VITS April 26th Albury nsw

[vdubin]

It's on again!

Last year was a great day perfect weather and a great turn out, Thanks to all the people who travelled from afar
I really Hope to see you all again .

Last year We had NO Mk1's Enter so 1 very nice trophy .. two actually went to waste so lets see Some MK1's & Mk2's this Year along with any other Dubs, Water & Air , Audis & Skodas are welcome also.

For more info like our FB page just search Vits Not v-dubs in the Square as that name no longer exists CHEERS !


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[dylan8]

keen!! Love a good albury show and weekend

[trickysimon]

Too far for me. Don't think I'll make it........jokes.

I sound like the people from Sydney talking about Nationals..:emo_baghead:

[Water Boy]

Too far for me. Don't think I'll make it........jokes.

I sound like the people from Sydney talking about Nationals..:emo_baghead:

Yeah way too far!

Mega keen to party, drink from tea pots and talk to other VW geeks!

[rayray086]

Will try and make it out this year!

[vdubin]

Will try and make it out this year!

Yes Ray you should really try get down for the weekend and get Buggin down here ! ;)

[nightphotographer]

if my 1.8T is in my MK1 by then - I'll trailer it down! :)

[dylan8]

Coming up fast

[vdubin]

It sure is, The Melb crew should start getting numbers & book accommodation !
Will PM you on FB the place you always stay at Dyl .

How many are coming from Sydney way ? start talking on here get a team coming down make it a weekend away :)

[Water Boy]

Pumped!!!!!!!

[madglf3]

I just had my leave approved for this. I'm excited for this show - it's always a great weekend. Spread the word people.

[danield]

Having trouble finding the Facebook page. Can you put up a link to it. There are so many VITS on Facebook.

[danield]

Found it. Have to search for VITSVW. Will try and get down there with my Fabia RS.

[Water Boy]

Roll call...

Who's coming? Where ya staying? What are you drinking? Which polish?
I want gossip n hype!

[AKA VR6]

To drive 800kms there and 800 back or not...

[danield]

Im going to head down from Wagga for the day. :banana:

[dylan8]

Hopefully the bora sees some form of polish before the show...

[ffoff]

I said it last year but this is my favourite show of the year. Keeen AS F

[Swainey32]

time to bust out the polish and get your wheels looking good :)

[Petska84]

I'm coming in the retro mk1.

[Water Boy]

Rumor is there will be a few new cars there!

[madglf3]

Rumor is there will be a few new cars there!

Do you mean 25-30 white Golf Rs Woody?

[dylan8]

Do you mean 25-30 white Golf Rs Woody?

Least there will be somewhere to keep the beer cold and wash the clothes

[vdubin]

Rumor is there will be a few new cars there!

Rumor has it not enough vw owners know about vits:banana: I've mentioned it to two vw guys they had no idea ..
LET THE WORLD KNOW !

[dylan8]

This!!

[J BOMB]

Im popping my VITS cherry this year, mega keen ! and can't find hype anywhere ! Will be in an air-cooled through, sorry about that :banana::banana::banana:

[vdubin]

Im popping my VITS cherry this year, mega keen ! and can't find hype anywhere ! Will be in an air-cooled through, sorry about that :banana::banana::banana:

MMM Needs to be shared more on Volkswagen pages show event sections stuff like that if you're a member of an Audi website R32 page skoda ANYTHING vag start letting people know now please .

Don't be sorry J BOMB Air-cooled are way cooler... .... No but seriously they are .

Like I've said before search vitsvw on facebook there's no website . Gate entry is only $10 for show N shine too

[Water Boy]

Hope everyone is getting excited and accommodation booked etc!

[LankyVW]

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[staticmk4]

5 cars I know of making the trip from Canberra including me

[sports racer]

What day/time are you leaving Canberra, just in case my wife lets me go.

[staticmk4]

What day/time are you leaving Canberra, just in case my wife lets me go.
I'm going with 2 other cars on the day. We've decided to leave at 4:30am lol

[Brumma]

I'm bringing the Mk2. Coming down with a few other Lufters from Newcastle and Wollongong either Friday or Saturday morning.

[dylan8]

getting close!

Hope everyone is ready!

[madglf3]

I'm coming in the retro mk1.

Looking forward to checking your build out mate. It looks pretty cool from the pics I've seen! When are you cruising up?

[Grenzal]

This weekend! I'm excited to see some delicious VW's!

[vwthunder]

Anyone heading up from Melbourne on the Sunday morning ?

[TRGTI]

Anyone heading up from Melbourne on the Sunday morning ?

Troy, a couple of us are leaving saturday afternoon.
arrive by evening, have a pot and parma and then party all night and sleep in the car if we have to. hahaha

[huskone]

ill drive up sunday morning with another car if you wanna join?! mk1 and mk6

[HuH]

I'm keen to drive up on Sunday morning provided I get my car ready on Saturday. Shouldn't be a problem.

[Water Boy]

I'm keen to drive up on Sunday morning provided I get my car ready on Saturday. Shouldn't be a problem.

You got the Mk1 in Melbourne?

[HuH]

You got the Mk1 in Melbourne?

No, sadly. :( I sold the Mk1 before I moved. Would love to know where it is now.

I've got an Audi B7 Avant now. Fitting new wheels/tyres on Saturday and winding the coilovers down a bit more. Would be cool to roadtrip it on Sunday.

[Water Boy]

Soooo..........

Cars being painted
Suspensions be lowered
Many sets of wheels sealed last night and tyres being fitted.

HYPE HYPE HYPE

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[Petska84]

Gonna bring some 8v goodies for the trip up if anyone's keen.
Weber 45+lynx manifold, jenvey throttles and a tt276 cam. Maybe more???

[vwthunder]

Troy, a couple of us are leaving saturday afternoon.
arrive by evening, have a pot and parma and then party all night and sleep in the car if we have to. hahaha

Im working till 10pm Saturday but would love to convoy on Sunday morning

[Water Boy]

Guys remember shops will be shut Saturday morning til 1pm.
So stock up on supplies Friday night!

Im getting a little excited.

[Black Betty]

Im getting a little excited.


omg omg omg only 2 sleeps to gooo!! tiny bit excited also woody!

[The_Hawk]

I have had family front up for a visit for the weekend so unless I can convince them to come for a drive it looks like I'll be missing this one :(

(there is still hope... just not alot)

[vdubin]

RAIN OR NOT THE SHOW WILL BE ON ! :banana:
If the lawns are deemed too wet for show day
We have approval to use the Albury pool car park.
Right next to hovell tree park
Our own private car park, All flat & no mud !


Sorry to the boys with low cars , I know the grass Makes them look lower ;)

[Browneye]

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So keen!

[dylan8]

Today kids.
Get keen!

[madglf3]

Excellent day today, nice to catch up with interstaters and new faces. Thanks for the hard work Reece + team!

[dylan8]

Home a few hours ago.
less eventful then the drive up!
will throw some pics and highlights of the weekend up later

[YellowDieselGolf]

Big thanks to Reece, the organisers, sponsors and volunteers.

Nice to meet a few of you and see some familiar faces.

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[YellowDieselGolf]

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[Water Boy]

Weeks leading up....

I was dreaming of working on my Mk3. That didnt happen. I rode my bike, rode a bit more and sat on FB.

Im driving along Burwood hwy and I see the biggest fan boy ive ever seen top down, sunglasses on, hair blowing in the wind with the most camp smile ive seen on his face. There on the other side of the road is Pat driving the matt black VR6 cabby that stu built and then Rawrence had for a while. A few quick texts and im sworn to secrecy of Pat's new purchase.
Tim has convinced Pat to buy the VR'd cabby as he is new daily, as Pat's old VR6 is getting a hair dryer bolted to the side of it.

Well a bit of borrowing of some parts, a few white lies, late nights and running around Pat n Tim have RW'd, repainted and rebuilt themselves a car. Wheels and suspension are on point.

Im still sitting on FB. (I did help Pat n Tim)

Friday

My GF has headed to New York and im a free man for the next month. Its a normal Friday at work but social media is going wild #vitsprep, chat and other groups are ZAANNNGGING.
Its 3pm and half the boys are 4 beers down and im building some kids bikes.
East Side Melbourne crew are meeting in Cold Stream at 6:30. Im horny for VITS

You woldnt believe but just as im packing up I get locked out of work. BAD BAD BAD words.
No phone, keys, camera or way of getting back in.
I have my car keys n wallet.
Im late to Dylan's for my copilot ride and we are late to the meet point with Pat n Brook arriving after us.

Smooth sailing along the Hwy and then Tim's of the blower "pull over Brook's broken down". Wast expecting a full road side rebuild but after a few hours of fluffing around we were back in action.
TIGHTEN YOUR BOLTS KIDS. Yes you too Gino

We arrive at Glenrowan BP/Maccas at Midnight, cold, hungry and still pumped for the weekend. Macca's is bloody $$$$ rip of merchants

Finally getting to Albury at 1:30am to a cabin park full of cars is ace, drunk mexicans and people already passed out. I falled into bed about 2:30 to spoon with Pat and Paige.

[Water Boy]

Saturday

After a horrible sleep and missing the dawn service we wake up to some horrible weather and drag our bums down to meet the others and have some breaky. Then line the cars up to cruise over to Bright.
About 10mins into the cruise we all pull over, as im sure most of your know large convoys are hard work, stop puller, rev it up, pull ya ****s, touch each other then get a photo. Well old mate Gino hasnt learn how to do up his bolts yet. You'd think he's have learnt last time.
Bright for lunch bakery, beers and a group photo... LAnky

Back to Albury with cars going all different ways. I was riding with Jarred in the 80 series with Sneaky Pete and Ruby, quiz games and n00dz kept us entertained when jarred wasnt boosting his turbo and laying black lines.

I have to say everyone was very very lucky with the Law. Props to the Police for being kind to all us idiots.
Cars washed, wheels changed, clean undies and we piled up in cars for our 50+ booking at Paddy's to fight some army people and get a parma.

That night the party back at the park....... THINGS WENT.... YEAH

[Water Boy]

SUNDAY Show Day

Ehhhhhhhh out of bed. WTF did we do last night!
Showers, complaints and wash more cars. Some how clean up the place!

Get down the show, park up, talk sh*t get hit, play around, sook about hangovers and want to get home.

I judge so didnt get to talk crap with you all but well done. \

Some stand out for me for the VDN boys cars all looking good.
The Nolan A3 sedan
YellowDieselGolf's Mk4 (Im sorry I dont know ya name)
The new canberra crew. (black bora, red Mk4 and Mk5) well done guys come to more events
Elbo's Mk2
Peter's Mk1
And just seeing everyone who had fun.

Thanks to everyone who came, drank, party'd, drove or just posted on the webz.
All the sponsors
Till next time be safe, drive low and be kind.

[Water Boy]

PS Im sorry I have no pics as I had no phone or camera.
I do thought have gopro footage :banana:

[Black Betty]

PS Im sorry I have no pics as I had no phone or camera.
I do thought have gopro footage :banana:

I had a phone AND a camera and didnt take one picture.... :facepalm: (sam took heaps though.. ill get him to post them up)

None the less had a cracker of a day, even got sunburt! would love to see more pics! post em up peoples!

[ffoff]

Friday

Up at 6:30 to work half a day cus we're busy AF atm and I couldnt take the time off. (had to work half a day saturday before just to finish at lunch) I end up knocking off at 11:30 so bit of an early mark and head to Linc's place. Shortly after Seb and Tim rock up in the 2013 Liberty wagon road trip war machine. We're running a bit late so quickly pack our **** and head to Yass Maccas for a Mcflurry where we meet Anth, Hayden, Josh, Gino and his lady friend. We all smashed some processed food and hit the road.

Once we hit Tarcutta Simon rocks up and I notice some random bora tagging along which I thought was weird. Anyway the drive down was smooth as, Anth was throwing sparks the whole way. Probably from that bashplate he added because his car isnt even that low. Simon was rolling on Taco's which made me pretty hungry. After 3.5 hours driving we're all like

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but once we hit the pub we were like

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We smashed beers, had a PARMY and talked **** with everyone who had rocked up since. Got to bed at about 1:30-2am after more beers and talk at the accommodation.

Saturday

My alarm starts blaring in my ear at 5:00am. Feeling a tad rough I drag myself out of bed and convince two of my room mates to join the few who wanted to go to the Dawn Service at Monument Hill. Pitch black outside and everything looks good in the sky so we all jump in Jarred's 80 and take the back streets to Monument Hill. Find a carpark, jump out and start marching up the hill. About halfway up and it starts raining on us. Luckily I was wearing a jacket which was kind of waterproof but everyone else was getting a good soaking. The rain eased just before they started the service luckily. Back to the accommodation for some quick catch up sleep before brekky.

After a few hours of shut eye and some quick breakfast we all jumped in the car and headed to Bright for lunch. I was in Ryan's new Audi A32 (A3 in mk5 R32 spec) with delicious Alcantara Seats, DSG and a steering wheel that felt nice. Ww smashed it through some twisties with 10 odd cars in tow.

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Even Chris kept up in his new rocket

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Once we hit Bright I grabbed a meat pie, choccy milk and decided to treat myself to a Blackberry pie. A few lads had lunch and some beers at the brewery. We did the group photo at the sound stage down by the river and then it was my time to drive the A32 back. Had an awesome time smashing DSG gears and left foot braking through the twisties. Cheers Ryan for letting me take a spin.

Back to the accomm with some decent weather and were delighted to see a few nice cars.

Shinny's B6 Sedan

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And Brook's Bagged B4 wagon

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Had a quick change of clothes and off we were back to the pub in Zales new VR6 turbo Bora. Much speed. We met what seemed like the whole Albury division of the army at Paddies. They'd had a massive day playing 2up and drowning as many beers as possible. So tried my best not to get tangled up with them. Although they were too busy punching on with each other to have a problem with us. Another PARMY and few more beers and we headed back rolling 8 deep in the 80 series. THANKS FOR THE LIFTS JARRED AND ZALE. I was dropped at the bottle shop on the way home cus I'd clearly gone harder than everyone else and had ran out of drinks. Once I stumbled back to the Accommodation there was about 50+ people all crowded around 1 room. Once opened up everyone was inside, spilling out onto the Balcony drinking, talking, playing Cards against Humanity and occasionally running stealth missions to abuse the few slackers who'd gone to bed early. The rest of the night was well wild. The Canberra Boy's ended up smoking cigars by the end.

Sunday

Alarm went off at 9am, after a few snooze's I got out about 9:30 and then realised check out was at 10am and we were the only ones left. The joys of not taking a car to a show weekend is you dont have to get there on time. But I had 3 hungover mates to hurry up so we could clean the place and get out before 10. Hit a local cafe on Dean St for breakfast. We were the only people in the joint and somehow it still took 45mins to get out food. Can't complain though as it was just what we needed before spending a few hours in the sun!

Got to the show, everyones cars parked up and looking glamorous. Then I spot the gazebo and everyones looking about the opposite after the big night we'd had. I was stoked I got to sleep in.

Saw this dude

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checked out some fitment

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Saw this rad mk2 on Centra's

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Frothed over a pair of sexy mk3's

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These 4 looked PORN. 3 door mkiv 2.8 24V, BOLF, 12V VR 3 door and a 12V VR Cabby

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By now us 4 Canberran's were seriously struggling so we decided to leave a little bit early so we'd make it home early. I ended up driving while the rest of them slept.

Cheers for the sick weekend everyone and thanks to Reece for putting it on again!!

[Surfpig]

a few photos i took from our road trip from newcastle

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[dylan8]

Friday.
Couldnt head up early as work is flatout so had to sit through a whole day of uploads from everyone driving, drinking, and having a grand old time.
5pm, woooo! rush home, double check everything. tyres to deliver, hub caps to deliver, cleaning gear, two spare wheels, spare adapters, spare wheel bolts, jack, tools, clothes, ipad, phone charger, hat, sunscreen.
look down at facebook to see woody has no phone and is running a bit late.
the Seat raws into my driveway, load up foffs coils, woodys clothes, the eski, and we are on the way.
turn up at cold stream to find we are the second of four cars to arrive even though we were silly late.
the headlights of a well inflated-airbagged passat are spotted jiggling along the bumps in our direction, then a VR6 convertible I hadnt laid eyes on for a while rolled up.

all was going well until I got the call to pull over and wait as we had lost Brook after he lost some essential bolts, after attempting to steal some matching bolts from other areas of the cars we gave up and made do with what we had.

some test flights and a quick check of air ride issues and we were on the way again.

rolled in the albury at god knows what time, shown some phone light in the face of our sleeping room mates, and checked how the other kids were partying. off to bed.

Saturday
I woke up and passed out several times and the guys went off to the dawn service. on their return and after they had dried some clothes we hit the town in Jarreds 80 series. coffee and breakfast was consumed, then back to the cabin to get ready for Bright.
I was passenger in Lankys minter mk3, not long later we had pulled over to pay respect to skippy and to throw a wheel brace at ginos wheels.
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Bright involved some meat pies, bakery desserts and a beer at the brewery followed by some sneaky photos, rolling vids, and cruising.
I hit up the car wash and sorted some wheel issues. quick vac and hose before sneaking back to the accom.
off to paddys for a feed and beer, thanks to Jarred and Ryan for the lifts to and from.
had a nightcap and off to bed. we dont drink or party...

Sunday.
packed the car, threw a pair of new wheels in the back of Jarreds 80 (thanks Stathi and Jarred), to the car wash and off to the show.
day was spent chilling, perving on some new wheels and cars before having a quick muck around with the footys and vortex and having a good old catch up.
threw the stockies on the back (brah!) poked Anths adapters, and we were on the road again.
Woody did some driving, smashed some frame (and maybe gear box?), spotted a big skippy, and watched the fuel gauage slowly creep to next to nothing as we rolled into FTG. 1 tank of fuel which I was happy with considering the load on board and our un economical driving.

Still havent unpacked the car, or uploaded my poor quality phone pics other then the one above.
man handled a go pro most of saturday so hopefully there is some ok footage on that.

[Water Boy]

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[madglf3]

Friday
I had the day off work luckily, which meant a more relaxed start to the weekend was possible. 12 noon rollout from Melbourne with Ryan and Lanky. Trip was smooth, and trouble-free all the way there. When we arrived we kicked back, had a beer or three, waited for the rest of the Wagga, Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle / Cenny Coast crew to arrive.

We then headed in to the pub for a Parmy (if I'm to use the correct local dialect). Further beers were consumed, and after these beers we were asked to produce our IDs to check age. Bouncers doing their due-diligence after they'd already sold us numerous beers. After this we headed back to the accomm to hang with late arrivals and then hit the hay early(ish). The 100 year anniversary ANZAC service was bright and early the next morning.

Saturday
At 4:30 we shook off the shackles of sleep, dusted off any lingering signs of the night prior's escapades, and headed in to town. I packed a rain jacket as there was some lightning around - but of course left it in the car. Bad idea - it poured down as soon as we were half way up the hill to the memorial. The rain, thunder and lightning made for a really sombre background for remembering the ANZACs, and while clothes may have been dampened, spirits were not.
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After the service we headed back, put clothes out to dry and after a nap, headed into town again for brekky. Followed by a cruise up to Bright. It was a nice drive offering great views and nice autumn colours. Pie for lunch and a quick brew went down a treat.
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That night we headed into the pub again for a feed, then back to accommodation for a moderate night of Volkswagen enthusiast networking before the show the following morning.
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Sunday
I awoke early to get the car cleaned. Albury was cloaked in a thick fog, and I had concerns for the weather that day. Car washed, room cleared out and packed - we headed into the show.

My highlight of the cars presented at the show were the Fridolin, the white Mk1 with stripes, and the Mk2 GTI with Centras. All perfect examples of what I like most about Volkswagens.
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It was also great to see Zale's new Bora, Simon's new 3-spokes, Tyne's new look for the GTI, Jye's wagon with new wheels, and Dylan on the Futuras. Anth's Mk5 on new wheels looked great too. Jon's GTI was clean and nicely coordinated as well.

Congrats to all the winners on the day. YellowDieselGolf - congrats on the win mate your car never fails to impress.

The drive home was an uneventful one. Stopped halfway for a toilet break, and spotted a cool GT3-RS. I gave a thumbs up, he smiled and nodded in return. I think we are now best friends / soulmates. Lanky thanks for being a good roadtrip buddy, always a pleasure watching the Mk3 rolling on the highway.

TL;DR
What a weekend away. Good times as usual when we hit up these kinds of events. If you missed it, try to come along to a show some time. You can meet new people, see cool cars, and make plenty of good memories.

Thank you to Reece and the rest of the crew for a great show as usual. Can't wait till next year!

[Deadpool]

Jon's GTI was clean and nicely coordinated as well.Cheers! :D

Time for another view. Photo credit to many Potato Cameras and Downfall Photography.

Saturday

We all got to BP at roughly 11am - 11:45am with Matty Pants in his Red S4 being the straggler at 12:03pm. Sorry folks, no pictures from that as we were too busy wrapping the fronts of our cars with tape to protect most of the people's freshly resprayed bars and brand new paint just out of the factory.

With our stomach's full of Subway and Pies (mostly Subway), we hit the road in a nice big pack.

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After many many mannnnnnny bumps and the majority of us getting airborne and ruining a few guards and subframes over a gigantic bump that no one seemed to see and plenty of rolling shots, we headed into the servo as 100KM is a bit too far for a few people's bladders and stomachs.

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After a quick bite and a pee break, we headed back out onto the road where we slowly broke up into smaller groups due to all the speedos being out for the stretched tyre guys and others wanting to get there a bit quicker and relax after the drive. After an unfortunate run in with a Highway Patrolman who we hope was simply filming us for the purposed if we did something silly, we arrived in Albury and went back to our Hotels for a quick change of pants and to unload our luggage. Then we went off to the Suds Car Wash in a big group snapping many necks with the locals not understanding why a whole bunch of cars were terrible wrapped.

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After the wash and a quick scare from one of the local cops just wanting to come in and give his car a quick wash, we were back to the Hotel to freshen up again. Shortly after we headed to the Bended Elbow for a quick drink and some decent parmas*. Unfortunately many of us Melbourne folk were bewildered, confused, and slightly angered by the use of the work "parmi" on their menu. After sorting it out with one of their staff we were assured everything was in order and our table for 30 was ready to go. After a decent feed and a decent chin wag, some of us headed downstairs to Cold Rock, while others walked off to Paddy's, and somehow my Fiance and I got lost trying to get back to our hotel. Maybe 3 pints was too many for this ginger-bearded man..

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Sunday

As we awaken nice and early at 7am to our "Complimentary Breakfast" of 2 small boxes of cereal and some toast, we quickly freshened up, got changed and packed the car to get there early as we were helping setup the Hennessy Auto Styling stand. Rolling in the grounds looks a bit a scene from Silent Hill, but we ventured inward to the grounds and made our way up onto the hill.

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Throughout the day I met a few people from the other states I would never have had the opportunity to without events like VITS. It's this kinda stuff that makes it completely different from just chatting over Facebook/Forum and liking posts. This is what brings the enthusiasts together to creates a bigger and better community.

Cont.

[Deadpool]

With the show coming to a close and a few in our group cleaning up during the awards, we began to tape our cars back up with many bewildered onlookers wondering what in the FSM's name we were doing to our cars.

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Claiming second place in the Best Mk5/6 Category was definitely a bit surprise for me as there was so many decent cars out and about at the event. Vader was very happy though.

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But, the highlight of the event for me, was a good mate of mine Fabio doing the "nae nae snap" whilst riding one of the things in the playground, we were all in stitches up on the hill.

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Heading back to Melbourne, again people's bladders couldn't wait the whole distance, so we stopped in the 12 degree weather and cold as fark rain for a pee break and a change into some warmer clothes.

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Again, thanks so much to the organisers, helpers, and sponsors that made this event possible. You help enthusiasts come together from all over Australia just to see some epic VAG vehicles and create new bonds and friendships.

We're looking forward to next year's one. :)

[Water Boy]

Good work lads!

[YellowDieselGolf]

Thanks guys! :)

Two things - I ran into one of the kombi owners at work yesterday. We chatted about the show for a few minutes and as I was leaving she says "Oh . . . Weird question, but at the end of the show a bunch of the guys were covering their cars in tape. What's that about?" :)

Secondly - Yes. It is called a parmy. Parmi is an accepted variation. Nobody here knows what a parma is.

[vdubin]

Woo Great write up fellas I'm glad everyone enjoyed themselves Makes it all worth it when I get positive feedback like this .
I'm going to steal peoples pics to use on the vits instagram : / @vitsvw Some wicked shots by everyone

Cheers to the Tape crew for leaving all your left over tape and crap all over the hill too ..... NOT

[Deadpool]

Woo Great write up fellas I'm glad everyone enjoyed themselves Makes it all worth it when I get positive feedback like this .
I'm going to steal peoples pics to use on the vits instagram : / @vitsvw Some wicked shots by everyone

Cheers to the Tape crew for leaving all your left over tape and crap all over the hill too ..... NOT

Not really sure what's going on there Reece, the majority of us left our tape in plastic bags that I had in the car with me. Can't speak for everyone though. I do apologise on behalf of the others if they didn't clean up after themselves.

[HaydEn]

Sorry reece. Taped up the front of my pov pack mk3. Will pick up next time

[Deadpool]

Thanks guys! :)

Two things - I ran into one of the kombi owners at work yesterday. We chatted about the show for a few minutes and as I was leaving she says "Oh . . . Weird question, but at the end of the show a bunch of the guys were covering their cars in tape. What's that about?" :)

Secondly - Yes. It is called a parmy. Parmi is an accepted variation. Nobody here knows what a parma is.

Come to Melbourne and you'll be just as confused as we were in Albury. :P

[ffoff]

Lol I bet there were a fair few air cooled guys at vits with multi thousand dollar paint jobs and didn't have to "tape" their paint hahaha

[trickysimon]

Pretty try hard thing to do!

[Brumma]

My weekend started early last week, as I'm from Albury, so decided to head down early to spend more time with friends and family, so here's my write up of the trip :)

EDIT: My flickr is stuffing up, so I'll come back and update this post with photos later.

Tuesday
After making some final adjustments to the Mk2’s ride height, double checking everything and packing a milk-crate full of tools and a spare alternator (just in case), I waited for a break in the crazy weather up in Sydney to make a dash for Wollongong to meet up with Nafe before driving down in convoy together on Wednesday morning, me in the Mk2 and Nafe in the Trailer Queen (1958 big window bug). I was meant to meet up with the Newcastle boys (#dakratpartysquad Brad, Lach, Hayden and jbomb) to cruise down, but Nafe could only come down Wednesday and would be making the trip solo otherwise, so decided to cruise down with him instead. It was slow going coming down from Sydney, and there was about an inch of debris from the storm covering the whole road going down Bulli Pass, so I was dodging that as well as the usual ****ty NSW roads. Made it to Bulli unscathed, but felt as if I was driving through a sandblaster as I drove along next to the beach.

Wednesday
Check oil and tyre pressures before leaving Wollongong at the respectable time of 10am. The heavy rain stayed with us until somewhere between Marulan and Goulburn, but we averaged about 90km/h with the Beetle leading the way. I crossed my fingers as we came around the corner to Goulburn where the local constabulary usually sit under the overpass getting bored and waiting for someone to do something stupid. We got a few cruising shots in the rain.

Drove through to Yass before making the first pit stop. As we pulled up a local policeman having lunch looked at us long enough to make us a bit uncomfortable about what was going through his mind. We downed our lunch and got out of there, not without me hitting my control arms on the metal speed bumps behind KFC (learnt a better route through there on the way back).

The Beetle was using a bit of oil, but otherwise running like a champ and cruising nicely around 90-100km/h. The Mk2 was enjoying the relaxed pace only sucking 6.9L/100km on average for the whole trip.

Next stop was 10km out of Yass on the side of the road. Nafe hit some roadkill or something which knocked the passenger side spat off his rear wheel guard. It went flying into the air before I drove straight over the top of it. We both pulled off the road and I ran back a couple hundred meters looking for it. Luckily it had ended up on the side of the road out of the way of oncoming traffic and was only a little scratched up and bent. Nafe took the other spat off and we kept driving.

Made one last stop near Holbrook at a roadside stop where we took a few pics and downed some homemade, ‘air-cooled engine-warmed’ spinach and ricotta cannelloni pasties.

Saturday
Get an instagram from Brad, “Oi Elbo, where are you??? We’re here.” #dakratpartysquad were out on the town, so I drive down to catch up with the fellas and enjoy Albury’s finest establishment, Paddies, or Beer Deluxe or something or other, they call it now. We stuck to the Beer Garden, talking **** with Hayden and Andrew (jbomb) fighting off the, ahem, more mature women, who were obsessed with getting photos with the mullet and the flamingo party shirt. Lach dogg was disappointed that no one was digging his loud christmas style sweater until one chick complimented him on it and that seemed to give him his second wind after the long drive down. Brad was told to remove his beanie multiple times and discovered that if you go outside you have to line up again to get back in, even though you have a stamp :\ Dunno what the stamp’s for then… We hit this dance floor for a bit of a joke, then I went home and left the dakrats to party into the night and hoped I’d make it home after hearing about a Scirocco in Dean St getting pulled over earlier that night. Props to the local police for being easy on most of us.

Sunday
Up early in the freezing cold to wash and vacuum the Mk2, then it was off to Hovell Tree Park. I stopped at a cafe in Dean St for a killer coffee and chorizo toastie for brekky, and the guy there said he hoped it was a good day for “VW’s on the Murray,” crossing wires a bit there, but good vibes nonetheless. See a few Burrito Boys and speak to the guys in the sedan with 3-spokes while holding up traffic in Dean St, “cya there” I say, but didn’t get to meet them by the end of the day, despite running around catching up and chatting with so many great people. Next time I’m sure!

Pull up and the first face I recognise is Jye’s, who’s Passat is parked a few cars over from me. Have a chat and catch up on what’s happened since DOVW, before catching up with the Newcastle boys and finding out how the rest of the night went. Because I grew up in Albury, I run into heaps of mates and people I know and I feel like I have to give the tour to every one of them. I try and introduce them to it and let them check out all the cars themselves so I can chat with as many people as I can. I talk with a few others, the guys in the Mk1 with the card table and sleeping bags piled up in the back (which I thought were just props for a display) who came up from Melbourne and turned the weekend into a camping trip along the way. Cool guys and girls and a great idea. Chat with the German guys with the Red Mk1 GTI, great looking car and fantastic Zender Sports wheels (for sale too… “if only I had the money,” I say). Meet a few more people and put faces to names from forums and instagram. See Brook’s B4 with those rad hub caps but miss catching up with so much happening and so many people to talk to.

I was stoked that the Mk2 received 2nd in its category and that people were enjoying seeing it there. Hopefully get some more Mk2’s coming down next year. After the presentations #dakratspartysquad hit the road for the long drive back to Newcastle, I cruise with the fellas for a bit on the freeway before sending them on their way, which I’ll follow up on Monday. Arrived back in Sydney Monday night, exhausted from a great weekend, with many great memories, a few new faces to names and a bit sad it was all over so quickly.

Thanks to Reece and all the volunteers and sponsors for making the day possible, and thanks to all the guys and girls who brought their cars along for the good times and great memories.

Highlights for me were: catching up with people and putting faces to names, the burgundy Mk3 (such a nice paint job and colour scheme with the BBS’s too), the Red Mk1 GTI (classy, period perfect german build), the couple of Notchbacks parked up on the far side of the park and the Single cab Splitty were my favourites.

Cheers to all for a great weekend,

Elbo

[Surfpig]

nice write up mate!

saturday night was a good time haha, have to do it all again at nationals

[anthony--t]

Keen for Nats shenanigans, lets get a group happening!

[Brumma]

nice write up mate!

saturday night was a good time haha, have to do it all again at nationals
Thanks mate! Found out I'm working on the day of the nationals :( but only from 11am-3pm, so will make it to whatever part of the weekend I can!

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some pics that I took:

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