Happy Holidays

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

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

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

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

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!!!

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

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

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

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...

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...

Blackout at Paddy's

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

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...

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...

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...

...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

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

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!!

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!!

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

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...

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

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!

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

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...

Your Hosts:
Nic and Stu

Welcome...

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