Walking away from Performance VW after seven and a half years as Editor has been one of the hardest things I've ever done. It's been like giving a child up for adoption, when you don't know if the smiling guardians you're handing it over to will really love it the way you did.

Of course, I'm exaggerating slightly, but I really saw the mag as my baby. After all, I gave birth to it, in a manner of speaking. Admittedly without the messy placenta or anything, but it was a difficult pregnancy. It was mid-1996. I was fresh from a four-year stint on Max Power and concerned about the state of existing VW magazines. I felt they were pretty lame and that anybody could do better. Even me!

stick with super street and eurotuner its like 14 bucks a whole year!

sorry your leaving but pvw isnt what it was 3 years ago. big up to the dailys and the common mans car. big budget queens, stay at home moms, and "i got a toyota for a beater" cars need not apply

My Barnes and Noble stoped carrying it 6 weeks ago. Does this have anything to do with you leaving????

I continued on as a subscriber thru a Canadian based importer

But after repeated articles with little insight to anything original writing wise
Maybe a slight bit of info here and there
I began to flip thru the mag right off the shelf and did not intend to re-subscribe

now I don't even purchase it
I started to cringe as PVW featured cars that were really "over the top"
I guess I'm not in PVW's target age group

I respect PVW in its regard to run a business as best suited

After a while it was enough and the magic wore off really slowly
It seemed PVW took on a horrible formula so prevalent in US based EURO or various import magazines

Don't get me wrong your paper and photography & overall theme is awesome
but if your going to call yourself PerformanceVW please do so accordingly

keep it VW
keep it performance

you yourself could and should start a new magazine

call it "VWgroupH20"

carry on
on def ears

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, just not their own facts.

It really is wierd though how a mag started on daily drivers and such changes into a more high profile car mag throughout the course of the life of the mag. Once cars that we underappreciated grabbed feature spots, and now that the mag is one of the best, everyone is banging down your door to get in. Some of the top show cars around the world have graced your pages, and the photography has continued to be top notch. It's just that as a magazine evolves you need to feature the best that you can, and to pvw for doing that. You guys have brought about a change in the vw tuning arena, throughout the years, and really that says a lot, that one mag from England can change the scene here in the states.

I don't frown on PVW for changing, I think it is a logical step, and it is hard to stop, espcially since you do like to take pictures of every nice VW that you can find, but the numbers of VW owners tuning thier cars has increased, and therefore the chioce of editors and features has decreased, I only wish that PVW had about 200 pages of articles, that way we can see more of what is going on around the world

07 335i Coupe - Totaled
02 Passat GLX Variant

i still think theres alot of "i dont have anything else but my dub" cars in PVW. i actualy think its a good mix, see whats going on in the show scene and also others like us. but its true that if you want to see true innovation you gotta pick up VW SCENE...but pvw still has that nice homely feel to it that ive recognized for about 5 years

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I still have my 1st Issue... not in its original Baggy but still 1st non the less.

"So a dyslexic guy walks into a bra..."

PVW is great magazine. It's one of the many reasons why I enjoy building my VWs. The very first issue that I got was at steet corner newstand in LA. And in the corner of the mag was this bright yellow GTi with some crazy wide Shmidt wheels. It was not a cover, but a great feature, non the less.

It's was the yellow Siedl Tuning GTi with blackout B pillars, color match Shmidt wheels and other goodies. That issue back in '99, I still hold dear to me. (And even joined me in the bathroom ) Even Matt from TZ, even before TZ would comeover and we would just browse through my collection of PVWs and we would get these crazy ideas for our cars from your magazines.

I am pretty sure you will be missed at PVW, but Elliot seems to got it all figured out. I know your next project (aka bastard child ) will be equally as good or even better.

I wish you the best of luck with your future and your family.

for of the veedub.

Oktoberfest was a great success, time to start planning for next year! October 16th & 17th, 2010!!!

Good luck to ya Greg.

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