Ausblick V8n3 - the BMW Car Club of British Columbia

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Ausblick
Official Publication of the BMW Car Club of British Columbia
A Club for Owners and Enthusiasts
Vol 8 No 3, 2005
In this issue
Upcoming Events info
The Road Ahead
Fall Car Control
Fall Fahrt Ins Blaue
Winter Skills Driver Training
AGM time in November
Past Events recaps
Member Day
Boeing Plant Tour
Duffey Lake Road Trip
8th Annual Concours
PNW 8 Fest
Mt Baker Day Drive
Articles and Info
Presidents Message
Maintaining Contact
Birth of a 330ic
A Day at BMW Spartanburg
Road Safety Tips
Club Products Info
Plus news and other valuable club
information
visit us online at
www.bmwccbc.org
A member club of
Checking out the engine bay of Bob’s ‘02 at the Concours.
photo courtesy Ron V.
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Upcoming Events
Quick Overview
National Affiliation Info
The BMW Car Club of British Columbia is a member of the BMW Club of Canada and the International Council of BMW Clubs. It serves enthusiasts
living on mainland BC.
Events are listed by date, event title, and
contact person.
Please Note! - Events are subject to
change and should be confirmed first.
For more info on each event, check Road
Ahead section in the newsletter or contact the
event organizer listed for that event.
A Club for Owners and Enthusiasts
BMW Car Club of BC
Contact Info
BMW Club of Canada
2004 National Directors Contact Info
President
Phil Abrami
Vice President
Bill Brown
Secretary / Treasurer
Rolf Drommer
Directors
Kip Keylock
Gerry Low
Laura Arthurs
Roger Harmston
Jim Robson
Bill Brown
(Quebec)
(Regina)
(Mainland BC)
(Southern Alberta)
(Trillium)
(Bluenose)
(Vancouver Island)
(Northern Alberta)
(Regina)
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Club Website (includes electronic forum)
www.BMWclub.ca
email: [email protected]
Club mailing address
BMW Club of Canada
204 - 2435 Welcher Ave
Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 1X8
The BMW Club of Canada is a member of the International Council of BMW Clubs.
Additional BMW Club of Canada Member Clubs info
and web links can be found on page 27
visit our web site
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President
Jim Westmacott
(604) 889-1119
eMail: [email protected]
Vice President
Bob Balbirnie
(604) 230-4992
Secretary
Rolf Drommer
(604) 671-5843
Treasurer
Richard Shore
(604) 230-1151
Directors
Szu-yang Chen [email protected]
Tom Carter
[email protected]
David Gray
[email protected]
Thomas Fink
[email protected]
Robert Matthews [email protected]
Stephen Nemeth [email protected]
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Club Website
www.bmwccbc.org
Club mailing address
BMW CC BC
PO Box 3452, 349 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 3Y4
The BMW Car Club of British Columbia serves
mainland BC, and is a member of the BMW Club
of Canada and the International Council of BMW
Clubs.
October 2005
Oct 12
Oct 16
Oct 23
PIR with Driving Unlimited
Fall Car Control
November 2005
Nov 6
Nov 19
Winter Skills
Annual General Meeting
December 2005
Dec 16
Christmas Dinner Social
Full calendar listing is on page 5, and additional
event info and details are listed in the Road
Ahead section starting on page 6.
Always check event status first.
Events are subject to change.
We keep the web site current
with the latest info.
Visit our current events calendar on our web site
at www.bmwccbc.org and follow the main
menu link to our online calendar.
If you don’t have web access, be sure to call one
of the event coordinators to confirm the event.
Cover Credits
Ausblick
This newsletter is the official publication of the BMW Car Club
of British Columbia (BMW CCBC), and remains it’s property. All
information furnished herein is provided by the membership
for members only. Ideas suggestions and opinions, technical or
otherwise, are those of the authors, without authentication by or
liability to the editors or the Club. All rights reserved.
Ausblick is published 6 times a year by the BMW Car Club of BC.
Office of Publication PO Box 3452, 349 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, BC V6B 3Y4. Subscription to the newsletter is only available
as part of membership in the BMW Car Club of BC.
© 2001-2005 BMW Car Club of BC
Volume 8 No. 3 2005
This issue’s cover photo taken by Ron V.
at the 8th Annual Concours.
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President’s Message
Club president Jim happened to be away on a
trip to Italy just as this issue went to press, so
the presidents message this issue is a combination of bits from various directors.
Fall has arrived, and with any luck, we’ll
still have a few nice days left for both our
Driver Training Session on Oct. 16th and our
Fall Fahrt Ins Blaue on Oct. 23rd.
Then its on to the AGM and time to
reflect on the year the club has had, and the
election of directors to serve. As you will read
in page 7, we’d love to add some new directors to the mix along with the team already
in place and those up for re-election.
As Jim mentioned in the past, if you
have enjoyed the club, feel like helping with
event planning or other affairs of the club,
we welcome you to submit your name as a
candidate. In particular, we’d like to have
some of the ladies who are active in the club
join the board to help us better plan events
for all to enjoy.
On the national level, Phil Abrami, BMW
Club of Canada President, returned from the
recent International Council of BMW Clubs
meeting in Leipzig with the good news that
Canada’s proposal to host the 2008 IC meeting was well accepted, and we now move into
the process of preparing a detailed proposal.
Keep your fingers crossed, as it looks like our
local club will be a major player in hosting
this event along with the support of the BMW
Club of Canada and BMW Canada.
As you enjoy the past event coverage
and member articles in this issue, one thing
to keep in mind is Road Safety and good
driving manners while on a club drive, in
addition to your day to day driving. This ties
in nicely to the fact that October has been
designated by ICBC as Zero Crash Month.
We encourage you to visit the ICBC site
which is linked from our club site. We also
encourage you to do your part to always be a
safer better driver.
Hundreds of members have taken the
excellent driver training programs offered by
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by Jim Westmacott - Club President
our club, and hopefully have gone away a
better driver because of the skills learned in
those courses.
This years Car Control and Road Skills
courses were fully subscribed which is great,
and because of requests for it, we have
worked with Driving Unlimited to offer a
Winter Skills session this November.
We can’t normally depend on proper
winter weather to practice in, but Driving
Unlimited have come up with a course offering of two half day sessions at Boundary Bay
[at the PTECH facility which has a skid pad]
with a simulated low friction surface. Just
what is needed as a quick refresher to driving
on those days when it does snow or otherwise
become nasty to drive in the winter. We urge
you to check out this new Driver Training
offering. With two half day sessions we have
the capacity for up to 48 students. More info
is provided on page 7, and we hope you will
consider signing up if you do a fair amount
of winter driving.
Always drive safely and drive well. We
look forward to seeing you at one of the
upcoming club events.
Regards, your directors.
Ausblick Editorial Policy
Ausblick is the quarterly newsletter of the BMW
Car Club of British Columbia. It is mailed to
all current paid up members, as well as select
BMW friends and to the editors of other BMW
clubs in our region. Ausblick reports on newsworthy events in the club, including club events,
and our annual general meeting. It attempts
to reflect all segments of our club and our
members. We welcome submissions of articles,
photos and news releases to Ausblick; however,
publication is at the editors’ discretion, based
on the criteria of news worthiness, relevance to
readers, length and balance. Ausblick attempts
to publish all letters to the editor, although they
may be edited for brevity and clarity.
Volume 8 No. 3 2005
New Members
We welcome the following recent New
Members since our last new member list
Lorne Hill
0887
1991 E34 - M Series M5
Brad Helland
1996 E36 - 3 Series 318is
0888
Tim Brown
1989 E34 - 5 Series 535i
1986 E30 - 3 Series 325
0889
Stephen Lambert
1985 E30 - 3 Series 325e
0890
Rod and Nicole Meares
2001 E46 - 3 Series 330i
0891
David Pedersson
2000 E38 - 7 Series 740i
0892
Keith Yap and Mandy Wong
2003 E46 - M Series M3
0893
James Look
0894
2002 E36 - Z3 - Roadster Z3 3.0
Patrick Karran
1988 E30 - 3 Series 325i
0895
Kenneth and Brenda Reeve
1974 E10 - 2002 2002
0896
Helmutand Corrie Vorlaufer
1995 E34 - 5 Series 540i
1999 E46 - 3 Series 328i
0897
Bing Liu
2004 E46 - 3 Series 330Ci
0898
James Conwell
2000 E46 - 3 Series 323i
0899
Ana and R Filipovic
1999 E39 - 5 Series 528iT
0900
David Burstow
1987 E30 - 3 Series 325i
1984 E30 - 3 Series 318i
0901
The BMW Car Club of BC is a club for enthusiasts
and owners.
If you have a friend with a BMW that is an
enthusiast and is not a member yet, why not
invite them to an event and also invite them to
join the club.
Maintaining Contact
Fall is here. For me personally that
means that in the next month or so I will be
looking at the weather and making the decision of when to put the hardtop on the car.
I usually try to put it off until after the Fall
Fahrt Ins Blaue, and if the weather holds
and I’m lucky, I get to stretch it out until the
AGM. Then I can’t wait until March and the
time to remove it again.
Fall also means changes in daylight and
driving habits. All good things to think about
as a concerned and safe driver. [We know
club members are not your average drivers.]
ICBC has also targeted fall, specifically
October as Zero Crash Month. You’ll find a
link to their Zero Crash Month web site from
our home page, but just in case the link is:
http://www.zerocrashmonth.com/
Tim Schewe who contributes the Behind
the Wheel articles on our club forum also
wrote about this recently.
I’d personally encourage all to check out
the ICBC site, and consider signing up for
the challenge to reduce crashes in your community. By registering and participating you
may be eligible win something, and being a
by Rolf Drommer - Member Services
more aware and safer driver during October
can only be a good thing.
You’ll notice that this issue is 28 pages
and in addition to events coverage, has two
interesting articles contributed by members.
Thanks to Kim Spencer and John Levine for
their informative stories.
We hope that more members will be
inspired to contribute. We always welcome
your submissions.
On the events side of things you’ll notice
that we have worked with Driving Unlimited
to provide a Winter Skills Driver Training
program. We’ve often been asked about
providing this, but the lack of predictable
snow in the lower mainland has always
been an issue. This course solves this, as we
will be using the PTECH facility which has
a proper coated skid pad, so with a water
truck and perhaps the help of some ‘magic’
slippery stuff, Driving Unlimited is prepared
to offer two half day sessions with the focus
on driving and controlling your car on a
low friction surface, much like driving on
ice or snow. Each session will accommodate
up to 24 students so this is your opportunity
to practice for winter conditions or for those
ski trips you might be planning on taking.
Sign up early via Karelo. You can also invite
or recommend the course to non members,
and others who you feel may benefit from
this session.
In addition to considering the Winter
Skills Driver training, consider the Fall Fahrt
Ins Blaue. A fun scenic day drive followed
by a lunch stop opportunity to socialize
with fellow club members. Always a popular
event, this event also wraps up the driving
events portion of our events calendar.
After the Fahrt Ins Blaue, we’ll be working on the AGM, a time to report on and
reflect on what the club has done this past
year as well as electing directors.
Plan now for the above events.
I hope to see you at one or all of them.
Rolf
2005 Calendar Overview
April 2005
Apr 21/24 TSD Rally
May 2005
May 1
Patrick Lum Open House
May 9
Driver Training - Road Skills
May 12/15 TSD Rally
May 29
Harrison Fun Run
June 2005
Jun 11-12
Tour
Jun 19
Jun 25
Rally
Jun 26
Sunshine Coast & VI Circle
Father’s Day Fahrt Ins Blaue
Brian Jessel BMW Ultimate
July 2005
Jul 10
Jul 24
Member Day
Seattle Concours
August 2005
Aug 1
Boeing Plant Tour
Aug 13-14 Duffey Lake Road Tour
Aug 28
Concours & Heritage Event
September 2005
Sep 11
Sep 13
Sep 18
Mount Baker Day Trip
Driver Training - Road Skills
TSD Rally
October 2005
Oct 1-2
Oct 12
Oct 16
Oct 23
November 2005
Nov 6
Skills
Nov 19
Driver Training - Winter
December 2005
Dec 16
German Car Festival
Okanagan Winery Tour
PIR with Driving Unlimited
Driver Training - Car Control
Check our web site for up to date info on
events.
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The Road Ahead - Upcoming Events
Event Details and Registraion Info
Fall Car Control
Winter Skills Driver Training
Sun October 16, 2005
Sun Nov 6, 2005
Fri Dec 16, 2005
Dates: Sun Oct 16th, 2005
Location: Boundary Bay
Event Times: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Details: Full Day of Car Control Driver
Training Skills with instruction provided
by Driving Unlimited.
Registration and sign via our web site
using the Karelo link provided on the
home page.
Event cost: $180 with on-line discoutn
applied for valid members.
Registration and pre-payment mandatory.
Date: Sunday Nov. 6th, 2005
Event Location: Boundary Bay
Event Time: 8:30 am until 4:30 pm
Details: Choice of two half day sessions
focusing on winter skills practice for
drivers. Yes, that means a low friction
skid surface to simulate snow and ice
conditions with no or low traction.
Registration and sign up info: Registration and prepayment is mandatory for
this event. Please use the Karelo links
for this event from the home page of
our club site. Choose from morning or
afternoon sessions.
Date: Fri. Dec. 16th, 2005
Event Location: Richmond Inn
Event Time: 6:30 pm until approx 9:30 pm
Details: Our annual Christmas Dinner
Social event to gather and celebrate the
season with fellow club members.
Reservation and further details will be
available soon. Mark your calendars now
and save the date for this fun social
event.
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Sun Oct 23, 2005
Date: Sun Oct 23rd, 2005
Meeting Location: Guildford North Lot
Meeting Times: 10-10:20 am for 10:30am
departure
Details: A fun family outing and day trip
to explore some scenic back roads and
enjoy the fall foliage and scenery, followed by a lunch stop.
Registration and sign up using the Karelo
link for this event on our web site. You
can also RSVP by phone or email to
[email protected] or by calling Rolf
at 604-671-5843
Sat Nov 19, 2005
Notes: some club events may require
registration, and certain events may
have restrictions or give preference to
club members for registration.
Event dates and details may vary, so
please be sure to confirm event info
first. Our web site will normally have
the latest details on any given event.
When in doubt check the web site or
contact the event organizer or contact
person listed for the event.
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Dates: Sat Nov. 19th, 2005
Meeting Location: Best Western Coquitlam
Inn, 319 North Road, Coquitlam.
Meeting Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. AGM
starts at 2:00 pm
Details: Our 8th Annual General Meeting. Review of the past year, reports on
the status of the club and election of
directors.
Register for the meeting via Karelo, or
RSVP via email to events@bmwccbc.
org, or by calling Rolf @ 604-6715843. There is no cost to members to
attend.
If you require additional info on the events listed
here, or wish to R.S.V.P. to attend an event
(instead of using Karelo), you may contact us either by email: [email protected], or call Rolf
on the member services team at 604-671-5843
visit our web site for additional details and
updates
www.bmwccbc.org
on-line registration for events made possible by
karelo.com
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Useful BMW Car Club of BC Contact
Info
Please use these email addresses for club
business only.
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Club Executive
president
[email protected]
vice president
[email protected]
secretary
[email protected]
treasurer
[email protected]
other directors
fi[email protected]
AGM: Board Candiates Sought
The Board of Directors is elected on a staggered term basis.
Each Director is elected for a two year term, and at each Annual
General meeting, the terms of roughly one half of the Directors
expire. In addition, the term of office of the Executive, which
is selected from the elected Directors is up for renewal. At the
AGM the current executive relinquish their positions, as do the
Directors whose terms are up. New Directors are elected to fill any
vacant positions, and then once the Board is at its full complement, the Board Members meet and from their own group choose
the executive officers for the coming year.
Nominations of Candidates for election to the Board of Directors are now open, and your submissions of names are requested.
At the September 2005 Board Meeting, a nominating committee consisting of Richard Shore and David Gray was established.
In accordance with our bylaws, the member services director
on behalf of the secretary, provides a list of valid members to the
committee for their use to determine potential eligible candidates
to serve on the board. As well, directors whose terms expire at the
AGM are asked for their willingness to stand for re-election.
We also accept nominations directly from the membership.
This announcement is the formal first notice to the members
that we are seeking candidates to stand for election to the board at
the 2005 AGM. In addition this message will be posted on the club
web site on the AGM page (linked from the main page) and by
the club email list to solicit possible candidates.
If you have been enjoying what the club does and want to
see things continue, and want to help, we urge you to consider
submitting your name, or the name of another member you feel
would make a good board candidate.
As noted in the previous Ausblick Presidents message as well
as this one, we are also trying to involve more of the membership
in the board functions, and to that end would welcome having
some of the lady members in the club consider joining the board.
If you have questions or concerns about putting your name
forward for a term on the board, feel free to contact either David
or Richard on the nominating committee, or for that matter, any
current board member. (contact info is on page 3)
Although being on the board may sound like a lot of work, the
actual work load is not that bad, and we try to keep our meeting
friendly fun and productive without a lot or bureaucratic red tape.
2005 nominating committee contacts:
Richard Shore [email protected]
David Gray [email protected]
Winter Skills Courses
Winter Driving
The mere mention of winter driving often brings bad reactions,
with thoughts of slipping and sliding and loss of control.
Also for some reason the marketing folks have all seemed to
make us think that front wheel drive is the way to go in the winter.
Well not so. BMWs are great winter driving cars. The 50/50
weight distribution and rear traction are actually good things.
However the best way to learn winter skills and what to do in
situations where there is little or no traction is to practice.
With that in mind we asked Driving Unlimited to put together
a Winter Skills Course. A great concept, but not an easy thing to do
in the lower mainland were the arrival of snow and ice is hard to
predict and sometimes never happens, but when it does, you want
to have had some exposure and practice.
Driving Unlimited has come to the rescue. They have arranged
for us to use the PTECH facility at Boundary Bay which has a properly surfaced skid pad, and with the addition of water and possibly
a bit of slippery ‘magic’ stuff, they have organized a program with
two half day sessions of working on skills needed to control a car in
low friction conditions. Yes, just like driving and stopping on snow
or ice.
Program Details
Date: Sunday November 6th 2005
Session Choices: Choose from am session with 8;30 am start or
afternoon session with 1:00pm start.
A catered lunch at noon will be available to all participants
(morning and afternoon session folks)
Cost: Session cost is $140, with member discount of $15 applied to valid paid up members that register using the Karelo
system or by advance prepayment.
Registration; Register and pay on-line using the Karelo system.
Space is limited to 24 participants per session.
Sign up now to avoid disappointment.
Winer Skills Course - November 6th 2005
BMW Car Club of BC
Driver Training
Promoting safer driving through skills
improvement
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Member Day - 2005
July 10th, 2005
Past Event Coverage
The nice weather helped ensure a great turn out at our 5th
Annual Member Day. This year’s event was kindly hosted by Brian
Jessel BMW, and the provided tours of their facility, in addition to
a prize draw and the services of their caterer for great food for the
members.
Some 49 member cars were present, and over 66 folks were
signed in, but members kept coming and going during the course
of the event, and since we’d over filled the lot, we may have
missed a few cars.
Many thanks to Kari Kylo and the folks at Brian Jessel BMW
for hosting this event.
Kari, Jim and Jordan worked the prize draws
There was no age limit to the prize draw
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Ross was one of many happy prize winners
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Boeing Plant Tour - 2005
August 1st, 2005
Past Event Coverage
Despite increased security clearance
requirements, 23 cars carrying 45 club enthusiasts met at the Custer Rest Stop on the
morning of Aug. 1 for the 7th Annual Boeing
Plant Tour.
Boeing does not allow photos to be taken
on their property or during the plant tour
(they will confiscate cameras), so no photos
of the plant tour part of the trip are available.
Adam Shih has provided a number of
photos of the rest of the trip which includes
the scenic trip home via Whidbey Island,
including a lunch stop on the island.
Reports are that all enjoyed the plant
tour, and also enjoyed the scenic roads on
Whidbey Island on the way.
Many thanks to Jim Westmacott and
his contacts at Boeing and Cathay Pacific
Airlines for again arranging this popular
tour for the club.
Boeing Tour trip photos courtesy of Adam Shih
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A Day At the BMW Assembly Plant and Zentrum
In late June I attended a conference at Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina, and decided to take a side-trip to visit the BMW Assembly Plant at Greenville/Spartanburg. The trip is a very short
one by plane; comprising a 30 minute flight from Myrtle Beach
to Charlotte, North Carolina, and then another 20 minute hop to
Greenville/Spartanburg International Airport
I stayed at the Marriott Courtyard in Greenville at 115 The
Parkway, (864-213-9719) about 3 miles down Interstate 85 (take
Exit 54) and only 3 miles from the Airport. The hotel was kind
enough to give me the “BMW Club member rate” of only $79 per
night. A reasonable hot or cold breakfast is available at the hotel,
along with a pool, exercise centre, laundry and high-speed Internet access. There are also lots of places to eat close by alongside
Interstate 85.
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By Kim Spencer
The BMW Manufacturing Corporation (Assembly Plant) is
located right beside Interstate 85 (take Exit 60.) It is built on an
1,100 acre site. The plant covers about 50% of the site, so there’s
lots of room for further expansion. The grounds surrounding
the plant are green, manicured and very attractive. Two models
are manufactured there, the Z4 Roadster and X5 SAV. Nothing is
manufactured at the site however, all the components are delivered, ‘just in time’ to the assembly plant. There are quite a number
of local component suppliers, but the engines and transmissions
come from Austria, delivered by way of Charleston, South Carolina.
The plant employs about 4,000 workers; with a further 4,000
local spin-off jobs being generated in support of the plant’s operations. BMW Manufacturing Corporation is a non-union company.
Both management and labour wear the same coveralls or golf
shirts (supplied by the company in three colours). Starting wages
for high school graduates is $16 per hour, rising to $24 per hour
at the end of two years. After the first year any employee can lease
a new BMW and the company pays for the license, registration and
insurance. BMW also donated a car to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. It is considered a perk and is only given to deserving
officers!
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Visitors are welcome to visit without notice at the BMW
Zentrum Museum and store during normal business hours. A tour
of the plant, however, must be booked well in advance, although
reservations can only be made three months in advance. Call 864989-5297 to book. There is a nominal $5.00 cost, but it is reduced
to $3.50 for BMW Club members.
Visitors enter the plant through the Zentrum Museum building. It contains a shop fully stocked with all sorts of unique BMW
Lifestyle and other enticing items ( I finally got the BMW ///M
leather driving gloves.) My wife may be reading this so I won’t
admit to the amount of money I spent in there.
The Zentrum Museum features a host of beautifully preserved
cars, motorcycles and engines including: Z1, Z3, Z8, 507, 328, a
smashed up X5, a slinky Veritas Coupe, 3.0CS, 2002, BMW Austin
7 (can’t remember the name,) a 1930’s Saloon, a hydrogen-pow-
ered 7 series, three-wheeled “Bubble Cars” (one with a Bubble Car
camping trailer,) Formula I, II and 3 Series racing cars, motorcycles - both old and new - and a multitude of automobile, aircraft
and marine engines.
Visitors are invited to view a 10-minute video in a stand-up
theatre with big screens on all four walls. The video takes one on a
virtual tour of the X5 assembly process, including an eye-popping
submerged trip through the chassis/body dipping tanks. The video
gives context to what one will see later on the tour and helps to
make sense of the assembly process on the plant floor.
The tour also gave us an opportunity to learn something about
the annual BMW Z Homecoming, held at the Assembly plant every
Labour Day weekend. Hundreds of cars attend and it would appear
that BMW goes out of its way to make enthusiasts welcome with a
many varied events.
The tour begins with all cameras and cell-phone cameras
being collected and stored for safe-keeping. Visitors are then issued with clear plastic safety glasses and headphones. Open toed
or high-heeled shoes may not be worn. A chirpy young woman
named Barbara used a cordless microphone to announce that she
would be our tour host. (The headphones were a good thing, the
assembly plant was noisy, and we would have had difficulty hearing her without them.)
We were then taken into the assembly plant and instructed
to ensure that we remained between the yellow and white lines
painted alongside the edge of the plant. I didn’t take notes during
the tour. However, I do recall some interesting tidbits. They are
listed on pages 20-21, in no particular order.
As we finished the tour we were treated to the sight of an Alpina
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If you’ve never driven the roads beyond Whistler and Pemberton, you may
have heard about them. The stretch from
Pemberton to Lillooet is known as the Duffey
Lake Road because of the scenic alpine lake
it runs along for part of the route.
Although the portion of the route the
trip takes its name after is only about 90km,
the club turns the trip into a two day 800km
circle tour by continuing on to Lytton then
Merritt and down the back route to Princeton
and from there home via Manning Park.
This year 37 cars and 60 people from our
club and the BMW CCA PSR club participated in the trip.
The roads and scenery are great, and a
long line of BMWs driving along does attract
attention of others on the road [sometimes
unwanted], so of course all have to be on
their best driving behavior which is not easy
on the fun roads.
Thanks to Dave and Kelly Beddows for again organizing this years trip.
Photos provided courtesy of Bob Balbirnie, Thomas
Fink, John MacPherson and Wayne Carlow.
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8th Annual BMW Concours and Heritage Celebration
Despite an early morning light drizzle
and threat of rain folks started arriving early
for our 8th Annual BMW Concours and
Heritage Celebration at Waterfront Park in
North Vancouver.
Fortunately the skies cleared up and
more folks showed up making for a great
showing of club cars.
By the time judging was to begin we had
49 member cars present with 58 people, and
as the day progressed and the sunshine was
out, more folks arrived for a total of some 70
cars.
Many thanks to the judging teams, the
sponsors and vendors and club members
that made this a successful day.
Photos courtesy Ron V. and Ritchie Luk
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Sunday August 28th, 2005
Past Event Coverage
2005 Concours Judging Categories and Results
1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies were awarded in each of the following categories:
Heritage
20 years and older, ‘02s, E12 and others
///M cars
for ‘true’ M cars from all model ranges
3 Series gen 1 and 2
E21 and E30 3 series with Clamshell hoods
E36 and E46 newer 3 series cars
6 and 8 series coupes big beautiful coupes E24, E31
5, 7 and X series
large sedans E28, E34, E39, E32, E38, E53
Cabrios & Roadsters
all those modern cars meant for open air enjoyment, includes E30, E36,
E46 and Z roadsters
People’s Choice
all cars are eligible for this.
2005 Results:
Heritage
///M cars
6 and 8 series coupes
5, 7 and X series
Cabrios & Roadsters
People’s Choice
1st Stan Chan 1980 528i, 2nd Robert Johnston 1970 2002
1st David Gray ‘97 M3, 2nd Kim SPencer ‘98 M Roadster,
3rd Alan Donaldson ‘00 M Coupe Paul Shaw ‘93 M5
no entries
1st Trevor Mah ‘03 330i, 2nd Terry Edwards ‘02 330Ci
1st Tom Carter ‘91 850i, 2nd Jim Westmacott ‘84 635csi
1st John MacPherson ‘01 740i, 2nd Roland Mah ‘97 540i
1st Ron Vanderhelm ‘01 Z8, 2nd Peter Jadis ‘91 318iC
Ron Vanderhelm ‘01 Z8
New vehicle display BMWs provided courtesy of
Specialty automotive products display courtesy of:
The BMW Store
2040 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6J 3H5
www.vancouverautobmw.com
The Ultimate
Driving Experience™
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The Birth of a 330iC
Powerful E30 Cabrio - A New Ultimate
Driving Machine
When I bought the car, a 1989 325i Cabrio, from a former high school classmate,
she had put only 77,000 km on the odometer. That was in 1997. I had been looking
for something fun to drive and loved the car
for its relatively small size, the liberal-butnot-large trunk, but mostly for its “nimbility”. Ok, so that word’s not in your Funk &
Wagnalls, but it ought to be. The car really
bridged the gap between the nearly-trunkless pure sports car and the larger, heavier
convertibles with voluminous trunks but a
lot of accompanying bulk as well.
And it was very affordable.
I was later to find out that it was relatively (and I emphasize that word) economical
to repair and “personalize”. Please understand that nothing one does automotively
is really ever economical (including filling
the tank) if you are rather mechanically
challenged, as I am. Still it offered me an
opportunity to modify the car over time and
create my very own unique ride.
Then I met Thomas Fink and got
introduced to the BMW CCBC. A whole
world of automotive opportunity and advice
blossomed before my very eyes! Everything
I ever wanted to do or simply learn about
became available. All it took was “talkin’ to
th’ guyz” at the testosterone meets, a bit of
cash and a mechanic who was both creative
and reliable. Honesty and affordability were
a big help too. I found all those qualities in
Chris Besemer at CG Motorsports. Later on
when he joined the company, Rudy Buchler’s
vast European racing and tuning experience
added immensely to the mix.
So, here I was with my “new” 1989 BMW
- fun to drive but becoming just a wee tad
boring around the edges. New possibilities
lurked in my mind as I read everything I
could find in print and on the many Internet
sites and chat rooms. By the time I had
found the German site dedicated to E30
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cabrios I was well and truly hooked, and was
ready to start making changes. Changes that
made Rolf Drommer scratch his head and
ask “why would anyone want to modify what
BMW hath made so well”?
Living in Richmond, home of the Rice
Rocket, I was determined not to pimp my
ride in that way. No huge 6 inch tin can
sticking out from the rear bumper - no
purple sex lights in the grill and no ironing board bolted to the trunk lid for me!
But, speaking of the trunk lid, that pimple
of a brake light that had been pasted in the
center of the lid just had to go! That was
among the first things that bit the dust. Good
riddance. In its place I added a neat little lip
spoiler from a 325iS.
I cleaned the car up and entered the first
concourse that came along. Now, that was
an eye-opener! You learn real quick when
you have Ian Clark competing in your class
- and Wray Nixon judging it like a Marine
drill sergeant. Clark sets a new benchmark
for über-kleanliness, while Nixon comes
around and bends your mirrors back to look
behind for particles of dust. The ol’ “handunder-the-wheelwells” trick also grows you
up fast! And who ever thought that your
spare tire well should be sufficiently sanitary
to double as a food service site (sans tablecloth no less!)? Apparently Ian did! I took
second place that year, just good enough to
encourage me to try harder.
With another concourse fast approaching (I had merely a year to shape up and
win the thing!) I got down to work. Painting
the spare tire well was near the top of the list,
but that spot was shared with my latent desire to make the car into a personal fashion
statement. A nice sedate front air dam, rear
apron and sexy eyebrows were brought in
from Erebuni in New Jersey. Re-designed seat
upholstery, courtesy of leading residential
interior designer Robert Ledingham, classed
up the interior in a quiet but convincing
way. Moving the seat heater switches up to
the dash created room for a custom made
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New Badging
Stainless Steel Brake Line
Rudy fits Brakes
New Brembos
Head’s Off
Cams & Rockers
Headers
Air Intake and Filter
2-cup holder that now made touring a joy
– correcting BMW’s dreadful design error.
Regarding Momo - the ten-extra-horsepower Momo shift knob, itself customized
thanks to Rolf Drommer’s Roundel lapel pin,
added to the look. A small Momo rosewood
steering wheel was a nice touch. When CG
Motorsports gave me a Christmas gift set of
Momo pedals, that completed the Momo hat
trick (BTW - NO car should EVER have more
than three Momo accessories!).
The final touch was the custom made
seat belt pads with the coveted BMW CCBC
cloth logo badges sewn on (NOT Momo!).
The car has now competed in 5 BMW
CCBC Concours’, taking only two first place
trophies (Clark was away in England in
2002. Last year it rained and there were
no other cars in my category). Hey, hollow
victories or not, ya takes ‘em where ya finds
‘em! Second place seems to be my destiny.
The Seattle Concours in 2002 was a
wonderful challenge, because I was entered
in a very large category with at least 15 other
E30s. My first foray away from The Mother
Club netted a third place trophy. Considering
that places 1 & 2 were won by a couple of
Garage Queens which ALWAYS take the top
two spots, it was a very nice finish I figured.
But the car was still underpowered. The
stock M20 engine is infamous for its lack of
torque - and what it does produce happens at
far too high rpms. More about that later, we
must deal with the handling first.
I found a set of M3 springs, and got some
Bilstein sport shocks installed with them.
With the addition of M3 offset control arm
bushings, a Racing Dynamics strut tower
bar and a UUC Evo short shifter I finally had
the firm handling and quick shifting I had
searched for while still retaining some road
comfort. We changed to an M3 4:10 ratio
differential for a bit more grunt too.
Attending my first BMW CCBC Drivers’
Training session at Boundary Bay airport
in 2000 accomplished two things. A demo
drive with Tony Riddle behind the wheel
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and yours truly holding on to the passenger
seat with “cheek” muscles alone (there’s no
chicken grip in this car), I learned that the
car was capable of far more than I would
ever be able to wring out of it - without killing myself. And I learned how quickly a set
of lovely Yokohama A520’s could be balded
- right down to the wear bars! (I’m glad
they’ve now moved the event away from that
tire grinder course!)
Rallying became a passion three years
ago when Dave Beddows set up the club’s
first rally school. Lee and I entered and
became the top student team over the 3 day
sessions. That encouraged us to enter more
rallies and, with one notable exception, have
always managed to bring home the hardware.
But the motor still wasn’t what I wanted.
We take long road trips in this car, and
highway passing and hills left us wanting
a lot more power at low rpms. I considered turbo or super charging the thing but
somehow bolting stuff on just didn’t sit right
with me. Neither did Nixon’s famous head
job - he could make nice gains in upper rpm
torque and hp, but it was the lower end that
I needed. Chips alone proved insufficient as
well.
Then one day, at a club drive, Ian
Clark mentioned Ireland Engineering in
California. He told a mouth-watering tale
of rebuilding the trusty M20 motor that
brought huge increases in the hp and torque
throughout the whole rev range. That’s
what I was looking for! Chris Besemer and I
contacted the guys at Ireland and discovered,
exactly as Ian said, that they build 3 litre
stroker versions that could produce in excess
of 250 hp, up from the 168 that was stock.
Now I could get into M3 power range, and
no turbo or super charging needed!
We already had a 2.7 litre M20 from a
320i sitting in the shop waiting for the right
mods. With Ireland’s Ross Racing pistons,
rods, pins and reworked crank, the motor
was stroked up to 3 litres. Chris & Rudy at
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CG Motorsports fully rebuilt the head and
slid in a Schrick 272 camshaft with Schrick
double springs and solid cast rockers - which
helped bring the compression up to 10:1.
With oversized, undercut valves and full
polishing and relieving, we match-ported the
intake plenum and exhaust manifolds. Next
we added injectors and air management
from a 535 M30 “big six” engine and a K&N
filter. Now this new motor could breathe
properly. The issues of what computer to use,
and whether to chip it have still to be sorted
out as I break the beast in.
Recently added 17 inch wheels with Pirelli P7000 SS gum keep the thing glued down
quite nicely. New Brembo cadmium plated
cross drilled vented rotors with new powder
coated calipers and stainless steel braided
brake lines set it up to stop quickly.
Photos and article courtesy John Levine
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Since the new motor has been in I have
noticed a big increase in gas mileage – in
the order of 20% or more. Unfortunately
the princess now has Champagne taste and
only likes to sip on 91 octane or higher. All
calculated, I figure that I’ll have the project
paid off in . . . oh, say 2020!
What about performance, you ask? Well,
at this early stage, following Rudy’s stern
instructions of not more than 3500 rpms
and no more than 1/3 throttle, the thing just
flies. It’s very strong at 2000 rpm, and easily
walks up hills in 5th gear that needed 3rd
before. On the level, it jumps in all gears,
and that’s at 1/3 throttle, remember. Starting
out in second is almost like first gear used
to be. Perhaps we’ll have to go back to the
standard ratio differential. Who knows what
it’ll do when break-in is over and I can re-
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ally punch it. You can ask me when you see
me sometime. In the meantime the toughest
thing I have to do is try to wipe that permanent grin off of my face!
I drove our 1989 325iS recently and
that car, which I had always admired for its
unusually strong motor, now felt sluggish
compared to this new motor in a heavier car.
The cabrio is still my sole daily driver,
and is also a regular rally car and Concours
entrant. It does all the jobs asked of it with
grace, elegance and muscle when needed
(more now!). What more could one want?
Oh, and I have a nice reliable stock M20 motor
for sale. It has 186,000 km on it, and has never
been opened. On our recent 7000 km road trip
this May/June, it used no oil for the first 6,000
km. Fuel economy was in the order of 9.6 L /
100 km for mixed highway & city driving. A dyno
test in April showed that this motor makes 171
hp at the flywheel. All documents are available
on request. The motor is at CG Motorsports for
your viewing pleasure.
you can now renew your
membership online
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in this newsletter implies the approval of BMW
Group Canada, BMW AG, the BMW Car Club of
British Columbia, its officers or Directors.
visit our club web site
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Special thanks to all the contributors and
helpers on our newsletter team.
Trevor Mah, Adam Shih, Bob Balbirnie, Ron
V., Ricthie Luk, John MacPherson, Wayne
Carlow, and Thomas Fink for their photos.
Thomas and Rolf for editing assembly and
layout tasks.
Thomas and his crew for mailing and distribution help.
Layout and production of the newsletter
courtesy Rolf Drommer using InDesgin CS
on the BMW Club of Canada iMac G5. Our
newsletter is printed digitally direct from disk
by Allegra Print and Imaging.
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version of the Z4. It had a 350 HP engine, 6-speed transmission
and gorgeous wheels. The body panels appeared to be unchanged.
Suspension modifications, if any, were undisclosed. We were told
that the Alpina Z4 was at the plant for “evaluation purposes” and
that if it reached production there were no plans to make it available in North America. (There’s lots of unused space in the place
where the Z 3’s used to be assembled… one hopes that either the
Alpina Z4 or better yet, an M Roadster will be assembled there!
Club members interested in buying a car can pick it up at the
BMW Performance Centre, a proving ground/small race track
adjacent to the assembly plant building. They are treated to a hotel
stay at the Marriott (a better one than the one I stayed in), meals,
car orientation and track time in a car similar to the one they have
bought. There is no extra fee to pick up a car at the plant.
The tour ended all too soon. It was informative and enjoyable but I found little opportunity to ask questions. Surprisingly,
we were not given any mementos, postcards or even a Quick Fact
assembly plant sheet that would help us remember our visit to the
plant. When I went to BMW in Munich many years ago I was given
an enameled BMW lapel pin, flag and model car – along with a
fine brochure. I was able to buy lots of BMW-related materials at
the Zentrum store, but I think that a small memento of the visit
would have made the experience better.
I’m glad I was able to make a pilgrimage to the birth place of
my M Roadster. The tour of the assembly plant is worth the time
invested if you are ever in the area.
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• The 1,100 acre site is only being used 50% leaving, according to
Barbara, “lots of room for expansion.”
• There are 4,000 employees, with another 4,000 indirect jobs supporting the plant.
• The site was chosen because of its size and proximity to Greenville/
Spartanburg International Airport, a facility that has runways sufficiently long to land a Boeing 747. The state and local governments
offered generous incentives to BMW and South Carolina has a small
union presence.
• X5 assembly time: 30 hours; Z4 assembly time: 24 hours.
• All parts arrive “just in time.” If a supplier fails to get the parts there
on time, it pays the production line down-time cost, to the tune of
$3,000 per minute.
• The Z3 assembly area is now empty, the welding robots and other
assembly equipment was donated to a local technical institution. It is
awaiting “further orders.”
• The X5 and Z4 bodies are painted in colour batches (according to
orders received) and are then parked/stacked to await the assembly
process.
• The entire World’s production of X5 and Z4’s is done at the plant: We
saw both right and left-hand drive models, including a multitude of
models with engines that are not available in North America.
• Every car is assigned an order number and each part affixed to it
has the same number as it moves through the plant, eventually meeting up with the car being assembled. The order number is displayed on
a sheaf of papers attached to the hood of the car (when there is one.)
There is also a metal strip that is a bar code, about 3 feet by 6” high,
on the track underneath each car.
• Each body unit is protected by thick form shaped pads, made in the
same shape at the panel to which they are attached.
• The two production lines snake through the plant in an “S” and are
mirror images of each other.
• Each chassis/body is first welded and assembled in a large metal
holding assembly that can be rotated to give access to top, bottom and
sides. This is similar to what Club members saw on their Boeing Plant
tour.
• Initial assembly is done by robots dancing, whirling and bowing
around each unit. Their arms snake in and out, spot-wielding the body
at various places. Occasionally they will reach over to a rack to change
welding heads. The video showed the paint shop robots dancing
around the body/chassis, opening and closing the doors with amazing
gentleness.
• “Green” welding (green flame, not blue) is used by technicians at
various places on the body. Green welds are more flexible.
• Technicians sand/grind welds to ensure they are smooth.
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• Part-way through the assembly process the unit is submitted to a
quality control tolerance check by another set of robots. Their arms
snake around all over the unit, shining red lasers to ensure that every
portion of the car has been made to the BMW one millimetre required
tolerance.
• Two robots install and glue the front and back windows in place
within 30 seconds. (Installation by two good technicians would take 30
minutes.)
• The wiring harness is heated before installation to help in the
process and also to ensure that when it cools, it retains the shape into
which it has been bent.
• Copper studs are welded at various places to the body during assembly. The studs are given a positive charge and sucked through a
vacuum tube to a robot that shoots the stud (like a nailing gun) onto
the body which is, at that moment, negatively charged. This results in
an instantaneous weld. The stud hopper has to be refilled often!
• The workers seemed happy and nodded to us as we passed their work
stations. They are assigned a different task within their area every two
hours so that they don’t become bored.
• The engine and drive train units are shipped to the assembly plant
from Austria and Germany via ship and the Port of Charleston. By
the time the engine drive train units arrive at the assembly line to be
mated with the body chassis, the body/chassis is fully assembled. Ten
bolts hold the engine drive train unit into the X5.
• When the completed car reaches the end of the assembly line it
has been fueled with a ¼ tank of high-octane fuel (Diesel models
excepted!), oil and all necessary fluids. It is then driven ten yards to a
fully enclosed booth. Once inside a technician uses a remote control
device to ensure that virtually every piece of equipment and electrical
item functions. The car is then started, put into gear, and driven on
four rollers to a speed of 160 KMH. Sensors test DSC and ABS systems
and the alignment of the wheels.
• Once clear of the booth, technicians inspect each vehicle from an
underneath pit to ensure that there are no leaks or other visible problems.
• After inspection the cars are driven over a testing track that simulates gravel, bumps, pot holes and metal bridge grating to ensure that
there are no squeaks or rattles.
• All technicians are trained to repair minor dents that occasionally
occur on the assembly line. They also monitor for all quality control
items, e.g. scratches, misalignment, fit and finish etc. Random cars
are taken off the final assembly line and taken to a different area of the
plant so that they can go through a more rigorous testing and evaluation process. Other BMW models not manufactured at this particular
assembly plant are imported and evaluated by local technicians – and
the X5 and Z4’s manufactured at the plant are sent for the same rigorous evaluation process to other BMW plants around the world.
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Pacific Northwest 8-Fest
Photos of event provided by Tom Carter
Aug 19-21, 2005
Past Event Coverage
The weekend of August 19-21 saw a gathering of 39 8’s from all over the region converge
on Whidbey Island for the PNW 8 Fest. BC 8 series owners were well represented, and several
club members such as Tom Carter, Derek Pinton and Jim Westmacott were also instrumental
in organizing the event and tour and activities.
Mount Baker Day Trip - 2005
Sept 11th, 2005
Past Event Coverage
On the sunny morning of September 11th, 17 cars with 31 participants gathered for the 4th Annual Mount Baker Day trip. Unfortunately
the Artist Point look out at the 5100 ft elevation on Mt. Baker was in the clouds, but the rest of the trip was quite nice. Many thinks to Bob
Balbirnie for tour coordination and to Bob Balbirnie and Bob and Vera Posthelwaite for making the lunch arrangements at the Glen.
Photos courtesy of Adman Shih
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Road Safety
The BMW Car Club of BC endorses safe
driving in all our events. We are careful to
plan trips that adhere to proper safe driving
guidelines and the enjoyment of our trips.
We encourage all our members to drive
safely. Members are responsible for their own
road safety on trips by obeying the driving
laws of our province or the region we take
our trips in.
We have a set of guidelines called Road
Rules that we recommend for our outings
and day trips, since traveling as large groups
of enthusiasts to a destination can be a challenge.
As a member club of the BMW Club of
Canada, we are also a member club of the
International Council of BMW Clubs, and as
such we promote and adhere to the International Council stated guideline in the constitution which states: ‘To provide a special
image to the public including compliance
with traffic laws and regulations’
We provide a selection of Driver Training Schools, available to both members and
non members. These schools are intended to
improve safe driving skills, driver awareness,
and an understanding of vehicle dynamics
as they relate to car control and safety.
October is Zero Crash Month
Visit the ICBC web site at:
http://www.zerocrashmonth.com/
Enter the challenge to reduce crashes in your
community
Safe Driving Tips
As a driver, you actually have a lot of control
over the risks you face on the road
• Vision is an important key to safe driving
• Protect yourself from aggressive drivers.
• Apply the 2-second rule to stay a safe distance
behind the car in front, plus other critical vehiclehandling techniques.
• Do Not drive impaired - whether from alcohol,
medications and other drugs, driver fatigue or
plain old lack of sleep.
• Protect yourself from a serious intersection
collision.
• Share the road with trucks, and keep clear of
their large blind spots.
• Pull over for a fire truck, ambulance or police
car.
The BMW Car Club of BC is a club for enthusiasts
and owners.
Membership in the BMW Car Club of BC is $40 per
year and family members living at the same address can be added as associate (voting) members
for only $5 per family member.
Your club membership entitles you to participate in
all club events, in addition you get a member card,
a club window decal, the club newsletter mailed
to you, access to the private areas of our web site,
and discount options at participating dealers and
vendors.
If you have a friend with a BMW that is an enthusiast and is not a member yet, why not invite them to
an event and also invite them to join the club.
Are you on the email list?
We have a private members only email list we use
to send out event notices and other pertinent club
event information. It is a controlled list, and we
work hard to keep it up to date, clean and SPAM
free. We do not rent out or otherwise distribute the
list.
If you are not currently getting club email announcements, it may be because we don’t have
your email address on file, or the one we have is no
longer current.
To be added or deleted from the announcement list,
send us an email.
[email protected]
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Club Gear Grill Badges and Club T-Shirts
We have a variety of club gear for members to show their pride and participation in
our club.
Club T-shirts are always a popular item.
Available in white or grey in most size ranges
they are high quality, locally produced, and
are available to members either via on line
ordering or by contacting Thomas of the
member services team.
We also still have a few of the high
quality German made grill badges available.
National (BMW Club of Canada) grill badges
will be available soon
You can also buy sew on patches that are
great for putting on caps and other clothing.
Members receive a pair of window decals with
their membership package, and we encourage
members to display the decals to show that you
are a club member. The self cling decals are
easy to apply from the inside of your window,
and look great when trimmed and placed in a
visible side window location.
To purchase any of these items contact
Thomas at one of the club events or by email
at [email protected]
BMW Club of Canada Grill Badges
The national club has also started a program
to offer grill badges. These are the same high
quality German made product as our local grill
badges. We are now taking pre orders for late
winter early spring 2006 delivery. Cost to be $55
each.
Actual size of the sew on patches is 61
mm wide by 76 mm tall. They are machine
stitched with over 10,000 stitches in the colors of our club emblem. They work great on
caps and jackets and other gear.
visit our web site
www.bmwccbc.org
Actual size of the grill badge is 61 mm wide
by 76 mm tall. They are 3 mm thick. This is
no flimsy tin badge. Nickel plated with baked
enamel finish is what we have chosen. They
come with two attachment holes.
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BMW Car Club of BC Corporate
Sponsors Directory
Support your Club Sponsors.
We’d like to remind you that thanks to the contributions of the corporate members in our club, we are
able to provide additional services without raising the
cost of membership. In addition to hosting Tech Sessions,
Corporate contributions help to defray many club costs.
The additional amount that Corporate Members pay to
have their ads in our newsletter have a positive impact
on the services we offer.
The next time you need a product or service for your
BMW, check with these people first to see if they can help
fill your needs. Support the people that support your
club. Should you be a sponsor?
BMW Car Club of BC Corporate Members and their
companies
Dr. Patrick Lum
Member #0006
Granville Centre for Dental Wellness
8357 Granville Street,
Vancouver, BC V6P 4Z8
Phone 604-261-8164
Fax 604-261-8127
Danny Kok
Member #0124
Driving Unlimited
13533 Harris Road,
Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2T3
Phone 604-828-5450
Fax 604-538-0595
Scott Walker
No. 1 Collision Inc.
12420 Vulcan Way,
Richmond, BC V6V 1J8
Phone 604-231-9614
Member #0129
Fax 604-231-9624
Bernd Moller
MB Euromotors Ltd.
344 West 7th Avenue,
Vancover, BC V5Y 1M4
Phone 604-874-0744
Member #0169
Fax 604-874-4789
Scott Gable
Member #0535
Investment Planning Counsel of Canada
1591 Foster Avenue,
Coquitlam, BC V3J 2N3
Phone 604-939-2345
Fax -604-939-2350
Chris Besemer
Member #0546
CG Motorsports Inc.
#150 - 11880 Hammersmith Way,
Richmond, BC V7A 5C8
Phone 604-275-6638
Web www.cgmotorsports.com
Mike Goertz
Nixon Automotive
6435 Buller Avenue,
Burnaby, BC V6S 4S1
Phone 604-432-9333
Member #0581
Fax 604-432-9334
Robert Dunlop
Member #0648
Dunlop Automotive
106 Charles Street,
North Vancouver, BC V7L 1A4
Phone 604-985-8836
Duncan J Pearce
Member #0650
The Urban Garage
1439 Clyde Avenue,
West Vancouver, BC V7T 1E9
Phone 604-913-1999
Fax 604-913-1998
Morton Koch
Tire Trends.com Ent. Ltd
Unit #10 20295 113B Ave
Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6E9
Phone 604-460-8406
Web www.trietrends.com
Member #0660
Dave Rurak
Ralph’s Radio. Ltd
220 East 1st Avenue,
Vancouver, BC V5T 1A5
Phone 604-879-4281
Web www.ralphsradio.com
Member #0704
Terry Bucknell
Member #0709
AutoGlym
208 - 20701 Langely Bypass,
Langley, BC V3A 5E8
Phone 604-533-5597
Web www.autoglym.com
Brian Manzardo
Member #0811
Dents Unlimited
87 Williams Street,
Port Moody, BC V3H 3L1
Phone 604-469-9545
Web www.dentsunlimited.com
Frank Micucci
Member #0813
Driver’s Edge Autosport Inc.
Unit 125 - 2323 Boundary Road,
Vancouver, BC V5M 4V8
Phone 604-298-5575
Web www.driversedgeautosport.com
Sean Nakano
Member #0814
Yokohama Tire (Canada) Ltd.
2445 Canoe Avenue,
Coquitlam, BC V3K 6A9
Phone 604-464-6700
Web www.yokohamatire.ca
Ausblick Deadline Dates and Info
Our planned 2005 issue schedule is as follows:
Ausblick V8 no 3
Ausblick V8 no 4
Issue)
Ausblick V8 no 5
current issue
October 2005 (AGM Mini
December, 2005
British Columbia BMW Contacts and Dealership Locator
Information provided by BMW Canada Western Regional Office
Phone 604-270-4269 Fax 604-270-2354 100 - 13091 Vanier Place, Richmond, B.C. V6V 2J1
Auto West BMW
Phone 604-273-2217 Fax 604-273-9663
13720 Smallwood Place, Richmond, B.C. V6V 1W8
Park Shore Motors BMW
Phone 604-985-9344 Fax 604-985-9114
835 Automall Drive, North Vancouver, B.C. V7P 3R8
Victoria BMW
Phone 250-995-9250 Fax 250-995-9251
1101 Yates Street Victoria, B.C. V8V 3N1
The BMW Store
Phone 604-732-3767 Fax 604-732-6191
5th at Burrard, Vancouver, B.C. V6V 1W8
Brian Jessel BMW
Phone 604-222-7788 Fax 604-222-8555
2311 Boundary Road, Vancouver, BC V5M 4W5
Kelowna BMW
Phone 250-860-1BMW Fax 250-763-2579
2530 Enterprise Way, Kelowna, BC V1X 7X5
John Valk BMW (Motorcycles)
Phone 604-731-5505 Fax 604-5532
1968 W. 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1L9
Pacific BMW (Motorcycles)
Phone 604-276-2552 Fax 604-276-0345
21000 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, B.C. V6V 2S9
Our club appreciates the support we get from
BMW Canada and the local dealers as they help
host club events and provide prizes and other
considerations for events hosted by the BMW
Car Club of BC
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Ausblick
Volume 8 No. 3 2005
BMW Club of Canada
Member Clubs Info
National
The BMW Club of Canada, Le Club BMW du Canada
www.bmwclub.ca
British Columbia
BMW Car Club of BC
www.bmwccbc.org
BMW Club of Canada Vancouver Island
www.bmwccvi.ca
Alberta
Southern Alberta BMW Club
www.sabmwclub.com
Northern Alberta BMW Club
www.nabmwclub.ca
Saskatechewan
BMW Club of Regina
www.bmwregina.ca
Ontario
Trillium Chapter BMW Club of Canada
www.trillium-bmwclub.ca
BMW Car Club of Ottawa
www.bmwccottawa.org
Quebec
The BMW Club of Quebec, Le Club BMW du Quebec
www.bmwquebec.ca
Maritimes
Bluenose Chapter of the BMW Club of Canada
www.bluenosebmwclub.ca
you can now renew your
membership online
www.bmwccbc.org
Ausblick
Advertising rates and information
For information on advertising in Ausblick, please contact
Rolf Drommer or Thomas Fink via phone or by email at
[email protected], and we can provide you with ad rates
and info.
We also have advertising info on our website at www.bmwccbc.
org
Deadline for the Vol. 8 no. 5 2005 issue of Ausblick
is Nov 28, 2005
Ausblick is published 6 times a year by the BMW Car Club of BC.
Office of Publication PO Box 3452, 349 W. Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6B 3Y4. Subscription to the newsletter is only available
as part of membership in the BMW Car Club of BC.
© 1998 - 2005 BMW Car Club of BC
NO. 1 COLLISION
1520 West Third Avenue
VANCOUVER, B.C. V6J 1J7
Phone: (604) 732-6584
Fax: (604) 736-7910
12420 Vulcan Way
RICHMOND, B.C. V6V 1J8
Phone: (604) 231-9614
Fax: (604) 231-9624
• First luxury shop to receive ICBC accreditation
• Preferred by other insurers • Expertly trained personnel with
BMW factory trained technician • Original BMW parts
• State-of-the-art equipment • Precision Coach Works
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TEL: (604) 228-9339
FAX: (604) 228-9330
“Always ready to be of service.”
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1500 - 1166 Alberni Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3
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Telephone 604-329-4114
Facsimile: 604-988-4820
web: www.davidgrayinsurance.com
Individual and Group Benefit Plans Including:
Annuities, Pensions, Life, Disability and Health Insurance
Volume 8 No. 3 2005
Ausblick
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Pure Driving Adrenalin.
The ADVAN NEOVA ultra-high performance radial is coming
to Canada. Born of Yokohama’s extensive motorsports experience,
the NEOVA represents the ultimate in dry pavement
performance for track days and autoslalom
competition while still providing street manners
you can live with.
Neova, created for the select few drivers
intent on testing their limits and their cars.
Caution: Never store or use below -10 degree as
this may damage the tire and impede performance.
285/30R18
295/30R18
265/35R18
225/40R18
235/40R18
255/40R18
225/45R18
235/40R17
245/40R17
255/40R17
225/45R17
205/50R17
93W
94W
93W
88W
91W
95W
91W
90W
91W
94W
91W
89W
www.yokohamatire.ca

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