Fahrvergnugen

Fahrvergnugen Website Up

2011-03-01T16:19:00.000+02:00

Finally, the Fahrvergnugen website is up and running, so check it out at:

Fahrvergnugen

Register on the site and let us know what you think...

SPLITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-02-19T13:42:00.002+02:00

Oh no....what have we done...

Johannesburg Blackout - Hooters Edition

2011-01-31T22:20:00.000+02:00

January, the longest month of the year by far, financially anyway is over and that means it is time for the Johannesburg Blackout :D So join us at Hooters in Fourways this Thursday from 20:00 for a few drinks, some food and of course some good old laughs and catch-up...

Wrenching - Why we love it...

2011-01-26T09:44:00.000+02:00

Work On Your Own Car: You'll Love It More - Jay Leno

My McLaren F1 went back to the McLaren service centre near LA recently. I find it depressing that I can’t do the service in my own shop, in my own garage. I love my McLaren F1, it’s a wonderful car to drive. But when I want to learn more about it, I can’t because there’s no workshop manual. It just goes off to the McLaren centre anytime anything needs doing. They do an excellent job but I just don’t feel that I’m involved with the car as much as I should be. It hasn’t tarnished my passion for the McLaren but it hasn’t caused it to grow any more.

I find myself saying ‘Why do I enjoy taking an older car, like a Lotus Elan or my XK120, more than I enjoy driving some of the modern exotics that I have?’ It’s because I’ve actually been involved with their inner workings. It’s like making love with your clothes on:everything gets done the same way, but you just seem to be missing out on a piece of the action. Right now I’m building a Lotus Elan. It’s a 26R replica. We had an aluminium block made and instead of 1600cc it’s a 2.0-litre, puts out about 225 horsepower. Even though this car is a fraction of the cost of some exotics, I find it much more exciting because I’m so intimately involved with it.

I have a Porsche Carrera GT and, for whatever reason, the battery went dead and I literally had to take the fender off to get to the battery. I’m one of those people that, once a car leaves the dealership it never goes back there. It took all day to pull the fender off and put the new battery in, then reassemble the whole thing, and I drove the hell out of the car after that. I drove for two or three days straight because I felt really involved. It made me want to use the car more.

I wonder if today’s enthusiasts will be able to bond with automobiles the way people of my generation could. People who work on cars, and understand how they work, probably have fewer accidents than people who don’t. They get to really understand how the car drives and how it feels and how everything works.

There’s a website called Wrecked Exotics. It’s about people who have crashed exotic cars, most within a few weeks of owning them. It’s always a brand new GTR, a brand new Corvette, lots of Lamborghinis, lots of Porsches. It’s rarely a classic that someone has waxed, polished, changed the oil and filters. They’re vehicles that people have bought for every reason other than driving.

I’m always amazed at people who want to own exotic cars and couldn’t care less what’s under the hood. I just don’t understand what their passion is, what their reason is for wanting them. I spoke to someone I know in showbusiness, who had wrecked a brand new Porsche and they were going to get another one. I know that’s what people normally do, but there didn’t seem to be a lot of remorse. To me, wrecking a car is like breaking up with a girlfriend – I put a lot of work into trying to make a car work properly, as opposed to buying one, wrecking it and buying another one. I just wonder if this next generation of enthusiasts feels that way… or if they feel that cars are throwaway.

One reason I don’t have a Ferrari is that no private person can work on one themself. Just the Ferrari tools and the diagnostics that plug in, I was told, cost something like US$ 22,000. Ferrari doesn’t want people fooling with its cars, and I suppose for good reason, but that just puts me off. I want to be involved and I want to know how they work.

There’s a famous case here in America involving a Ferrari. A guy had an Enzo with something like 960 miles on it and took it to a reputable Ferrari showroom to have the service done. As part of the service, the guy did a 50-mile road test. By that I mean a real road test, not the lot boy taking it out for a spin. So he returned it to the guy with over 1000 miles on it. The guy is now suing the dealer because its value has gone down as it now has more than 1000 miles on it. It’s the most ridiculous lawsuit I’ve ever heard of.

I have the McLaren because I love it, even if McLaren insists on servicing it. I certainly see McLaren’s point of view as to why. You have a vehicle that’s capable of nearly 250mph and should be maintained to a certain standard and it should also use McLaren parts. I understand that. I’m just the type of person that loves to work on a car for two hours, then drive it for ten minutes to see if it’s OK.

Taken from Octane Magazine...

Fahrvergnugen Sticker Philosophy

2011-01-24T13:55:00.000+02:00

We see it all too often these days, pirated DVD's, ripped off software, copied car styling and fake clothes being sold at just about every street corner across South Africa and much of this has to do with re-producing originals at a far, far lower price although generally with lower quality as well. And now we are even seeing it happening with something as cheap as stickers, which don't take much money to make to be honest, but someone has put the time and effort in to do the design and work to get them out there...

And Fahrvergnugen supports these type of people, who are putting in the effort to make the VW scene a more fun place to be. As such all the overseas brands that we bring in, are 100% original and from the original supplier, be it Wheel Whores or DubKorps or Stance Nation. And we will continue to do this, despite the extra cost, because we believe in supporting those that push the envelope, do that little bit extra and make the whole VW scene more fun and a better place to be...

So check back here for updates on what we are up to and bringing in next...

BlackOut Centurion

2011-01-20T09:02:00.000+02:00

BlackOut Centurion is happening tonight at Primi Piatti in the Irene Mall from 20:00! So join us for some great food, a few drinks, a break from work and a chat about all things Volkswagen and motoring related...

Compliments of the Season

2011-01-18T14:36:00.005+02:00

Compliments of the Season

We hope that everyone had a fantastic festive season, spent relaxing and unwinding with friends, family and loved ones, and are refreshed and energised for a cracker 2011, which promises to be a cracker...

Stu & Nic
The Fahrvergnugen Team

Happy Holidays

2010-12-24T11:39:00.000+02:00

Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas, a happy New Year and the best of starts for 2011! Travel safely to and from wherever you may be going...

Stu & Nic
The Fahrvergnugen Team

Fahrvergnugen Website Update

2010-12-10T15:44:00.001+02:00

It might only be a "Coming Soon" page, but the Fahrvergnugen website is up and running! Thanks to Stuart and Rob for their work and input, and watch this space for updates...

Fahrvergnugen Website

2010-12-03T14:40:00.000+02:00

The domain name has been bought, the hosting has been sorted out, designing is under way and pretty soon we will be launching the Farhvergnugen website that will replace the blog that we currently have, so check back here for more details and updates in the future...

BlackOut - Hooters Edition

2010-11-30T22:16:00.000+02:00

Have you had a long year, nevermind a long month? Well, then get yourself to Hooters in Fourways for the last BlackOut in Johannesburg for the year for another great night out with fellow Dubber's and motoring enthusiasts! Grab yourself a "Big Daddy" from one of the gorgeous Hooters waitresses and have a chat with us about all things Dub and motoring related...

BlackOut Centurion

2010-11-18T16:21:00.002+02:00

BlackOut Centurion tonight at a new venue, Cafe Bugatti just off Old Johannesburg Road. So join us for a drink, some good food and even better chat about all things VW...

Watch out Fortuner!!!

2010-11-09T17:55:00.002+02:00

Ok, so usually we are all about being sump-slammingly low....But boy does this thing tick all the right boxes!!
The Amarok SUV.

Wheel Whores Order

2010-11-09T13:53:00.000+02:00

Thanks to the Sales team at Wheel Whores, our Fahrvergnugen Wheel Whores order arrived at Jon from the Highway Collective in the UK yesterday, and he will be sending it to us today, meaning that it should arrive next week sometime. Some merchandise has been spoken for, but mail us for avaialbility on stickers, air freshners, PCD tools, etc...

Blackout Randburg

2010-11-03T11:47:00.001+02:00

Has it been a long month already? Yes, it is only the 3rd of November, but who couldn't use a night out with friends chatting about Wheels, Motors, Projects, Dailys, Rats, Dyno Queens, Track Maniacs and all things Dub related. So come join us, tomorrow night, the 4th November at Paddy's in Randburg from 20:00 for a drink and a chat...

Wheel Whores Order

2010-11-01T14:03:00.000+02:00

Fahrvergnugen placed an order with Wheel Whores around 3 weeks ago, but we discovered that for whatever reason there was an issue with the shipping address and as such have no idea where our order is at the moment. We are following things up with both Royal Mail and the South Africa Post Office to resolve the issue as we know how many Fahrvergnugen supporters are eagerly awaiting their Wheel Whores merchandise...

Latest Fahrvergnugen News...

2010-10-18T19:14:00.000+02:00

It has been a while since we have updated our Fahrvergnugen Blog, but we have some exciting new's for Fahrvergnugen fans...

We've just placed an order for the next batch of Wheel Whores Sticker's and Air Freshner's, which should hopefully arrive in South Africa next week! A few Fahrvergnugen fans have already ordered their Wheel Whores Sticker's and Air Freshner's, so get yours now by e-mailing us at fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com...

Fahrvergnugen has collected another batch of white and black small Shocker stickers, black large and small DOPE stickers, black Eat Sleep VW stickers and some funny black Plaster stickers for those with older VW's or those have had a bit of an accident with their new VW! Get yours now by e-mailing us at fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com...

Blackout is now happening twice a month, with the first Thursday happening at Paddy's in Randburg, and the third Thursday at News Cafe in Centurion. So come and join us for a few drinks and a chat about all things VW, and even pick up some Fahrvergnugen, Wheel Whores or Highway Collective merchandise. For more information e-mail us at fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com...

P.S. Unfortunately we cannot upload pictures for some reason, but will do so as soon as we can ;-)

A little bit of Wheel Whores and Dubkorps loving...

2010-10-05T21:04:00.000+02:00

Blackout at Paddy's

2010-10-04T15:27:00.002+02:00

It's that time of the month again....ya know "That" time, when your girlfriend kicks you out of the house for even thinking about leaving a set of wheels in the living room....

So come have a drink and chat about all things slammed, smoothed, chipped, cranked, rusted or rolled at Blackout.
A new venue is being tried out this month, Paddy's irish Pub on Braam Fischer rd in Randburg.

New Highway Collective Range

2010-09-30T22:18:00.000+02:00

Jon from the Highway Collective announced that the new Highway Collective Range is being worked on, which will include shirts and stickers, and will be released at the end of October, with some sneak peeks hopefully available before then! You can check out their Facebook Page for updates:

Highway Collective Facebook Page

Fahrvergnugen will bring you all the updates and sneak peek's, and will be the place to get your Highway Collective gear...

Fahrvergnugen Sticker's Stock...

2010-09-22T10:06:00.000+02:00

The response to the Wheel Whores stickers has been awesome, so much so that we have run out of them and will be ordering a whole lot more in the near future, so get your orders in with Fahrvergnugen! We can get any of the Wheel Whores branded stickers, as long as they are available from Wheel Whores and in stock, with the exception of the Frosted Wheel Whores Hearts which are a special order item based on order size, so check out the Wheel Whores shop for what they have to offer...

The white Shocker stickers also sold like hot cakes, so have very few left, but will be placing an order for more of these, so get your orders in now with Fahrvergnugen. Next week should see the arrival of some new stickers, black Shockers as well as small and large Audi-style DOPE stickers...

Once again, we have a limited number of these stickers, so if you are interested in getting some for yourself, please contact us at fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com...

Shocking...

2010-09-17T12:16:00.000+02:00

For those that know of the classic Shocker handsign, Fahrvergnugen has just recieved it's first batch of white Shocker stickers, with a black batch on it's way. They are roughly life size and look just like the real thing...

We have a limited number of these stickers, so if you are interested in getting some for yourself, please contact us at fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com. Cost is R25/sticker so get yours now...

Wheel Whores Stickers...

2010-09-16T10:11:00.000+02:00

...have landed!!! Our first batch of pink Wheel Whores hearts stickers have arrived all the way from the UK, thanks to Jon from the Highway Collective...

We have a limited number of these stickers, which consist of the large pink Wheel-Whores.Com hearts, with a few stickers already spoken for, so if you are interested in getting some for yourself, please contact us at fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com. Cost is R40/sticker so get yours now and depending on interest, we will look at getting more of these, as well as other Wheel Whores stickers in...

Titan - Nurburgring Movie

2010-09-15T10:01:00.004+02:00

Check out this Preview for an upcoming movie called "Titan". It seems the movie will be all about motorsport but centered around the epic and notorious Nurburgring.
As much as we are all about slammed rides, stretched tyres and rust rods, we have to admit the racier side of things gets us going!

It doesn't get much more German than Porsches and R8s belting it around the 'Ring! Check it out!

Wheel Whores Stickers

2010-09-08T19:41:00.000+02:00

Jon, from the Highway Collective, on his recent visit to Overstone Park, Northampton to see what the latest trends and idea's are in the UK at the 10th Anniversary of the Edition 38 show, was kind enough to pick up some Wheel Whores stickers for us at Fahrvergnugen...

We have a limited number of these stickers, which consist of pink Wheel-Whores.Com hearts, with a few stickers already spoken for, so if you are interested in getting some for yourself, please contact us at fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com. Pricing is yet to be confirmed at this stage, and we cannot guarantee availability, but depending on interest will look at getting more...

Edition 38 Pics!!

2010-09-08T08:59:00.003+02:00

Our undercover brother in the UK, Jon...aka "The Collective" , got around to the Edition 38's 10th anniversary show this past weekend.
While drooling at the sea of all things slammed and shiny Jon managed to take a few pictures....and by a few, we mean TONNES!
Gallery 1: http://www.highwaycollective.co.za/2010/09/edition-38-2010-gallery-1/
Gallery 2: http://www.highwaycollective.co.za/2010/09/edition-38-2010-%E2%80%93-gallery-2/
Gallery 3: http://www.highwaycollective.co.za/2010/09/edition-38-2010-%E2%80%93-gallery-3/

Jon, we salute you for going beyond the call of duty in the field.

Blackout!!

2010-08-31T14:53:00.005+02:00

It's that time of the month again, just after pay day, all the debit orders have gone through and you're wondering how you are gonna pay for those rims you've been eyeing!

Come have a beer or 2 and chat about everything VAG! The infamous Highway Collective's Monthly gathering known as Blackout,
the Poster says it all...

Nic and I will be there with stock of the Highway Collective Shirts, they're starting to run low so get 'em while the gettin's good!

Fahrvergnugen E-mail Address

2010-08-31T09:19:00.000+02:00

You can now use the following mail address to get hold of us:

fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com

It is a temporary e-mail address until our website is up and running, but please don't hesitate to use it should you need to contact us...

Volkswagen Club of South Africa Night Dyno - Take 2...

2010-08-30T09:01:00.000+02:00

A big thank you to everyone who came past the Fahrvergnugen stand at the recent Volkswagen Club of South Africa Night Dyno to get their Highway Collective shirts! We sold a number of shirts on the day/night, and would have sold a few more had we had more sizes, but the interest in Highway Collective shirts and Fahrvergnugen in general was great! We still have a lot of stock, mainly in larger sizes so don't hesitate to contact us as soon as possible, before we run out of our current stock...

We still have the following Highway Collective shirts in stock:

In OEM+ We Trust (Black/Blue) - S, M, L, XL:

Legends Never Die (White) - L, XL:

The Benchmark (Black/Yellow) - S, M, L, XL:

Get yours now...

Volkswagen Club of South Africa Night Dyno

2010-08-27T08:50:00.001+02:00

The Volkswagen Club of South Africa is having their annual Night Dyno this coming Saturday at Stephan Van Tonder (panic_mechanic) dyno at Petit Airfield in Benoni from 14:00 and Fahrvergnugen will be there selling Highway Collective shirts. For more details check out the Volkswagen Club of South Africa forum:

VWCSA Night Dyno

Obviously Stu and myself will be working for much of the time being on the Volkswagen Club of South Africa committee, but come say hi and get your Highway Collective shirt before stock runs out...

Highway Collective Announcement - Do not be alarmed!

2010-08-27T08:19:00.001+02:00

Thanks to Jon at The Highway Collective for the hilarious announcement regarding Fahrvergnugen taking over The Highway Collective brand in South Africa, as well as for the rather complimentary picture of myself and Stuart on a particularly festive and loud evening at The Jolly Roger a few months back...

Do not be alarmed!

Both Stuart and myself are passionate about the Volkswagen scene in South Africa, and have always loved The Highway Collective's idea's and approach to the Volkswagen scene, so it was natural for us to approach them to take over the brand in South Africa when both Jon and Brad would be in the UK. We also felt that we couldn't let a proudly South Africa brand like The Highway Collective disappear when it has had such an impact and done so much good for the local Volkswagen scene...

And I have no doubt that we will do Jon, Brad and The Highway Collective brand proud back home in South Africa...

The Highway Collective Merchandise

2010-08-25T16:51:00.000+02:00

As was previously mentioned, Fahrvergnugen has the exclusive rights for all The Highway Collective merchandise in South Africa including t-shirts and stickers. You can find out more about The Highway Collective here:

The Highway Collective

We currently have the following t-shirts in stock:

In OEM+ We Trust (Black/Blue):

Legends Never Die (White):

The Benchmark (Black/Yellow):

So get your orders in now, as this is the last of the current batch available...

2010-08-25T15:57:00.000+02:00

Your Hosts:
Nic and Stu

Welcome...

2010-08-25T15:45:00.024+02:00

Welcome to the temporary home of Fahrvergnugen...

Myself (Nic) and Stuart have long discussed doing something like this, and are finally getting round to it after months and months of threatening to do so. But I bet you are still wondering what exactly this is...

Well, in short, this is Fahrvergnugen, German for "driving enjoyment" (from fahren, "to drive," and Vergnügen, "enjoyment"), and was the advertising slogan for a VW advertising campaign in the early 1990's:

WikiPedia - Fahrvergnugen

Both Stuart and I are passionate, some would say bordering on ludicrously so, about Volkswagens having met a few years back at a Volkswagen Club of South Africa event and have become good friends. We both got more and more involved with the Volkswagen Club of South Africa , joining the committee, organising and running events, working on our cars, helping work on each others and sharing our passion for all things Volkswagen...

But something that we always felt, was a little lacking in South Africa, was merchandise like t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, etc. and besides the likes of The Highway Collective, no-one was really doing anything like we saw in Europe and the USA. And so the idea of Fahrvergnugen was born, as somewhere for local Volkswagen enthusiasts to get their merchandise fix...

And the timing could not have been better, as the founder of The Highway Collective has moved to the UK, and his good friend and co-founder, Brad, is following shortly. So Fahrvegnugen is taking over The Highway Collective brand in South Africa and has exclusive rights to distribute merchandise. For more information on The Highway Collective:

The Highway Collective

For more information on Fahrvergnugen you can mail:

fahrvergnugensa@gmail.com