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The Voice of the Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America Volume 19 Issue 9 December 2016

Contents VIR PCA Executive

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President’s Message, Editor’s Comment, Membership

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Coffee & Cars Reminder

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20 Days & 9500 km in a 50 Year Old Car

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Competition Corner

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Windscreen Cleaning

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“Around The Bend” - Upcoming Events

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Classifieds

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VIR Goodie Store

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The following current rates are applicable:$210 Outside back page $200 Inside front cover $190 Inside back cover $150 Full page $ 90 Half page $ 50 Quarter page $ 30 Business card

Porscher is the official publication of the Porsche Club of America, Vancouver Island Region and is published monthly.

EDITORIAL: Statements appearing in PORSCHER are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Porsche Club of America, the Vancouver Island Region, its Executives or the Editor. All articles and photographs are copyright the author or contributor (unless otherwise noted). Permission for reprints or reproduction of the contents must be granted by the Editor and the author or contributor.

Copyright © 2016 by Porsche Club of America, Vancouver Island Region.

All rights reserved. www.virpca.org

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SUBMISSIONS: Members are invited and encouraged to submit articles and photos that would be of interest to the club. Photos in JPG or PNG formats. Please send submissions via email to the Newsletter Director at: Newsletter@virpca.org NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: The deadline for the next issue is the 23rd of the month.

PHOTOS used this month by :- Steve Fairbrother, Martin Mansfield, Alan Newbert, Wyman Lee, Fritz Peyerl and Mary Colbourne.

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YOUR 2017 VIR PCA Executive Martin Mansfield President president@virpca.org

Dave Nickel Director—Website webms@virpca.org

James Renfrew Vice President vicepresident@virpca.org

Wendy Woodley Director—North Island upisland@virpca.org

Michael Holan Secretary secretary@virpca.org

Dean Aikenhead Director—Mid Island midisland@virpca.org

Tim Evans Treasurer treasurer@virpca.org

Didier Moinier Director—South Island southisland@virpca.org

John McGurran Director—Membership membership@virpca.org

Conrad Peden Director—Competition competition@virpca.org

Steve Fairbrother Director—Newsletter Newsletter@virpca.org PORSCHER — DECEMBER 2016

Brad Blaney Past President pastpresident@virpca.org

Conrad Peden Unofficial Driver Education Chair competition@virpca.org

Tim Hagner PCA Zone 6 Representative simtue@gmail.com Page 3

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From The VIRPCA Executive s summer here yet? December has been somewhat chaotic here - Christmas with the four kids, covering the house with Christmas lights and trying to get new tires on the Boxster between snow falls.

Brandi has been growing like a weed, she just turned one year old on December 30th, her vocabulary is slowly growing, but Porsche is still on the list to be learned.

Dave Nickel has been hard at work filling in the event calendar on our website so please check it out. The club’s first monthly meeting of the year is coming up on January 8th. Please join us for lunch (12:00) at the Arbutus Ridge Golf Course.

Martin Mansfield, President

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t’s not that often that a Porsche makes it to a top ten list on Consumer Reports, but this month the new 718 Boxster gets a good review by one of the staff there and it’s worth a read if you haven’t had a chance to try out the new turbo edition of the second most popular model in our region of the PCA. You can read it at www.consumerreports.org/sports -cars/2017-porsche-718-boxster-first-drive-review Many thanks to those who have encouraged me in my first year with the newsletter. I ask all members to send in Porsche related articles for the enjoyment of the other members.

Steve Fairbrother, Newsletter Director

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t the beginning of December we had 269 primary and 165 affiliates for a membership total of 434.

While many new members contributed to healthy 17% growth in 2016, VIRPCA represents less than1% of the PCA’s total membership (118,895). That’s a lot of Porsches.

PCA recognizes members’ anniversaries in 5 year increments and the Porscher newsletter will pass this information on to you. While 2016 marks the largest intake of new members, there are some people who have been PCA members before the Vancouver Island Region was chartered in 1996.

Congratulations to:

40 Years of PCA membership: David Moyes & John Moyes. David and John are the longest serving members of the club. To honour 40 years, PCA provides a special gold-ringed decal with the number of years, an anniversary certificate and a club name badge.

5 Years of PCA membership: John Jeffrey and Karen Jeffrey. To honour five years, PCA provides a special decal signifying 5 years

VIRPCA’s Newest Member: Please welcome Julie Bailey from North Saanich and her 2007 911 Carrera S.

John McGurran, Membership Director PORSCHER — DECEMBER 2016

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Coffee & Cars Reminder South Island 9am Sunday Mornings Eagle Creek Village 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria, V8Z 5G5 On most any Sunday of the year, VIR club enthusiasts gather at Eagle Creek Village in Victoria, next to VGH. Come on and join us, enjoy a coffee and talk about our favorite Porsches! A great way to spend Sunday mornings!

Mid-Island 10am Sunday Mornings Country Grocer 1800 Dufferin Crescent Nanaimo Come meet a friendly group of car enthusiasts that love coffee, talking Porsche, life experiences, working on cars and where to find great driving roads.

We welcome new members old members and future members. We meet rain or shine every Sunday at 10:00 am at Country Grocer just off of Bowen road.

Note >> The first Sunday of every month we meet at Serious Coffee in Parksville at 1209 Island Hwy E.

Up-Island 10am on 2nd Saturday of the month Crown Isle Plaza 444 Lerwick Road Courtenay

We welcome all VIR members, past and future, to enjoy some Starbucks coffee, perhaps breakfast and the comradeship of fellow Porsche owners. We look forward to having you join us whenever you can. We plan to throw in a drive every once in awhile to some interesting place that you perhaps have not yet discovered in our beautiful Comox Valley – home to many wineries, craft breweries and a whiskey and vodka distillery.

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20 Days & 9500km in a 50 year old car Many thanks to Fritz Peyerl from the Calgary Wild Rose region to allow us to reproduce his article and to Dan Bourlet for suggesting it.

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Competition Corner Contest—Send us your Porsche Photos Email a Porsche related photo to:- newsletter@virpca.org for a chance to win a Steve Anderson poster of 40 great Porsche models from 1948 to 2016.

As it’s Christmas, I have 2 posters to award! This month’s winners are :Alan Newbert. His sent in a excellent black & white picture of his Boxster S using depth of field technique to get the background in soft focus.

Martin Mansfield. His picture of the Porsche crest on his car just after the first snowfall is very appealing. You can see it on page 18.

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Windscreen Cleaning Here is a brief email thread between Wyman Lee, Al Sherwood and Martin Mansfield regarding cleaning windscreens.

Wyman: Check out this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/axI5Luw0Eos Al: Interesting techniques and similar to those used when preparing the glass to install protective film to the glass.

I Begin by thoroughly washing that glass and pay attention the trim and borders of the glass that can gold dirt and other contaminants.

For the first step I use Scotch-Brite Light Duty Scrubbing Pad 9030 or Scotch-Brite Light Duty Scrub Sponge 63 these are easy to tell as they are white in colour and as longs as you do not trap any abrasive contaminant between it and the glass it will not scratch the glass. To use these I recommend a few drops of baby shampoo in a spray bottle of water, use this as a slip solution and clean the glass with the white Scotch-Brite pad, work over the entire glass surface and then with a clean MF towel wipe down the glass. Next using a stainless steel razor blade scraper and the same baby shampoo slip solution liberally covering the glass (more is better), hold the blade at a 45 degree angle and clean the glass with strokes from top to bottom over lapping each stroke just slightly to ensure you cover the entire surface. Once you have done the entire surface once again spray on the slip solution and use a clean squeegee to remove the solution.

If you wish treat you glass with Rain-X or possibly another hydrophobic solution to finish up. Be sure to thoroughly clean you wiper blades as well, you wouldn't want to use old or dirty blades on that freshly cleaned glass!

Clay bars have been recommended for cleaning glass, I know Griot's has clay made specifically for this surface, next time I am in the vicinity I intend to stop in an pick some up to try, I have not tried regular paint clay on the glass.

Martin: I believe the clay is the same, just make sure to use a new bar on the windshield, razor first then clay bar to finish (it works well getting everything out of the small pores in the glass) you can even polish the glass too if you want to go all out.

Al: You could certainly use paint clay on glass but the reason for using glass clay is that it is more dense which works better on a hard surface like glass, paint clay is soft and gentle meant for painted surfaces. Because of these different formulations you may not be able to completely clean the glass with a paint clay and it would not be a good idea to use glass clay or the even more abrasive wheel clay on bodywork paint or clearcoat.

Martin: Good to know, I buy the cheap blue clay off eBay (looks / feels the same as the ones sold in the kits at Canadian tire) Al: Oh and another thing I will mention, of all of the vehicles I have owned or worked on in comparison to my experience with 2003-2016 Boxster windshields have shown me that this glass is softer than most. My reason for mentioning this is the caution you to start off with the least abrasive cleaning method to start with then evaluate your results only moving toward more abrasive materials if required. The steel wool method might be suitable for some windshields but personally I would not use it on a Porsche windshield, especially later models. Due to my findings this is the main reason I now use windshield protection film on them.

Martin: I do the razor blade method maybe once or twice a year. How has the windshield protection film stood up? Your experience on the protective films would be great for the newsletter... hint hint lol PORSCHER — DECEMBER 2016

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“Around the Bend” Upcoming Events The events listed below have been tentatively scheduled for 2017 by the VIR Executive. Some dates are not fixed, so could be a Saturday or Sunday—details will be updated here and on the website as they are known.

January 8 Info here

Executive Monthly Meeting—January Arbutus Ridge Golf Course, 3515 Telegraph Rd Cobble Hill, V0R 1L4, Noon lunch, 1pm meeting Members are welcome, please advise Michael for numbers

Contact: Michael Holan

February 5 Info here

Executive Monthly Meeting—February Location TBD, Noon lunch, 1pm meeting Members are welcome, please advise Michael for numbers

Contact: Michael Holan

February 12 Info here

Valentine’s Day Lunch Details to follow

Contact: James Renfrew

February 26 Info here

Mid-Island Lunch & Drive Details to follow

Contact: Dean Aikenhead

March 14 Info here

Executive Monthly Meeting—March Location TBD, Noon lunch, 1pm meeting Members are welcome, please advise Michael for numbers

Contact: Michael Holan

March 26 Info here

Vancouver Island Helicopters Tour VIH, 1962 Canso Road North Saanich, V8L5V5

Contact: Didier Moinier

April 23

Brunch ‘n’ Drive

Brad

May 6/7

Quadra Island

Wendy

May 22

Victoria Day Parade

Tim

May 25-28

Black Rock

BR Committee

June 10

Porsches For Pets

Wendy

July 1/2

Up Island Drive

Wendy

July 9-15

PCA Parade Attendance—Spokane

Didier

Aug 5/6

Gold River Run

Martin

September 10

Membership Lunch

John

September 17

Port Renfrew Loop

Michael

October 7/8

Wine Drive

Dean

October 15

Autocross / Chili Challenge

Conrad / Brad

October 29

RotorMaxx Tour

Didier

November 4/5

Year End Gathering

Martin

November 18/19

Annual General Meeting

Brad

Check our website for latest event details www.virpca.org/virevents PORSCHER — DECEMBER 2016

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Classifieds $375 AC DK20Q Hydraulic Car Jack (click for more info)

Highest quality rating by Pelican Parts New, never used, 2 ton capacity Very low minimum height of only 80 mm High-strength steel, wide and robust frame, precise and safe control whilst lowering Built-in safety overload valve, manual dead man's release for optimum safety when lowering Noiseless wheels with polyurethane central o-ring offers maximum surface protection Ergonomically designed handle, quick-lift pedal for easy reach of lifting point

John McGurran @ 250 812 7009 jjmcg@telus.net Competition Corner (Continued) Below right is Martin Mansfield’s winning photo of his car’s crest on a snowy December day.

Congratulations to both Alan and Martin for their photos.

Please keep sending in your pics for a chance to win a Steve Anderson poster.

Do you know someone with Porsche ownership intentions or aspirations? Of course you do.

Tell them about the PCA Test Drive program.

For $40 they get 6 months access to PANORAMA and defined access to browse the online PCA Mart to find their Porsche.

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VIR Goodie Store New Goodies!

Jackets Martin is working on getting some customized club jackets which should be available here soon, so watch this space!!

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