29 Apr
Blog, Event

VAG Cafe & the 2021 VWCSA VKC track day

With things feeling a lot more normal-ish, events are ever so slightly starting happen again on the motorsport side of things. Oddly the law still says you can't have more than 200 people at an outdoor event (or something equally ridiculous) and so this means the events that rely on foot traffic income to be able to cover the cost of setting things up can't happen. That or someone is going to be a fair chunk of change out of pocket. To be...

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04 Jun
Blog, Event, Featured

VWCSA + Redstar = RWYB. VAG Cafe reports…

Yeah, drag racing can be a funny, funny thing. Head online to a million and one Facebook groups, check out WhatsApp groups dedicated to cars and racing and you will see literally hundreds of properly modified cars with big power and owners bragging about killing this supercar and that GT-R and this bike and and and... These guys are the ones who share those memes about stance life and park-offs being lame and they make a point of letting everyone know that they...

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05 Feb
Blog, Event, Featured

Camp Fest 2019 by VAG Cafe

The point of annual events is usually for them to get bigger and better every time they take place, and the crew at Cum Laude events have it nailed down. For this 11th instalment of the country's largest aftermarket auto show, Vdub Camp Fest, things were bigger and better in every way possible. The venue was upgraded specifically to cater for more people, the level of cars entered into the show & shine rose a lot, the amount of vendors and exhibitors grew...

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06 Feb
Blog, Event

CampFest X – VAG Cafe attends SA’s premier VW show

If you're a self-professed Volkswagen fan and you haven't heard of Vdub Camp Fest then you should up your game. In fact, if you are a VW nutter and you have heard of SA's largest gathering of all things VAG but haven't attended - it's time to move on. There's not really any excuse for not attending, especially with Camp Fest X being the tenth installment. Missing all ten events can only mean that you simply like the brand and you'll never get into a shouting match or a fist...

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17 Sep
Blog, Event

VAG Cafe at My Car Got Shot 3 with SnS Expo

Under the leadership of Ian Foat, the current chairman of the Volkswagen Club of South Africa, there have been a few great events established that are set to carry on even after he steps down. We're not sure if his successor will be able to fill his shoes, but VAG Cafe will be on hand to report if they do or not. One of the events he initiated is called My Car Got shot, and this is the 3rd instalment now. It kicked off as a night time park off...

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21 Mar
Blog, Event

VAG Cafe attends VWCSA’s NightRun

When events pop up organised by the Volkswagen Club of SA we secretly get quite excited. A couple of years back we'd attend their events if nothing else came up, but these days the club is absolutely rocking thanks to the current committee. These guys are on the ball, a real passionate bunch who know exactly what the club members want. This event was billed to be a night run, starting on the East Rand and ending on the East rand, but only after a lap of the highway down...

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