RADC Creed

Note: You don’t have to do all of these things to come to our meets. This is just kind of a guide for all of us. haha

(Raise your right hand and repeat after me)

I am a Volkswagen owner and member of RADC and I solemnly swear to:

*Make sure my valves are adjusted by myself each and every 3000 miles.

*Change my oil, myself, every 3000 miles or every 3 months whichever comes first.

*Turn my nose at the various ‘quickie’ oil/lube places when I pass them by.

*Include something about VWs in almost every conversation with my SO [Significant Other].

*Take the cussing and screaming that my SO gives me for the previously mentioned act.

*For at least 30 minutes a week snow or shine I will lay on my back underneath my VW talking to it and myself and contemplate future maintenance and modification.

*Have at least 3 manuals devoted to my VWs model year.

*Make sure that my greasy garage cloths are kept separate from the rest of the laundry.

*Keep my greasy hands off of my SO’s clean towels.

*Be sure to wear my ‘car working’ clothes and not my good clothes when I do any work on my car.

*I will keep a set of ‘car working’ clothes or coveralls in my VW at all times for emergency repair work.

*That the top ten items on my Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary list are VW related.

*But I will make sure that any gifts I buy my SO are not VW related.

*Own a torque wrench and understand how to use it.

*Keep a record book of my VWs maintenance history.

*Know exactly how many miles I have left to drive before I run out of gas.

*Have all the necessary parts and tools ready just incase I break down.

*Have all the phone numbers programed in my phone that I need, incase I can’t fix it.

*Learn how to sleep in my VW.

*Understand there is no such thing as ‘borrowing oil’.

*Learn how to drive my VW with a broken clutch cable.

*Keep a spare clutch and accelerator cable in my VW.

*Make sure that when anyone at my work has a problem with their VW, I am the first person they call.

*Be the only one to add or take any fluids to or from my VW.

*Spread my VW infection to everybody I can.

*(If applicable) Do everything in my power to teach my children everything I know about Volkswagens.

And finally, I understand that I am infected with an incurable VW disease that runs through my veins. Not everyone can comprehend this or understand why I eat, drink, breath, stink and sleep Volkswagens. I can only accept that I do and therefore, will act and behave accordingly

(You may now lower your right hand