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Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au The dangers of mixing elephants and Volkswagens. July 2012 IN THIS ISSUE: VW’s 2011 sales data Audi wins Le Mans Norm’s Fish & Chips run Canberra Hot Chocolate VW wrecked by elephant Committee Positions VW-Porsche 914 Plus lots more... Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au A member of the NSW Council of Motor Clubs. Now affiliated with CAMS. ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 1 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Club VeeDub Sydney Club VeeDub membership. Membership of Club VeeDub Sydney is open to all Committee 2011-12. Volkswagen owners. The cost is $45 for 12 months. President: Steve Carter 0439 133 354 [email protected] Monthly meetings. Monthly Club VeeDub meetings are held at the Vice President: David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Greyhound Social Club Ltd., 140 Rookwood Rd, Yagoona, on [email protected] the third Thursday of each month, from 7:30 pm. All our members, friends and visitors are most welcome. Secretary and: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 Membership: [email protected] Correspondence. Club VeeDub Sydney or Club VeeDub (Secretary) Assist. Secretary: David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 PO Box 1135 14 Willoughby Cct [email protected] Parramatta NSW 2124 Grassmere NSW 2570 (02) 9534 4825 Treasurer: Martin Fox 0411 331 121 Our magazine. [email protected] Zeitschrift (German for ‘magazine’) is published monthly by Club VeeDub Sydney Inc. Members can choose to receive Editor: Phil Matthews (02) 9773 3970 Zeitschrift as a full-colour PDF from our website - please email the [email protected] Secretary if you are interested in this option. We welcome all letters and contributions of general VW interest. These may be edited for reasons of space, clarity, spelling Webmaster: Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 or grammar. Deadline for all contributions is the first Thursday of [email protected] each month; late submissions will be held over. Opinions expressed in Zeitschrift are those of the writers, and do not necessarily represent those of Club VeeDub Sydney. Book and DVD Joe Buttigieg 0449 291 642 Club VeeDub Sydney, and its members and contributors, cannot Librarian: [email protected] be held liable for any consequences arising from any information printed in the magazine. Back issues are available as full-colour PDFs from the Tool Librarian: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 Editor at the monthly meeting - please bring your own USB stick. [email protected] Old issues (>2006) are also available at www.clubvw.org.au Articles may be reproduced with an acknowledgment to Zeitschrift, Club VeeDub Sydney. Merchandising: Raymond Rosch (02) 9601 5657 [email protected] We thank our VW Nationals sponsors: Raffle Officer: Christine Eaton (02) 9520 4914 25 years. Vintage Registr: John Ladomatos 0449 236 076 Volkswagen Group Australia H&M Ferman Andrew Dodd Automotive Klaack Motors [email protected] Blacktown Mechanical Repairs Vintage VeeDub Supplies C & S Automotive Volksbahn Autos Pty Ltd VW Nationals David Birchall (02) 9534 4825 Committee: Bob Hickman (02) 4655 5566 20 years and over. Aaron Hawker 0413 003 998 Aust VW Performance Ctre Shannons Car Insurance Dr Mosha The VW King Stan Pobjoy Racing Engineering Motorsport Rudi Frank 0418 442 953 North Rocky & Import Parts Wolfsburg Motors Sydney Captain: [email protected] 15 years and over. Indian Automotive Reliable Automotive Services VW Motorsport Committee: Mick Motors Wayne Penrose VW Enginring Brian Walker Jeff Dunn Herb Gutmann 10 years and over. John Ladomatos Norm Robertson (JP) All Metal Bumpers Mobile Model Cars BWA Auto NRMA Insurance General Committee: Cupid Wedding Cars Stokers Siding Garage Ron Kirby Laurie & Gwen Murray Defender Safety Unicap Pty Ltd Wayne Murray Grace Rosch Harding Performance Wurth Fasteners Australia Ray & Shirley Pleydon 5 years and over. Antique Tyres Les Barlin VW Automotive Canberra Committee. Artemi’s T-Shirts Red Van Tyre Colouring Black Needle Motor Trimming Rod Penrose Racing Chairman: Bruce Walker 0400 119 220 Camden GTI Performance VA Spares Secretary: Renee Richards 0438 113 126 Canberra VW Centre Volkspower Treasurer Bruce Walker 0400 119 220 Classic Vee-Dub VW Classic Kirrawee Autofest/Events Simon Mead 0411 270 260 Custom Vee Dub VW Magazine Australia Registrar: Iven Laufer (02) 6254 1142 Euro Automotive Westside Mufflers Gold Coast Vee Dub Wolfsburg Auto Melbourne ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 2 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 3 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 4 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 5 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 6 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 7 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 8 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au Von dem Herrn Präsident. Bug-Off! Cancer Cruise Well, Norm Robertson organised a wonderful club Meet Norman and Joe on their return from outing to Kiama Golf Club via a car museum a few weeks the ‘Bug-Off Cancer’ fund-raising drive, and ago. We had a really nice drive and a good turnout but more people attending would have been good. escort them back to Sydney! Raymond and Phil are organising the Herbie Movie and Dinner Night at the Hubertus Club on Friday 20 th July. Meet at the south-bound Caltex servo, on The German food is fantastic for both adults and kids, and the F3 Newcastle-Sydney Freeway, at there will be Batfink cartoons on the big screen for the kids 12:00 midday on Saturday 21st July. during dessert and coffee. Then Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo on the big screen. Don’t miss it! Norman Elias and Joe Buttigieg will soon be setting off To get there you’ll need to go slightly north on the Bug Off Cancer drive, to raise funds for cancer to the Jillaby-Warnervale exit, go right research. Thy will drive out to South Australia and Alice under the freeway, then right again back Springs and come home via Tamworth. I plan to meet onto the freeway to come south back to the Norman and Joe at the Twin Servos at Wyong between 12.00 and 1 pm on Saturday 21st July to give them an escort back servo. into Sydney. If you have the time please come along. Please remember that if you’re coming to the Edge Enquiries phone Steve on 0439 133354 Cinema on Sunday 22nd for the VW Nationals Documentary, don’t forget to book into the Paragon Cafe for lunch. Meet us at the M4 Eastern Creek servos, westbound, for the cruise up. See the flyer for all the details. We hope to get a fantastic turnout. The VW Spectacular will be on soon at Valla Beach on the 1st weekend in August. This is one of the best VW gatherings in the country. If you have never been this could be your first year. The next club meeting will be the Annual General Meeting, all committee positions will be up for election, so if have thought about joining our committee now is your time to give it a go. In this issue there is a description of what each committee person does. We need your help to run our club. I hope you like the photo of my new VW. In early August, a number of locals are heading to See you soon, Valla and have listed the details, if you want to go along contact Jay and save a space in the convoy. There are website Steve Carter details for this event listed with the info in the magazine. Don’t forget German Auto Display in September – Cruise on the 22nd and the Carshow on the 23rd. More info Kanberra next month on our big event for the year. Canberra Events: Kapitelreport. Bathurst Run, Sunday 29th July: Be ready for a Here we are in mid-winter already. How quickly is this departure by 07:30. Arrive approx 11:30, cruise along Mt year moving along? This month the locals travelled to Panorama, grab some lunch, visit the car museum, then head Bowning, look for a report elsewhere in the magazine. It was home. Contact Simon for more details: a great day and we had some excellent food. [email protected] Please contact Simon and Coming up in July is the Club Veedub AGM in inform him if you do intend of travelling up, so that he has an Sydney. It’s an excellent way to hear about the running of the idea of numbers. club and meet more dubbers, so head up if you are able. At Valla: Members from the Canberra Chapter will be the end of the month, Simon has organised a day trip to driving up to Newcastle on Wednesday August 1st, then Bathurst, a top place to go if you want to take your Dub for a continuing on to Valla on the Thursday 2nd, and returning to longer run with friends! See the information in the magazine Newcastle on Monday 6th, and home on Tuesday 7th of and contact Simon for more information, it should be an August. You will need to book yourself a room for the nights awesome trip. of Wednesday August 1st, and Monday August 6th. We will ZEITSCHRIFT - July 2012 - Page 9 Club VeeDub Sydney. www.clubvw.org.au be staying at Newcastle Hotel Formule 1. You can either call and book (02) 4950 0244, or book online. http://www.hotelformule1.com/gb/hotel-3493-formule1- Club Veedub AGM. newcastle/index.shtml If you have not yet booked for the Thursday 19th July 2012.