2013 November.indd - BMW Car Club of America

Photo by Paul Dunlevy
Volume XLI No. 11
November 2013
TARHEEL CHAPTER BMW CCA
P.O. Box 1208 • Harrisburg, NC 28075-1208 • http://tarheelbmwcca.org
TARHEEL BMW CCA CHAPTER OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
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TRIANGLE AREA
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The Power of Small - 2013 OBX CruZ For The Cure:
This year’s OBX CruZ For the Cure was not quite the CruZ of
year’s past, though it was no less a force to be reckoned. It
was slated for cancellation early on in the year, but as I am
writing this that was not the case. This year the event was
held in Wilmington, NC with a small gathering of good friendships and delicious food. Rich and Claire Broughton were
able to attend and that was a real high point for the event.
Though we were short on time with hotels and venues
booking quickly during the spring time of year, we were determined to pull it off. A small group of us stepped in to help Rich and Claire, the original coordinators, let us make this event happen. It takes Rich and Claire about 12 months to pull off this event
year after year. They start planning on the heels of an existing CruZ event. Our little band of volunteers only had about 2-3 months to pull it all together, and we did it!
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MEMBERSHIP CORNER
This month, we’d like to give a warm Tarheel welcome to 40 new and returning members and associate members. This brings our total chapter
membership to 2,825! Our membership is the lifeblood of the Club. Without your participation, there
would be no Club. We offer a wide variety of activiRaul A Arreaza
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PAUL HOECKE
Notes from the road
Live Long and Prosper
Every once in a while, I come across comments about how disposable our culture has become. The gist of these laments is that the digital
age has made it so. As proof, these doomsayers
point to the “fleeting, ephemeral nature” of much
of interpersonal communications today. Unlike
letters written longhand or typed, odds are (they
tell us) that one’s e-mails will not be preserved for
posterity, even if they deserve it. The same goes
for electronic files of photos and family videos. To
wit, it’s doubtful many of those will be passed on
to our heirs in digital form the way hard copies
have been in the past. Or so they say.
Okay, maybe they have a point, sort of. The
fast pace of change in electronic media does raise
the specter of important personal records becoming irretrievable because the devices needed to
read them become obsolete. Remember 8-track
players? But I, for one, am not particularly shaken
up about it. As I see it, all this wailing smacks of
nostalgia-mongering. So what if electronic chitchat is making letter writing a lost art. It’s faster!
And if there’s a minuscule fraction among the emails we exchange daily that’s worth preserving,
print it! Heck, it takes but the click of a button to
cast your dear cousin’s electronic confessions in
concrete (figuratively speaking) – for future blackmailing purposes if nothing else. (Heh!) The same
goes for photos and videos. That’s what photo
paper and the like are for.
More importantly, what these Jeremiahs seem
to overlook is that e-mails, texts and snapshots
are only a tiny piece of what is meant by the term
‘culture’. As Webster’s defines it, culture is the
“integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action – and artifacts.”
And I say it’s those ‘artifacts’ – things we make
and use daily – that have proven themselves to be
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remarkably resistant to the notion of ‘disposable
culture’, including certain kinds you and I have a
special affinity for.
I am, of course, thinking automobiles, particularly BMWs. (Whew! You knew I was going to
get there eventually, didn’t you?)
Fact is, cars of every stripe are among the
most durable elements of our culture. They’ve
been part and parcel of this country’s fabric for
over a century; so much so that we never give
this a moment’s thought. Until, that is, we’re
prodded into it, as I was in this context. Over the
years, they’ve kept pace with our changing needs.
They’ve evolved, gotten better, technologically
and structurally; and they’ve become literally
much more durable. One net result is that the average age of a car in America today is somewhere
around eleven years plus. I wouldn’t call that disposable.
It’s no stretch to say that this longevity goes
hand in hand with America’s proverbial love affair
with wheels. That too is a long-standing part of
our culture, and there’s evidence this love affair
has gotten more intense. For one thing, a lot of
folks are keeping their cars longer than before. A
recent (April 2013) nationwide survey of car owners shows that fully half of them expect to keep
their rides “as long as it keeps running.” And 56
percent say they plan on keeping their current car
longer than their previous car.
One might ask if this reflects economic necessity rather than love. After all, it’s a fact of life that
a lot of people – probably most of us outside of
urban areas with decent public transit systems
– can’t get along without our wheels. And the
economy being what it is nowadays, one could
argue that keeping a car as long as it’ll run makes
plain good sense for many drivers. Yet this survey
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I’m citing says it isn’t that clear cut. When asked if
the current economy is forcing them to keep their
cars longer, car owners split fairly evenly, with a
slight majority answering no. What’s more, three
out of four respondents say they’d keep their car
longer if they could give it a cosmetic ‘makeover’
because they are otherwise (i.e. mechanically)
happy with it. Also, one third of them claim to
have an all-time favorite car; and although nearly
half of them don’t own it anymore, most of them
wish they could have it back. And if that doesn’t
prove there’s a close personal connection between many drivers and their rides, there’s this: A
majority of both men (74 percent) and women (59
percent) in that survey admit that their car reflects
their personality or sense of style. I for one am
not surprised.
Naturally, this has me wonder how BMW
owners stack up in this respect. It’s hard to say
where the average BMW driver in the US is concerned because I’m not aware of any similar polls
of BMW NA’s customers. (A good guess is that the
marketing folks in New Jersey have such data but
The Editor’s Desk...
I usually love working on anything mechanical
and anything automotive related especially. I will
say though, working on automotive AC systems
just sucks.
With a fleet of aging BMWs, I now find myself
with three cars with failed AC - all of which have
sprung leaks and dumped all the magic cooling
juice.
Latest to fail was in the e34 “Battle Wagon”,
which was still an R12 system and frankly had the
coldest AC of any of my cars - including the late
model ones.
Living by the motto “why do it today when
you can put it off for winter work”, all three cars
got pushed to the back of the shop until the
temps got cooler outside. Only problem with that
is that I now have three dead batteries too! (I
know, I need a box full of trickle chargers.)
Well, it’s cooler out now and time to pull
them back out and drive them. Hey, I might even
fix the leaks in the AC, convert to R134a and
re-charge them before the heat comes on next
spring. Or, maybe not, the heaters all work... -ed.
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won’t share it with us.) However, judging strictly
by the way our favorite marque has found its
way into the driving public’s mainstream – well,
at least its higher-end segment – I suspect the
new cars and SAVs that come out the showrooms
typically follow the same path as other ‘luxury’
makes; i.e. most are traded within three to four
years after being leased or purchased. I also have
no idea how many of them are replaced by another BMW, although published sales figures suggest
the rate is pretty high. But there’s no doubt about
the cars’ longevity; if nothing else, the available
supply of CPO cars says as much.
As for the BMW CCA, you would expect club
members’ connection with their cars to be greater
than that of BMW owners in general. And you’d
be right, up to a point. It appears we, as a group,
are indeed different, though only in degree. The
only ‘hard’ evidence I have comes from ROUNDEL
classifieds, which may not be all that hard since
it doesn’t cover Craig’s List and other similar venues. However, be that as it may, a review of cars
for sale in recent issues suggests that, broadly
speaking, club members fall into three categories,
of which two definitely appreciate the longevity of
their BMWs.
One rather small segment (ca. 10 percent)
is the Early Traders. My count of late-model (i.e.
three to four-year-old) cars listed shows that more
than half had less than 30K on the odometer,
including a significant chunk (some 20 percent)
with mileages between 15K and less than 10K. My
guess is most of these cars were turned in when
the lease expired, hopefully to be replaced by
another Bimmer – unless of course their owners
hated them. (Egad!) In either case, and with some
exceptions, I consider these club members more
‘mainstream’ than the rest of us. (No criticism
meant; it’s their choice.) But the cars they trade
keep going, mainly (I assume) because they are
inherited by the next group of members.
That segment is made up of Keepers. Based,
once again, on those classifieds, they make up
the bulk of our membership. The cars they put
up for sale have evidently been driven for quite
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a while. They range all the way from six-year-old
X5s back to twenty-something Fivers and E30s,
with anywhere between 50K and 200K miles on
their clocks. Some of them are clearly second or
third-owner cars, often CPOs, but at least as many
were bought new. The reasons for selling range
all over the lot as well: trading for another BMW;
looking for a better deal than at the dealership;
too many cars; the owner’s age; and so forth. But
it’s rarely if ever dissatisfaction with the car. (I’m
reminded of the Z3 I wrote about a few months
back, which a real estate lady sold for $2,500. She
loved it – but it was too cramped for her clients!)
Invariably, the cars are well maintained, often
lovingly so (at least according to the ads), which
goes to show that there’s no reasonable limit to
the life of a BMW or our fondness for it.
Finally, we have the Classics/Vintage crowd.
Their cars don’t appear all that often in ROUNDEL ads, so I can only guess that this segment
is smaller than the Keepers, but bigger than the
Traders. What’s more, I think it’s growing. Okay,
I’ll freely admit to being biased, having nursed a
good number of BMWs – including my very first
one – well past their thirtieth birth year and (usually) pretty close to 200K on the clock. But I think
the increasing popularity of – and attendance at –
vintage BMW gatherings suggests my guess isn’t
far off the mark. The huge numbers of ‘perfectly
aged’ BMWs, from pre-WWII veterans to 1980s
and ‘90s models that show up – usually under
their own power – at events such as our own Vintage at the Vineyard, Windy City’s VintageFest and
Vintage at Saratoga, bear me out.
I think this above all proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that BMWs are far from disposable.
Like the Energizer Bunny, they just keep tickin’.
Personally, I find this quite promising. Just think:
As time goes by, there will be lots more and different types of BMWs for me and my like-minded
buddies to play and tinker with. In keeping with
the season, I’m grateful for that – even if those
future ‘projects’ won’t all be propelled by internal
combustion.
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CLUB RACING REPORT
BY PAUL HOECKE
Lewis, Tice Score At RA;
Twin BWR Podiums
Hello again, fellow racing fans! With scarcely
six weeks left in the 2013 Club Racing (CR) season, you’d think the pace of competition would
be winding down a bit. If so, you’d be wrong. This
is the time of year when club racers, especially
those diehards chasing championship points, are
likely to redouble their efforts, as there are still
lots of CR events scheduled between now and the
end of the year.
Typically, the same goes for members of our
homegrown racing community – but not this year.
For reasons we can only guess at, local hot shoes
haven’t exactly packed the track at recent CR
events. One factor may be that there weren’t all
that many CR events at tracks our guys prefer to
run on. It’s also likely that, for most of them, chasing points isn’t on the front burner. We can empathize with that; it’s more fun without the pressure.
Be that as it may, the races we can report on at
this point had only a few local drivers take part.
The Road Atlanta race the first weekend in
September saw a sizable gathering of the CR clans
for a five-race event, starting with a 90-minute
enduro and followed by four sprint races, two of
which were ‘fun’ only. As previously reported, six
local hot shoes registered for the event – Rich
Abraham, Alan Davis, Shane Gunn, Mark Fishero,
Chris Lewis and Tom Tice. However, for unknown
reasons, only the last three named actually raced,
and Fishero didn’t return to the track after suffering a DNF in the first lap of the long race.
However, Lewis and Tice made up for that in fine
fashion.
In fact, our two track warriors racked up seven
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class victories between them! Lewis was the SM
winner in all five races, finishing second overall
in all but the enduro. And Tice captured the Spec
E36 crown in two of the races and second place
in the other three, finishing in the Top Ten overall
every time.
In contrast, the Watkins Glen race two weekends later was something of an anticlimax, at
least as far as Tarheel drivers go. Mind you, given
that the regular event was the Ersatz O’fest club
race, the field was huge – 85 entrants and 76
cars, even after nine of the original registrants
cancelled. But only four local drivers signed up –
Sean McKay (IS) accompanied by mentor and occasional co-driver Ray Korman, plus Dennis Pippy
(M3T) and James Clay with one of his E92s (classified as SM). And McKay cancelled, evidently so
as to take part in the Turner Enduro that kicked
off the weekend, which left Pippy and Clay to carry
our chapter’s banner – with somewhat less than
stellar results.
The size of the field caused officials to split it
into two run groups, with the heavy hitters, mainly C-Mods and IPs, in Group A. But Clay didn’t
race, probably because he was there mainly to
test his car, so this group ran in (count them) five
sprint races – with nary a Tarheel in them. Meanwhile, Group B’s weekend comprised only four
sprints, with Pippy our chapter’s lone representative, and he evidently had a tough time battling
a raft of class rivals on that Armco-lined course.
He managed to finish second in M3T in two races,
but ended up seventh in the other two.
The 4-hour, 91-lap enduro was a tough trial of
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men and machines as well. Of the 28 competing
teams, seven did not finish. This included McKay
who entered the race as ‘Team Generation Gap
Racing’ – a cute reference (presumably) to veteran
Korman as his co-driver. It appears they were
the first to quit, just fourteen laps and a tad over
30 minutes into the race. But, hey, at least they
showed our flag, which was a first in this Turnersponsored series.
By the way, while we’re on the subject, it
appears we goofed in last month’s report when
we said the Turner Series had three more races
scheduled. Checking the CR calendar reveals that
Watkins Glen was the next-to-last event, followed
by the series finale at the New Hampshire track
last month. It turns out the two Florida events we
mentioned – the 2-hour Bob Snodgrass Enduro
at Daytona a couple of weeks from now and next
month’s Four Hours of Sebring – are sponsored by
Historic Sports Racing. Or at least, that’s how we
read the CR tea leaves.
As far as the rest of the regular CR season
goes, we count only three events in which we’d
expect any of our drivers to take part. Two of
them, the ‘Great Pumpkin’ race at Mid-Ohio and
the Savannah Harbor race, took place last month
long after we went to press, so those races will
be covered in our next report. And then there’s
our season finale at Roebling Road in December,
which traditionally has been staged in conjunction with the VDCA. At press time, the vintage
guys’ participation had not been confirmed as yet,
but we expect they will be there. After all, it’s their
season finale too.
Speaking of vintage racing, we’ve been pretty
short of any word from that quarter. It’s been said
that the VDCA is kinda laid back about formalities
like posting results, and it’s true; their website
hasn’t been updated in ages! The only news we
have so far comes from the SVRA, which ran the
big Gold Cup race at VIR in late September. We
spotted at least three familiar names on the race
roster: Al Taylor and his green 325i ragtop, Perry
Genova with his yellow 2002, and Chip Stabler
driving his E30 M3, all of them competing in
Group 8 against several RS Class rivals – a couple
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of Alfas, a Fiat 124 and a Pinto (no less). We later
spoke with Stabler, who told us that he won the
class in Saturday’s race, but Genova dropped out
with what looked like mechanical problems. As
for Taylor, officials wouldn’t let him run at all for
reasons we’re not entirely clear about which has
ticked off at least some of his many friends.
Meanwhile, the NASA scene has been pretty
busy, but without local drivers, at least as far as
we can determine at this point. Last month’s OktoberFast event at VIR ran after our deadline, so
all we can tell you now is that the entry list was
miles long. No wonder, since both ‘local’ NASA
Regions, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast participated.
But we didn’t spot any local hot shoes – so far, so
stay tuned. The same was the case at the Southeast’s Road Atlanta race in September, except that
Jon ‘the Jet’ Koslow ran in the Time Trial portion,
placing second in ‘D’ class. Still, there’s more to
come on the NASA front. As you read this, the
Mid-Atlantic guys are at their season finale at
Summit Point, and Southeast is about to stage
their ‘Turkey Trot’ event at CMP, to be followed by
their season finale, labeled ‘Santa’s Toy Run’, at
Road Atlanta next month. So, who knows?
Oh, and lest we forget, the SCCA ran their
annual 13-hour Charge of the Headlights Brigade
late last month. It’s a favorite way to unwind,
sort of, for a lot of folks, especially pro teams
like BimmerWorld Racing (BWR). Of course, that
race also ran weeks after our press time, meaning
we’ll probably have something to report next time
around.
Speaking of BWR, the team pulled off a coup
or two as the CTSCC Series concluded its 2013
run with two races in September. This may not be
news for those of you who watch these races on
the tube (probably Fox), but the rest of you deserve a brief rundown of how BWR’s chase of the
ST championship played out.
Round Ten at Laguna Seca gave team owner
James Clay cause for optimism when the No.81
duo of Greg Liefooghe and Tyler Cooke claimed
fourth place at the end of a contest that according to Clay had “more yellows than we would have
liked” because “a little more green racing would
have [better] suited our cars.” The No.82 team of
Dan Rogers and Seth Thomas almost finished on
Liefooghe’s tail before settling for seventh place.
The No.80 car, driven by Connor Bloum and James
Colborn (subbing for Greg Strelzoff), finished an
uncharacteristic 18th. But the two Top Ten finishes were a portent of things to come.
In the finale at Lime Rock three weeks later,
Liefooghe and Cooke made it to the podium by
taking the ST checker in second place. In fact, having led much of the race, they almost won, had it
not been for a last-minute pass by a class rival.
Bloum and the returning Strelzoff joined their
teammates on the podium by finishing a close
third. It wasn’t everything the Team had hoped for,
but it was enough to place Cooke and Liefooghe
third in this season’s driver standings. On top of
that, the new F30 No.84 car driven by Clay and
John Capestro-Dubets finished the race in 10th
place, even though this was still only an R&D run
for the car. It all made for an extraordinary season
finish for BWR – and good cause for Clay and his
troops to feel really good about the upcoming
season – which isn’t all that far off.
TARHEEL CHAPTER 2013
Nov 1-3
*National Capital HPDS Summit Point
Nov 22-24 Tarheel & Toe Driver’s School
Dec 13-15 BMW Club Race School / BMW Club Race
National Capital
JoElla John
David Bradyhouse
540-992-3040
Web: nccbmwcca.org
[email protected]
[email protected]
* Not a Tarheel BMW CCA sponsored event
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ON THE COVER:
We booked some rooms at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside hotel. We even secured a meeting room for a Friday night reception with some
light snack foods thanks to Schaeffer BMW of
Wilmington. It was a wonderful opportunity to
gather together and catch up on the happenings
of our lives. Auction items were available for
viewing along with bid sheets for early bidding.
The actual bidding of items was scheduled for
Saturday night after dinner.
Saturday started off with a good ole Southern
breakfast at a local diner before heading to the
NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, NC. There are four
aquariums in North Carolina. They were established 1976 to promote awareness, conservation,
understanding and appreciation for the diverse
natural resources of North Carolina’s ocean, rivers, streams and other aquatic environments.
Attempting to take photos of the sea life in the
tanks is always a challenge with the interior lighting and the motion of all the creatures. There
was an opportunity to pet some very docile sharks
in one of the tanks. The sharks felt like soft
suede. There was another location for touching
the smaller sea life like starfish, anemone and sea
urchins. I always feel like a kid during these interactive moments with the sea life.
We had reservations at the The Riverboat
Landing Restaurant. My husband and I had eaten
there before and loved the food and that evening
dinner did not disappoint. The restaurant is on
the river so you can watch the sun set from there.
After dinner, we perused the auction items and
placed our bids. It was funny to see that we had
more auction items donated than people attending so not much competition for bidding. In fact,
we all got to take home quite a few items. There
were even items to spare, for possibly next year’s
OBX CruZ?
Sunday morning we started out at the battleship USS North Carolina for a self-guided tour
and appreciation of our history. The battleship
was the first of ten battleships constructed to
join the American fleet in World War II. She was
considered the world’s greatest sea weapon when
commissioned on April 1, 1941. During World
War II, the ship participated in every major offensive in the Pacific area and earned 15 battle stars.
During the war, she survived many close calls
and near misses. The ship was decommissioned
June 27, 1947. It was slated to be scrapped until a
coalition of North Carolinians led a campaign to
save the ship and bring her back to North Carolina from New Jersey.
The battleship takes a few hours to walk
through, so we all just meandered our way about
snapping photos and talking about how it used to
be back in the day. Rich and Claire were unable
to join us on our last day in Wilmington, but we
kept them in our thoughts. After the battleship
tour, we enjoyed a lovely lunch at a nearby Irish
pub called Patty’s Hollow in the Cotton Exchange.
After lunch, goodbyes were exchanged and on our
separate ways we went.
Though there were only 11 of us at the event
this year, we were able to raise approximately
$3,650 from the auction and sponsor donations.
Not bad and hence why we were a force to be
reckoned.
This event would not have happened without
the support of several sponsors who donated auction items, monies to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, our reception and insurance. A big round
of thanks goes to Schaeffer BMW of Wilmington,
Tarheel BMW CCA, Bimmerworld, Crown BMW,
Elijah’s Restaurant, Merch Pharm, Pierce Insurance Agency and Sale BMW.
Finally, thank you Rich and Claire Broughton
for all your support and guidance as we tried to
keep this cause going on your behalf. Additional
hanks go to Paul and Brenda Dunlevy, Bess Wood,
Sam-I-Am Wood and Maria Strine. -Maria Strine
BMW Car Club
of America
Tarheel Chapter
BMW Car Club
of America
Tarheel Chapter
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LOCAL SCENE
TRIAD AREA WEST DINNER
No info at this time
TRIAD AREA EAST DINNER
Date:
Time:
Where:
2nd Wednesday each month
7:00 p.m.
Pie Works
1941 New Garden Rd,
Greensboro, NC
For details contact Tony Tovsen tonytovsen@gmail.
com
CHARLOTTE AREA I DINNER
Date:
3rd Thursday each month
Time:
7 p.m.
Where:
WaldhornRestaurant
12101Lancaster Hwy (Old Hwy 521)
Pineville,NC
(Locatednear Carolina Place Mall)
(704) 540-7047
We’re still hanging out at the Waldhorn Restaurant on the third Thursday of each month. Contact Chris Webber at H:(704) 523-9118 C: 704-9068876 or e-mail at christopher.b.webber@gmail.
com to RSVP. Please join us (great German food
and beer). See you there!
CHARLOTTE AREA II
Date:
4th Thursday each month
Time:
7 p.m.
Where: Carolina Ale House
Concord Mills Blvd
Concord, NC
Please email Andy Barbee for more information
at [email protected] or call (704) 7012294.
Tarheel BMW Corral at “Cars N’ Coffee” Charlotte (Look for Tarheel BMW CCA flag)
Date: First Saturday each month
Time: 8 am – 11:00am
Place: NC Music Factory
TRIANGLE AREA DINNER
Date:
(3rd Thursday each month)
Time:
6:30 pm
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Where:
Manchester’s Grill
9101-153 Leesville Road
Pine Crest Shopping Center)
Raleigh 27613
(919) 676-3310
Directions: Manchester’s is located just 1 mile south
of I-540, exit 7 on Leesville Road.
As usual, it’s the third Thursday. They have a room
large enough to accommodate us, and a great menu.
Please come out and join us - Victor Varney (650)
799-8666
Tarheel BMW Corral at “Cars N’ Coffee” (Look for
Tarheel BMW CCA flags)
Date: First Saturday each month
Time: 8 am
Place: Waverly Shopping Center
at Tryon and Kildaire Farm
Cary, NC
For more info, see https://www.facebook.com/CarsAndCoffeeCaryNc
ROANOKE AREA
Date:
2nd Tuesday each month
Time:
7:00 pm
Where:
Pizza Pasta Pit
1713 Riverview Dr
Near corner of Electric Road & Apperson DR.
(540) 387-2885.
Announcements via BMW CCA Meet-Up Group Roanoke Dinners are normally the second Tuesday of the month.
ASHEVILLE AREA DINNER
Date:
Last Tuesday each month
Time:
6:30 pm
Where: P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Biltmore Park Town Square
26 Schenck Parkway
Asheville,N.C. 28803
Call for directions (282) 681-2975
All BMW marques are welcome (cars, motorcycles,
Mini, Rolls, etc.).
http://www.tarheelbmwcca.org
Contact Richard at [email protected] for more
information.
DOWNEAST AREA (Greenville, Wilson Rocky Mt)
Members interested in getting together please
email Bob Thomas at [email protected]
or call (252) 363-1383.
HURRICANE REGION AREA (New Bern, Jacksonville,
Morehead City) will meet the 3rd Tuesday of the
month. For details contact Rich Broughton (252)
247-2074 or cell (252) 670-0803. See web page
www.obxcruz.ning.com for monthly details. Meeting will move around in area.
CAPE FEAR AREA
For dinner info call Tom Deacon at H (910) 5790520 in Ocean Isle Beach C (910) 398-2694 or email: [email protected]
NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AREA DINNER
No information available.
SANDHILLS AREA
Date:
(4th Wednesday each month)
Time:
6:30 p.m.
Where:
Luigi’s Restaurant
(www.luigisnc.com)
528 North McPherson Church Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303
Please come out and join us - Thomas Hart.
[email protected]
SUCH A DEAL
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BMW CARS FOR SALE:
2002 M3 Convertible
6-speed that has 58,500
miles. This car is in great
condition. It is the ideal
color combination with the
absolutely stunning Carbon
Schwartz Metallic exterior
and black leather interior.
This car is loaded with every
option possible including the
optional 19” wheels which
are in near perfect condition,
Navigation with 16:9 screen,
upgraded 11 speaker Harman Kardon audio, 6 CD
changer, heated seats, and
Park Distance
Car is located in Roxboro,
NC. Please contact Henry @
304-551-1214 or @ henry_
[email protected] if interested.
1987 BMW E-30 325is DE/
track day car Street legal,
roll bar, driver and passenger
seats with harnesses, 4.10
limited slip, Metric Mechanic
head, 270° cam, chip, injectors, Turner Motorsport J
Stock Suspension, oil temp
and pressure gauges, 3 sets
of wheels, extra pads, extra
rotors. Photos available.
$5,600.00. Ken Keller, krk@
crlaw.com; 336.707.8733.
1972 Bavaria 128K. Original
owner, California car, in storage for years. Interior almost
perfect, could be painted.
4-speed, Weber conversion
and Euro spec ignition distributor. Make offer. jposig@
mindspring.com
BMW PARTS FOR SALE:
3 Series Parts for Sale E36
Front splitter, adjustable
ABS, designed by Sneeds for
the E36 BMW M3 front bumper, to provide performanceenhancing downforce, drag
reduction and improved
engine cooling. Also acts
like skid plate - protecting
low front components from
scrapes and debris. New
$459, used $250. E36 lug
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set $10. E36 Center console, black plastic, with cup
holders and coin holder, part
511681678229, $15. E36
Center console, black, with
wood ashtray cover, cup
holders and coin holder, part
numbers 511624921599,
511682174839, along with
black leather (perfect condition) arm rest part number
8132435, $40. E46 lug locks
set with black hiding covers
$20. 919-818-0866 [email protected] Durham/RTP
3.0CS Trunk Rubber For the
trunk deck opening. Used
but like new condition. Pictures are available. Located
outside of Morganton, NC.
Reasonable offers entertained, shipping available.
828-659-2490, ottersview@
frontier.com
E90 M3 Oem Hifi Speakers
Great Condition. These are
the 4 Tweeters and 4 Mids
from the front doors and rear
deck of my well cared for and
garaged 08.Does not include
the underseat subs. They are
from the oem HiFi system as
the heading says. They were
removed from my car by a
BMW Master Tech at about
37k miles, a few months
ago, when I got aftermarket
speakers.Worked fine when
removed. Asking $100 +
http://www.tarheelbmwcca.org
shipping, located in Chapel
Hill.I have pics I can email.
919-967-7631 ,land line [email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS:
Beyern Five wheels 18 x 8.5
with 245 40 18 Michelin Pilot
Super Sports. Perfect wear,
used 9,000 miles. $1200 for
set or will consider trades for
E46 track wheels. Chapel
Hill [email protected]
919.302.6034
Bimmer & Track Books
E30 Bentley BMW 3 Series
Service Manual, 1984-1990
$50. Going Faster: Mastering the Art of Race Driving,
by Carl Lopez, publication of
Skip Barber Racing School,
hardcover, new $39.95, mint
$25. Drive to Win: The Essential Guide to Race Driving
by Carrol Smith, first edition
1996, softcover, new $24.95,
mint $15. Inner Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley and
Ronn Langford, first edition
2000, softcover, new $17.95,
mint $10. 919-818-0866
[email protected] Durham/RTP
Racing seat & 6 point harness Corbeau racing seat
with bracket and slider used
in an e30. No tears, has
discoloration from sun, includes 2 dense foam seat
pads which can be removed
for more headroom $275.
Sparco FIA 6 point harness.
3” transitions to 2” over
shoulders for HANS compatibility. Expires 2017, installed
for one HPDE – excellent
condition with only a couple
of dark spots, no rips or
tears or abrasions, red. $395
new, $250. 919-818-0866
[email protected] Durham/RTP
Preserving the CCA history
The Club Archive is looking
for Oktoberfest or Chapter
events trophies, shirts, pins,
posters, wine glasses, dash
plaques, grill badges, programs, or anything else. Anything from the club’s past for
the Archive/Museum. Do you
have extra items you would
consider donating? Michael:
(864)250-0022; mmitchell@
roundel.org. (SC)
Tarheel Chapter BMW CCA
Email List Join us online:
The “list” provides a casual,
online forum for chapter
members to discuss BMW’s
and BMW CCA events and
related topics of interest to
local members. Basically it’s
a sort of electronic discussion board, almost anything
is free game, as long as it has
some connection to BMW’s
(no matter how remote the
connection might be).
To join the list surf on out to:
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to tarheelbmw-subscribe@
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send the email from the email
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THE 02 GROUP A special interest group for 2002 owners
in NC. For more information
about the group and how to
join, check out our website:
www.the02group.org
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Cars N’ Coffee - Cary and Charlotte
Roanoke Area Dinner
Triad Area East Dinner
Hurricane Area Dinner
Charlotte Area I Dinner
Triangle Area Dinner
Tarheel & Toe Driver’s School - VIR
Asheville Area Dinner
Sandhills Area Dinner
Charlotte Area II Dinner
BMW Club Race School / BMW Club Race
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BMW CCA, Inc.
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P.O. Box 1208
Harrisburg, NC 28075-1208