MAXIME ATTACK

It’s a tough ask for someone to predict the future 20 years on, especially when it comes to the modified VW scene. Try to think back double decades - would you have guessed you’d be where you are today? Maxime Bouliane’s relationship with his Mk1 Jetta Coupe started just beyond the turn of the century and I’m sure he wouldn’t have guessed his slow going budget build would have ended up on the pages of PVW. In fact, the progression of his Coupe was more of a relaxed pace than an all-out sprint.

“When I was four, my dad had a 1981 Jetta Mk1.” Like most of our features, Maxime, a 40-year-old hospital maintenance mechanic from Ange-Gardien, Quebec, Canada, was exposed at an early age. “I remember looking at the heating control panel wondering the meaning of the triangle and the square position.” And like many, it’s usually the trivial details we can recall. Ten years on, Maxime’s father had a Mk2 GTI 8v, so when it came time for a car of his own, there were no doubts it would have the letters V and W on the front.

“One day in my