The team behind the #1 most visited Audi enthusiast website on the internet, QuattroWorld.com, has announced a new partner website called DubWorld.com that is aimed towards the VW enthusiast. DubWorld.com provides a fresh new look into the dub culture.
The front page of the website is an interactive blog covering the dub scene including VW corporate news, Tuner news, Event coverage and VW motorsports. Other resources include an in depth media gallery, a Wikipedia style user created information database, and of course a full forum site built on the Kawf format that has made QuattroWorld.com so successful.
The Kawf forum platform offers a truly unique forum experience for its users. The Kawf forum software is designed around natural human conversation and thus online discussions are much more user friendly and naturally flowing. Multiple separate conversations can continue in a single thread without the cumbersome style of normal “bulletin” formatted forums.
We felt that there was no better place to make an announcement of this magnitude then at the 16th annual installment of Waterfest which is the largest Audi/VW show in North America. The team behind the launch of DubWorld.com has been working for several months in preparation for this day.
APR, LLC has signed on as the Title Sponsor of DubWorld.com. They are joined by dozens of other companies including, 034 Motorsport, Achtuning.com, Addict Motorsport Design, Autospeed Performance, Autosportwerks, Avalon Motorsports, AWE Tuning, Clutchmasters, Continental Tire, ECS Tuning, Elite Motorsports, EPL, Europrice, GIAC, Griffen Motorworks, Induktion Motorsport, Liquid Crack, Ringer Racing, Stratmosphere, Tire Rack, and Wicked Motorsports all of whom have signed on to support the growth of this new site.
Launching a new site is always a challenge. We look forward to seeing the site grow, the forums fill up with useful content and the website to become known as a leading source for worthwhile and interesting information about all things VW.
Please check back often as we are only beginning the process of building this online community and will be working continually to improve the experience for our visitors. We hope that you will decide to join with us as we create this community together!
Sincerely,
Joshua Decker
Founder, DubWorld.com & QuattroWorld.com
josh@dubworld.com
Management Team:
- Joshua Decker, Founder & President
Neil McGarry, Co-Founder and Vice-President
Nye Liu, Kawf Ninja
Corey Beaman, Creative Director
Other Contributors
Josh Decker
- Josh has a rich history in the Audi aftermarket industry. In 2001 he started importing RS4 parts from Europe. In 2002 this side hobby turned into a full time business when he founded Achtuning.com which became an established leader in the Audi aftermarket. Achtuning was a leading distributor for many top names such as APR, Stasis and Stoptech. Josh owned Achtuning’s poster car, a Laser Red 2000 Audi S4 that was featured in European Car two separate times. In fact it took 2nd place out of 15 cars in the 2004 “King of the Rings” S4 Challenge. Josh sold Achtuning.com to Hartmann Wheels in 2005 to focus his energy on his other business venture, Status Racing. Achtuning continues to be a success and was the worlds #1 distributor for both APR and Stasis Engineering in 2008!
In 2004 Josh co-founded Status Racing, which manufactures high end composite racing seats. Located near Seattle, Washington, Status Racing offers FIA approved FRP, Carbon Fiber and Kevlar seats as well as FIA approved 4, 5 and 6 point racing harnesses. After 5 years of success with Status, Josh made the tough decision to step away from his full time role at Status to pursue other opportunities. He is still a significant partner in Status and remains involved as an owner and partner.
Josh has owned several Audis including most notably a 2001 RS4 Avant which he imported from Germany. Some of the other Audis that he has owned include two different 2000 Audi S4 (Stage 3 of course), a 2002 allroad, a 1995 S6 Sedan and his current daily driver is another 2000 S4 with a full stage 3 kit and tons of goodies like Ohlins, Stoptechs, and more. This car will be one of the QuattroWorld.com featured project cars.
Josh lives in Redmond, Washington with his wife and two daughters.
Neil McGarry
- Neil McGarry joined the QuattroWorld team soon after it’s inception. He spent over 10 years as a partner and administrator at AudiWorld.com. He is an audi junky like no other and has owned several audis including an 1998 A4 Avant, 2000 A6 2.7t, a 2001 Audi S4 Avant (Stage 3), a 2001 allroad, and currently owns a 2005 allroad and a highly modified 2007 A3.
Neil manages all of the advertising for QuattroWorld. He lives in Park City, Utah with his wife. He is an active paraglider and also regularly instructs at the Miller Motorsports Park.
Nye Liu
- Nye is a very talented embedded systems programmer who successfully lauched a private Kawf powered forum 4 years ago as a hobby. He also started S4wiki.com and has a true passion for the S4 and the 2.7t platform. He self taught himself how to tune the Motronic ECU and has been an asset to the S4 community.
Although Nye’s role at QuattroWorld is a part time one, the site couldn’t run without him. He has taken over the management of the Kawf open source forum software project. You can read more about Kawf by visiting kawf.sourceforge.net. Donations to this project are encouraged.
Nye lives in Southern California with his wife and drives a 2001 Audi S4 which runs on software he wrote himself (don’t look so surprised!).
Corey Beaman:
Corey’s addiction to Volkswagen started at a very young age, birth to be exact. Travel from hospital to home was in a Super Beetle. Since then it has been a downward spiral with carburetor changes and check engine lights. His motorsport memories date back to the Porsche 936 and Audi quattro rally cars. At the races, you can find him behind his Nikon. He drives a 2000 1.8T New Beetle.
Other Contributors
Jyoteen Madjumar – Graphic Design
Ed P – Technical Contributor
Gary (Aka. Oversteer) – Technical Contributor
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