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  • The Goooolf goes to SEMA

    I’m driving the 1985 VW Goooolf TDI 2,500 miles from Pottstown PA across the USA in under 72 hours to Las Vegas, NV for the SEMA Show. The car is almost 10ft longer than original, and with lowered suspension, TDI…

  • 15,000KM to Vdub CampFest – 6 southern African countries

    Our 15,000KM 6 country journey acorss southern Africa, in a Mk1 Golf.

  • Unfair Advantage Podcast: Jamie Orr, Automotive Importer / YouTuber, and The Mystery of the Audi RS2 with the 1.6-liter VIN

    A podcast with George Achorn, for the Audi Club North America. Their Homepage : https://audiclubna.org/unfair-advantage-podcast-jamie-orr-automotive-importer-youtuber-and-the-mystery-of-the-audi-rs2-with-the-1-6-liter-vin/ Links to listen online: Apple : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jamie-orr-automotive-importer-youtuber-brand-ambassador/id1451120278?i=1000547475109 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ICUIeF27suctr5qJUMml5 Google PodCasts : https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83ZDMzM2JhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/MzZiZDM4ZjYtY2RhMy00ZGVkLWJjZjItZjRiODRjYzM3YjAx?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahgKEwi4yI-jwcmCAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQugE

  • L’oe Show 2024 – The Mercury Newspaper

  • The Volkswagen Gewurtz Ketchup Brand in the USA

    Volkswagen Brings a Tatse of Germany to the US with Gewurz Ketchup

  • Volkswagen USA – 75th Anniversary Owner Spotlight

  • Fox 29 Good Morning Live Show

    Hank Flynn from the FOX 29 Good Day show stopped by the warehouse to hang out and chat about the show, cars, and Pottstown – with the cars and work from DSP.Paris and atelier282 getting some well deserved mentions You…

  • #5K to CampFest

    5,000KM ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA IN A Citi Golf “R ish” The annual SA CampFest is likely the biggest event held for enthusiasts of Volkswagen cars in Africa, and definitely the biggest in South Africa. Each year I’m very fortunate to…

  • Volkswagen R-GTI 2006 Concept

    Volkswagen’s R-GTI Concept – unveiled at the SEMA Show in 2006. Back in 2006, Volkswagen’s new facility in California, along with other departments at the company, built and released this wild Golf GTI Concept for the SEMA Show in Las…

  • Volkswagen Corrado Magnum Prototypes

    In late 2013 I was contacted by John K., a member of the VWVortex forums, who had purchased the special prototype vehicles in Germany. He had stored them in the Netherlands, with hopes of importing them to his home in…

  • VW Mk8 Golf GTI BBS – Enthusiast Fleet marketing project

    Volkswagen of America asked me to bring a retro-inspired homage to life, 8 months before the launch of the 8th Generation GTI in the USA.

  • The South African 300hp Citi Golf 5 day Challenge

    Ship a 300hp V6 engine from New York to Johannesburg, fly there with the wheels, buy a car, fully restore it, and drive to the biggest car show in South Africa, all in only 5 days.

  • The Spanish Audi Hearse

    Fly to Spain, buy a Hearse from a Funeral Director, drive it non-stop across Europe, to one of the most infamous race tracks in the world..

  • The Junkyard Harlequin Rescue

    Flying 3,000 miles to rescue a rare car from being crushed in a junkyard, fixing it inside the junkyard, and driving it all the way home - in only 5 days total!

  • Pan-South America in a VW Golf GTI – 22,000km in 3 weeks.

    Crossing all of South America, from Colombia in the North to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego in the South, unsupported in a SEMA Show car, in under 3 weeks.

  • 1996 VW Polo Harlequin

    November 2019 – Donut Media 1996 VW Polo Harlekin Episode

    Donut Media explain the German Market 1996 VW Polo Harlekin that I restored in Holland, after its appearance at the SEMA Show.

  • July 2019 – Womens World Cup Soccer Team Parade – VW Atlas Preparation

    Preparing the vehicles that would tow the floats on the NYC Ticker Tape Parade for the USA Womens Soccer World Cup winning team.

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The VW Gewurtz sauce is back in the USA for a limi The VW Gewurtz sauce is back in the USA for a limited time only 😅 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
More VR6-y and replacing a cracked downpipe with t More VR6-y and replacing a cracked downpipe with the full frontal Milltek R32 system. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The plan is to be leaving for the Arctic Circle in about six days from now - starting with Poland, Lithuania, then up to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland.
The Goooolf and I will be joining @fcpeuro in Ariz The Goooolf and I will be joining @fcpeuro in Arizona this coming weekend, for @fuelfest on Saturday, and the FCP Euro Sunday Motoring Meet on Sunday 💙 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Sunday Motoring Meet is a completely free of charge cars and coffee style event, at their Mesa, Arizona facility. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It runs from 8am-11am, and I’m sure we’ll find a way to stream the F1 Abu Dhabi race if needs be, and I’ll definitely be up for some post-race chatter! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ll should also have a few dozen copies of various issues of Performance VW magazine to hand out for free. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Sunday meet is open to all types of cars, it’s free, and it’s super family friendly. The FCP Euro folks do as that you pre-register to help with number counts, you can the link on their site. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And FuelFest…? You might know more than me - it’s run by some pretty big names, and seems like a great time - maybe we can offer Drift Safari runs on the track with the Gooolf (or maybe their lawyers will hate that idea) 😅 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m writing this from Europe, as I’m flying directly to Arizona and back, just for the hangs with y’all and FCP Euro, and to warm up and collect some last minute parts before I start the drive to Arctic Ocean in Norway next week. Some@Sun will be great before the total 24 hour darkness. Hope to see ya there! 😅🥰
Mk8 TCR Chassis #1 - this is the same chassis that Mk8 TCR Chassis #1 - this is the same chassis that was in the Volkswagen classic warehouse, and that we displayed in the USA. It has since been developed and raced by the amazing @maxkruseracing team - including to a class victory at Nürburgring 24h 👏❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ At the Essen Motor Show, on the @protrackwheels booth - it’s always great to see this car ❤️🥰
EMS Essen Motor Show photo dump Part 1. Lots of PV EMS Essen Motor Show photo dump Part 1. Lots of PVW Magazine featured cars 👏🥰 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ V12 Type 2 = @nyymanrobin Gold Derby V4 = @mk1derbyblade Baby Blue Polo 6N = @garage78_polo6n White Mk8 = @hgmotorsport Black Mk7 = @jeanpierrekraemer @jp.performance White Mk1 = @kw_suspension Mk1 Cabrio = @ibos_garage
Arctic Circle in a $1,000 Golf VR6 4Motion in Dece Arctic Circle in a $1,000 Golf VR6 4Motion in December ☃️ #wintervacation
The 2026 VW Polo Cup Series Germany, using South A The 2026 VW Polo Cup Series Germany, using South African built cars made by the @volkswagen_motorsport_za at the @volkswagensouthafrica Kariega HQ. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 2.0T engines feed power through a South African made sequential gearbox, with @hrspezialfedern coilovers, ATS wheels, and lots of carbon fibre inside. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ VW have long had a correct-for-the-brand accessible version of motorsport, with many Cup Series (Golf, Polo, Beetle) cars, and of course Formula Vee. So this feels a little like nature is healing, with some of that coming back to Germany. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To see more, check out @polocup_germany
Live drawing the winner of the SEMA giveaway, rais Live drawing the winner of the SEMA giveaway, raising money for the Pottstown Cluster, helping with Food and Housing Insecurity. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thanks to everyone who donated, it sounds like we’ve raised approximately $3200 for the Pottstown base charity, and one winner drawn randomly from the hat will receive the whole box of swag that I put together at the SEMA Show. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For everybody who donated $50 or more, I will personally send you one of the Rotiform x Leen Customs Goooolf pins, and a copy of performance VW magazine.
Drift Porsche Macan by @tshauto in Canada with @fc Drift Porsche Macan by @tshauto in Canada with @fcpeuro - at the track with @rotiform 💙 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Driven by : @andreyysd
Show Low, Arizona - named after a card game, and I Show Low, Arizona - named after a card game, and I essentially went to wear a L’oe Show shirt in Show Low 😅 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sitting at 6,345 feet (1,934 m), it was founded in 1870 and officially incorporated in 1953. With a population of 11,000 people, that’s less than the number of people that come to @loeshowofficial 😊
What would your relaxing drink of choice be? Loooo What would your relaxing drink of choice be? Loooong warm nights, with perfect sunsets. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Goooolf TDI in a dry lake bed, Nevada. A long way from the barn I bought it at, pretty broken, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Big huge thanks and love to everyone involved, in Hamburg, Germany, in Paris, France, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and here in Las Vegas, Nevada. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To Meyle at their HQ in Hamburg, Germany, and Xavier Atelier282 and DSP (plus le Club Il de France / VW Days crew), to SoloWerks Glen for building suspension that made it, to all my friends, and all the staff at FCP Euro, LIQUI MOLY, Hengst Filtration, and so many more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And today as I sit here in Las Vegas, to @rotiform @players_carl @thehoonigans for this extra push to get back out on the road and have some fun for a change - that means a lot to me mentally, thank you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I, and the car, wouldn’t be here without all of you. It’s been sitting at L’oe Show for people to sit in and smile for several years, but today it’s me that’s smiling, which is a little bit unusual - when cars mean stress usually. So, sincerely thank you, all ❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Full feature in PVW Magazine for all the details and proper thanks, at some point in the future. 😅😘
The prize pack going to one lucky winner of our ch The prize pack going to one lucky winner of our charity raffle, helping raise money for the Pottstown Cluster Org helping with food and housing insecurity. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Donation link is below in the comments thanks! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ $10 = One Entry for every $10 $50 = Five Entries + Goooolf Pin for first 25 people only, with free shipping in the USA from me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Names will be drawn from a hat next Wednesday and the winner will be contacted by DM.
Las Vegas, baby. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Las Vegas, baby. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Brasil at SEMA 🇧🇷 Driving from Atlanta, Geor Brasil at SEMA 🇧🇷 Driving from Atlanta, Georgia to Las Vegas, and all on the @krebsindustries booth.
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Air Design’s all new Tiguan bodykit concept show Air Design’s all new Tiguan bodykit concept shown off with a full retrim and more, at their SEMA Show booth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Air Design is a Mexican company, who have produced body kits for many cars in the past, including different models of Volkswagen Jettas and SUVs.
More Goooolf drops 😘 More Goooolf drops 😘
There’s more limited edition Goooolf @rotiform x There’s more limited edition Goooolf @rotiform x @leencustoms dropping each day at the SEMA Show - they’re completely free, but you have to find them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you spot me walking around the show, I’ve got a small Number in my backpack, and we will be hanging out at the car later this afternoon, and also during the Friday night drive out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And..: you can also grab a free copy of Performance VW magazine if I have those in my backpack too 😄
Period correct looking but updated RetroSounds Gr Period correct looking but updated RetroSounds Grand Prix headunit in the Goooolf Stretch - with spot on green lighting 💚 ⠀⠀⠀ The Goooolf cane with a crappy 2000’s era head unit, so I’ve replaced it with the very 1980s inspired modern unit, with all the updated connections to my phone. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The RetroSounds unit uses a interchangeable face plate to match the style of the interior, with twin knob versions for cars like the early VW Mk1 Rabbit, through to this DIN standard facia, inspired by the factory hedge units seen in loss of German cars in the 1980s. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #œ #vw #goooolf #retrosounds #80s #1980s #80sstyle
Meyle will make you a custom-made genuine German l Meyle will make you a custom-made genuine German license plate at their booth at @aapexshow in the Venetian Expo Center - where you can also learn about their product - and for a 100% to charity donation of 20 bucks, you can go home with a really cool souvenir. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @meyle_parts @meyle.northamerica
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