Well it has been a while since our last drive-in cruise so what better way than to have another one by seeing our favourite Oscar nominee in action, Herbie!

The call was sent out for all Sydney VW lovers to rally the flag for a cruise to the Bass Hill Drive-Ins to see Herbie Fully Reloaded. As the day approached, the weather outlook was bleak but the spirits were still high in anticipation of a decent turnout of Dubs.

Let me tell you the spirit of Volkswagens is well and truly alive in Sydney and beyond (with a good showing of cars from our friends from the Shoalhaven district). As I drove with my family to one of the cruise meeting points, I was trying to calculate the type of numbers that might arrive. I like to be positive but I have seen Sydney cruises not live up to anticipated numbers before and with a few brief showers that morning, the cloud still hanging around and the undeniable fact of a cold night ahead I really wasn't sure how we'd go.

As I turned into Memorial Avenue at the meeting point I was dumbfounded to say the least. I expected to see maybe some 30 odd VWs waiting but the carpark was packed with eager VW ethusiests much to my delight. I have been told that at the meeting point there were at least 60 cars!

As the numbers gathered, the buzz got louder, the chit-chat increased and we knew we were in for a good night. A mass cruise then headed to the drive-in down the Hume Highway like a giant python cutting a swathe through the Sydney road network. We got plenyy of looks and quite a few friendly horn blowings from on-lookers in their bland, non-descript, ordinary cars!

Upon arriving at the drive-in we met up with many other Vee Dubbers and I have heard reports ranging between 106 to 123 cars for the night! What a great turnout, we couldn't have hoped for a better result.

The only downer was the food queue to get something to eat. If it had been on any other occassion you probably would have been really peeved or even walked out of the queue but the hardy VW lovers didn't let it put a dampener on an otherwise fantastic evening.

The movie itself was as expected, light-hearted and very enjoyable, even though as a collective audience we may be biased! When the movie ended people must have realised just how cold it was as the engines started as the credits rolled and people headed off on their merry way. A few of us continued for supper at Krispy Kreme Donuts....mmmmmmm.

Special thanks to Stuart Morris from the Club for being the drive-in, I mean driving force behind organising a great night. And thanks to everyone who showed up to make it a memorable night.

So when are they making another one???

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