Water-Cooled Volkswagen Club True love for Volkswagen's and Southern California are two things that have always just gone together. And nobody truly 'gets' that like Ontario Volkswagen. For the past two years, Ontario VW has altered its entire business operation for what would otherwise be a very busy day. And they've done that to morph their dealership in a venue for all types of Volkswagen fans to gather, show their cars, swap their car stories and share their passion for all things V-Dub. And note the 'all-types' indicated above. If you're already in the 'VW-know' then you're aware of the difference between air-cooled and water-cooled. You see, there's a division among VW enthusiasts. A fun-loving division for sure but a partisan divide nonetheless. So much so that there are entire car clubs dedicated to one and the other. In this iDriveSoCal Podcast, Ontario Volkswagen's 2nd Annual Oktober Fest Car Show, we talk to the leadership of one of the water-cooled Volkswagen clubs and learn more about their growth plans to share their brand of VW-Love. ***Transcription*** Recorded October 28, 2018, in Ontario, CA Water-Cooled VW Club @ Ontario Volkswagen Oktoberfest Mike: We try to do stuff our own, we try to have cars that are a little bit beyond the norm. They may never be perfect, they may never be done, but they are built by us in our garages. Jimmy's house always looks like Ontario Volkswagen. Tom: Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of the United Stated, Southern California. I'm Tom Smith, and as you can probably hear, I'm not inside in a studio. We're actually at Ontario Volkswagen in the Los Angeles suburb of Ontario, California, and we're outside at the Oktoberfest, 2nd annual Ontario Volkswagen Oktoberfest. We're podcasting outside. Ontario Volkswagen is just off the 15 and also right by Ontario Airport so just as we were doing that open, a jet was flying overhead. But joining me is Mike Pitman from ... Where are you from? Mike: Wildomar, California. Tom: From Wildomar California. And Mike is part of not only the Oktoberfest Auto Show, here at Ontario Volkswagen, but one of the clubs that's involved in this show and your club name is Scrappy Dubs? Mike: Yes sir. Tom: Mike, thank you for joining me for the iDriveSoCal podcast. Mike: Thank you for having me. Tom: Tell me, what... The Scrappy Dubs, I know Jimmy Willhide who's the service manager here, service director, service advisor, whatever his exact title is here at Ontario Volkswagen, I know that he's part of the Scrappy Dubs Car Club, but tell me a little about it. How'd you guys get started, and what do you do? Mike: You know- Tom: Other than participating at Oktoberfest here at Ontario Volkswagen. Friends w/ Shared Passion - Water-Cooled VW's Mike: Right, right. We've known each other for a long time. We've been friends, practically kind of grown into a family. Practically what we do, we're just a group of friends. We all have the same love, same enthusiasts for Volkswagen, for European cars, and we all got together and we help each other out. And we have different strengths and when somebody needs help with a car we get down to the garage. There are late nights and get some good music going and we put together our crazy ideas and we make the stuff happen, so that's how it became. And we try to stand out a little bit. We try to do stuff our own, we try to have cars that are a little bit beyond the norm and like I said, the cool thing about all of our cars is they may never be perfect. They may never be done. But, they are built by us in our garages,
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