Bugwelder - the shop that cares!

I ordered a set of wheels for the 2015 season @ the Bugwelder shop. Because I care about (my own) safety, I ordered TÜV-approved rims. Upon arrival I discovered that 1 rim was perfectly polished - unfortunately the TÜV-relevant markings were polished as well:

I contacted Christopher, the shop owner to let him know that I expect trouble due to the illegible marking. So, he sent another wheel within just 3days! This is the kind of customer care I expect from a top shop. Especially if you read the story about the opposite behaviour from another dealer, just days ago -> see my Volksstreaker blog: http://volksstreaker.blogspot.de/

beautiful Budel 2014

Today we visited the Budel VW meeting "beautiful Budel" - and indeed, it was beautiful. No rain, some good friends and some good deals - perfect!

Here are some impressions:

a radical oval - but - hey, what's in the background?

a Porsche flat 6 powered, LPG converted notchback

 ... with tele dials and Porsche disc brakes all around!

low late model notch

nice matte finished bug

the ever growing bus department

simple yet nice:

nice color!

 this year the meeting has seen much more visitors compared to the rainy desaster of last year!

in the camp ground an original KDF  Type 82 "Kübelwagen"

 great combo of color, wheels and accessories

I also found a lot of stuff for my Streaker project, which you can follow here:
http://volksstreaker.blogspot.de/

2 aircooled meetings this Sunday!

You shouldn't miss these 2 gatherings:

VWBBL lufgekühlte Freunde

@Altmann Autoland

Düsseldorfer Str.69-79

42781 Haan

 

and

 

24. Wattenscheider Käfertreffen

FEGRO-Großmarkt, Bochumer Straße 119,
44866 Bochum

See you there!

 

Autoslalom Oberhausen, July 27th 2014

This Sunday I visited an Autoslalom (Autocross in the US) in Oberhausen. This was the first time in almost 25 years that I've been to an Autoslalom. In the late 80ies I've been a regular visitor, when the British Army bases and even the harbor area of my hometown were hosting those events. Funilly, a good portion of cars are still the exact same cars as 25 years ago!

The 3er series BMW's E30 and E36 seems to be a common choice

Replica or not?

 In the parc fermé: The Cooper S is one of the few "modern" cars which has a lot of potential!

only one Miata? and more BMW's

Volkswagen Golf 2 

some other "weapons"

 the most unusual vehicle: a Smart ?!

weird mix: Simca Rally I + Daihatsu Charade + Polos

a lot of Polo 86 and 86C were there as well as a Derby!

 a Polo G40

summer sundown

US Car meeting Centro Juli 2014

Today we took a short trip to the US car meeting in Oberhausen, most of them were Mustangs, but some other cool stuff was available as well:
Mustangs all over the place:


a racing Viper - street legal:

 a Corvette with BIG Pipes!

this one was nice, too:

unfortunately - for my purse, Ralf Stocker was on side with his Snap-on tool taxi:

 picture from his website: http://www.werkzeug-taxi.de

So I had to grab this thread repair kit!

LIVING THE PORSCHE: a 1 hour film which makes you want to have a Porsche even more!