I’m not a Volkswagen guy. OK, so I have a few Vee-dub mags under my bed, a load of photos on my hard drive and last weekend, I took the rainy drive down to Telford International Centre to check out, what was for many, the 2009 show season kick off.
As soon as I hit the M54 I was surrounded by slammed VAG metal and people hanging out of windows with HD cams and SLRs shooting their friends and fellow forum members; it’s all about the road trip, the convoys and the anticipation people!
As I rolled into the car park it was already rammed with some seriously nice vehicles and as much wheel porn as you could shake a lowering stick at! Car abandoned, I ventured inside (I say ventured, I actually stood outside in a queue for half an hour, but let’s not kill the romance and build up!).
Once through the door I was greeted by thumping base from the DJ set and so much of Germany’s finest I whipped out my camera and got stuck in straight away!
Check out the Flickr gallery for the full set of pics but here are a couple of my favourite cars there:
Textbook MK2 was flawless on Schmidts
Cream Dream; classic euro looker mk1 packing 1.8T power.
The show was packed all day. Check out the Lupo on D90s and the ‘bagged Passat wagon on Bentley rims.
MK3, Chevy rims, killer stance no more words required!
“That Porsche”
Pea Soup
I know this is Retro Scene, but anyone can appreciate how hot this MK5 is! The paint, the wheels, the stance and those arches! Amazing! I know, it’s a lame picture, but I seriously could not get a shot of it without a crowd round it all day!
Honourable mention should go to this rather restrained looking MK2 Syncro. This is why: 3-5-0 wheel horse power, 350, three hundred and fifty horse power at the wheels. No, really, and it’s not even fully mapped yet! I have been promised a drive out in it too so expect to see more of this car over the summer!
Bags, coilies, Nu Wave and old skool; Ultimate Dubs had it all and enough atmosphere to plug the whole in the o-zone layer.
OK, if I wasn’t Volks person before I am now; my Ebay watch list looks like a VW dealer stock list!
Can’t wait to check to the rest of the show season this year; ’09 baby, it’s ON!
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