As someone who was born and raised in Northern California, I’ve lived through many years of this so-called rivalry. While in the past it was usually related to college or pro sports, with such rivalries as UC Berkeley vs. UCLA or the Giants vs. the Dodgers, it’s no surprise it’s now found it’s way to the car show circuit.
This friendly rivalry between the NorCal and SoCal European car communities began last year as the brainchild of Terry Kineda of NorCal VW and Lon Mok of SoCalEuro. With the overwhelming success of last year’s event, the event organizers decided to make a change in venue to a much larger location, the Earl Warren Fairgrounds in Santa Barbara. Full Story...
Holey moley, some good looking stuff there. Plenty of inspiration for the gentlemen back east! Glad (almost) everyone had such a fun day out. Wish I could have tailgated behind some of those tweaked and twisted GTIs!!
That was then: '78 Rabbit 1.6L - best $300 ever spent - sugar in the tank still have the driver's seat! '84 GTI w/ '78 'rocco tranny (props to Kris E) for highway cruising - SOLD This is now: '00 GTI Flash Red - NS P-flo, SS, front upper tie; Eibach Pro-sys, rear ASB; euro switch & ds mirror; BA spkrs, sub, 5-ch amp. Boston Acoustics
I hate cops. Those bastards have nothing better to do than ticket for tints and no front plates? I hope you're reading this SBPD. SHOVE THAT TICKET BOOK WHERE IT BELONGS.
Thanks to VWvortex for their wonderful coverage and support of the event! The number of European cars that came out to this year's event was a great sight to see. We've already begun working on next year's event and hope to hit that 1000 car mark!
damn, living in the Midwest and having lived on the east coast
it certainly seems that the Cali Dub scene rules all. That is a wonderful comment for sure.
You guys and gals sure know how to make some nice cars.
2008 Audi A3 2.0T S-Line S-tronic EVOMS GT28RS BT kit / BSH motor mount - that's it so far. Brian McCauley @ Audi North Scottsdale Sales New & Used Audi's bmccauley@penskeautomotive.com XBox Live GT = DubAudiBrian
Nice Coverage VWVortex! You guys actually took a pic of my car COOL! I'm on the 1st page on the VW Gallery with the first silverstone grey GTI on the 20th picture from the top down. Damn, confusing.
Terry, I haven't met you yet. Maybe next time we can have a round up at the Norcal Tent for all of us to get to meet you.
I wouldn't mind attending the next one. However, from what I've been hearing from the Norcal crew, it would be cool to have it a little closer to home. Please don't even think of having it in SB again. Even the hotel managers were RUDE!
It was nice chatting with you Saturday night Terry and you did a great job with the show. Joe from VWVortex it was great to sit down and pound a few with you that night also, oh and good write up on the show too! I can't wait until next year!!!
still have the driver's seat!
...and SOCAL too! 
