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In this issue:On-Ramp 2019, PCV Garage Sale, Zone 6 Grand Tour Info, Blast-It! & more

Voice of the Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America

Volume 22 Issue 3 April 2019

Regulars 4 VIR Executive

5 Executive Comment

8 Club News

12 Coffee & Cars

31 Classifieds

33 Goodie Store

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Discounts, Forums & Useful Web Sites

Features Future Track Day 9 with Corvette Club

Future West 10 Coast Drive PCV Garage Sale 14

On-Ramp #1 2019 16

Little Anton 18 Future Zone 6 21 Grand Tour

High Tech Soft Top 26

35 Around The Bend

Blast It! 27

37 Advertiser Index

About Blast It! 29

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John McGurran President president@virpca.org

James Renfrew Vice President vicepresident@virpca.org

Michael Holan Secretary secretary@virpca.org

Paul Atterton Director—North Island northisland@virpca.org

Tim Evans Treasurer treasurer@virpca.org

Dan Bourlet Director—Mid Island midisland@virpca.org

Garth Webber Atkins Director—Membership membership@virpca.org

Didier Moinier Director—South Island southisland@virpca.org

Steve Fairbrother Director—Newsletter newsletter@virpca.org

Dean Aikenhead Director—Competition competition@virpca.org

Dave Nickel Webmaster Chair webmaster@virpca.org

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Tyson Johnson Competition & Driver Education Chair tyson@virpca.org

Wendy Woodley Goodie Storekeeper goodiestore@virpca.org Page 4

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sure sign of spring is several VIR members gearing up for a PCA Treffen. Treffen roughly translates as “a meeting” of Porsche enthusiasts in some of the most spectacular locations in North America. Treffen Santa Barbara (Touring the American Riviera) runs April 3—6 and explores California’s central coast. I hope we get some photos and stories from our members as they wend their way south. Treffens are unique PCA events, well worth looking into:https://treffen.pca.org/index.cfm? event=main.showcontent&page=1 Mark Prusynski and his team have put together a very helpful website for the Zone 6 Grand Tour with all the information you will need, including a registration link. Several Island members have registered for the 3,000+ km drive. Many more will join for the day the tour is on the island: Sunday June 23. We also need some volunteer members/cars help shepherd the tour from the Black Ball Ferry Terminal to the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit. Here’s the link http://zone6-new.pca.org/regiongrandtour.html It is a very impressive route and a great touring opportunity. If you can find time to take part in any or all of it, please do so.

Cars and Coffee has been a staple of VIR membership for many years. Every Sunday in the mid and south Island (and once a month in the north) members

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gather for caffeine fuelled car talk. To add a bit of adventure and an opportunity to put a few springtime miles (kms) on your Porsche, we are offering an additional Cars and Coffee location on Sunday April 7 only.

This is in addition to – does not replace - the usual Starbucks and NoXcuses gatherings. If it proves popular, we will offer more Sunday alternatives throughout the summer. Are you up for a change? Then join us on Sunday April 7 9:30—11:00 at Drumroaster Coffee located at 24-1400 Cowichan Bay Road in Cobble Hill, just off the Trans Canada Highway. This is in the Valley View Shopping Centre. Your GPS will show you the way.

There is still room to join Imogen’s Spring Fling Tour on Sunday April 28. Here’s a link for information and registration: http://msreg.com/2019-Fling Looking ahead, information is now available on the website for Dan Bourlet’s Springtime West Coast Drive, a two-night and three-day drive to the west coast of the island on May 31— June 2. http://virpca.org/virevent/ springtime-west-coast-drive/

John McGurran President

blatant request this month to members.

Please consider using the services and products of those companies that advertise in your Porscher newsletter.

Also, many of our advertisers also offer Club members a discount when using their goods or services, so please make sure you thank them and certainly mention that your are a Porsche Club member and saw their Just as you look carefully before spending hard advert in Porscher, so they earned money, so do our advertisers and sponsors— know their advertising doland so, we certainly do not take them for granted! lars are paying off!

Their funds and often goods (in lieu of funds) are put Thanks. back into the Club to be used as prizes or to pay for room rentals for our events, or to subsidise some Steve meals etc.

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Membership Report March 1, 2019 ancouver Island now has 573 members. We have 354 primary members and 219 affiliate or family members. PCA has 83,846 primary members, 46,151 affiliate members and 17 life members for a total of 130,014 members.

New Members in February: Welcome!

Member Robert Horner Stephen Earthy Adrian Horne Craig McAulay Ron Sevier

Larry Muir Robert Parker

Co-member

Marta McAulay Gary Glover Beverley Straub Kim Odgers Margaret Bartlett Tiffany Haarsma Gary Escudero Treasure Ducharme Amanda Guignion Ricardo Muir Maria Parker

Location / From Victoria Victoria Ladysmith Victoria Nanoose Duncan Victoria Nanaimo Victoria Nanaimo Victoria Union Bay Cobble Hill Canada West Arizona

Vehicle 1989 911 Carrera 2018 Cayman 1985 944 2009 911 Carrera 2001 Boxster

1988 924S 2007 911 Turbo

Anniversaries in March: Congratulations!

40 Years:

Edgar Brechert, Leona Brechert

15 Years:

Ross Hill, Kathy Hill

10 Years:

Doug Champagne, Mark Champagne

5 Years:

Joseph Costantino, Judy Costantino

1 Year:

Chris Caso-Rohland, Debra Caso-Rohland, Derek Haarsma, Gordon Halkett, Farah Halkett, Damon Barber, Phil Rainville, Dale Peddie, Guy Follett, Dean Philpott, Stephanie Willerth, Martin Havrda, Brent Scott

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Another $50 winner from your Club!

Here is Bob Pugh (with his 911 Turbo) just after receiving his $50 Starbucks gift certificate that he won in our random draw from all of the VIR club members who were registered at MotorsportReg.com (a.k.a. MSR) as of March 23rd. Congratulations to Bob!!

Next month’s draw may be the last, so ensure you have created your free MSR account and set us as your club there asap!

Like many other PCA regions, VIR uses MSR for their club events to help organise, disseminate information to attendees and take payments etc.

If you need any MSR help, email Steve at newsletter@virpca.org

VIR PRIZE TIME !

For a short time, we shall draw a name, from all the VIR members enrolled in MotorsportReg.com, so the sooner you create an account and update your profile, the better your chance of winning! www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/ event/register.start.

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Our June 23 Track Day at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit is now sold out. For those of you who would like more, our friends at the Victoria Corvette Club have invited us to join their track day on Saturday August 17.

Unlike our event, they time their laps as in an autocross, so you can monitor your improvement (hopefully) lap after lap and there are no cones to deal with. In accord with VIMC requirements, a tech inspection will be required.

While the final price is still being worked out, they will ask for a 50% deposit by May 31 and the balance before July 12.

If you are interested and would like to be on the list, email Cal Oleksuk sailorcal1@gmail.com at your earliest convenience.

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Our Mid Island Director Dan Bourlet, has planned a West Coast Drive for the weekend of May 31-June 2. The highlights are shown below.

To keep it manageable, there will be a limited number of attendees/vehicles. All members pay for lodgings and meals etc themselves. Note that Saturday dinner and Sunday brunch will be paid in advance via MSR.

Friday May 31 Start in Ladysmith (alternative meeting point available for North Island drivers) Take the back roads to Qualicum Lunch at Little Bavaria restaurant, Port Alberni Arrive at Black Rock Resort, rooms discounted for Porsche Club Remainder of day at your leisure

Saturday June 1st Drive to Tofino Trail walk/hike around Tofino region, photo shoot or do your own thing

Private, organised dinner in Black Rock, discounted rate (paid in advance via VIR)

Sunday June 2nd Brunch at the Heartwood Kitchen in Ucluelet (paid in advance) Drive home

Full details and register via MSR with this link:http://msreg.com/2019-spring-west-coast

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here is always a Cars & Coffee meeting near you at weekends! Pop in, meet old friends and make plenty of new ones. You never know, VIR may even pay for your coffee occasionally too! Below are some photos from recent meetings, please feel free to send in yours, especially from Mid Island and North Island! Pictures by Wyman Lee for the South Island coffee.

North Island 2nd Saturdays, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza, 444 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay Mid Island Sundays 10am, NoXcuses Café, #1-464 Island Highway East, Parksville South Island Sundays 9am, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd Paul Atterton, our North Island Director sent this picture and says:-

On March 9, 2018 6 men drove their sparkling clean Porsches in cabriolet mode braving snow and road salt to our North Island monthly Cars and Coffee meeting. Our venue was the parking lot adjacent to Starbucks in Crown Isle Plaza and the weather was still around freezing. Luckily one half of the parking lot was in the sun, with the southern half from where the picture was taken, still frozen with ice patches.

After a short coffee stop, some of us regrouped at the Waverley Hotel (est. 1888), Cumberland for a warm lunch. Future Cars and Coffee will continue to meet at 10am on the second Saturday of each month adjacent to Starbucks, Crown Isle Plaza, Courtenay.

Subject to weather conditions, we may regroup for lunch at another to be determined location.

Some members attending the March 24th European Cars & Coffee

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here is always something good going on at the Porsche Centre Victoria Garage Sale. This year the great deal there (among others) were the tire sets which were selling for $100 FOR A SET OF FOUR INCLUDING TAXES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. My summer Hankooks are due to be replaced this year anyway, so I grabbed a set of Michelin Sport 3 for my Macan. Attendees soon were enjoying the hot dogs from the BBQ and everyone in the Parts and Service departments were pretty busy keeping up with a small line-up of people paying for their deals!

If you missed the event this year, make sure you leave some space in your diary next year!

Steve Fairbrother Editor

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Tyson Johnson held his first On-Ramp session of 2019 at Porsche Centre Victoria on March 21st. The sessions help to get Club members ready for the year’s club driving events .

Tyson says:The intent of this first session was for our members to consider the mind, body and soul before their next drive. Whether it be on the street or the track.

Through the mind portion, we considered how mental state can affect your performance behind the wheel. We discussed weather, road conditions and hazards of all types.

Through the body portion, we focused on seating position and vision.

Through the soul portion we discussed the soul of one’s Porsche and what to consider before taking your car for a spirited run or for a lapping session at the track. We spent a lot of time discussing car setup, maintenance and track-focused upgrades that can be made to your Porsche. A majority of the time was spent on tire education.

On Ramp Part 2 will take place later this Spring and will include a street-drive. The sign-up will be via MSR as usual and the link will be provided in Porscher, the web site and/or John’s emails.

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A little while ago, the club received a package in the mail containing two complementary copies of the book “Little Anton” parts one and two, from retired pro -acer and now author, John W. Warner IV. Read his very entertaining letter bellow to learn more.

Dear Garth Allow me to introduce my humble-bumble self.

I’m an old, flabby, retired pro racer with a bad back full of titanium and a lick of writing talent. After being laid up from spine operations in 2008, I set about to research and write the great American historical novel, entitled “Little Anton”, on the life and times of Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. In this endeavor, I think I have succeeded. Well, mostly that is… actually , now that I think upon it, I really did take a decent crack at it. Part One my wife nicknamed “the brick”, and the thinner Part Two “the stick.”

Don’t fear, for it is a dramatic satire that captures the drama and zeitgeist of 1930’s Germany and her Grand Prix racing program that featured Auto Union and Mercedes at war with one another. Exciting, irreverent, naughty, bawdy, tearful, and satirical, it won’t disappoint! Okay, I hope not anyway.

I take no profit whatsoever in the sale of this work, as it is my gift to humanity and Porsche enthusiasts the world over. Any and all profits will go to charity. My life-changing experiences in a Porsche 911 GT3R in the Grand Am, SCCA Pro and ALMS was all the payment I ever needed; the strongly-built car saved my life. No uberenthusiast has been more deeply affected by the good Doctor, his family, the brilliant cars, the racing and factory support, and the company that bears his name. I truly feel I know him intimately and owe him mightily after ten years at work on this epic-scale book.

You can find additional copies for sale at Lulu.com Happy fast motoring!

Best regards and salutations,

John

A perusal of the first few chapters suggests that this will be an interesting, informative and entertaining read.

Garth Webber Atkins Membership Director

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From the folks at PCA HQ :RegionFocus Webinar #18 PCA Parade Registration: "What you Need to Know for Phase 2" on April 2nd 2019 8PM CDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3361104089419928578 We want to provide an overview on what you need to know for the Phase 2 registration process. We want to answer common questions on wait lists, cancellation policy, refund policy, making a schedule for yourself before you ever log in, etc.

Mark Shevitz, along with Ron Gordon, Maggie Goodman Garnett and Kathleen Behrens will be providing valuable information to help you register for different events and meal plans. http://emailer3.pca.org:80/UploadFiles/WebinarFlyerFinalAnnouncementTWB1.pdf You can send questions to Maggie Goodman Garnett at socialmedia@pca.org or myself at RegionFocus@pca.org After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. If you have any questions about registering for the webinar, please feel free to email me at RegionFocus@pca.org.

Todd Benz RegionFocus Coordinator

Get your new club lapel pin badge from Garth Webber Atkins for just $5 at upcoming VIR events

MEMBERSHIP INFO

PCA Test Drive Do you know someone with Porsche ownership intentions or aspirations? Tell them about the PCA Test Drive program. For US $40 they get 6 months access to PANORAMA and defined access to browse the online PCA Mart to find their Porsche. Contact membership@virpca.org for details PORSCHER — APRIL 2019

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t has been on the radar for several months as Mark Prusynski and his team hammer out the details with reps from the 10 regions in our PCA Zone 6.

It is now time to share the details and entice you to register for the 2019 Zone 6 Grand Tour.

The tour starts in the Pacific North West Region, heads to the Olympic Peninsula Region and crosses the Salish Sea to Victoria by ferry on Sunday June 23.

On June 24th, it continues to the BC mainland, Washington and Idaho and ends in Oregon, the planned total distance is about 3,200 km.

Everything you need to know about the tour including route details, recommended hotels, ferry information, and tour map are available here http://zone6-new.pca.org/regiongrandtour.html.

Your participation can be tailored to your available time and interest. You can join for one, two or all days.

You can join for the PNWR kickoff day and the Oregon completion day. Mix and match as you like. The most adventurous – including several from VIR - will drive the whole tour.

As with all Vancouver Island Region events you must register with MotorSportReg in advance, even if you are just planning to join the tour for June 23 on the Island or volunteer to lead/sweep the tour as it heads north.

No exceptions. There is no fee to take part in the Grand Tour.

Registration is free & now open at http://msreg.com/z6gt2019 and closes on May 21.

The Vancouver Island Region segment is as follows: Sunday June 23 • 9:45 am – Ferry from Port Angeles arrives at Black Ball Ferry Terminal, 430 Belleville St • 10:30 am – Ferry passengers clear Customs and gather before driving north to the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit (VIMC) 4063 Cowichan Valley Hwy, Duncan • 12:00 pm – arrive at VIMC, for lunch and a tour • 2:00 pm – Depart for the Grand Hotel in Nanaimo

• 4:15 pm – Arrive at Grand Hotel, Nanaimo, 4898 Rutherford Rd, Nanaimo • 5:50 pm – Buffet Banquet - Grand Hotel, Nanaimo We also need about 6 volunteer drivers & Porsches to accompany groups of cars as they proceed from the ferry to Duncan.

For more information about taking part in the tour please contact Al Kyle at hakyle@gmail.com To volunteer as described please contact John McGurran at president@virpca.org.

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The route of the Zone 6 Grand Tour

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The new 911 Carrera Cabriolet has a unique, 4 segment, magnesium “bow panel” convertible top which opens or closes in around 12 seconds. Take an in-depth look at the technical details at the web page here.

Photos courtesy Porsche .

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On Sunday Feb 24, after cars and coffee, 10 club members arrived at Blast It!’s location on Turner St, Victoria for a unique experience (for me anyway).

Owner Scott Tucker let us in and offered us coffee and doughnuts while in our hands we all had a small metal item that we were going to clean using his equipment. There was an array of pieces from hand tools to valve covers and rims.

If you want a quicker job than you can do (but do try it first), Scott can do the work for you - he IS a lot quicker and so may cost less overall.

After we finished there, we all went to the nearby Moon Under Water brew pub for a great lunch and a chat.

Thanks to Garth Webber Atkins for organising the event and Scott for hosting us on a Sunday! Garth preScott displayed samples of what the blasting can sented Scott with a Porsche paperweight and a Panoachieve and he had left the pieces with half in original rama magazine. condition and the other halves were post blasting.

Read Scott’s own article a few pages down and the There are 3 blasting mediums available:- sand, glass advert for location and details. bead and crushed walnut shells—each have their use and vary the degree of cleaning and finish. There are Steve Fairbrother six cabinets in the shop with extensions available to Editor blast items up to 8 feet in length.

Scott mentioned that the media is filtered/recycled but in order to do that, items must be free of grease and oil, so there is a Degreaser machine available which works like a large dishwasher.

So we all got down to blasting our items, some cabinets had certain media loaded, so we took our time and watched as others blasted away. I was amazed that the results were achieved so quickly and with little effort too —not to mention fun! No great physical strength is needed to use the Blast-It! machines either.

To keep items looking good afterwards and provide some protection, Scott recommends and sells the Gibbs brand of penetrating oil, great for coating items.

Blasting can also remove old paint off wood, much better than using chemical treatments and a lot faster. By choosing the correct medium (Scott will advise you), blasting can remove paint etc from antique metalwork (hinges, door knockers etc) without damaging the item.

His charges are very reasonable and he said he will provide a discount to club members, just show your valid PCA card.

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We asked Scott Tucker, the owner of Blast It, to pro- sandblasting facility where anyone who has somevide a brief history of any Porsche exposure and his thing to restore, may come and use a sandblasting business. cabinet. Sandblasting is a form of surface preparation As far as Porsche connections go, I have yet to own or drive one, but I have a couple stories from back in my younger years. I was about 15-16, about 2000 and I had always loved classic cars, I got my passion from my father and his stories of drag racing back in the 60's and 70's. I had yet to get my first car but I knew of one that was sitting, collecting dust. It was a badly dilapidated, white and yellow Porsche 914 that was parked under my friend's apartment building on Queen's Street, half filled with junk and newspapers and four flat tires. It never moved once for as long as I knew it. The Targa roof section was never installed, so as you might imagine it was very easy for a young idiot to unlock and sit down in! I remember just being enthralled with how it felt, even sitting still. And though I never knew who it belonged to, it always sticks out in my mind as one of the first classics I imagined myself driving!

employed at some stage by most of the vehicle restoration world, the broader antique restoration field and also the creative art field. Using an abrasive media propelled at high velocity, paint, corrosion and dirt can be quickly and easily stripped away, leaving the original substrate material clean in preparation for a new coating.

There are 3 main abrasives we use regularly at Blast It— Sand, Glass Beads and Crushed Walnut Shells.

They all have their own times at which they are used and we tailor to the needs of every project separately so that we use the correct media to attain the customer's desired result.

We have 4 main cabinets for use. Each has a door that's 32" x 32" and we can blast parts up to 8 feet long.

We also offer a Parts Washing Service to strip grease and oil off suspension and engine parts. It's 190 degree aqueous solution, is aluminum safe and is necesA while later, but about the same age, I came across a sary to use on any part that may be greasy or oily, green 924 Turbo for sale up on Spring Street. I prior to it being sandblasted. brought my Pops by to see it and asked if I could buy Another service we offer is Vapor Blasting. It employs it and repay as I made money. He was in more of a the use of a slurry of water and ceramic bead and sane state of mind and brought up such unknowns as brings out a bright matte finish on parts that's unparmaintenance on such a car and how it might be a bit alleled. It is a drop-off service only and is primarily of a "lofty aspiration" at this stage in the game. (He used on non-ferrous metals. never gave in, but did to a 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 I bought off Spectrum School instead!). That was my Much more information may be found at our website first foray into the world of classic cars and the love at www.blastityourself.ca of them has never stopped!

Again it was a pleasure to have you all through the As I know personally, the restoration of any vehicle is hugely time consuming and wherever time and effort can be saved is a great thing. This is where abrasive blasting (sandblasting) comes in very handy, instead of stripping parts by hand with wire wheel, grinder, sandpaper or what have you... we let the sand do the work for us, saving considerable time and effort. It's an incredibly easy process!

shop!

Scott Tucker Blast It!

Editor—Take your PCA member card to receive 10% off!

What we have offered at Blast It! since 2010, is a PORSCHER — APRIL 2019

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Save 10%, show Scott your current PCA member card!

FOR SALE — 2013 991.1 CARRERA 4 66,000 kms CPO Warranty until March 2020, extended warranty until 2022.

PSD, Sport Chrono, Bose stereo, sunroof.

12,000km on new tires, winter tires available $82,900 Alan: alanfromvictoria@gmail.com FOR SALE—19” HRE PERFORMANCE WHEELS & TIRES Set of 19” HRE Performance Wheels from my 2006 Carrera C4S. The fronts still have 235/35/ R19 Hankook tires mounted. The rear rims had 305/30/R19 mounted.

Retail for little over US $7,000.

Will let go for CDN $3,000.

Contact Rick at 250 758 0619 rcollopy@telus.net FOR SALE Set of four Porsche OEM 18” wheels from a 987 Cayman S with barely used Pirelli SOTTOZERO all-weather winter tires. Bought from a club member for $1,200 recently because I couldn’t find 19” SOTTOZEROs for my 997. Now found my 19s, so I’m going to pass it forward! (Note: center caps are excluded).

Tires have older mnfr. date (late 2011, 2012) but always properly racked (heated garage or in the house) and are soft and pliable.

About 2k mileage on them. Front: 235/40/R18 Rear: 255/40/R18 “N” (Porsche) rated! No curb-rash or scuffs.

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If you are a car racing fan and have not looked at the PCA Sim Racing videos since it has been available for viewing then go to YouTube and check out the first few races, they are pretty good, the graphics are very realistic and of course some close quarters racing.

The latest race (round 5) is here https://youtu.be/kYj3vA-k72w

If you are buying or selling something Porsche related, members can advertise for free here.

Send your classified info to newsletter@virpca.org

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The Club has some apparel and other goodies for sale 1 VIR Jacket, black, ladies, large (see below)

$60

1 VIR T-shirt, white, men’s, medium

$25

1 VIR cap, black

$20

1 Black-Rock sport-shirt, black, men’s, 2X

$20

1 Black-Rock sport-shirt, black, ladies, large (below)

$20

1 Tour-de-Rock 2017 T-shirt, black, men’s, small

$15

1 VIR Licence Plate Frame

$5

Contact Wendy at goodiestore@virpca.org for further details

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f you have received a discount from anywhere that you believe would be applicable to others in the club, please let me know via email to newsletter@virpca.org and I’ll add to this list..

Please mention that you saw their advert in PORSCHER if you visit/talk to these sponsors Where

Discount

Lordco

Up to 30%

Porsche Center Victoria

15%

Parts & labour

RIBA Detailing Perfection

25%

PCA members receive 25% off published prices. 4 standard packages or “a la carte”. Call for new address.

Garage Kings

TBA

Call Steve Hall for discount deals

Green’s Automotive

10%

Discount on wheels repairs / finishes

SHC Auto

Good

Call for discounts on wheels, tires, ceramic coating, wraps & tints

Stellar Finish Auto Detailing

$100 / 15%

Werks Canada

10%

Werks provide us with 10% discount, via the link on the left or use PCAVANCOUVERISLAND19 code

Wingren Nufloors

25%

Discount off all area rugs for club members

Blast-It!

10%

Show your PCA card to get 10% off Blast It! Prices.

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Description Car parts etc. Mention Porsche Club of America (show your PCA membership card).

$100 off a Ceramic Coating and 15% off detailing services for members - Current PCA ID required

elow are some Porsche related sites that club members may find useful. If you know of any others please forward them to the Editor.

Best forum for 986 owners, run by Pelican Parts 986forum.com/forums/ PCA Boxster register, another great resource for Boxster owners boxsterregister.org/ See the PCA site for other models www.pca.org/special-interest-groups Macan Forum, everything related to Macans www.macanforum.com General car auction site https://bringatrailer.com

Here are some USED parts web sites:https://www.partsheaven.com http://www.nineapart.com

http://rennlist.com/forums/ http://malahatautoparts.com/parts-search

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Ongoing Cars and Coffee Times nd

North Island 2 Sat. of month, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza, 444 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay Mid Island Sundays 10am, NoXcuses Café, #1-464 Island Hwy E, Parksville South Island Sundays 9am, Starbucks, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria

Board Meeting Tuesday April 9

The meeting will be held in Victoria at the Uptown Shopping Centre Community Room. Arrive at 5.30pm if you want to eat (at your expense) before the meeting starts at 6:30pm.

Contact Michael

Spring Fling Drive Sunday April 28

Sunday May 5

Join us for a morning fun drive. Drive with Imogen and other club members from Eagle Creek to award winning Sherringham Distillery. Details and registration at msreg.com/2019-Fling

On-Ramp 2019 — Session #2 Classroom HPDE and rally school with Klaus and Tyson.

Further details & registration TBA

Contact Imogen

Contact Tyson & Klaus

VIR 2nd TSD Rally Sunday May 26

Friday May 31— Sunday June 2

Have a fun time driving slower than the speed limit and maybe in the wrong direction! Some prizes too!

Details and registration at msreg.com/2019-Spring-Rally

West Coast Drive Drive to Vancouver Island’s west coast, stay 2 nights at the Black Rock Resort, dine with other VIR members and more.

Details in this issue and registration via MSR http://msreg.com/2019-spring-west-coast

RotorMaxx Tour

Sunday June 16 Sunday June 16

Contact Klaus

Details TBA by Didier.

Contact Dan

Contact Didier

Fathers’ Day Car Show Contact NOT a PCA organized event. Show-N-Shine and Poker run See their web at Qualicum Beach. https://seasidecruizers.com/

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HPDE Track Day June 21

FULL day at VIMC including lunch, multiple 20 minute sessions, limited to 28 cars/drivers—$450. Option to rent VIMC cars.

Further details & registration at msreg.com/VIMCTrackDay2019

Contact Dean

Zone 6 Grand Tour—VIR Leg Sunday June 23

Victoria to Nanaimo.

See article in this issue for details of how VIR members can partake. Register at http://msreg.com/z6gt2019

Contact John

OPR Tour #2

Contact James

July July 21-28

Details TBA by James

PCA Porsche Parade Boca Raton, Florida. Join some VIR members at Parade this year.

Details at https://porscheparade.org/

Contact PCA Web

August 25

GAIN Motor Gathering NOT a PCA organized event. Details at motorgathering.com

Contact Organisers

Sept 4-7

PCA Treffen Vermont

Contact PCA

Details at https://treffen.pca.org

New Member Social Sept 15

The New Member Social for 2019 is confirmed for the Cowichan Valley Golf and Country Club, Duncan. All members are welcome to attend and for new members, co-members and transfers in, lunch is on the club! Registration coming soon via MSR.

VIR 3rd TSD Rally

Sept 22 or 29

Our 3rd TSD rally, details are still being worked out.

Details and registration at MSR when ready

Contact Garth

Contact Klaus

AGM - Proposed

Oct 13

Details TBA

Check www.virpca.org/virevents

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