{"id":681,"date":"2008-08-21T22:04:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T22:04:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-02-08T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T19:14:07","slug":"cvo-midwest-treffen-2008-car-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benlevy.com\/blog\/cvo-midwest-treffen-2008-car-show\/","title":{"rendered":"CVO Midwest Treffen 2008 &#8211; Car Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second day of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwesttreffen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CVO Midwest Treffen<\/a> was dedicated to a huge Car Show. The parking lot of Oakton Community College was packed with over three decades of Volkswagens. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theautobarn.com\">Autobarn<\/a> brought out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two racing GTIs<\/a> that they sponsor. This was the first time I saw a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1195.jpg\">Jabrio<\/a> in person. That&#8217;s a Jetta front on a VW Cabrio. One of the oddest matings of the day was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1237.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VW GTI with BMW M3 wheels<\/a>. Another surprise was this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1540.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audi S4 with Lamborghini wheels<\/a>. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1310.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plum Beetle<\/a> was one of the sweetest cars at the show. Unfortunately, older cars were rare at this show. I think that may be a sign of the differences between Volkswagen owners. The car show was fun, as usual, but there wasn&#8217;t much to do besides look at cars. The show is huge and basically free to watch so it&#8217;s worth the trip. Click here to see all of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\">pictures from CVO Midwest Treffen 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1133.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1133.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1192.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1192.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1349.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1395.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1395.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1410.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1410.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1472.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1472.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1523.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benlevy.com\/auto\/show\/tref08\/img_1523.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second day of the CVO Midwest Treffen was dedicated to a huge Car Show.  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