Bugout 85

[swhitcomb]

After seeing what he did to your car, I can’t tell you how happy that pic makes me.
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[wheel607]

I will NOT attend this persons BUG OUT.........and I have NEVER heard of a show (car) being sold out in 50+ years of attendance. I know of THREE others who usually attend but NOT THIS TIME!

[NJ John]

Yeah, that sold out in advance this is odd, for sure. How small is that property?
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it seems like a typical scam tactic to get people to buy tickets ahead of time so he can have money upfront. The venue can easily hold the amount of spectators that any VW show on the east coast has seen in the last 20 years.

There are plenty of other VW events to attend. Go to Maple Grove PA in early June. The May or October VW event at Farmington NC. VW Nationals weekend in Hagerstown Maryland Aug 18-19. The Bug N Out show in Warenton Virginia also.

[swhitcomb]

I thought better of Less, guess I was wrong.

Then he blocked me from further talking. Sounds like a page from Mr Scott’s book.

To be 100% clear, my problem is with Mr Scott, not the BugOut. Mr Scott was selling a set of Super Beetle fenders for $800. I commented that for that price they should still be attached to the car. Then went to bed. I woke up to a nasty threatening message from him, and kicked out of any group of which he was the admin. I let it go. Figured he’d fail in business as he has at everything else in life. Then I saw PJs post, and then I saw a post from Mr Scott himself trashing another shop, of which I am friends with the owner. Mr Scott brought anything negative I post about him, and anyone else does, upon himself. I will see to it in anyway possible that the Bugout under his leadership fails. Up to, and including starting another show on the same day if I have to.
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[swhitcomb]

There’s our hero in all his glory.
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[wheel607]

[swhitcomb]

[EverettB]

Yes, we are getting in "personal attack" zone here with private photos, etc.

I noticed you have someone's personal phone # in the texts above too.
Please post those again with that blanked out.
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[swhitcomb]

Will do Not a personal attack. It’s a PSA. We are all aware of a very well known shop that had an owner with extremely similar circumstances.
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[EverettB]

Thanks for updating the pics.
I removed the older ones.

The PSA stuff and warnings are fine.
I wouldn't want to support a show from someone that did things I disagreed with either
I don't attend one show anymore for somewhat similar reasons
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[swhitcomb]

[wheel607]

[jpjohns]

You guys are all hitting the nail right on the head! Krystopher Scott is a POS...period. Huge scam artist for sure. I've had a couple of people come to me for help that were dealing with him. He has scammed so many people its sick. I recently saw him at the Raliegh NC winter VW show and he was trying to pawn off a rusty EMPI roof rack to a guy as a "rare" original VW rack. I'm not sure if the guy bought it or not but the crap coming out of his mouth was hilarious.

Stay away! Make him infamous!
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[tacky]

im going to the show with an open mind.

my tickets arrived ahead of time.

i did notice a lot of hate towards this guy on fakebook. seems very 1 sided to me, and there are always 2 sides to a story.

VW Trends and Empi are 2 main sponsors.

i will report back with my view on the show.
i had been going to BUGOUT since early 90s at Mananas Drag Strip.
i hope it is a success.
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[rcroane]

[tacky]

event was well planned attended and executed, i give a thumbs up

high attendance, friendly people, great food, live music

i would have preferred more racing (there seemed to be too few racing.)

reggae style band was entertaining.

it seemed to be a sell out to me. lots of old vws attending.

water cooled crowd was high well presented also.

compared to the good ol mananas days i would say pretty close.

my only complaint was the line of cars waiting to enter the raceway. (took 20 minutes to get in.)
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[Obi-Sean Kenobi]

I recently filed a law suit against Mr. Scott.

I purchased a 'turn key' motor from him late last year.

Pretty much every single thing that can be wrong with a motor is wrong with it. Dual carb set up doesnt work, and didnt fit in the Ghia to begin with.

Hardware missing throughout the engine.

Silicon glopped throughout the engine, places where it shouldnt be.

Leaky vales, leaky seals, major oil leaks.

He said he would come fix it, and showed up at my mechanics shop 8 hours late, had a kid in his car, was angry and unprofessional and then tried to demand more money.

Dont expect a warranty or any type of professional standards.

In short, dont waste your time or money.

He is sellig all over Facebook Marketplace right now. Please be careful!

[rcroane]

Lots of complaints about Bug Out 85 showing up today.....hour wait in line to get in, food shortage, water shortage, multiple trophies going to the same person, questionable judging, lack of class structure for awards, etc.

Attendance was half of what he was claiming before the show.
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[mullinspw]

I am a new member here (my wife and I have a 1970 Bus that is in the process of full restoration).

I was pecking around the site and saw this thread about Bugout85 and Krystopher Scott. Thought I would add my experience with him....

My wife and I bought a Beetle from him a few years ago. Drove there, paid partial cash and partial Zelle payments to his wife, and he was supposed to send the car and title to us shortly after. Scott seemed nice and knowledgeable and I was comfortable doing business with him since he was in charge of the Volkswagens in Virginia FB page. So, my guard was low and I made a few rookie mistakes, like not looking at the title prior to paying.

He ended up mailing the title to us under his wife's name on the envelope. I believe this was intentional to keep his name off of everything to do with the transaction. When we opened the envelope and looked at the title we noticed that it did not belong to him and was from another state. He told us to just tell DMV that the person on the title is the one selling the car....

Of course, we didn't do this. We contacted the lady on the title and she said that she had a sentimental attachment to the car (belonged to someone in her family who passed away) so she sent it to Scott to restore.

Long story short, Scott said there were so many problems with the car and talked her into selling it to him dirt cheap. She said she trusted everything he was saying because of his status of being in charge of the large Volkswagens of Virginia page on FB. He got her the same way he got me....

Turns out Scott simply sprayed the car with paint (shoddy work) and quickly flipped it to us without doing any of the work he told the lady that it needed.

Since we hadn't even received the Beetle yet we asked for our money back. He said he had already spent it on his kids, yada yada....

We ended up getting the DMV police involved for Scotts attempt to title jump the vehicle. The DMV police were very helpful in helping us get our money back from him to avoid criminal charges. The whole thing was a mess.

To sum things up....

I believe Scott knew exactly what he was doing by using his wife's Zelle account for payments and then mailing the title to us under her name. I also believe Scott uses his position as the the Admin of Volkswagens of Virginia on FB - and now BugOut - to swindle unsuspecting people.

@swhitcomb the link in your first post did not work. Can you repost or send it to me privately?

Patrick Mullins