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Whilst the rest of us have been recovering from Bug Jam, Mr Burrows has been busy negotiating another discount with our friends at SSP/VW Heritage.

We hope to bring VZi users at least one ‘blag’/'discount’ per month from both JK and VW Heritage and Brian Burrows is talking to (nagging) other companies for deals on their products.

We realise that these products aren’t going to be wanted by every single VZi user, but every penny saved in these times is a bonus – and we’re sure these (ongoing) discounts will help at least some VZi’ers save some pennies as they build their dream VWs. If this month’s ‘blag’ is of no use to you, please be patient, we hope to bring you discounts on varied and useful products each month – just for being a VZi Member.

ANTI-ROLL BAR KITS
This month’s ‘blag’ enables VZi users to purchase front anti roll-bar kits to fit ‘Ball Joint’ Bugs for a mere £29.95 inc VAT! That’s a saving of over £24 on the £54.10 RRP.

Offer is only available until the end of August 2010 so get in quick!

The webpage link to the Anti-roll bar sets is HERE:

Once you have chosen to purchase, before ‘checking out’, you will need to enter a code to receive the discount. This code can be found in the thread on Volkszone.com HERE:

THIS OFFER ENDS AT MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY 31st AUGUST 2010.

Once again, we would like to say a huge thanks to Barney, Dave and all the guys at VW Heritage and SSP and those behind the scenes at Volkszone that made these great ‘blags’ possible.

Please visit VW Heritage website at: www.vwheritage.com for more bargains and watch this space each month for details of further ‘Blagged By Brian’ discounts and deals.

KEEPING THE LITTLE ONES AMUSED AT VW ACTION

VW Action is very much a ‘Family’ show and shouldn’t be confused with or judged by any other event.

We’ve got kids. We know what it’s like.

So just for you we have FREE activities for children in VW Action’s ‘Children’s VWorld’.

This is NOT a creche – YOU are responsible for your children but . . .

We have laid on a colouring competition . . . A video show . . . and some other stuff!!

As an extra treat, for all the kids who loved the Summer Party, we have a small beach too. (OK, it’s a sandpit.)

A Facepainter will be on hand to provide FREE facepainting for all children, and everyone painted on Sunday will be eligible to enter the ‘Favourite Face’ competition, judged in the main marquee during prizegiving at 3.00pm on Saturday.

Just find the Children’s VWorld area (near the Information Centre, check programme map for details) and set them to play. Please check programme for times of Facepainter etc. and don’t forget to check out The Poi Circus.

Oh . . . and perhaps the younger visitors are the most likely to be ‘confused’ by the appearance of Santa in September, but he will be coming to hand out the prizes in the ‘Favourite Face’ competition on Saturday. (Only if they are all extremely well behaved, of course.)

POI CIRCUS WORKSHOP
Three shows on Saturday, two shows on Sunday – Poi Circus. At other periods during the day, circus skills training is available for anyone who wants to learn. You’d be a clown not to join in.

Courtesy of VW Action, The Poi Circus Workshop will be on site for two full days Poi Circus skills training for everyone . . . have a go!

Workshops are for complete beginners, so you won’t be embarrassed. It’s all part of the fun.

FUN FAIR
The Fun Fair is NOT free. Prices for different rides vary. Fun for kids of ALL ages.

KIDS SHOW & SHINE
In 2008 we introduced two new elements for children attending the show, the Kids Show & Shine, and the Bike Show & Shine. (Strictly speaking, the bike event is not restricted to just children, but there are separate awards for under 17s) FREE to enter.

SOME KINDS WORDS A PARENT WROTE ABOUT LAST YEAR’S SHOW
“Thank you. As a mum of four it was great to have ‘free’ stuff for the kids to do, it made a huge difference actually being able to say ‘yes you can have your face painted’ and ‘yes you can go on the bouncy castle’ . The whole event was superb.”

For the full show info and discounted tickets, please visit the WEBSITE.

Similar to the recent ‘Blagged By Brian’ deals with JK, VW Heritage/SSP, BOC and Boothby Taylor, Volkszone has managed to negotiate some nice discounts for VZi members with our very good friends at Oddball Imports/Slook Designs.

Slook Designs are offering Volkszone members 25% discount off any sticker or tax disc holder from their website: www.slook.co.uk

Just a small sample of Slook’s most popular stickers (there are 100s to choose from):

Sample tax disc holder

Official VZi Username stickers are also included in this offer:

The vast majority of these can be supplied in a wide variety of colours and for internal (on glass) or external fitment.

The only things not covered by the offer are custom made stickers/tax discs or T-shirts – please enquire regarding those by emailing sales@oddballimport.co.uk if you need competitive pricing for your individual or club requirements

NOW THE IMPORTANT BIT…
Once you have chosen to purchase, before ‘checking out’, you will need to enter a code to receive the discount. This code can be found on/in the VZi thread HERE

You will need to enter the code exactly as it appears in the thread (copy/paste may be the best option.)

THIS OFFER ENDS AT MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY AUGUST 5th.

We hope to bring VZi users at least one ‘blag’/'discount’ per month and Brian Burrows is talking to (nagging) other companies for deals on their products.

We realise that these products aren’t going to be wanted by every single VZi user, but every penny saved in these times is a bonus – and we’re sure these (ongoing) discounts will help at least some VZi’ers save some pennies as they build their dream VWs. If this month’s ‘blag’ is of no use to you, please be patient, we hope to bring you discounts on varied and useful products each month – just for being a VZi Member.

Once again, we would like to say a huge thanks to Manzo and the guys at Oddball and Slook and those behind the scenes at Volkszone.com that made these great ‘blags’ possible.

Please visit Slook website at: www.slook.co.uk for more bargains and watch this space each month for details of further ‘Blagged By Brian’ discounts and deals.

VAGFEST
Sunday 11th July
Santa Pod Raceway,
Wellingborough,
Northants.
NN29 7XA
01279 72 52 52
www.vagfest.co.uk

Introducing yet another NEW SHOW! Well not really… a show with a 20 year pedigree, but radically different. VAGfest, Santa Pod, July 11th 2010 – is everything that the old GTI Festival was, and more. It is a one day show for air and water cooled VW’s, Audis, Seats, Skodas… and it is the only show where all marques get equal billing.

All owners of Volkswagen Group vehicles are welcome. The organisers are re really keen to see as many clubs as possible represented, and are also hosting for the first time at any VW show anywhere, the ’show within a show’, Girlz N Dubz. All female owners can get to show off their pride and joy in the ‘Girlz N Dubz’ competition and display. Girlz N Dubz will definitely become the coolest event in the UK for female owners… The girlz will be interviewed about their cars, their interests, and there are a number of trophies up for grabs, for their performance in the show arena as well as on the track. All will have an equal chance against the guys in the regular Show & Shine too.

All clubs are invited to display during the day, and the ‘Best Club Display’ at VAGfest carries a £100 charitable donation, to a charity chosen by the winning club. The Show & Shine has a massive number of awards including Best Audi, Best Skoda, Best SEAT, and Best VW, Best Engineering, Best Paint, Best Engine, Best Van and many more. There are also ‘top twenty’ trophies covering all the marques. Awards on the track include quickest VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda, as well as a number of awards based on engine sizes for all VAG vehicles.

The organisers are also really keen to see as many transporters, campers etc, including late models, because we really want this show to evolve to include every Volkswagen Group vehicle, past, present and future. Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti are therefore more than welcome too, although owners should be aware that there are several regulars at these shows who are best avoided on the racetrack unless you want to look a bit silly.

As well as the ‘Dizzy Rascals’ autotest course, there will be a couple of demonstration vehicles, a 5 second Fuel Funny Car, and the equally impressive – regular crowdpleaser – The Fireforce Jet Car.

July 11th – Santa Pod – Just £15 for a day of Girlz, Dubz, Clubs, Traders, Sprints, AutoJumble – and everything else ‘VAG’.

Details: www.vagfest.co.uk

This month’s ‘blag’ enables VZi users to purchase Beetle front and rear wing gravel guards (J18364) for £15.00 (down from £20.00 – every little helps, as the great philosopher Tesco once said.)

The weblink to the wing guards is HERE.

Once you have chosen to purchase, before ‘checking out’, you will need to enter a code to receive the discount. This code can be found HERE in the thread on Volkszone.com. You will need to enter the code exactly as it appears in the thread (copy/paste may be the best option.)

THIS OFFER ENDS AT MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY 30th JULY.

Once again, we would like to say a huge thanks to Mark Reynolds and his team at Just Kampers and those behind the scenes at Volkszone that made these great ‘blags’ possible.

Please visit Just Kampers website: www.justkampers.com for more bargains and watch this space each month for details of further ‘Blagged By Brian’ discounts and deals.

RETRO SHOW
Saturday 17th July (RWYB) & Sunday 18th July
Santa Pod Raceway,
Wellingborough,
Northants.
NN29 7XA
01234 782828
www.retroshow.co.uk

The fourth annual Retro Show is just around the corner and with only two weeks to go everything is now a place with the confirmation of Drift Team Morleysport, the only all retro car team competing in the 2010 British Drift Championship.  They will be displaying their sideways skills in a series of demonstrations at the event using top retro classics like Mk2 Escorts and Toyota Starlets.

The displays will be expertly driven by Ben Morley, Declan Munnelly, Steve “Stiggy” Evans, Tong Fong, Mark Carter and Malcolm Foskett.  They’ll be solo tyre smoking sideways action as well as twin-drifting where two cars race around the twisty course trying to get a close as possible whist producing as much smoke as possible.

This, together with much more, will make the Retro Show one event not to be missed.  So what are you waiting for?  Buy your tickets before Friday 9 July at the advance price of £20 for the weekend or just £12 for the Sunday.

Further event and ticket information can be found at www.retroshow.co.uk or by calling 01234 782828.

LATEST UPDATE FOR BUG JAM 24

BUG JAM 24
Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th July
Santa Pod Raceway,
Wellingborough,
Northants.
NN29 7XA
01234 782828
www.bugjam.com

Every week that goes by takes a little bit closer to the “Big One”. Bug Jam kicks off on Friday 23rd of July, and we’ve got more news from the show:

New for this year is the Bug Jam Comedy Challenge, where budding comedians can take a priceless lesson with top comedian Sully, and even have a crack at performing in front of a live crowd. Unbelieveably, this is completely free and guaranteed to be a great laugh, that’s worthy of the entry fee alone if you think you’re a bit of a funnyman/woman. Take a look on the website for some more info, and don’t forget, the popular comedy shows on Friday and Saturday are here to stay too. Please check the GUIDE for details.

Also new for 2010 is the Bug Jam Car Share Deal. Arrive 3 or more in a car, and have a drink on the house! The Bug Jam crew will be handing out a £15 bar voucher for each vehicle that arrives with three or more paying adults on board. Save petrol, save the planet (one crate of beer at a time), save a few quid for booze, soft drinks and water! Please see the Bug Jam homepage for a few more details: www.BugJam.com

Also, new for Bug Jam is the addition of an off-road course for Baja, Buggy and military vehicle fans. Free to use for anyone with a suitable vehicle, it will also be great fun to watch!

BUG JAM 24
Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th July
Santa Pod Raceway,
Wellingborough,
Northants.
NN29 7XA
01234 782828
www.bugjam.com

Following the success of the 2-day show car competitions at Big Bang, Bug Jam has also adapted to accommodate ever-increasing numbers of competitor cars. The Rust & Rat show is now on Saturday morning, and the Show & Shine is now on Sunday morning.

Both competitions have been moved to the camping-side of the Santa Pod site, which will make vehicle access easier, and hopefully much less queuing to get out for competitors! The two-day format will also allow the Bug Jam crew to handle a higher total number of competitors, and a whole range of new trophies have been announced:

RUST & RAT TROPHIES (SATURDAY)

SHOW & SHINE TROPHIES (SUNDAY)

MODEL CLASSES:
Best Beetle
Best Splitty
Best Bay-Window
Best Late Bus/Van (T25, T4, T5)
Best Off Road (Buggy, Trekker etc)
Best Other Aircooled (T3, KG, Frid, Kit cars etc)
Best Watercooled

FEATURE CLASSES:
Best Original
Best Paint
Best Interior
Best Custom
Best Resto  Cal
Best Cal Look
Judges’ Choice
Best of Show

For the full info on the changes, please visit the official website and click “Show & Shine”: www.BugJam.com

RETRO SHOW

Saturday 17th July (RWYB) & Sunday 18th July

Santa Pod Raceway,

Wellingborough,

Northants.

NN29 7XA

01234 782828

www.retroshow.co.uk

Fans of retro and classic cars and bikes will love The Retro Show at Santa Pod on Sunday the 18th July. This is an event with a difference; rather than just having rows upon rows of lovingly cherished classics, owners and show-goers get the opportunity to see them running and racing in anger!

If you’re the kind of enthusiast that despairs at the current crop of ‘Euroboxes’ or simply prefer machines from a gentler age when carbs ruled the roost and a radio was considered a heady option, then you’ll love this show.  All retro vehicles including cars, motorbikes, scooters and lorries from the 1950’s to the 1980’s are welcome, as well as classics from both sides of the Atlantic.  Even the current crop of ‘neo-retro’ incarnations like the new Mini, Beetle and Fiat 500 are also encouraged along.

During the show we will have many attractions to keep you entertained, including:

Run What Ya Brung (RWYB) – run your car on the track and get the chance to flex its automotive muscles on a proper racing track (£25 sign on fee payable).

Autoglym Show & Shine Competition – great for the car buffing and polishing fraternity.  A chance to display your pride and joy and perhaps even win a prize.

Fireforce – Martin Hill’s amazing jet-powered funny car.  This will shock and amaze in equal measure, as it hits 270mph in a shade over 5 seconds!

Handling Track – you can drive your own car against the clock around our tight challenging course.  It’s free to enter and there’s a prize for the quickest run of the day.

Retro Drift Cars – sideways action from a better era, Mk2 Escorts and other many other marque’s will be demonstrating how it used to be done.

Arcade Alley – all time great video games Pacman and Space Invaders will be here for you to re-live your youth on, plus many more.  Will you be able to beat that high score you set 25 years ago?

Podzilla Monster Truck – 1500bhp of car-crushing monster truck madness!

Retro Drag Demonstrations – there are many beautiful retro drag cars out there and a few will be bringing them out of the museum and firing them up for the Retro Show.  Keep your eyes peeled as they’re still pretty fast!

Historic Karting Display - celebrating over 50 years of the sport that brought us most of our all-time F1 greats, this is one not to miss.

Movie Car Display – your chance to see those TV and film classics; General Lee, Back to the Future Delorean, Scooby Doo Van and many more movie greats.

We also have the Autotrader cars for sale area, autojumble, funfair and a selection of traders keep you amused all weekend long.  Not to forget the Saturday night evening entertainment, we have live London band Nexus.  Playing neo-soul, funk and all time favourites their repertoire is sure to impress.

Are you a member of a club?  If so then great, we have free in field parking so you and your mates can park together and show off the club.  A prize is up for grabs for the “Best Club Display”.

Get it in the diary now!  Advanced tickets are available (up to 9th July) for only £12 for the Sunday and £20 for full weekend camping and entertainment.  For club parking pre-registration is needed. Kids under 13 go free, so why not pile the whole clan into your classic and cruise on down?

For more information visit www.retroshow.co.uk or call 01234 782828.

Similar to the recent ‘Blagged By Brian’ deals with JK, BOC and Boothby Taylor, Volkszone has managed to negotiate some healthy discounts for VZi members with our very good friends at VW Heritage/SSP.

We hope to bring VZi users at least one ‘blag’/'discount’ per month from both JK and VW Heritage and Brian Burrows is talking to (nagging) other companies for deals on their products.

We realise that these products aren’t going to be wanted by every single VZi user, but every penny saved in these times is a bonus – and we’re sure these (ongoing) discounts will help at least some VZi’ers save some pennies as they build their dream VWs. If this month’s ‘blag’ is of no use to you, please be patient, we hope to bring you discounts on varied and useful products each month – just for being a VZi Member.

Neither VZi nor Brian Burrows receives any money/commission from these ‘blags’ – as has been suggested by some sad cynics – every single penny saved is passed on to you, the VZi member – and Brian donates his time and efforts (and telephone bill) for free.

BEETLE WING SETS
This month’s ‘blag’ enables VZi users to purchase a set of 4 genuine VW Mexico Bug wings for a reduced price of £350 inc VAT delivered FREE to mainland UK addresses. (RRP is £467.76)

The webpage link to the VW Beetle wings sets is HERE.

Once you have chosen to purchase, before ‘checking out’, you will need to enter a code to receive the discount. This code can be found in the thread on Volkszone.com HERE.

THIS OFFER ENDS AT MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY 18th JULY 2010.

Once again, we would like to say a huge thanks to Barney, Dave and all the guys at VW Heritage and Street Style & Power and those behind the scenes at Volkszone that made these great ‘blags’ possible.

Please visit VW Heritage website for more bargains and watch this space each month for details of further ‘Blagged By Brian’ discounts and deals.