that camber is like the universal respect currency of modern modified car enthusiasts? The more camber you have the more street cred you get.   And I can bet you a million pretzels that, while they were arguing with the owner whether to escort the car to the local Police station or tow the car and completely ruin the paint, wheels and body kit, somebody had just bought crack without any problems from the police. They were too busy impounding a dangerous vehicle.

One thing is for sure: I'd give an arm and a leg to go to H2O International 2014 and so should you.