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Volume 20 Issue 5 June / July 2017 The Voice of the Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America

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REGULARS 4 VIR PCA Executive 6 Executive Comment 40 Competition Corner 48 VIR PCA Discounts 50 Around The Bend 52 Club Classifieds & Goodies

FEATURES Black Rock Chair 8 Black Rock Sponsors 9 Our Ucluelet Venue 11 Black Rock Thursday 13 Black Rock Friday 16 Black Rock Saturday 24 Black Rock Sunday 38 More Pictures 45 Detailing #3 47

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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 — JUNE / JULY 2017

Brad Blaney Past President pastpresident@virpca.org

You?

Position Vacant Driver Education Chair Contact Martin

Tim Hagner PCA Zone 6 Representative simtue@gmail.com Page 4

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would like to thank this year’s Black Rock organizers, the Ucluelet community, event attendees and the sponsors for making this year’s Black Rock event a giant success! With everyone’s help VIR raised $6000 for UVFB and over $14,000 for Tour de Rock.

Gain’s Motor Gathering is on August 27th at VIMC. Please come in your Porsche and support the club, as the prize for best club display is a half day at the track! Dean and myself will be organizing VIRPCA’s entry.

We will have a tent set up with food for club members and we will be drawing names for some Porsche swag. This year you have to register with GAIN before July 31. Information and registration page is in the link above.

Please put Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America in the car-club field to be counted.

Martin Mansfield President

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t has been a busy time for me recently, I have been involved for many months on the Black Rock Committee helping to find sponsors and donations—both from the existing Porscher newsletter advertisers and finding new ones from within the car industry. So if you were at Black Rock, you should have see some familiar sponsor names and a few new ones which we hope will be helping us for many years to come. The full list of Black Rock sponsors are listed in this newsletter, they support us, so please support them in return.

I posted many of the photos shown in this issue to our VIRPCA Facebook page quite quickly over Black Rock weekend, so I hope it gave those who were not attending, an insight into how each day’s events were progressing.

At the High Performance Driver Education event at the Tofino Long Beach airport, I was driving hard again, so much so, that I found the Michelin Sport 3’s needed replacing, I have now installed Hankooks and so far, they are much quieter and more comfortable.

Photos this month are by many people:- Jon Jensen, Tony Booth, Henning Wulff, Leah & Scott Mihalchan, Irwin Axness, Dan Bourlet and myself. If we have omitted anyone, sorry, please email and we shall credit you next month.

Steve Fairbrother Newsletter Director PORSCHER — JUNE / JULY 2017

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New Members’ Free Lunch (2017) Every year the club extends a special welcome to its newest members by taking them to lunch and this year is no exception. To make it a fun social gathering, we extend an invitation to the Board and to all Vancouver Island Porsche Club members to join the celebration … and pay for your own lunch.

This event will take place on Sunday September 10th at the Cowichan Golf Club and Country Club, a venue which serves up a tasty buffet and beautiful views. Members who joined from September 2016 through September 2017 will receive a special invitation for a free lunch. Watch the website and newsletters for more information.

Being a Porsche Club, driving will be involved – details to follow. Reserve the date and join us in the beautiful Cowichan Valley.

VIRPCA is a Growing Concern In May we welcomed 12 new members to the club bringing our total to 478. Welcome new regular members joining in the month of May: Jean Dubuc Qualicum 2000 911 Carrera Fred Goddard Victoria 2009 911 Turbo Peter Greczmiel North Saanich 2008 Boxster S Fred Green Victoria 2007 Boxster Paul Jarvis Sooke 2017 Macan Norm Smith Nanaimo 2000 Boxster And our new co-members joining in May Ronell Bosman Spouse Wilf Gortner Affiliate Betty Choy Spouse Robin Rix Spouse Dorota Goede Spouse Jennifer McCallan Spouse

Nanaimo Victoria Victoria Qualicum Sooke North Saanich

May 2017 ANNIVERSARIES – Congratulations!!

15 years 1 year

Ron Ritchie (Victoria) Craig & Ellen Melvin (Courtenay), Sarvjit Bedi (Victoria), George & Ryan Biggs (Courtenay), Duane & Laurie Lawrenuk (Qualicum Beach)

John McGurran Membership Director

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

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would like to say “Thank You” to everyone that attended Black Rock 2017. With your attendance and generous contributions we have had another very successful and fun event. The charity money raised for “Tour de Rock” was $13,900 and for Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade was $5,922. Truly amazing, Thank You. I would like to thank ALL our sponsors for their financial and great prize contributions to help make our event special.

Congratulations to some of the big winners, Janine Martin winner of VI Motorsport Circuit & stay at Villa Eyrie, Kevin Johnston winner of Black Rock 2018, Brad Pape winner of Black Rock Oceanfront Resort 2 night stay & Culinary Package, Scott & Leah Mihalchan winner of “Dinner by Dean”, Francis LaCouvee another winner of “Dinner by Dean” and many other great prize winners.

Weather was a bonus — sunny, blue skies for Autocross, HPDE, Overland Tour, Whale Watching, Wild Pacific Trail Discovery Walk, Show & Shine, Poker Rally, Porsche Parade, beach BBQ & fireworks, Saturday Pancake Breakfast and even the Whisky tasting!

Special thanks to all the HPDE Instructors, Tony Booth (HPDE Classroom Instructor) and Conrad, Chuck, & Rick for the Autocross Track.

It was great to see returning members, friends and new members all having fun and talking about our common interest.

In this issue, there are some great pictures by Steve and others of this beautiful area, fantastic cars and people having a good time.

Again, thank you for all of your support and the committee hope to see you next year!

Dan Bourlet Black Rock Chairman

Committee

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he companies and individuals below have provided sponsorship to this year’s Black Rock 4-day weekend, either in funding or goods & services. Please take some time to thank them when you are next with them, or even drop them a line.

Porsche Centre Victoria WeatherTech Canada Fujitsu Canada Dean & Ann Aikenhead Stone Bros. Auto Body Ltd. Mid Island Auto Collision Mission Hill Winery TapHouse Black Goose Ucluelet Tourism District of Ucluelet www.WerksShop.com Riot Brewing Co. Drumroaster

XPEL Technologies Black Rock Oceanfront Resort Chaberton Estate Winery Forward Automotive Ltd Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Stanley Park Brewery Fox & Hound European Specialty Automotive Services Cowichan Valley Meat Market Dave Procter RE/MAX Travellers Imports Ltd. Ralph Hafer Connaissur Food Concepts Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Porsche Club of America

Below is the list of the 2017 VIR Black Rock Committee Members. They have taken many hours of their personal time to ensure that this year’s events run as smoothly as possible.

Dan Bourlet Brad Blaney Tracy Duggan Derek Nickel Steve Fairbrother

Dean Aikenhead Jon Jensen Sylvia Mansfield Doug Champagne Norm Smith

Others that have helped, external to the committee, especially Gordon for designing & donating the Black Rock booklet:Doug Cox Gordon Mansfield Conrad Peden Tony Booth Also, many thanks to the ad-hoc volunteers during the weekend!

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VIR PCA Need something for your Porsche?

Have something Porsche related to sell?

Classifieds are free for Members!

Contact Steve at newsletter@virpca.org

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fter driving through beautiful Vancouver Island scenery and some nice twisty roads on the way to Ucluelet, attendees arrived at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort, For those that have not stayed there before, it is situated right on the ocean edge next to Big Beach and has a choice of rooms within the hotel or separate Pacific Trail suites. There is plenty of parking on site for all our Porsches and there is an area for car washing too.

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n arrival at our venue Thursday, attendees registered inside the hotel banquet room this year, which was manned by some of the BR Committee members — Dan, Tracy, Dean, Brad, Steve, Jon and assisted by Kim. Norm Smith was around collecting funds for our charities and was soon joined by our RCMP rider this year from the Nanaimo detachment — Corporal Kevin Flood and his wife Michelle.

Start of the Welcome Social

At registration, attendees signed the required PCA waivers and then picked Dean Aikenhead and Dan Bourlet welcome an attendee

up any T-shirts or Golf shirts they had ordered along with their ‘Goodie Bag’ filled with some gifts from sponsors and the VIR club.

Outside in the lobby was the Sponsor board and to help attendees stay on track—a rolling display of the 4 days’ schedule along with some pictures from last year’s weekend.

Michelle and Kevin Flood

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Brad Blaney

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After registration closed, there was a Whisky Tasting in the resort’s wine cellar, by donation and organized by the hotel with Shelter Point Distillery from Campbell River.

In the evening there was a Welcome Social event held in the hotel lobby, where attendees used their drinks vouchers from the goodie bags to sample Tony Booth (our HPDE Class Advisor) & Norm Smith Mission Hill wines and Stanley Park beers.

Of course, there were also appetizers brought out later from the hotel kitchen which were keenly appreciated by everyone.

Jon Jensen assisting with T-Shirts orders

Attendees sampling the Whiskies on offer in the wine cellar

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riday was the first full day at the resort and started with Autocross at the Tofino airport, where 40+ drivers tried their hand at the long, coned course (see layout picture). Many thanks to the cone “layers and removers” and other volunteers.

The Autocross course layout

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ere are the results of the Black Rock 2017 Autocross as provided by Conrad.

Position

Driver

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Uli Jaeckel Tyson Johnson Randy Zinkiew Lynne Duplessis Stirling McArthur Mark Reimer Graham Archdekin Stephen Pallavicini Robin Archdekin Lee Odgers Brad Pape Conrad Peden Steve Peers Kevin Johnston Dean Aikenhead Heine Goetze Rick Harrison Bill McFetridge Catherine Langpap Duane Lawrenuk David Bramley Doug Cox Henning Wulff Klaus Mansfield Julie Bailey Craig Langpap Mike Bishton Karl Norrena Trevor Minta Travis Minta Dusty Dave Proctor Eileen Griesdale Brian Pleet Dirk Schillenbeeckx Charles Velikovski Janine

104.291 106.806 108.873 109.850 110.801 111.424 112.182 114.428 114.595 114.672 114.907 115.096 115.255 115.322 115.835 116.598 118.010 118.440 118.903 120.674 121.521 121.656 121.774 122.368 122.701 123.252 124.153 124.243 126.410 127.379 127.422 128.004 128.548 131.260 131.746 132.710 132.940

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here were 21 people signed up for the Porsche Centre Victoria Overland Event, where three Cayennes and 2 Macans (one was mine) took off from the Resort lobby loaded with people and our packed lunches, then headed out of town on Hwy 4, then turned left pretty quickly onto a Fire Service Road. As you can see from the pictures, Friday was a bright sunny day and naturally on the FSR it was really dusty. There were times when we had to slow right down to let the dust settle before we could catch up to the car ahead. As it was a Friday, the road was also used by a couple of logging trucks, so we had to stop to let them squeeze passed us on the narrow roads. Eventually, and after a quick photo opportunity on a bridge and a change to Plan B by PCV General Manager Paul Rossmo (due to an overhead helicopter logging risk) we arrived at a beautiful ocean cove with snow capped mountains in the distance!

After a nice lunch and some great car stories as usual from Paul and fellow travellers, we set off back along the dusty trail—some returning to the hotel, others headed to see how the Autocross was going at the airport.

Thanks to Paul, Gary and Ricky of Porsche Centre Victoria for another overland trek this year!

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he Big Beach BBQ was very popular this year—as shown by the large line-up for food cooked by Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade. A new, special dish this year was our own Dean Aikenhead’s Cioppino, which from all reports (including my own) was very tasty indeed. The firemen (and Kate the fire-woman) handled cooking & replenishing all the other food available — freshly caught that day salmon, white fish, chicken and of course it was followed by desserts and soft drinks. The meal was by donation to UVFB and the gorgeous weather ensured everyone was happy while eating!

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s usual, Saturday started with a Pancake breakfast (by donation) cooked by the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade in the Resort car park. There was some friendly rivalry between the two cooks as to who made the better pancakes—plain or with blueberries. I am sure both tasted fine (mine did!) especially as all funds raised went to a great cause.

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aturday’s High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) event looked a bit doubtful as the local foghorn was heard during most of the early morning. However the track gods shined on us (and the track!) and the according to members, the fog seemed to be everywhere else except the Tofino airport runway and taxiway that we used!

Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade and the HPDE Instructors

Again, the volunteers and instructors did a great job setting up the cones. After a brief drivers’ meeting, the day’s driving started and everyone had a great time:young & old, novice & experienced and male and female drivers. Lunch was provided by the UVFB and made a nice break for everyone, including a photo op for the Brigade and Instructors to have their picture taken with a couple of Porsches and their fire truck. (More photos on the next page)

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ere are some pictures from Jon Jensen, a BR 2017 Committee member who went on the

Guided Nature Walk on Saturday afternoon. Suzie, the Wild Pacific Trail Society guide accompanied everyone on the walk.

A collection by the attendees on that walk raised $75 in support of WPTS. Great job!

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fun event and a great way to explore Ucluelet town, was to have participated in the Ucluelet Walking Poker Rally. Attendees toured the community and visited many local businesses identified on the provided map of the town. Each business gave the visitors a sealed envelope containing a playing card and those were handed in (unopened!) to the event organiser Sylvia Mansfield, who determined which participant had the best poker hand from their cards.

This year the winner was Peter Lindsay (below) who was holding 5 Kings!!

Runner up was Gordon Lewandowski who collected 5 Jacks and third place went to Duane Lawrenuk with 4 Aces.

Above: Winner of the Poker event, Peter Lindsay received his prize from Sylvia Mansfield the organiser.

Left: The town map that was provided to assist members on their quest!

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Awards: “Best Scanner” “Best Mobile Scanner”

5th Year running!

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t was a bit misty on the Ucluelet town pier, but that soon cleared and many cars were on display to the locals and other members who attended the event Saturday.

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he main VIR event for Cops for Cancer fund-raising is of course the Saturday night banquet & auction and this year was no exception. The evening’s events started with an open cash bar in the resort lobby area with attendees in their smart (but comfortable) attire— especially our RCMP rider Cpl. Kevin Flood who was resplendent in his red uniform. During this time attendees could bid on the silent auction items which was moved into the banquet area during the meal. Also on display was Irwin Axness’ 1973 914-S 2 litre which was receiving many compliments and also made it into the Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News.

Irwin Axness’ 1973 914-S on display

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veryone proceeded in to the banquet room and the Master of Ceremonies was Norm Smith, who this year became a legitimate member of VIR PCA as he now owns a Guards Red Boxster—congratulations Norm and Kim! Norm was assisted this year by Vanna White Dean Aikenhead, the mid-island Director. After the usual bidding war for who could eat first, everyone enjoyed their meal, even though there were some issues around course timings, which the Black Rock Committee will iron out with the resort for next time.

As expected, there were some great prizes up for auction, e.g. a luxury night at Villa Eyrie followed by a day at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit with instruction by Kees Nierop. Also Dean (and wife Ann) was auctioning dinner at his house for 8 people (which would be awesome as I have sampled his cooking) along with visits to 14 wineries. That bidding war eventually went to 2 couples as Dean was generous enough offering to cook another dinner for 8 people! Many thanks to Dean and Ann as that raised a large amount. (See Dan’s text on page 8 for bid winner information).

There was much amusement when Gordon Lewandowski (President of a neighboring US region) ‘accused’ Norm Smith of not having his Boxster’s wheel crests aligned, and Cpl. Kevin Flood (see right) eventually served a traffic ticket to Norm.

Conrad Peden praised Curtis Wrobel who we had lost recently, he helped the club at most autocross events and Black Rock.

Above: Gordon Lewandowski and Cpl. Kevin Flood ‘get’ Norm Smith Below: The BR Committee receive a plaque from the RCMP

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Clockwise from top:- Dean Aikenhead, Steve Cropper (Head Instructor), RCMP plaque, Dan’s wife Tracey ‘admiring’ Kevin’s bits and pieces, banquet room attendees, Conrad Peden. Centre: Dan Bourlet (BR Committee chair).

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he RCMP/UVFB Porsche Parade started from the Resort car park with the ATV vehicle that UVFB purchased with funds that VIR PCA raised in previous years. The fire truck sounded it’s horn quite often, which probably woke up some late sleepers in the resort, but all in a good cause. The fire truck was followed by Kevin and 2 other RCMP riders and then many Porsches streamed out of the car park and made their way through the town and returned about 20 minutes later for the buffet breakfast.

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Thanks to all who took part in the RCMP/UVFB Porsche Parade!

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ere are some entries for the caption contest for the photo below where Tyson Johnson (Porsche Victoria) is saying something to driver Brad Blaney (our Past President).

Caption Contest—Entries & Winner

“You're definitely improving Brad, but I think you could shave off another 25 seconds if you'd try it with the parking brake off this time.” (Mike Woods) “...and Brad this time on the grid, please remember that R is NOT race mode !” (Tony Booth) I have decided to choose both Mike Woods & Tony Booth as winners for the above entries. Congratulations to them, I shall be in touch to get their prizes to them. Here are some close seconds…..

“Brad this one is a little different than a 968, The key goes on the left side of the steering wheel” (Martin Mansfield) “Where the hell is the clutch pedal in this PDK?” (Brad himself!)

“Brad....this lap don't bend the foot rest - the brake is on the other side!” (Tony Booth)

Steve Fairbrother Newsletter Director

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n Sunday morning after everyone returned from the Parade and had their breakfast, the UVFB auction took place where bids were made on items such as the unique banner that UVFB had made advertising the Black Rock weekend. Winners were also drawn from those members who bought tickets from Norm and Kevin during the weekend. A great end to a fabulous weekend. Thanks everyone!!

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elow is an email from our neighboring Pacific Northwest Region advising us of an event that may be of interest to our members.

Hello Fellow Zone 6 team members!

My name is Shay Hoelscher and I am the Driver ED chair for the Pacific Northwest Region.

I am writing to get your engagement for a very special event that we are holding this year in hope that you and your fellow club members will join us!

I am thrilled to announce that we will be holding this unique event for our club:Zone 6 Oregon Raceway Park Weekend June 24th - 25th I have had the good fortune to drive many tracks, this is one of my favorites and am so excited to host our event at this track!

I have a special negotiated hotel price for a hotel in The Dalles, Oregon - Hotel Name: Cousins Country Inn—special rate of US $99 per night. You have to call to get this rate: 1 800 848 9378 Special rate code is “PCA-PNWR”. Go here to sign up for this event…. https://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.dashboard/uidEvent/DC7160B2-E5FA76BA-36A94657DA3A05EC/uidMember/2659CB29-9190-DA7D-4E494CEAD76894AC Please feel free to reach out, email or call me at the number below. I hope to meet each and every one of you!

Shay Hoelscher Driver Education Chair Porsche Club of America Pacific Northwest Region Direct: 1 206 518 3874 drivered@PNWR.org

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From the Olympic Peninsula Region PCA

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hen it comes to washing a car, convertible tops need to be handled separately from the rest of the car. The first step in caring for your convertible top is to know whether you have a vinyl or fabric top. If you don't already know, put a few drops of water on the convertible top and rub the water into the top with your finger. Fabric tops will start to absorb the water. The water will just sit in a pool on a vinyl top. Next, you'll want to go buy a kit specifically designed for your type of top. 303 Products, Griot's, and RaggTopp all sell convertible top products that I'm comfortable recommending. The RaggTopp line has different products for vinyl and fabric tops and is my product of choice.

By Bill Elwell Let me give you a little background first. The vast majority of convertible tops I see are fabric. Fabric tops typically consist of a canvas top layer (the part that we see) which isn’t waterproof and a waterproof rubber membrane underneath. Caring for these tops involves keeping them clean, free of lint, and protected from stains. Vinyl tops, on the other hand, are typically single layer affairs and are much easier to care for.

Some folks recommend starting the process of cleaning a convertible top by vacuuming the top.

Next, you'll need a medium to soft bristle brush to clean the top. Horsehair upholstery brushes work well on convertible tops. Apply the convertible cleaning product and work it in with the brush. Rinse with water. Now let the top dry. It has to be completely dry before applying any protectant. I won't touch a fabric top with any sort of towel, it will grab bits of lint off the towel like a magnet. But some folks say that you can use a chamois or drying towel to blot the water from the top. I emphasize the word “blot”. Don't dare rub a piece of fabric on a fabric top. Letting the car sit overnight in a garage is typically enough to get it dry. Once the top is completely dry, make sure there are no bits of lint or debris still on the top; grab a lint roller to remove them if necessary.

Now the protectant can go on. The protectant will come in some form of spray, either pump or aerosol. Follow the product directions regarding the number of coats to apply. A little overspray on the windows or paint is not a problem. Overspray removal is easy with the products I've used.

The protectant should be applied every year or two.

Between applications, you can clean the top with the soapy water from your car wash bucket using the brush described above.

Thanks for reading. If you have questions, drop me a line at:billelwell@hotmail.com

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f you have received a discount from anywhere that you believe would be applicable to others in the club, please let me know via email to my address on page 4 and we shall get it added to this list.

Where

Discount

Lordco

Up to 30%

Porsche Center Victoria

Scoot City Tours, Las Vegas

15%

Description Car parts etc. Mention Porsche Club of America. www.lordco.com Parts & labour www.porschevictoria.com

20% off 2017 Quote “VIRPCA” for 20% off 3 wheel scooter-car tours tours and the Hoover Dam Fat Tire Electric Bike tour during 2017. www.scootcitytours.com

RIBA Detailing Perfection, Duncan

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25%

PCA members receive 25% off RIBA published prices. 4 standard packages or “a la carte”. Member of the International Detailers Association.

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PCA members get 25% off!!

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July 9-15 Info here

PCA Parade — Spokane Probably all full up now. See the advert in this issue.

Take lots of photos please and notes

Contact: Didier Moinier

July 30 11:30am — 3:30pm Info here

RIBA Detailing Perfection — Tech Event Dr. Richard Walton in Duncan, is demonstrating the tools and techniques used for a perfect finish on paintwork, wheels, interior etc.

Limited to 50, so please register . Light food and soft drinks provided.

Contact: Steve Fairbrother

August 5 Info TBA

Gold River Run Check web site for latest details

Contact: Martin Mansfield

August 12 10am-3pm Info here

Porsches Helping Pets A towel drive & fund raiser for the Comox Valley SPCA. Last year we raised $760, the goal this year is $911. Members and the public are invited to bring clean & gently used towels. Donation boxes are available for cash donations. Around 11:30 we will enjoy a drive in the local area, followed by lunch.

Contact: Wendy Woodley

August 27 Info here

GAIN Motor Gathering Not organised by us but we are entering to win as a car club this year, so we need all the members we can to attend. See Martin’s text on page 6

Contact: Martin Mansfield

September 10 Info here

Membership Lunch Members who joined from September 2016 through September 2017 will receive a special invitation for a free lunch at Cowichan Golf Club & Country Club. All members are welcome to attend.

Contact: John McGurran

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

Nanaimo Casual Car Show (Not a VIRPCA Event) Gary Purvess from Nanaimo, is organizing a casual car show at 4960 Hammond Bay Road (Hammond Bay Church parking lot) on Saturday, June 24th. It will be an relaxed event, with awards chosen by way of people’s choice.

It is open to all vehicles manufactured before 1980, including motorcycles. Admission is $10, he will also have food and beverages available onsite and all proceeds go to local charities.

Time 8:30am—2:30pm For further info, email Gary at gpurvess@shaw.ca

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Selling my 2003 Porsche Boxster S. It was Peter Beyeler’s car, so it is a driver, looks amazing from 20 feet and is plenty quick.

It has about 110,000 km.

6-Speed manual. Everything works well, except the engine, which works amazing!

I’ll be asking $19,000. I live in Courtenay.

George Biggs 250 702 2101

For Sale 2006 Cayman S 53,000km, White with tan interior Mark Whittington 250 703 6180

For Sale

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

However, there is limited text per advert with 1 photo and much less with 2 photos!

Send your classified info to me at newsletter@virpca.org Two x Michelin Pilot Super Sport 225/40ZR18, about 40% remaining. $100 OBO

Bear in mind that we aim to publish monthly, but sometimes it can be less frequent.

Steve

Contact Didier 250 361 8600 PORSCHER — JUNE / JULY 2017

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The club has some 2017 Black Rock T-shirts for sale in the following unisex sizes 12 x Extra Large 3 x Large 2 x Medium Just $20 each They are grey with the yellow distinctive Black Rock logo and a new crew neck design this year.

To order, please contact Dan Bourlet at dan.bourlet@shaw.ca We also have some 2017 Black Rock Golf Shirts for sale in these sizes:1 x Extra Large (Men’s) 2 x Large (Men’s) 2 x Medium (Women’s) At $40 each or 2 for $75!

They are Black & Grey with the VIR logo on the sleeve and the Black Rock logo on the chest.

To order, please contact Dan Bourlet at dan.bourlet@shaw.ca

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Commercial advertisement space is available .

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

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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.

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COVER : UVFB Firetruck and 2 members’ Porsches at the HPDE track

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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 :- Jon Jensen, Tony Booth (aka Foto Booth), Henning Wulff, Leah/Scott Mihalchan, Irwin Axness, Steve Fairbrother. If we have omitted any photographers, our apologies, please advise us and we shall credit you next month.

PORSCHER — JUNE / JULY 2017

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PORSCHER — JUNE / JULY 2017

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