Via West - October-November 2011

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2011 Shannons Day of the Volkswagen - 4th December - McCallum Park



CONTACT US YOUR COMMITTEE (cont’d)

VOLKSWAGEN CLUB OF WA (Inc) EDITOR: 0407 347 340

MAIL: PO Box 175 Ray Willis [email protected]

Victoria Park CONCESSION LICENCE: (08) 9332 6919

Western Australia 6979 Rod McSwain

ABN: 31 610 140 537 CMC LIAISON OFFICER: (08) 9342 8703

TELEPHONE: (08) 9342 8703 Richard Hines

E-MAIL: [email protected] PROPERTY OFFICER: (08) 9342 8703

WEBSITE: www.vwclubwa.com Richard Hines

MERCHANDISE OFFICER: 0417 173 886

YOUR COMMITTEE Karen Fyfe

PRESIDENT: 0408 183 396 SOCIAL SECRETARY:

Jamie Barrett [email protected] Colin Seth

VICE PRESIDENT: SPORTS ORGANISER: Currently grouped under

John Hornby As above ―Events Coordinator‖

SECRETARY: 0407 347 340 PUBLICITY OFFICER:

Ray Willis [email protected] As above

MEMBERSHIPS: 0407 347 340 GENERAL COMMITTEE: Patrick Spiteri, Dave Moore,

Ray Willis [email protected] Karla & Merrick Paget (country liaison South West)

TREASURER: 0438 819 443 WEBMASTER:

Shane Williams [email protected] Tina Moore [email protected]





VIAWEST MAGAZINE

VOLKSWAGEN EVENTS

Advertising:

Please send your ‗for sale‘ or ‗wanted‘ adverts by mail or email to the Editor before the publication deadline.

Normally one event will be nominated as the club run each month. Some months will have more than one event. Not all events attended by the club will be club organised.

Please note that non-members are welcome to come to the club organised events. If you have any friends you would like to accompany us, please bring them along.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for club organised events give a Committee member a call or an e-mail and the committee so we can put it on our calendar.

The VW Events Calendar is at page 6 and lists the upcoming events and club runs for some months in advance in chrono-

Fees:

Members - 1/4 page adverts are free.

Non-Members - 1/4 page adverts are $5.00

Please contact the Editor to find out about commercial advertising in the magazine, inserting flyers or advertising on the website.

Publication Deadline: The ViaWest magazine‘s dead-

line for articles for the next issue is December 5

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Volkswagen Club of WA (Inc), its Committee or members.

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at John Hughes Volkswagen in Victoria Park, starting at 6:30pm. Committee meetings are open to all members and invited guests.

Membership and Birthdays IN THIS ISSUE page

The Club ............................. p 2

The Club (contd) ................. p 4

A word from the Editor ......... p 5

VW Event Calendar ............. p 6

Muarice Brockwell Run ........ p 7

Guiness Book of Records .... p 8

Road Test - V6 Passat ........ p 10

SA 2012 Bug-In - Aldinga .... p 12

2011 Anniversary Kruize ..... p 14

VW Club Plates ................... p 17

2011 Shannons Day of VW . p 18

One Man & His Campervan . p 22

Formula Vee Association .... p 23

Ratmuller Racing ................. p28

Volkswagen News

New Tiguan ................... p 13

Wheels Awards ............. p 20

Up!Load ........................ p 20

Polo R WRC ................. p 21

FRONT COVER: VW Hilton of David and Louise Beckley—organisers of the Hills Road Trip....more on pages 14-16

Happy

Birthday to the following members for

NOVEMBER

Adam Green / Dixon

Allen Zimdahl

Amelia Seth

Andy Cotton

Benjamin Phillips

Bryley McPherson

Chelsea Reilly

Chloe Cotton

Dicken Patterson

Garreth Thomas

Janine Wood Hart

Jenette Mannon-Savage

Lance Fitzgerald

Louise Beckley

Margaret Davey / Tittel

Noah Robinson

Rebekah Radzi

Richard Davies

Ry Beaver

Tegan Waters

Tim Summerfield

Zachary Karamfiles

Welcome to

new members No new memberships received

in October

Our apologies to Dr Stuart Breden for incorrectly printing their name in our last issue.

Currently the club has...

99 “paid up” memberships



2011 A very busy year...

Yes, 2011 is coming to a close very quickly and is difficult to see where all the time went and where all the jobs you have to didn‘t get done. Well we had a very busy start to the year organising the Na-

tional Bug-In at Easter in Toodyay, followed by the 2011 Road Trip throughout the South West immediately after.

For everybody that worked so hard it was very rewarding to see it go off so successfully, while those that attended en-joyed themselves immensely and no doubt will be looking forward to future Bug-Ins, not only in WA but around Austral-ia.

Keep a look out as there some members like me already committed to attend the SA Bug-In in 2012 and there maybe some group travel arrangements made. Of course forward any questions you have ant time.

2011 Shannons Day of the Volkswagen

Closing out a very busy year will be our annual VW get together. This is coming together at a rate of knots with the committee busy organising the venue, food & drinks, entertainment and cars on show.

This year we have moved to McCallum Park just off Canning Highway, not far down the road from where we were last year...just south of the Causeway. Still only $10 to put your car on show and free if you just want to come and have a look. The more cars the merrier, and the more variation the better also. It would be good to get some other VW affiliates there this year.

Also to remember that this year is the 50th Anniversary of the VW Type 3...extra trophies are being presented for this category this year and we would like to see as many as possible on show.

We hope to have all the results and photos in the December magazine...see you all there1

Ray Willis, Club Secretary, Membership Officer and Editor ViaWest Magazine



# indicates a club run

This Month November 2011

Wednesday 2nd ALFRED’S of GUILDFORD

7pm cnr of Meadow & James St Guildford

Wednesday 9th MONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETING Contact: Ray Willis 0407 347 340

6:30pm @ John Hughes Volkswagen, Victoria Park

Weekend 11th DWELLINGUP CAMPING TRIP Contact: Jamie Barrett 0408 183 396

Nanga Mill, Lane Poole Reserve, Dwellingup. (Also see forum)

Sunday 13th # 2011 MOTOR MUSEUM BROCKWELL MEMORIAL Contact: Motor Museum (08) 9249 9457

See page 7

Wednesday 23rd 2011 DAY of the VW COMMITTEE MEETING Contact: Ray Willis 0407 347 340

6:30pm @ Wangara Volkswagen, Wangara

December 2011

Sunday 4th # SHANNONS 2011 DAY of the VOLKSWAGEN Contact: Ray Willis 0407 347 340

See pages 10-11

Wednesday 7th ALFRED’S of GUILDFORD




January 2012

Wednesday 4th ALFRED’S of GUILDFORD




TBA JANUARY CLUB RUN

Ideas welcome—contact the Committee





Shell sets world record for fuel effi-

ciency lesson Thousands of motorists across Europe and Asia helped Shell set a new world record for the "largest fuel efficiency lesson" at the weekend.

Nine cities staged simultaneous train-ing sessions in which motorists were able to learn how to save fuel and cut their driving costs.

A total of 3,243 people participated in the lessons which took place in the UK, Denmark, Turkey, Philippines, Thai-land, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Germa-ny and Malaysia.

The largest turnout came in Malaysia, where 1,225 participants were in at-tendance at the 1Utama shopping cen-tre in Selangor.

In Valkenburg, Shell worked with the classic VW Beetle owners club to given them information about how they could make their classic cars run more effi-ciently.

After the lesson the Beetle owners then went on a driving challenge around the local area to put what they'd learnt to the test and see who could drive in the most fuel efficient way.

Over 200 drivers took part in UK leg of the attempt which was held near Tower Bridge in London and was hosted by TV motoring expert Quentin Willson and TV presenter Konnie Huq.

Amarilis Whitty, Guinness World Rec-ords adjudicator, said of the achieve-

ment: "As world record attempts go, this is one of the most informative I've witnessed.

"Now more than ever, it's a hugely im-portant topic for families and motorists across the world. I can now confirm that 204 people in the UK were present and attentive for the full 30-minute les-son on fuel saving."

For the Volkswagen

records... Who: Volkswagen Aficionado Club Brazil

What: Largest parade of Volkswagen (VW) cars and What: Longest single-model vehicle parade

Where: Brazil

A total of 2,728 VW Beetles took part in a parade organised by the Volkswagen Aficionado Club of Brazil on a race track near Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 1 May 1995.

Note: The largest parade of Toyota cars consisted of 223 vehicles in an event organized by Mick Jones (UK) at the Silverstone Circuit in Towcester, UK, on 31 May 2009.

Who: Stephen Muller

What: Fastest VW Beetle engine swap

Where: Australia

Stephen Muller, Adrian Muller, Julian Price-Jones and Jeremy Vant Spyker (all Australia) managed a time of 1 mi-nute and 6 seconds for the fastest VW Engine exchange on the set of Guin-ness World Records at Seven Network Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 27 August 2005.

Who: John and Helen Taylor

What: Lowest fuel consumption - 48 US States (non-hybrid car)

Where: United States

Helen and John Taylor (both Australia) achieved a fuel consumption of 529.28 litres (139.82 US gal) for an average of 3.46 l/100 km (67.90 US mpg) on the GOODYEAR FUEL MAX TIRE CHAL-LENGE while driving a 2009 VW Jetta TDI powered with Shell Ultra Low Sul-fur Diesel over 15,297 km (9,505 miles) through all 48 contiguous US States, between 28 July and 15 August 2009.

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Who: Rainer Zietlow

What: Longest journey by car using alternative fuel

Where: Germany

The record for longest journey by car using alternative fuel is 3,8137 km (2,3697.19 miles) and was achieved by Rainer Zietlow, Florian Hilpert, Falk Gunold, Franz Janusiewicz (all Ger-many) with a Volkswagen Caddy Eco-Fuel using natural gas. The journey started in Cologne, Germany, on 15 October 2006 and finished in Leipzig, Germany, on 13 April 2007.

Who: Marko Tomac

What: Longest fuel range (Standard)

Where: Croatia

The greatest distance driven on a sin-gle standard tank of fuel is 2,545.80 km (1,581.88 miles) by a Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI BlueMotion, in an event organized by 'Auto Motor i Sport' (Croatia). It was driven by Mar-ko Tomac and Ivan Cvetkovic (both Croatia) within Croatia, between 27 and 30 June 2011

Who: Volkswagen do Brasil

What: Largest car mosaic

Where: Brazil

The largest car mosaic was created with 460 Volkswagen cars in an event organized by Volkswagen do Brasil Indústria de Veículos Automotores Ltda at the Anhembi Parque in São Paulo, Brazil, on 10 April 2010.

Who: Volkswagen Beetle

What: First car to sell 20 million units

Where: Mexico

The Volkswagen Beetle was the first automobile in history to reach sales of 20 million. On 15 May 1981 the 20 millionth Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line of Volkswagen de México.

Who: Bugatti EB Veyron 16.4 Super Sport

What: Fastest production car

Where: Germany

The fastest production car is the Bu-gatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, which achieved a two-way timed speed of 431.072 km/h (267.86 mph) at the

Volkswagen proving grounds in Ehra-Lessien near Wolfsburg, Germany, on 26 June 2010.

What: Farthest distance driven using an internal combustion engine in one hour

Where: Italy

The greatest distance driven in one hour by a car with an internal combus-tion engine is 353.409 km (219.598 miles), by Helmut Henzler (Germany) and Keke Rosberg (Finland) in a pro-totype Volkswagen diesel-powered car on 18 October 1980 at the Nardo cir-cuit in Italy.

Who: Volkswagen Beetle

What: Best selling car (single design)

The Volkswagen Beetle is the best-selling car of a single design (the core structure and shape of the Beetle re-mained largely unchanged from 1938 to 2003). It was also the first car to achieve 20 million sales. The Beetle‘s tally when production ended was 21,529,464.

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Discounted down to $300 a set...save $15 until 4th Dec.



Volkswagen Passat Wagon

V6 4-motion When I realised that a new Volkswagen Passat Wagon was avail-able to do an appraisal – because no one else wanted it, the only real inter-est for me, was to see what improve-ments had been made. Mind you, the last Passat I tested was the R36 and I was on such a high when it had to be returned, that I thought any subse-quent appraisal, would leave me feel-ing flat.

Anyway, when I went to pick up the latest Passat, it was mentioned to me that it was a bit thirsty and upon seek-ing clarification, was told it was the V6 FSI Highline, meaning it was the 3.6l with 4Motion with 220kw available un-der foot. The other 2 variants available in the range are the 1.8l 118kw TSI

and the 2.0l 125kw TDi. It also comes in Sedan and Bluemotion. So, maybe I would enjoy it after all. It wasn‘t an R36, but it had all wheel drive, leather seats, 6 stack CD, electric front seats, adaptive chassis control (sport / nor-mal/ comfort) and a lot of the niceties that VW stacks into all their cars as standard. But you can option Satnav, sun roof or self parking (parallel and right angle) adaptive cruise control, as well as lane assist (warns of cars in your blind spots) and will also give you visual and acoustic warnings if you are heading for the rear end of a car in front. It doesn‘t seem too far away be-fore our cars will take us home all by themselves. Something that surprised me however, was that although it had already done 8000klm, some of the niceties like the tilting kerbside mirror when in reverse had not appeared to have been set up for or by previous journalists.

Well, the weekend saw clear sunny skies and temperatures creeping to-wards 30c, so on the Sunday, we

joined the VW Club‘s Anniversary Cruise through the hills east of Perth. Travelling in a convoy isn‘t often done well by people who tend to try to keep up with the car in front, rather than staying back with the car behind you. This convoy was no different and there was a lot of stop start driving. The Passat was very thirsty as the 6 speed DSG hunted mainly between 3rd and 4th, with some 5th gear. By the end of the 100klm day trip it averaged 13.2l/100klm.

On Monday we had a luncheon ap-pointment in Bunbury, so I got the credit card out and topped up the 70 litre tank. The run down the Forrest Highway 150klm to Bunbury was much more economical, returning

By Rod McSwain



8.3l/100klm. We called into Bunbury Volkswagen and met the New Vehicles sales Manager – Wessel van Aardt, who had a good range of vehicles in-cluding a the new Jetta, Passat CC, Polo and a good range of Golfs, as well as a few Amarok‘s overflowing into the next yard.

Business was done and we headed to Busselton for the night. The return journey home the next day was via the inland road to Pinjarra. On the open road the Passat is a star performer. I don‘t think I‘ve spent less time passing trucks and setting the adaptive chassis control ―smoothed‖ out the road.

No car is perfect and I did find one BIG problem. In the wagon as in other VW models, there is a 12 volt plug. So we loaded up the car fridge to take our own supplies. The fridge kept chilly cold. But, with our 50l car fridge in the back, we could not pull back the secu-rity screen over the cargo area, so everything else was exposed not only to prying eyes, but also the sun. There was a full spare, but a 5mm lower car-go floor would have resolved it. I‘d also like to see some brighter colours.

Overall this particular model is not a city car, but is a fantastic comfortable tourer that returns excellent economy, with all the power under foot you will need.

My ultimate car for some time has been the Audi S6 Avante (wagon) and this Passat with a few options would go close to it Why? Because the lady of the house can drive the children to school before doing the weekly shop-ping or heading for a coffee with girl-friends, it has the power to pull a small van or trailer on holidays, it has heaps of cargo space, albeit security with a car fridge in the back, has all wheel drive and all the safety features, is not out of place in the executive car park and you can drive it like you stole it.

With globalisation leading to the reduc-tion of models around the world though, the V6 FSI Passat Wagon will no doubt become a rare breed.

Thank you to Volkswagen Australia for the use of the Press Car for our Road test.



Greetings to

all Bug-Inners! As President of the VW Club of SA, I have great pleasure in conveying to you all the first official details for the 2012 Bug-In. We expect this Bug-In will be as enjoyable as all previous Bug-Ins and are working hard to that end result. The event is based around the Aldinga Beach, Port Willunga and McLaren Vale areas which are less than an hour‘s drive south of Adelaide.

After the traditional Registration after-noon/evening at the Port Willunga Tourist Park, we will be conducting the Show ‗n‘ Shine at a magnificent venue previously known as McLarens on the Lake, now Serafino‘s. It has a large beautifully manicured grassed area under gum trees and is located a cou-ple of minutes from McLaren Vale. Early afternoon we have arranged a convoy to Woodstock Winery, followed by a visit to a rose farm (both located nearby) and then a pleasant drive through part of the Fleurieu Peninsula taking in Myponga Dam and the south-ern beaches area. Saturday evening is free, but we will be able to provide you with a few choices if you wish to go out for a meal.

Sunday‘s motorsport will be held at the Tailem Bend Motorsport Park, which is approx. an hour away. We feel it will be worth the trip as the complex has the ability for us to have the traditional Motorkhana, a couple of courses for Khanacross AND a drag strip! We haven‘t finalised the details yet, but we think we can keep people busy and cater for all tastes. Of course, for those of you who aren‘t into the motorsport, we have organised a bus trip to the Goolwa/Victor Harbor area which will include a look at the Murray River mouth on Hindmarsh Island.

Sunday‘s Presentation Dinner will be held at Serafino‘s in our own private room. The menu looks very inviting and I‘m sure we‘ll enjoy the evening relating stories from the weekend and congratulating trophy winners.

As Easter draws to a close, we have arranged a tour with a difference for

those people who wish to stay for a while. The difference is we intend to include some of the highlights of our city as well as near country locations. Check out the itinerary below for fur-ther details.

More information, including costs, will follow soon.

ACCOMMODATION for the EASTER BUG-IN

Various cabins and powered sites have been booked at the;

Port Willunga Tourist Park, 22 Tuit Rd, Aldinga.

To book your cabin/site, please phone direct on (08) 8556 6113 or visit www.portwillungatouristpark.com.au

Mention you are part of the VW Club booking at Easter and they will arrange your booking.

If you have any queries regarding any-thing listed in this posting, please con-tact me on (08) 8289 4707 or [email protected] or 13 Pisani Ct, Golden Grove SA 5125.

Thanks,

Mal Dodd

Tentative day trips for the week after Easter –

Monday 9th April Aldinga to Goolwa cruise – day trip to the Coorong.

Tuesday 10th April Hahndorf & Windy Point – option of dinner at Windy Point and take in the sights.

Wednesday 11th April Tours of Adelaide Oval and Coopers Brewery.

Thursday 12th April Barossa Valley region cruise.

Friday 13th April See Adelaide via the O-Bahn to North East suburbs, tram to Glenelg and visit the famous Central Market.

If you wish to be involved in some or all of this week‘s outings, we recom-mend the Windsor Gardens Caravan Park. Phone (08) 8261 1091 or visit www.windsorgardenscaravanpark.com.au

VW Club WA Remember to BOOK your LEAVE, ACCOMMODATION and have your TRAVEL plans organised.

RAIL TRAVEL...

The VW Club WA has been able to secure discount fares Perth to Ade-laide v.v. from Great Southern Rail and Indian Pacific for VW Club WA mem-bers. The brochure for the discounted rail fares etc can be found on the Club webpage or a copy can be posted to you by contacting Ray Willis (Club Secretary).

$250 as an incentive to VW Club WA Members who drive to their FIRST

INTERSTATE BUG-IN...

As most of us know, Rod‘s wife and Kaitlyn‘s mother Janet, unexpectedly died in July 2008. It was 12 months to the day after buying her new 2007 Jet-ta Tdi, that Janet went to hospital for a procedure that is carried out on a regu-lar basis, but sadly, she had a stroke after the operation. Janet, Rod and Kaitlyn have attended a number of Bug-Ins as a family and have always been heavily involved every time the Bug-In has been held in WA since 1975.

In 2009, Rod drove the Jetta 3500klm to the Bendigo Bug-In with the aim of getting there on 3 tanks of diesel. It meant going sub 5 litres per 100klm, but a headwind for the first day and a half prevented the target being reached. But he did manage an aver-age of 5.2l/100klm, with the best being 4.8l/100klm between Mildura and Ben-digo, plus doing the 1035klm from Pt Augusta to Mildura on a single 55 litre tank. The journey was achieved for just under $250.

On that basis, Rod and Kaitlyn have offered $250 as an incentive to mem-bers who drive to their 1st interstate Bug-In. The offer will be available each year until the Bug-In is next hosted in WA and will be distributed as decided by Rod and/or Kaitlyn after sugges-tions from the committee.

Please let the Club know if you are going or thinking about going, espe-cially if it is at least one way by road...THE GREAT ROAD TRIP!



The New

Tiguan

Combining the Versatility of an SUV

with the Agility of Sports Cars.

A fresh-faced, economical SUV

packed with advanced technologies

The new Volkswagen Tiguan is here. Following the lead of its big brother the second generation Touareg, the new Tiguan offers unparalleled safety, com-fort, design and state-of-the-art tech-nology, all in one compact SUV.

The new Tiguan features an array of enhanced styling as is evident across the entire Volkswagen range. Drawing from Volkswagen‘s specialised design DNA, the new Tiguan features domi-nate horizontal lines on the front grille. At the rear, new two-part light clusters give the Tiguan its distinct appear-ance. Again, similar to those of the Touareg, they form an ‗L‘ shape, while the lower border of the lights also fol-lows a horizontal geometry.

Four engines are available across the Tiguan range; three petrol engines and one diesel engine. Petrol engines in-clude a twincharged 1.4-litre TSI with 118 kW, a 2.0-litre TSI with 132 kW and a 2.0-litre TSI with 155 kW. De-spite the high power output, CO2 emissions have remained surprisingly low.

The diesel variant is even more im-pressive. The 2.0-litre TDI engine pro-vides 103 kW of power and achieves - for an SUV - the remarkably low com-bined fuel consumption figure of just 6.0 litres per 100 km for the manual model.

The Tiguan‘s 1.4-litre TSI engine, pow-ered by 118 kW will be available in two-wheel drive, attracting customers who are looking for a stylish yet economical city SUV in an affordable package. For customers wanting the added versatili-ty and the option to venture off the beaten track, the rest of the range (103TDI, 132TSI, 155TSI) feature

Volkswagen‘s innovative 4MOTION all-wheel drive as standard.

The Tiguan 118TSI is matched with a 6-speed manual transmission, whilst the 103TDI can be equipped with ei-ther a 6-speed manual or 7-speed DSG transmission. The Tiguan 132TSI is paired with both 6-speed manual and 7-speed DSG transmissions, while the 155TSI Tiguan is available with a 7-speed DSG transmission only.

Both the 103TDI and the 118TSI with two-wheel drive incorporates BlueMo-tion Technology making them both incredibly environmentally friendly and economical. BlueMotion Technologies includes Volkswagen‘s impressive Start/Stop system, Brake Energy Re-cuperation and the revolutionary Coasting Function (on 103TDI DSG only) offering even further fuel saving technology and thus, lowing emis-sions.

As with every Volkswagen, the Tiguan provides high passenger safety with daytime driving lights, six airbags (front, front side and curtain airbags), and safety optimised front head re-straints as standard. The new Tiguan also features Volkswagen‘s advance technologies including Anti-lock Brak-ing System (ABS), Auto Hold function, Brake Assist and Electronic Brake-




At Pickering Brook we stopped at the Core Cider House at approximately 11.30...they had tea, coffee and cakes plus cider tasting and the sale of cider and jams etc.



A short drive to Myattsfield Vineyards where we sampled wine from their fairly extensive range...this is a small but very successful winery owned by young winemakers Josh and Rachael Davenport.

PTO...



A big thank you goes out to David and Louise Beckley, our ‗Hills Trip‘ organisers...well done!

A short drive to Fairbrossen Estate where we had our lunch stop...they had a reasonable choice of dishes including beef and mushroom pie.



Here are some sample plates already on VW

Club Member vehicles.

We have Orders coming in...

Well since we ran this article in August we have already ordered 3 sets of club plates and two of these are now ready for their member‘s vehicles.

We have an interest in another 3 sets, with members currently making up their minds on what they would like on their plates.

Time is running out, but just to refresh your memories we have re-run the article again for you...

End of VW Club Plates ?

About 9 years ago the club came up with the concept of having its own identifying club plates. Since then the

club has sold a number of plates to members and they are proudly dis-played on their cars.

We have now received a letter from the Department of Transport (Government of WA) that they intend to retire our club plates because of falling sales.

DPI has introduced a minimum sales requirement of ten (10) sets of plates per annum.

Unfortunately one of the reasons for falling sales is the continual price hikes by the department. Currently priced at $315 per set of plates.

At present the club has gained an ex-tension of time to be able to give you, our club members at least one more

chance to buy our club plates.

If we sell enough plates we may be able to stop the retirement al-together.

We need to sell 10 sets of club plates by 4th December...Shannons 2011 Day of the Volkswagen...the last day for sales...maybe!

The fate of the VW Club plates is now with you -

our members!

In an effort to make it easier for the club members to afford our club plates,

the club has decided to discount the plates to $300 per set…yes

you save $15 per set.

This special price also expires on the 4th December...Shannons 2011 Day of the Volkswagen.

This is less than what the plates cost the club, we cannot make them any cheaper.

You can contact the club at any time for an application form and information sheet or just to discuss your ideas.







pressure Distribution (EBD). Safe driv-ing in the Tiguan is also accounted for with features such as Anti-Slip Regu-lation (ASR), Electronic Differential Lock (EDL), Electronic Stabilisation Program (ESP) and Engine Braking Control (EBC) as standard.

All Tiguan models (expect for the 155TSI) come standard with 16-inch alloy wheels and air conditioning, AM/FM security coded radio (RCD310) with MP3 compatible CD player, Blue-tooth® phone connectivity as well as Media Device Interface (MDI) which is fitted in the centre console and sup-plied with USB connection cable.

The Tiguan 155TSI adds sporty 17-inch alloys, dual zone automatic cli-mate control, RCD510 touchscreen audio system with MP3, auto rain sensing wipers and rear parking dis-tance sensors with OPS (Optical Park-ing Sensors) as standard. This model also gains stylish chrome highlights such chrome plated roof rails, chrome window surrounds, tinted glass from the B-pillar back, sport seats, front fog lights and sports suspension among other items.

A number of options are available on the latest Tiguan, including Park As-sist 2, Adaptive Chassis Control and the RNS510 satellite navigation sys-tem.

Naturally the latest Tiguan retains all the versatility and practicality for which

the previous model was renowned, being a five-door, five-seater. The rear seat is a 60:40 split bench that can be adjusted forwards and backwards by up to 16 cm and also reclined, while cargo capacity ranges from 395 to 1,510 litres.

Wheels Magazine’s

2011 Awards Two Volkswagen Golfs Claim Victory in Wheels Magazine’s 2011

Gold Star Value Awards

The Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion and Golf GTI claimed victory in the recent-ly announced Wheels magazine‘s 2011 Gold Star Value Award.

The Golf BlueMotion lead in the ‗Sedan/hatch $25K - $31K‘ category and was a standout in its retained val-ue – a best-in-class figure of 64 per-cent after three years.

The Golf GTI added another accolade taking out first place in the ‗Compact Performance under $75K‘ category. Here few of the Golf GTI‘s competitors could top the sporty Golf‘s fuel econo-my figures or match its 63-percent-three year resale.

Anke Koeckler, managing director of Volkswagen Group Australia, com-mented: ‗We are very proud to see our Golf range taking out two awards in this

year‘s Wheels Gold Star Awards.‘

‗Our multi-award winning Golf GTI continues to outshine its competitors for its everyday capabilities and per-formance, whilst the Golf BlueMotion proves that Volkswagen‘s fuel efficient BlueMotion technology is indeed value for money.

Vehicles in 18 different categories ranging from light vehicles under $20K to luxury cars valued up to $150K were judged across a range of criteria including warranty, fuel economy, pur-chase price, depreciation, insurance costs, and service schedules and pric-es.

Volkswagen

up!Load The Small Car is Very Large Indeed!

The up!, the smallest new Volkswagen, is a very spacious car. To prove this thesis, employees at Volkswagen Communications made an attempt at an unofficial world rec-ord. The results: not only is it possible for four people to sit comfortably in the new up! in normal use – if one really tries hard, many more people can fit into the car: 15 women and one man squeezed themselves into its interior spaces. It was not all that comfortable any more, we must admit!

Two in the boot, one on the dash-board, seven on the rear bench, four on the front seats, two in the footwells – then the boot lid and doors were shut, and the windows were closed. A world record! 16 people in the new up!. In this record attempt, the goal was not so much comfort as it was to have a lot of fun.

And that is why such record attempts have a long tradition: back in the 1950s it was extremely popular to cram as many people as possible into





a telephone booth – which in those days was still a very easy to find ob-ject.

But what is a telephone booth com-pared to a VW Beetle? At a car meet in Australia, 17 Beetle friends sponta-neously decided to squeeze into this Volkswagen icon. In 2010, 20 people – who obviously had extremely high lev-els of pain tolerance – raised the bar with a record in Wilmore, Kentucky (USA), which landed them in the Guin-ness World Records.

Naturally, attempts were also made in the successor model. In January 2001, a record 27 students from the USA squeezed into a New Beetle.

And now, in 2011, we have the up! – one for all! Well, it was good for at least 16 on our first try. At 3.54 metres long and 1.64 metres wide, the up! is one of the smallest four-seat cars. Af-ter its market launch in 2012, custom-ers can set their own records.

First Outing for Polo R

WRC Volkswagen in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC)

Volkswagen has successfully started the tests with the new Polo R WRC. Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Volkswagen Board of Management for Technology, and the two-time World Rally Champion and ―Dakar‖ winner Carlos Sainz (Spain) completed the first test kilometres without any problems in the vine-yards of Veldenz near Trier, the location that nor-mally plays host to the ADAC Rallye Deutsch-land. Prior to competing in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) from 2013 onward, Volkswagen will intensive-ly test and continue to de-velop the four wheel drive vehicle that delivers an output of about 300 HP.

―The first test with the new Polo R WRC is a special

moment and marks an important mile-stone in the preparations for our entry in the World Rally Championship,‖ comments Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management for the Develop-ment Division. ―We‘re well on schedule and are now able to start testing our concepts and developments in reality. The WRC is the top category in rally sport and a great challenge for the team, the drivers and the technology. We‘re taking on this challenge and will be making efficient use of the time be-fore we start into our first competition.‖

―The first Polo represents a preliminary stage of the subsequent rally car and during the upcoming months will serve as a test vehicle for various compo-nents such as engines, gearboxes or suspension parts. The findings ob-tained in these tests will be directly fed into the first thorough-bred Polo R WRC,‖ explains Volkswagen Motor-sport Director Kris Nissen. ―Next year we‘ll be running an extensive testing programme on tarmac, gravel, mud and snow in order to prepare our-selves for the 2013 season as best we

can.‖

On the first test day Dr Ulrich Hacken-berg and Carlos Sainz, both with co-driver Timo Gottschalk (Rheinsberg, Germany) at their side, drove some 100 kilometres on the 2.8-kilometre tarmac circuit. An initial functional test was followed by tuning and set-up work on the engine and the suspen-sion, all of which was performed with-out any problems. ―I immensely enjoy being involved in the development and testing of the new Polo R WRC – and having the privilege of driving the first kilometres is naturally a great honour,‖ says Carlos Sainz. ―The car is still in an early stage but already feels very good. For the whole team, whether engineers, mechanics or drivers, it‘s very important to get to know the first real car as early as possible and to test and continue to develop it.‖

In parallel to the tests with the Polo R WRC Volkswagen is continuing its trial runs in the World Rally Championship. Next week the German Sepp Wiegand with Dakar winner Timo Gottschalk as co-driver and the Dutchman Kevin Ab-

bring with co-driver Lara Vanneste will be com-peting in the Great Brit-ain Rally in Wales (10–13 November).

At the fourth WRC test run this year the Volkswagen factory team is again fielding two Fabia cars of the Group‘s ŠKODA brand in order to evaluate tal-ents and gather valuable experiences with the team at this famous gravel rally.




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BARBAGALLO RACEWAY

14-16 OCT 2011

By FVAWA Organising Committee

Competitors started to arrive early for this year‘s Nation-als. Steve Butcher towed the Team Stinger trailer from NSW with both his and Dylan Thomas‘ cars, arriving two weeks before the event. Steve took his 1200 out for practice the Saturday before the event and promptly chewed a piston. With a to-tal engine rebuild at Chris Scoble‘s workshop, he cer-tainly put the hours in to get ready. Chris Reynolds also brought two cars, Daniel‘s Sabre and Morgan Free-mantle‘s Astec. The Check-mate and Jacer from the Porter family arrived early in the week and the Gretgrix brothers from Victoria towed the GRD10 over the Nullar-bor and borrowed two Ma-ko‘s from WA‘s Neil McLay.

The nine ‗Eastern States‘

entries were supported by 22 WA entries and with four-teen 1600s and seventeen 1200s we were set for prac-tice on 14th October.

Friday was a cost free prac-tice with six 20 minute ses-sions followed by a dedicat-ed hour for Formula Vee only. The support from alco-holthinkagain was very wel-come and the bunting and flags had turned the pit area into a carnival of race cars. With a sausage sizzle at McCracken House after-

wards, the weekend had got off to a good start; the local boys were explaining to the visitors (or not telling them) how to take Kolb corner, over a beer and a snag.

Saturday started with sepa-rate practice sessions for 1600s and 1200s and saw the fastest times of the weekend. Daniel Reynolds dominated with a lap record beating 1.07.6722 but local David Campbell (DC) showed what a session on the dyno and new tyres can

do by recording a 1.08.2329, arguably the fastest time set by a WA driver on this track. Talking tyres, in order to keep the costs down, the organisers had imposed a ‗one set of tyres only from qualifying‘ rule, which was a concern but proved to be justified by Sunday afternoon. The tyres had lasted well after qualify-ing, three races, a warm up on Sunday and a final.

Thanks to Stuart Kostera and his dad for being there all three days and fitting 33 sets of tyres. Steve Butcher was running his new engine in (?) by setting a time one second faster than anyone else in the 1200s, although local Bruce Welsh was keeping his cards close to his chest by not going out in his Jacer.

Qualifying one was at 1130 for the 1600s and noon for the 1200s with fine weather and a track temperature of 31 deg C. Five 1600s were


THE 2011 alcoholthinkagain FORMULA VEE

NATIONAL CHALLENGE



in the 1.08s with pole going to Daniel, second to Ben Porter and third to Dylan Thomas. DC managed fourth, 0.04 behind Dylan, and Bruce Allen did an ex-cellent job by putting his borrowed Ajay on fifth. Bruce had never driven this car before Friday and it had done next to no racing this year. In 1200s, Butcha‘s engine was obviously well run in as he has pole on 1.12.3154, Steve Williams did an exceptional job to get second in his 25 year old Daverick and Derek Brom-lewe showed he was a con-tender by getting third in his Elfin Crusader. Rod Lisson set his fastest ever time to get fifth but Andy Stevens only managed one lap with gearbox issues. The officials let him set qualifying times on the Sunday morning warm up to prove his worth and he was allowed to race later that day.

For Race 1 the weather was still good with high level cloud and the track was no warmer, staying around 31 deg C for the rest of the weekend. Daniel led from start to finish with Ben, Dyl-an, DC and local hotshot Jacob Parson in his Jacer all fighting for positions.

Bruce Allen departed on Kolb corner on the second lap rather than be part of a crash and Dion Gretgrix only managed 5 laps. Daniel won by six seconds with the pack behind fighting it out to the last corner. DC held second place down the hill into Ford Fast Brake corner and Ben Porter had the speed to overtake around the outside of the bend. Ben‘s front wheels lost grip and he

slid wide, outside the kerb dividing the track and the pit lane. Ben kept his foot in and rejoined the track over the kerb to finish third be-hind DC and in front of Dyl-an. The Clerk of Course did not like this and the CAMS stewards later excluded Ben from this race, and put him at the back of the grid for race 2 whilst lightening his

wallet.

The 1200s were having some great battles through-out the field with some going onto the grass to get through the pack. The stand out was Nordine El Hafidoun who finished third using an engine borrowed from Bruce Welsh, who finished second after a tough fight with the winner, Butcha. There was action everywhere with Ne-ville Bettridge setting great times and Liam Gretgrix jumping from a 1600 into a 1200 to finish seventh.

That was it for the Saturday, time for a few rebuilds at Gerry Prosser‘s workshop for three cars. Dylan Thom-as and DC compared notes at 6 am the next morning at DC‘s house, both of them had been up since 3 am

trying to work out how to catch Daniel.

Sunday was again a fine day with temperatures in the high 20s and track temps of 30. Race 2 for 1600s started at 1015 after an earlier warm up session, and Dan-iel dominated again. Ben Porter made it from the back of the grid to seventh on lap 1, fourth on lap 2 and se-cond by lap 3. DC dropped back to battle with Cameron Edwards in his Ajay, Jacob and Ben Riley in his Jacer – it was like a normal WA round except for the three visitors ahead. Bruce Allen had made it from the back to seventh by the flag and Mor-gan Freemantle was enjoy-ing his return to the track after several years away from WA and finished ninth. Ben Riley had carburettor issues and dropped back and Stewart Burns had tech-nical issues and did not fin-ish. Bruce Welsh managed to spin his 1200 yet finished eighth, Butcha won again from Bromlewe, Williams and El Hafidoun. David Gourbould showed promise by finishing fifth ahead of hard charging Rod Lisson and Neville Bettridge. Allan Yeo (Vixen) and James McDonald (Elfin) are related and they raced well to a family finish 0.06 secs apart, Allan just getting his nose ahead.





Race 3, at 1145, was full of incident; the track had slowed and there was some sand blown onto the track. DC had clutch problems, jumped the start and could not easily select fourth. He tried to do the same as Ben Porter had done around the outside of Ford corner but lost grip on the sand on the outside and spun. With the one minute penalty for the start and the spin, he fin-ished last. Cameron Ed-wards showed his true form, despite brake issues and finished fourth ahead of lo-cals Parsons, Riley and Al-len; with Dion Gretgrix, Leigh Porter, Morgan Free-mantle and Liam Gretgrix following. Locals Campbell Gow (Stinger) and Stewart Burns (Aurora) were next. The first three finished in an unfamiliar order, Porter, Reynolds then Thomas. The two leaders had broken away and had their own bat-tle with Ben just getting his nose ahead on the last lap to win by 0.037 secs.

Butcha had won the 1200s

but not without a considera-ble fight with Bruce Welsh and Derek Bromlewe. These three were swapping posi-tions corner for corner, all three of them leading at one stage. Rod Lisson pushed through to fourth, Steve Wil-liams was fifth after fixing his earlier rocker issues, James McDonald charged into sixth and earned him-self the 1200 Charger of the Event award, and Bettridge got the better of Gorbould (Sabre). Locals John Cous-ins (Ribuck), Robert Lambe (Ribuck), Deni Razmovski (Elfin) and Brett Scarey

(Elfin) were all providing great entertainment with their constant position swap-ping and three abreast rac-ing. Andy Stevens was en-joying a trouble free run at last and finished his first ever Formula Vee race. El Hafidoun unfortunately re-tired on lap 4 with engine issues, and it was a loner from Bruce Welsh

Controversy hit the 1600s after race three. The scruti-neers deemed cars 2, 17 and 9 to be below the re-quired ride height and re-ported the matter to the

Clerk of Course. The com-petitors were summoned to the race office and all three contested the decision to exclude them from race three results and a $700 fine. Because of this, their finish positions in race three were not removed and were used with races one and two to decide their grid position for the final. Not the best situation and the outcome of the inquiry is still to be de-cided.

The 1600 final was a 12 lap marathon and was dominat-



1600s RESULTS

Pos Car Driver Vehicle Time Fastest Lap

1 78 Daniel Reynolds (ACT) Sabre 02 13:48.6738 1:08.4356

2 37 Benjamin Porter (NSW) Checkmate JP02 13:52.9259 1:08.4062

3 68 Dylan Thomas (NSW) Stinger 010 13:57.1230 1:08.9112

4 2 Cameron Edwards (WA) Ajay 08 14:06.2946 1:09.7593

5 41 Jacob Parsons (WA) Jacer 99 14:06.3906 1:09.7290

6 58 David Campbell (WA) Stinger 007 14:06.6317 1:09.0976

7 88 Ben Riley (WA) Jacer F2 K9 14:06.6356 1:09.5592

8 75 Dion Gretgrix (VIC) GRD 010 FV 14:14.4367 1:09.9349

9 54 Leigh Porter (NSW) Jacer 14:14.5017 1:09.9550

10 11 Bruce Allen (WA) Ajay 14:14.7828 1:09.7892

11 44 Morgan Freemantle (ACT) Astec Elfin NG 14:19.6654 1:10.5159

12 9 Liam Gretgrix (VIC) Mako 03 14:24.2300 1:10.7205

13 17 Campbell Gow (WA) Stinger 004 14:28.5664 1:11.2812

14 92 Stewart Burns (WA) Aurora FV001 14:31.4414 1:11.4973



ed by Daniel Reynolds; and he was the worthy winner of the 1600 National Chal-lenge. Thomas was second for the first four laps but Por-ter snuck past and claimed the runner up spot ahead of Thomas. Fourth was Ed-wards, then Parsons, and sixth was DC who still had gear selection issues and had dropped back from fourth. All cars stopped on the start/finish line where awards and sashes were presented before all cars returned to parc freme for checking.

The 1200 final was a spec-tacle with battles happening throughout the field; groups of seven cars all entering corners together and sur-prisingly, no one was hurt and no cars got damaged. The three front runners were in a class of their own. Butcha, Welsh and Brom-lewe were again swapping the lead regularly so it all came down to the last lap,

and indeed the last corner. Bromlewe‘s engine had cooked itself with three laps to go as the fan belt had come off so he was a few lengths behind the other two into the last corner. Butcha defended on the inside and Welsh had the lead but on the outside. Both committed to the corner like the Nation-als depended on it, which it did. Unfortunately they had a coming together which resulted Butcha‘s nose cone coming off and Welsh‘s car spinning off the track. Nei-ther of them had lifted off the throttle and both of them described it as a racing inci-dent. They congratulated each other on the finish line

after the race before the presentations – no hard feelings. The awards were presented on the start/finish line again and reaffirmed that evening at the dinner held in Hillarys Boat Har-bour. Unfortunately, unbe-known to anyone who was racing, the Clerk of Course did not like what happened on the last corner and he did not tell any on the drivers until 1100 the next day that Butcha had been excluded and fined for dangerous driving forcing another car off the track. Extremely bad timing by the officials, which has led to a letter to CAMS form FVAWA asking them to explain the rules regarding

when results are declared final, and the officials deci-sions and timing of those decisions. Butcha was dev-astated as he started the long drive back to NSW but bounced back during the journey to return to his usual happy self. Tops marks to Steve Butcher – a true gen-tleman. Despite the ailing engine, Derek Bromlewe was awarded first place on the Monday afternoon. Strangely the decision was announced by the Drivers Liaison Officer on a cha-troom webpage rather than officially on the WASCC web page or Natsoft



1200s RESULTS

Pos Car Driver Vehicle Time Fastest Lap

1 53 Derek Bromlewe (WA) Elfin Crusader 14:46.0267 1:12.4498

2 26 Bruce Welsh (WA) Jacer 14:54.4721 1:12.5376

3 5 James McDonald (WA) Elfin 14:57.0896 1:13.5849

4 28 Stephen Williams (WA) Daverick - MK6 14:57.3867 1:13.1443

5 71 Rod Lisson (WA) Sabre 14:57.7868 1:13.7407

6 91 David Gorbould (WA) Sabre 14:58.0025 1:13.6323

7 7 John Cousins (WA) Ribuck 14:58.2539 1:13.2284

8 38 Neville Bettridge(WA) Polar PV95 14:58.8759 1:13.1848

9 77 Allan Yeo (WA) Vixen 15:02.0956 1:13.4244

10 33 Deni Razmovski (WA) Elfin Crusader 15:02.2492 1:13.4901

11 32 Brett Scarey (WA) Elfin NG 15:04.8270 1:14.2352

12 18 Robert Lambe (WA) RiBuck/Williams 15:04.8338 1:13.8997

13 15 Andrew Stevens (WA) Repco V MK1 15:08.4288 1:14.6162

14 23 Andrew Calvert (WA) Spectre Vee 15:29.0681 1:15.3069

DNF 19 Liam Gretgrix (Vic) Mako 02

EXC 13 Stephen Butcher (NSW) Stinger 005



A special mention must go to Andrew Calvert. His tow car blew a water pump on the way to the track so he arrived with tow car and race car on the back of a tow truck and took part in the racing. He was at the track until gone 11 on Satur-

day evening fixing the pump and did not have the best of days racing. If there was an award for persistence, An-drew would get it.

Mia Cucina restaurant pro-vided a great venue with beautiful views over Hillarys Boat Harbour, great food, fantastic music and the op-portunity to review the in car footage from the weekend on a screen. FVAWA Presi-dent Derek Burns presented the awards: DC got the hard

charger award for 1600s and Daniel (Chris) Reynolds got the best presented car award.

The 1200 awards were obvi-ously changed the next day so they will be presented again at the FVAWA dinner on 18 Nov 11.

FVAWA would like to thank all competitors and helpers, particularly those who trav-elled the full width of the country to be in WA.

The organising team would also like to thank again the

WA Government through alcoholthinkagain for spon-soring the event.

We look forward to Wake-field Park for the 2012 Na-tionals and just hope that next year officialdom does not get in the way of a great weekend of racing and so-cialising.


Formula Vee 1600 National Challenge winner Daniel Reynolds 78

Formula Vee 1200 National Challenge winner Derek Bromlewe 53



Ratmuller Racing Newsletter - Vol.1

2011

More than a pinch of salt…

The 2012 Event

Four days on the salt at Lake Gaird-ner, South Australia chasing elusive land speed records including the title of the world‘s fastest 36 HP Beetle in the 36HP Challenge.

Ratmuller Racing will be entering 5 vehicles under their banner for the event including 4 air cooled VWs to-gether with a 2011 Golf R Four Motion sedan. See ―Classes ― for vehicle de-tails.

Our Involvement

At this stage there are three overseas visitors- Burly Burlile, the 36 HP Chal-lenge guru and event founder, Todd Penn from Canada and Rick Herity. Both Todd and Rick are expected to run in one of the Ratmuller Racing vehicles- a 36 hp 1975 Beetle (the ―Town Bike‖).

The annual event at Bonneville was completed in August and one out-standing effort was the 2011 Skoda Octavia (Production class) achieving an almost unbelievable 227 mph or 366 kph.

This production vehicle ran a heavily modified forced induction 2.0 litre mo-tor putting out over 600 bhp with a 26 to 28 boost. There were 28 VWs run-ning at Bonneville at the World of Speed event in September, the largest number ever.

Australian Classes

(By type of vehicle & engine size)

Ratmuller Racing vehicles and event classes will be;

Vehicle Class

1957 Kombi,2.8 litre Type 4 motor

with 51.5 webers - F/MS

1956 Oval Beetle with standard 36

hp 1200 engine - H/PRO, 36 HP

1969 Karman Ghia Cabrio with 2.8

motor above - F/MS

1975 Beetle with 36 hp motor, a

twin carb Okrasa - H/PRO ,36 HP

or supercharged motor ( known as

The Town Bike) - Dual Stone Stock

2011 Golf R sedan with FWD 2.0

LITRE - G/PRO OR G/MS

Sponsorship

With the event cancellation in March this year Ratmuller Racing was unable to give anything back to our sponsors for this year. Team Principal, Steve Muller has taken a decision to ensure the team generates payback for the 2011 sponsors without seeking addi-tional support.

The Team

Critical to a successful event is the support team and the Ratmuller Rac-ing Team is no different. There is a huge amount of experience across various aspects including mechanical, driving, timing, pit area control, video, promotion, signage, stickering, admin-istrative, financial and general support. Anyone else who gets involved with the team can expect to have some level of responsibility as well.

The logistics of just getting the 5 vehi-cles the 1600km to Lake Gairdner is a huge task in itself so everyone needs to work together to ensure the best outcomes. Volks Culture website is at http://www.volksculture.com/

Check out Ratmuller Racing's 2010 adventure to the Salt in Salt Rats. Free to view on Volks Culture.

While you are there, join the discus-sion in the Vintage Speed group.

http://www.volksculture.com/page/salt-rats

http://www.volksculture.com/group/vintagespeed





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