Home from Holmes – 13-window Split

I remember writing once that I could understand why people owned VW Buses - that they make a great alternative to sleeping in a tent, that they're a sociable vehicle to own and a sensible step up from a Beetle for a VW lover with a family and young kids. And though a few people have said there's more to it than that, the more people I speak to that own one, or are thinking of owning one, the more I think it's the truth. Take Paul Holmes for example, he's a lifelong VW guy who has owned Volkswagens for the last 20 years having gone to his first Bug Jam at the age of 17, and he's never been without an air-cooled car since. He's done the UK Cal Look thing, even raced in the VWDRC for three years (in Stuart Hall's old Supersonic racecar) but now, aged 38, he's swapped the Beetle experience for a Bus. "I dreamt of owning a Splitty for around 10 years... I'm self-employed now, my wife has a good job and we both love the outdoors. We regularly go mountain biking with friends (three of whom have Splitties), we enjoy surfing and snowboarding holidays as a family [and] the Bus fits our lifestyle." This isn't a one-off, either, but a common pattern that we're seeing repeat itself over and over again. As is the part that follows: "Once we'd decided to buy a Bus, I searched for over a year and looked at some truly awful ones. Then I found this one in Poole. It looked fairly solid and seemed to only need a couple of wheel arches sorting..." he said.

For the full story on this car make sure you pick up a copy of the Summer 2010 issue of VolksWorld

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