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Blitzen
18-05-2010, 08:07 AM
Hey guys.

Well as some of you guys know, I have taken it apon myself to take 9 weeks off work and do an around the world tour.

As part of the fist phase of my tour, I have been traveling though and sight seeing in Washington DC, New York City, and Boston...All three cities were amazing, and it has been and awesome experiance.

On thursday morning I arrived at Logan Airport in Boston to fly to Atlanta and meet up with Jeff Lewis and drive up to Greenville in South Carolina to meet up with the Syndicate guys. After checking in, I proceeded to the departure gate only to find that my flight to Atlanta via Chicago had be cancelled due to bad weather...My heart dropped... I was not rebooked on a flight till the next day... So I grabbed my gear and waited in the rebooking line for 2 hours with the rest of my flight, then presented an awesome sob story to check in clerk... Hooray, I was then booked on to a Delta flight direct to Atlanta, and I was only going to be 2hrs later than I normally would have been!!

I arrive at Atlanta to be picked up by Jeff (one of Jay and Kristi's buddys on his way from Savannah... Sweet ride too!!) and we head north to Greenville to meet up with the Syndicate boys and girls. First we stop at Protech, the local Porsche, Audi, and VW garage for a meetup and a few beers, and I proceed to meet up with the first of an awesome bunch of people that I will see over the weekend. Departing to Halk's place, we play cars, and get some shut eye.

The friday morning we meet up with the majority of the Syndicate guys heading to SOWO, have lunch, and have an awesome drive down to Helen, Georgia, about 70 miles away.
On arriving, we check into the motel, and started having fun!! The eye candy that was driving around was awesome!!

Saturday morning we dragged ourselves out of bed early to get a good spot and get the camp set up. from the outset it was clear that there would be alot of cars to look at, and nearly all of the cars were amazing!! There was a vide variety of VW's, Audi's, a couple of Porsches (One of them was Syndicate Bill's race preped 911 3.0L "Red Brick"), and a Saleen Mustang with a B4 Audi grill zip tied to the grill!!

Saturday night meant more partying, and sunday came way too soon!! I rode back from Helen to Greenville in Bill's 911, which was great!!
I am currently staying in Greenville before flying from Atlanta to Toronto tomorrow. The Syndicate guys here have bent over backwards to make me feel like one of the family, putting me up, and driving me around. I have never felt more at home in a foreign country. I have to say a big shout out to Jeff Lewis, Bill, Bean and She Bean, Halk, Hanna, Handsome Steve, and all of the Syndicate guys that had a laugh at my funny accent over the weekend and mad me feel right at home!!

I have limited internet access as it is at the moment, so I can only upload a few pictures at this stage, but I will be making a video of the pictures and rolling videos I have taken over the weekend.

Oh, and I got the prize for the furtherst traveled person at the show...

Jeffs Mk4 Jetta GLI
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Halks Mk4 GTI 1.8T AWD
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Bill's 911 "Red Brick"
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Camo Supercharged VR6 Mk3 Cabby.
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Speed
18-05-2010, 11:38 AM
Good stuff! Can't wait to see what other pics/video you will be posting.
:)

Jarred
18-05-2010, 12:11 PM
Woo! can't wait till my net is back up to full speed so I can actually see the pics... :(

AusScare
18-05-2010, 03:07 PM
That awd mk4 GTI is rediculously awesome. Do want.

GoLfMan
19-05-2010, 08:07 AM
Helll yeehhhh :D

DubSteve
19-05-2010, 08:49 AM
Some say its even better than the euro version.

schoona
19-05-2010, 11:46 AM
Awesome stuff Ryan! :)

mikepologti
21-05-2010, 01:47 AM
mmmmmmn that mark 4 awd is the ducks n#ts. definatly relavent to my interests.

geoff_gti
22-05-2010, 07:06 PM
damn that mk4 it hot!!!!!! do want.

Buller_Scott
22-05-2010, 09:43 PM
yeah, that mk4 does the murdered look VERY well.

Bboy_Sparx
22-05-2010, 09:54 PM
That blue one makes me salivate

bujna
27-05-2010, 11:55 PM
Some awesome cars there. I love the Murdered look at the moment...

Buller_Scott
28-05-2010, 12:59 AM
theres also the stormtrooper look:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/05/IMG_9420png-1.jpg

Blitzen
05-07-2010, 11:17 PM
Ok, so I'm back in the land of Oz... And I really don't want to be here... I had a ****ing ball over seas and I believe the grass really is greener on the other side... Well it is in the USA or Ireland...But not in Tokyo, as that place is an expensive ****hole...

So after an epic journey that took in Washington DC, New York City, Boston, Greenville SC, Helen Georgia (SoWo), Toronto, London, Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Ireland, Copenhagen, Bastad, Helsingborg (Both in Sweden), Hamburg, Brussels, Frankfurt, and Tokyo, I got back to Townsville on Saturday...

One of the highlights of my trip (as well as many others...) was Southern Worthersee... After seeing the talent that went into most of these cars, and realising it isnt that big of a show (890 entered cars this year as compared to H20 that had over 3000 cars entered last year) made me relise that although Australia has a budding VW, it has a long way to go... The Syndicate guys that I hung out with were amazing. I have nothing but the best to say about them with how they made me feel welcome and the support they gave me while I was there... This is the main reason why I will be paying them another visit at the end of the year.



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Blitzen
05-07-2010, 11:46 PM
Bare steel love...

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Jarred
06-07-2010, 10:57 AM
Nice ryan!

looks like a mad event!

team_v
06-07-2010, 11:04 AM
Man that Scirocco and the VR6 Caddy are insane.

The porble here is that the road rules are so strict that most of the modifications that are in teh scene at the moment aren't possible without catching the eye of the law.

WABIT
06-07-2010, 02:50 PM
**** YEAH!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!!!!!

dom

GoLfMan
06-07-2010, 03:00 PM
Moooaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

Blitzen
06-07-2010, 08:03 PM
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DubSteve
07-07-2010, 08:42 AM
Oh damm so many nice cars it hurts!

Blitzen
07-07-2010, 05:14 PM
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Jarred
07-07-2010, 05:47 PM
that burgundy cab is the sex.

as are many of the other cars..

Blitzen
07-07-2010, 08:43 PM
I may have been a tad drunk...
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SoWo after party...Das Boot!!!!!!
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/07/069-1.jpg

geoff_gti
07-07-2010, 11:07 PM
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Wow, it's like they pre-empted the new Jetta haha

Sweet pics man!!

DubSteve
08-07-2010, 08:50 AM
****in damm!

rayray086
08-07-2010, 12:23 PM
Geez Ryan, a lot of these cars are in the Inspired and Appreciation threads and you actually got out there and got to see them in the flesh. Jealous!!!!!

Blitzen
08-07-2010, 12:49 PM
Haha, I did have a ball while I was there, and I saw a few PVW feature cars, including Wyman Washington's Jetta GLI. Everyone was so cool and accomodating too... I really have nothing bad to say about the trip.
I'm heading back over to Greenville at Christmas to see the Syndicate boys again. I'm going to try to get to H2O when I can one day!!
I will say one thing about SoWo. If you go, pre register, even if you don't take a car. It is free, and apon entry, go to the registration tent and pick up your doggy bag that includes a free t shirt, key rings, heaps of stickers from various sponsors, and vouchers... Totally worth it!! Also, almost all parts, and clothing(including Dub Korps) were between 20 to 50% off... And where the show is, in Helen, Georgia(about 2hrs from Atlanta, or 2hrs from Greenville, SC) it's dirt cheap...

Water Boy
08-07-2010, 01:12 PM
So you are now offically Vortex!

OilBurna
08-07-2010, 01:28 PM
Awesome love the pics as much as we hang **** on the yanks there are some great people there I remember a guy of another forum drove me from Washington DC to Kentucky and back (overnight trip) and another person gave me a great tour of LA as well. Some dedicated petrolheads way above our scale, don't they have a dedicated National Classic Car Day? Glad to see you enjoyed it.

Blitzen
08-07-2010, 01:38 PM
So you are now offically Vortex!

Haha, I only go to the Tex for the Syndicate thread...

Well, this is how much I liked it there... I'm considering moving there in the near future...

Blitzen
08-07-2010, 03:58 PM
The Syndicate guys...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/07/syndicatefamilypic-1.jpg

After winning the prize for the furthest traveled person at the show...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/07/SoWoprize-1.jpg

Photo by S. Dobbins... This was at the hotel where we stayed in Helen...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/07/Houchandben-1.jpg

After show block party... S. Dobbins, and amazing photographer who's work is in PVW was on hand to do a bit of a photo shoot...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2010/07/072-1.jpg

DubSteve
08-07-2010, 04:55 PM
Any syndicate chicks?........................................... .................................................. .................................................. ................. :D

Big Yellow
08-07-2010, 04:57 PM
Any syndicate chicks?........................................... .................................................. .................................................. ................. :D

the one in the red towards the left of the balcony :D

Blitzen
08-07-2010, 07:39 PM
The ones that were there are mostly taken, but I found one that wasn't...

Big Yellow
08-07-2010, 08:16 PM
The ones that were there are mostly taken, but I found one that wasn't...

did ya have a crack?!

Blitzen
08-07-2010, 08:32 PM
Hahahahahaha... I'll put it this way...I was a single Australian traveling by himself in a foreign country... What do you think??

Whubbsie
08-07-2010, 09:47 PM
the porn channel in your hotel room got a work out!

wait wait I got another....

your biggest expense was tissues and hand lotion!

sorry couldn't help myself

Blitzen
08-07-2010, 10:11 PM
the porn channel in your hotel room got a work out!

wait wait I got another....

your biggest expense was tissues and hand lotion!

sorry couldn't help myself

Hahahaha... Whats your point?? I'd do me...

DubSteve
09-07-2010, 09:59 AM
Hahahahahaha... I'll put it this way...I was a single Australian traveling by himself in a foreign country... What do you think??

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO **** YEAH, just a little bit over excited!

Did you skull fluck any?