Jim has been driving and working on Volkswagens since his first car a 1980 Scirocco S in 1984.

He moved to Memphis in 2005 from his hometown of Sacramento California because of his great appreciation for Memphis.

He worked at the local VW dealership in Germantown from 2005 until 2008.

In California Jim ran the largest Independent BMW and Porsche shop in Sacramento for 8 years. In that 8 years he a got a lot of hands on experience with BMW and Porsche.