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Wow, is it just me or is 2006 the shortest year in the history? I feel like it was just a month ago since I attended the VolksWorld show together with JHU and a couple of other friends. It can`t be half a year since I was having beer with the Fins at BugRun because I still feel honoured by the warm welcome I received. And I still have the smell of burning rubber in my nose after SCC and not to forget the taste of English tea in my mouth after my trip to UK.
When the time is running so fast it`s in a way good to have The Lounge here so that I easily can take the trip back in time to see if there was something I forgot. 9180 posts to read and a whole lot of beatiful cars to look at - all this in under a year!

I wish to thank all of you for making The Lounge what it is today and for making 2006 a fantastic year for me!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I'll join in on this one, and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Have a good one.  :)

Hip hip hooray!

MERRY XMAS ALL LOUNGERS AND ENJOY THE 2007 YEAR

Merry Christmas & a HAPPY new year to all Loungers!

Best regards
Jon Hroar

Yep ,Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all the Loungers :)
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Happy Christmas from little me and hope to see as many of you next year at the shows.

Form over function, a Cal-Look tree, no shiny shit!

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Cheers, see you after Christmas! Off up moor...

I can see it's been dechromed... but has it been lowered??  ;D

Merry christmas to you all my friends....

Leave the norwegians with it for long enough and it will be raised to the ground[SCC2006 :-) ]

cheers richie,uk

Oh and a merry xmas to you all  :)  cheers richie,uk

merry christmas and happy new callook year.
Mags

yep it seems like last week i was at sandown but reality is we are sorting out the next one!merry christmas to all on the lounge 8)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL YOU LOUNGERS OUT THERE - SEE YOU AT EUROPEAN BUG IN 2007  ;D ;D ;D

Merry christmas to all of you.... :)

Have good one everyone,will be making the most of the quiet roads tommorrow and taking the cab for a blast if its dry out :)

cheers richie,uk

Have a Happy Festivus! ;)

A festivus for the rest of us.  ;D
You have really disappointed me this year Zach. ;)
Did you buy your pole here or did you make your own? http://www.festivuspoles.com

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Proost; Cheers; Sante; Cin Cin,

Diederick

Merry christmas and a happy 2007!

Cheers,
Sander

That is halarious!!! ;D

Merry Christmas and a happy new VW year to all friends out there. ;)...

It`s about time I updated this thread.

If 2006 was short I wonder what happened with 2011. Is it me? My age? Or just a common thing that time is running away so fast that its hard to keep track? From 9180 posts in 2006 to 244 621 in 2011 by 4161 members. We`re still seeing a huge increase in spam members and right now we have 1248 members waiting approval. I know Trond is doing a great job filtering through all the new members in search for those who is actually real so I give him a big thumb up: THANKS TROND!

So, how to sum up 2011? For me it is easy:

10.86

Thanks to everyone that helped me this season: Richie for everything, Västerås gang for the inspiration, help and for giving us the first Turbo Town Shootout, Torgeir and Tor Odd for great crewing, Borge for always lending a hand and tools when needed, SCC crew for doing what they do best, Jyrki for all the crazy ideas, Trond for the competition and of course Walter, my always on-line IT support when times are rough.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Loungers!

See you all next year.

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Cheers,
Kalle






Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year from Texas to my friends all over the world!

--Eric Ell(v)is
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meery x-mas and happy new year guys

fabs ;)

Merry Christmas from the newest Norewgian on the block  ;) :)

Reading this brought back alot of memories,not all good,Sven hopefully you are having fun up there looking down on us,no doubt getting up to no good with Mark ;)
So my 1st christmas toast would be:

"To absent friends"


Richie

I'll second that. Two good men who should still be on earth...  :)

Well, here we go again. Right now it is snowing heavily outside and we have around -8C, just perfect for that white Christmas everyone is talking about. Not so perfect for the race inspiration but then again it is only 5 months until we have to be ready for the first race next season. I got the race licence for the 2013 season and as usual they have added 100 NOK or so on the already expensive licence. Until they realise that they have to accept street legal cars and drivers without a race licence on the only track here in Norway we have no other choice than pay... or wait to SCC in August to be able to race.

So, how was the 2012 season? Race wise a disaster. I fought clutch and launch issues the whole season and driving the little 1641ccm engine is surely a challenge compared to the 2332. Challenging yes, but OH so fun! Right now my car is in Sweden where Ola Öst is welding a new cage for it and I hope I will get back early next year so that I can start changing some minor things I have on my to-do list. I`m also changing a few things on the little engine and hopefully this will not make it slower. The highlights this season for me was watching Skinne manage the 8.02 at Kjula, Nicklas managing the 9.55 with his little 1641 engine and of course also Johan at SCC. Thank you for the inspirations guys! I would also like to mention that I had a great time after SCC this year thanks to the great company. You know who you are so thank you!

I would also like to thank all of you for keeping The Lounge a interesting site. I have to admit that the 2012 season was a bit quiet but looking at the projects some of you are working on I`m sure next season will be a highlight. Will we see a 7 second run by a floorpan VW in Europe next year? How many is building a fast track car? It seems like that is the vibe this year, especially here in Norway. Not so strange perhaps considering we`re not allowed at any dragrace? And what about traditional cal lookers, any new ones in the making? BTW, I`m looking for a super nice 1303S so please let me know what you have.

Again thank you Loungers and have a nice Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope to see you at the track next season!

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Best rgs
Kalle

For me right now I have way too many plans, 2012 was pretty good,hopefully i got most of the new car issues sorted, 2011 was a strange year, it was the 1st year I didn't improve my own PB in a vw since the 1st time I took one down the track, at least in 2012 I carried on that tradition :)
I dont think we have much chance of a white christmas here,only rain but its still not that inspiring ::)   I have started looking at ferrys for next years travel,as most race dates are set now and there are some that clash, so finances will affect what we are able to do,and what free accomadation we can "be invited" to stay at :D  To all my scandanavian friends be warned  ;D  With Tierp and then SCC following weekends I will want to be as prepared as possible,hopefully we will see more people and cars from mainland europe and uK travelling to make these events with the 2 events making it much better value :) You dont know what you missing until you try it 8)

This weekend I will collect project "cheap 10 sec street car" so another chapter will begin :o 8) I have gathered plenty of parts since for it since I was bored one day in july so progress should be reasonably good :)  DANNY BE WORRIED :D  I will regularly update progress as I go.
The changes and upgrases have started to the new cab already,should be running in a couple of weeks,then i will continue to make some aero add ons to be able to try during the year, a wise man once told me that all projects should be finished by christmas to be ready for the years racing ;),I am getting nearer every year at reaching that target,I have lots of optimism for next year,hopefully lots of you have that too :)


Merry xmas

cheers Richie

To Mark and Sven-Olof... We raise a glass to you both. God speed, my friends.

Joy to y'all.

Indeed, as well.

Thanks Mark. PM your address if you want one.  8)

...same to you Kalle, as well as all my other friends world-wide, here on the Lounge!