tim, really? hmmm, maybe cos every year we get more and more newer and younger generations of MR2 owners, and they almost always have SW20s, and (no offense to any MKII MR2 owners) but they tend to gravitate more towards looks of the curvaceous SW20 over the smaller and edgy AW11; the ST185 over the ST165. and in this area, most MR2 owners never have owned an AW11 (unlike the older / past members) and at any given meet, there are disproportionately more SW20s over AW11s.
why do i say all this? it's because by default, even a very nicely done and clean ST165 will get no love. just like a similarly-prepped AW11 will get no love.
i was one of the judges, and i personally liked Eric's car the best. there were different criteria for judging, and equal weight was put on all the different buckets-- meaning, interior and exterior were just as important as other categories. i don't see the point of this meet to be trying to win a show & shine trophy, so i don't think it's a big deal to try and change the judging criteria or modify it (example, separate categories for 165s and 185s -- usually we get 1 or 2 alltracs at the meet, so it doesn't make sense; but this year we got a lot (4)!
) or complain about it. but to others, it can be important; i understand.