Now, don’t get me wrong, when I started my modifying journey some 30 years ago (yep, I’m really that old), there was no ‘bank of mum and dad’ tuning or buy-now-pay-later options. You messed with what you could afford and what you could afford wasn’t usually a fat lot.
So, I understand why some of the old-skool people get frustrated these days with the ‘younger’ generation for their chequebook builds and credit card tuning. Still, that doesn’t give them the excuse to tarnish every new-wave build with the same ‘air and wheels’ brush. Take Dutchman, Erik vd Meer’s stunning Audi TT-RS 8S for example.
Firstly, there’s not an air bag or compressor in sight so the ‘air’ part is out of the equation.
Secondly, at 34-years-old, the technical mechanic from Groningen in the North of Holland isn’t exactly what you’d class as a youngster or newbie either! “I’ve always been into cars and having a Mk5 Golf as my first mode of
