Once a VW, always a VW

80-year-old GTI driver remains loyal to Lake Wörthersee

Reinhold Rupperath has been coming to the GTI meeting with his wife Christina since 1983.

(Bild: Ersteller : Hermann Sobe , 9232 Rosegg, Urheberrecht , Credit -Photo by Medienservice HS H.obe)

The GTI meeting has been through a lot since its introduction in 1982. One constant, however, is Reinhold Rupperath. The "GTI Ruppi", as the German is known in Reifnitz, is still there at the age of 80!

Reinhold Rupperath has missed the GTI meeting just four times. The Corona break was a sensible decision, but the missed premiere still upsets me today. I simply didn't notice it back then, at home in Bad Münstereifel near Cologne." Despite the cancellation, the 900-kilometre journey to Lake Wörthersee - in a GTI, of course - was all the more determined.