Voice of the Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America
Volume 23 Issue 7, August 2020
In This Issue Track Day, Highs, Lows & Blues, Peninsula Tour, President’s Drive, Coachwerks, Porsche Quiz, Tech Corner & more
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Porscher is the official publication of the Vancouver Island Region of the Porsche Club of America and is published approximately 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 Š 2017-2020 by Porsche Club of America, Vancouver Island Region. All rights reserved. AUGUST 2020 Page 3
THIS MONTH’S CONTENTS VIR EXECUTIVE
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EXECUTIVE COMMENT
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PORSCHE NEWS
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PRESIDENT’S DRIVE #1 REVIEW
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VIMC TRACK DAY
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PENINSULA TOUR REVIEW
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COACHWERKS
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PORSCHE QUIZ
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HIGHS, LOWS & BLUES
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TECH CORNER
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CARS & COFFEE
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PEDRO’S GARAGE
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GOODIE STORE
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QUIZ ANSWERS
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CLUB CLASSIFIEDS
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DISCOUNTS & USEFUL WEB SITES
50
AROUND THE BEND
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President Tim Evans president@virpca.org
Vice President Garth Webber Atkins vicepresident@virpca.org
Secretary Ross Mosher secretary@virpca.org
Treasurer Trevor Ross treasurer@virpca.org
Director—North Island Wendy Woodley northisland@virpca.org
Director—Mid Island Dan Bourlet midisland@virpca.org
Director—South Island Imogen Burr southisland@virpca.org
Newsletter Chair Steve Fairbrother newsletter@virpca.org
Webmaster Chair Dave Nickel webmaster@virpca.org
Competition Chair Dean Aikenhead competition@virpca.org
Rally Chair Klaus Kreye rally@virpca.org
Membership Chair Dan Schuetze membership@virpca.org
Tech (Classics) Chair Paul Rossmo paul.rossmo@prhistorics.com
Past President John McGurran pastpresident@virpca.org
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t is hard to believe it is August already and we are finally getting some hot weather! I hope you are finding the time to get outdoors and enjoy what the island has to offer.
will support you with making it happen. While it has been disappointing to see the number of COVID-19 cases in the province going up again, we have been somewhat fortunate here on the island and we will continue to do our part in following all pandemic safety protocols. This way, we ensure we can continue to enjoy our get togethers at Cars & Coffee and Club events.
July was a very busy month for the club with three great tours and a track day. We were very fortunate to have good weather and for the tours, interesting roads and destinations that we had not visited before. Thanks to all The Club’s year-end is August 31st and the exthe participants and volunteers for making ecutive would normally be planning our Anthe events so memorable. nual General Meeting to bring members toLooking ahead, the calendar only currently gether to review the year, elect a new execushows one tour planned for August, on Sat- tive, hand out awards and meet socially. It is urday the 29th in the Courtenay/Comox area looking highly unlikely that we will be able to and Marilyn and I are planning a couple of physically get together this year, so we are trips up-island. The first will be to attend planning to hold the AGM Cars & Coffee in Courtenay on August 8th via Zoom. When the deand then we will be there to lead the tour on tails are finalized, we’ll let August 29th. We look forward to meeting our you know the date and up-island members at these events and wel- time. come any South and Mid-Island members, Please take care and stay who may be interested in joining us. If you safe. have an idea for a drive and destination that would interest our members in August or Tim Evans September, then please let me know and we President
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love it when Club members take the time to write an article for Porscher—it makes the newsletter more personal. An experience that members remember for many years are retold and that might trigger a wish by those of you who may want to go down the same route sometime, both literally and figuratively!
Articles about Treffen, Parades, European Delivery & the factory tour are just some that have been member written. Of course many thanks to Shawn & Mark Titterton with the final episode of their Parade story in this issue. Now you what SWMBO means! (I learnt about it when I watched “Rumpole of the Bailey” in the UK) So if you are about to do something memorable, maybe take a couple of minutes to take some notes, photos and then after it is all over, send it as is or make it into something longer for everyone to enjoy! On that note. . . coming soon, a 2020 Spyder article for you!
Steve Fairbrother Editor
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Moved, changed email or bought a new model? Please contact the PCA national office at www.pca.org to update your information e.g. address, phone, email, car model etc.
Membership Report July 1st 2020
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ancouver Island Region has 554 members. We have 337 primary members and 217 affiliate or family members. PCA has 86,288 primary members, 47,552 affiliate members and 17 life members for a total of 133,857 members.
Member
Co-Member
Location / From
Vehicle(s)
Fraser Noel
Victoria
2013 911 Carrera S
Dean Wills
Victoria
2001 911 Carrera
Victoria /
1973 911E
Ron Krewulak
Elaine Krewulak
Polar Region Renewals: Lapsed: Transfer out:
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Anniversaries in June – Congratulations! 10 Years
Grant Denluck, Karl Hoener, Jennifer Hoener, Ross Pelletier, Barbara Pelletier, Richard Reeson
5 Years
Hubert Brauckmann, Edith Skiber, Henry Choy, Betty Choy, Greg Christian, Stephen Pyne, Dwayne Beninger, Gay Metheral
Dan Schuetze Membership Chair
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 VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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Thanks to a total of 27 new developments, the Porsche Taycan is the most important innovation driver in the global automotive market. 13 of these are world firsts. These are the conclusions of the new Automotive INNOVATIONS Report published by the Center of Automotive Management (CAM). Innovations in the electric Porsche recognised by the scientists at CAM include its 800-volt architecture, two-speed transmission on the rear axle, high recuperative power of up to 265 kW and best drag coefficient in the segment (from 0.22).
Winning the Most Innovative Model award continues a series of successes as the Porsche Taycan has already won around 40 international awards, above all in its principal markets Germany, US, UK and China. For example, the electric sports car has been voted:
World Car of the Year 2020 in both World Performance Car and World Luxury Car categories: World Car of the Year (WCOTY) Car of the Year: BBC TopGear Magazine (UK) Game Changer of the Year: BBC TopGear Magazine (UK) The China Green Car of the Year: Chinese Car of the Year (CCOTY) German Car of the Year (GCOTY) Courtesy Porsche.com Taycan Turbo S
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Here are some photos from Tim’s ‘President’s Breakfast Drive #1’ on June 27th, from Eagle Creek Village up to (Geir Oglend’s) Drumroaster coffee in Cobble Hill. Photos by Wyman Lee.
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Wednesday July 15th was a very hot, sunny day up at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit in North Cowichan, where the Club hosted a Track Day with 19 people driving in the morning, 16 in the afternoon and amongst those were 10 people spending the whole day there! To make up the numbers, some non-Club Porsche cars made it over from Vancouver and also had a blast! With the usual COVID19 precautions in abundance, everyone had a good time as usual there and there were quite a few brand new cars to be seen taking to the track.
I attended to take some photos as did Wyman Lee - you can see them here and on the next few pages. Thanks to our President, Tim Evans for arranging the event with VIMC and watch this space for further details on a possible new track day event format to be used by the Club.
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Eleven cars and eighteen members participated in the Saanich Peninsula Tour on Saturday, July 18. The group left from the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, travelled south to admire views of the straight and Mt. Baker, then turned west and stopped for “elevenses” at the Ploughshare, where we were warmly welcomed. Re-fueled with yummy, baked goods and coffee, we headed up the narrow and twisty Old West Saanich Road to West Saanich Road, took a few turns through scenic farmland, then stopped for lunch at The Roost Farm Winery and Bakery, where we were also warmly welcomed. The garage holding the owner’s large collection of classic cars was opened for us to browse through and we were provided with maps for a self-guided farm tour. Several cars had to leave the tour after lunch, due to other commitments and the remaining four explored the west and north coasts of the peninsula from sea level to the higher slopes.
I’m afraid, sadly, that I was too preoccupied with organization to take pictures, but a few participants provided a few shots – photo credits go to Tim Evans and Rowland Atkins. Big thanks also to Tim and Marilyn for riding sweep, my husband Rowland for managing sweep/lead communications, and Gary Glover for mapping the route for me, since Google Maps and I did not manage to arrive at a productive working relationship. I plan to go back to both restaurants to sample more of their baked goods.
Garth Webber Atkins Vice President
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Peter Trzewik talks about a recent Coachwerks Restoration We were able to supply this client with a factory wide body 964 as a base for his dream backdate conversion. After the purchase, we immediately began to discuss how we were going to design, build and execute this project. Before the very first nut was undone, our team and the client agreed on every detail and we began to map out the entire build process down to the smallest details. As no backdate conversion kit is available for a factory wide body 964, our fabricators began to build bumpers, rocker panels, hood and engine cover. Pre-1974 lighting, horn grilles and mirrors were complimented by a set of 17" Fikse Fuchs style wheels. The new bodywork was, on client's wish, painted in 1964 VW Beetle powder-blue paint, and vintage Porsche decaling helped complete the period look. The suspension was upgraded with H&R coil overs for a lowered stance and ride height, while interior modifications were kept on a lean diet as a minimalistic approach was taken in order to reduce weight and create clean lines in the cabin. This Porsche will stand out in any crowd.
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1. Most of us recognize the Porsche Carrera GT for what is. A masterpiece of engineering and industrial design. However, it wasn’t always known by its current moniker. What was it first known as?
2. On July 18, 1981 I had the distinct pleasure of attending the British GP at the Silverstone racing circuit. Before watching the on track magic I watched in amazement as George Harrison, the “quiet Beatle” drove in and parked his unusual and extremely rare Porsche right in front of me. Besides not getting his autograph I also failed to take a photo of his great car. What was the car George was driving/ parking?
3. Janis Joplin proudly drove her 1964 Porsche 356SC cabriolet all over San Francisco in the late 1960’s. What is the background on this Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame display car?
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Our Porsche quizmaster extraordinaire John Clark, has been notified by his artist friend Malcolm Fletcher (see Porscher September 2019) of another artist who paints Porsches. Manu Campa is in Madrid, Spain and paints Porsches, classic cars, urban landscapes, bicycles and motorbikes. Below are samples of his great Porsche work. You can view his Porsche work here‌.. manucampa.com/en/gallery/porsche-2 where some of his Porsche works are available as prints.
Artist Manu Campa
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Porsche Parade 2019—Boca Raton After a warm and busy week at the Parade venue, it was incredibly nice to have a few days of snorkeling and visiting with our youngest daughter and her husband in Palmetto Bay. Time being limited as we needed to restrict our trip to 30 days total for insurance cost control reasons, we found ourselves – over fed on great Cuban food and well burned from the ocean sun – heading across Alligator Alley (Highway 41) in the general direction of the west coast of the Florida panhandle. The fencing along that route is placed in such a way that it seems to reflect your own car’s noise back at you. At first I quite enjoyed this, after all who doesn’t give her a little extra when going through a tunnel. After a few miles of this however, I notice a slight rattle bouncing back at us when the car was shifting gears. By the time we cross the everglades and are approaching Naples I have become sensitized enough to the noise that I convince myself into Naples Porsche to have the transmission checked. The 2014 mapping in the Colonel’s PCM guides us to a very nice Jaguar dealership that must have purchased the location from Porsche Naples in the last few years. Google Maps and my Android phone redirect us to the actual dealership location. They turn out to be too busy to look at it but assure us if there are no codes being thrown by the PDK there are no issues. I find myself not totally satisfied with this response, but it turns out they are probably correct. The transmission continues to work fine to date. Perhaps deep down I was trying to justify the $4,000 extended warranty we had recently purchased from Porsche Canada pre-trip. In all my years behind the wheel and in the passenger seats of Porsches, I have never not been able to get home on the car’s own wheels. Even when our ‘69 Targa VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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broke a much abused clutch cable enroute to a Vancouver Molsen Indy from Terrace, we still managed to limp in from Hope to the city and self-repair. The proliferation of modern electronics and the complex engineering of today’s Porsches make this type of self rescue an unlikelihood these days, hence the extravagant extended warranty expenditure pre-Boca. Was it worth it or necessary? Probably not, but it did provide some peace of mind while so far from home. We head north up the western Florida pan handle with a day and a half available to us to get to New Orleans where we have reserved the only hotel in the French Quarter we could find with its own fenced parking lot. Florida being the only state in the union where the further north you travel the more south you get, has an interesting north west corner reminding me much of my misspent youth in Alabama. We have our first Cracker Barrel experience for lunch, no shortage of food and entertainment there! And we overnight in hurricane-ravaged Marianna in a hotel that seems to be in a constant state of storm repair. We walk to a local diner as the hour is getting late and She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO) is charmed by the southern drawls, formal but friendly politeness of AUGUST 2020 Page 24
the patrons and staff and particularly our We turn north on Mississippi 57 off of Interyoung waitress’ “Y’all just holler at me if you state 10, which is the main southern east are for want of another margarita west artery after having passed quickly drink” (which are $5 for a Big Gulp size and though the small southern portion of Alasurprisingly tasty) . bama where I took my driver’s test in a Datsun 610 during a huge storm 46 years earlier We end our evening with a swim in the hotel at the age of 15. The last time I drove that pool, the Colonel resting just outside the pool car was with the actual Colonel (then a Lieufence in the company of subdued construc- tenant Colonel) returning from the 1978 24 tion workers making calls home to their Hours of Le Mans. My college summer job at loved ones. Hurricane Alley seems to survive the time was forklift loading the giant C-5 in a continuous cycle of storms and repair Galaxy Starlifters as a foreign dependent ciyet the locals seem none the worse in atti- vilian youth worker of a serving NATO tude for it. officer. There are autobahn and driving stoWe leave Marianna early the next morning, ries to be told about that summer but as having filled up on the hotel’s included they all happened in Opel Commodores and breakfast, back on the route books and un- Ford Tauruses they are perhaps best left for der SWMBO’s guidance, the laid-back south- another forum. ern atmosphere having not insinuated itself This was the only posting my father had to into her route preplanning persona one bit. I Europe where he was air cooled carless. A find myself sliding easily back into the collo- mistake he rectified during his next Euro quialisms and accents of my youth and find posting to SHAPE headquarters in Brussels. myself secretly hoping a little southern rose He found the disassembled and neglected might slip into SWMBO’s personality but red ‘69 Targa at a private Porsche race shop nope it’s the thistle and Scottish rose all the in Luxembourg while on a visit to my mom’s way. family. He immediately contacted me and As part of our Blues & BBQ research we found the Shed BBQ and Blues joint at the bottom of the Blues Highway in southern Mississippi. It is our planned lunch stop (it’s in the route book after all) leaving us plenty of time to cruise into NOLA (as they like to call New Orleans down there) mid-afternoon.
we agreed that he should take the project on and that when he no longer wanted the car I would purchase it from him. The only time I got to drive that car in Europe was on a visit to Brussels to attend the Silverstone Grand Prix. This trip involved a lot of high-speed country driving on both sides of the English Channel and a shortcut through a small town lane to avoid the massive traffic backups caused by the event. I will always remember the police constable’s smile as we appeared out of a dirt lane near his post, guarding the drivers’ paddock entrance. A quick glance at the car and the Belgium plates and he waved us through, saving us what would have been hours in traffic and giving us parking among the GP drivers’ personal cars. We lunch at the Shed BBQ and Blues joint, sharing sampler plates and downing gallons of sweet tea in the humid summer heat. The
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venue is literally in a series of giant sheds and offers lots to explore. I purchase a Shed BBQ water shirt as my skin is still sensitive from the snorkeling trip in the Atlantic Ocean just a few days before. Well, that’s the reason I give myself anyway, I kind of have as much of a weakness for blues T-shirts as I do for Porsche ones. We leave this unique southern venue and as we turn south to rejoin 10 West I find myself glancing northward in the direction of the Blues Highway and Memphis and I find I am already nostalgic for the Peabody Hotel and the Beale Street blues clubs that we had visited just a couple of weeks before. We both agree there is more to see in that area and that it will have to wait for another trip, another time. The current pandemic situation down there as I write this makes me worry for all the fine folks and kind souls we met while on this trip, particularly those who were so welcoming in the deep south. We reach the big bridges that cross Lake Pontchartrain mid afternoon to the sound of Billy Gibbins of ZZ Top singing, “Mama, you let that boy go down to New Orleans to Boogie Woogie, it’s in him and it’s got to come out”. I have wanted to visit New Orleans since first hearing these words live in Montgomery in 1974. Ironically SWMBO has had it on her bucket list as well since the age of 15, primarily driven by her copious teenage reading and early love of southern music. We both feel this first visit to NOLA for each of us will be a highlight and fortunately the reality does not disappoint. We navigate accurately to the hotel having Google-walked the French Quarter several times looking for hotel parking lots. For those of you who, like VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
me, are unhealthily paranoid beyond reason at leaving your Porsche on the streets of a major city or in the hands of a hotel valet, the Google Street View is our best friend. Months earlier I had found the Hotel Le Richelieu’s fenced parking lot and even took note of the one way street signs so when the front desk explained the three block route to a parking lot I could see from the lobby it came as no surprise. I tuck the Colonel away for the night in a quiet corner of the lot with the car cover to protect it from the strong sun. The hotel is all you could hope for and then some, our room has a continuous balcony on 2 sides with a wrought iron table set, so we unpack our portable bar from the old Baden suitcase and enjoy a G&T amongst the classic NOLA views in many directions. We are several blocks from the infamous Bourbon Street and closer to Frenchmen Street which is frequented more by locals and a bit quieter. We have a marching list of things to see and do, places to eat and blues and jazz clubs to enjoy. Each venue tops the next but in the end it’s the little things one remembers, the quiet cocktail in the hotel bar chatting with a long time local who could be Dianne Keaton’s twin. The 10am Hurricane cocktail while waiting for the cemetery tour to start, the running back into the hardware store to drop coffee off to a helpful young clerk who had gone without hers that morning. Why visit a hardware store in NOLA at all you may ask...it was for shoe repair glue for SWMBO’s sparkly Hawaiian slides which had unglued themselves in the heat. They had been destined to complete a particular outfit months before and not having them usable apparently is akin to taking one of the Colonel’s wheels off and leaving it in the ditch someAUGUST 2020 Page 26
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The radical art segment of SWMBO’s persona had plotted the location of a rare protected Banksy street art piece from his NOLA phase. We find it as we leave town, in an old neighbourhood on a backstreet with young boys playing in a fire hydrant water fountain. They are excited to see the shiny red Porsche in a neighbourhood of abandoned Chevettes and faded Corollas. They wave enthusiastically as we leave the Banksy to its secret location and this is the final image I take with me from Louisiana. I wonder if they will ever realize that this little sketch on a corner store back wall brought us all the way there from the Gulf Islands. Perhaps that image of the Colonel on that street will imprint on one of their young brains and like me they might become lifelong Porsche enthusiasts. Day 4 of our return trip is scheduled like a German bus tour. We leave the deep south for Texas where our destination is San Antonio, a hotel on the famous and extensive
Riverwalk and dinner reservations at Boudros. Normally one night in a tourist site-rich area like downtown San Antonio would not be enough, but we manage dinner and an exploration of the Riverwalk followed by the amazing light show projected onto the exterior of the beautiful San Fernando Cathedral. It shows full building size live moving slides of the history of Texas from Paleolithic times to current. Really quite spectacular. We conclude our brief but busy visit to San Antonio with an early morning planned walk to a nearby historic mission, I can’t remember the name of it, but it has something to do with rental cars! We head north-west out of San Antonio on 10 in the direction of the west Texas oil fields and New Mexico. We have fond memories of the PCA New Mexico Treffen where we came to know many of the PCA members there. We had arrived in Albuquerque a week before Treffen and they invited us to numerous events and dinners and even had us prerunning some of the planned drives. They are
The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
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an enthusiastic and welcoming region. We don’t make it back to Albuquerque as we have to turn left before it on our intended route. Just being in the area brings back fond memories of sharing that Treffen with fellow VIR members and we again miss their presence on this journey.
out of here”. Later back at home I inspect the damage with the Colonel up on the hoist in my garage and it appears much more minimal than one would have thought. The Porsche Centre Victoria also checks it later and declare the minor scuffing on the under tray as purely cosmetic. I am relieved beyond words as I am sure had I bottomed West Texas has a lot of fast-moving pickup any other sports car like that huge damage truck traffic, many with trailers, and we have would have resulted. Porsches, even the low our only two on road close calls in this area. slung 911, are truly useable and tough cars. A non-attention paying minivan driver forces us onto the grass out of the left lane and for- We arrive at our intended hotel in Carlsbad, tunately we tuck back onto the road just be- New Mexico, the world’s most expensive Mofore a bridge, a few seconds difference or a tel 6 but still hundreds less than competitors. less responsive car and we likely would not We are early enough to catch the last elevabe writing this today. tor to the cavern’s bottom and enjoy a spectacular and easy walk through the various It is this area as well where we come to re- geological features. It feels like one is sneakgret not making time at Boca to have the ing into Mordor as loud speaking is discourwindshield film installed, a fast moving truck aged and the lighting is kept quite dim. Evefrom Tennessee complete with hound dog, ryone is whispering and as the trails curve in easy rider rifle rack and trailer weaving in and out and up and down the whole thing and out of traffic kicks up a stone that splits takes on quite a mystic feel. We max our our windshield in two. The impact is by the time out in the caves and catch one of the right pillar, but the cracks extend halfway last elevators up. We make plans to return at across and split SWMBO’s vision in half. It sunset for the bat exit spectacle where the makes for some interesting through-the- day swallows return to the caves and the windshield photos for the rest of our trip. I bats come out for their night of bug hunting. say a little goodbye to the Colonel’s factory As the sun drops the swallows start to fly into windshield, you are only a virgin once after the opening and apparently the bats are so all. far down there that they have already startLater that afternoon as we try to make time ed their journey out. It is all timed by nature through the unattractive oil fields of north- and one marvels at the symbiotic-ness of it west Texas, we bottom the Colonel on a par- all. ticularly nasty unmarked “frost” heave. I’m A hastily picked up takeout pizza in the room sure it was actually some other Texas ver- between visits to the cavern serves as our sion of what we call a frost heave up here dinner for the night. Today is definitely not but it certainly was Texas-sized. I chastise about fine dining. myself for not evading it, having only moved slightly offline, but am curious why all the We catch an early breakfast which is includother marked and flagged road imperfec- ed with our room and before we even get tions had been so minor and this unmarked back to our room to pack up the front desk is one so violent, was it just to lure me into a ringing and folks are chasing us down. Norfeeling of false security and then to catch me mally hyper-organized SWMBO has left her out as if saying, “hey dufus, this is truck purse in the breakfast room and what could country ... get your little German clown car have turned into a disaster is thwarted by VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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kind and caring strangers and hotel staff. We collect the errant purse from the front desk and remind ourselves that in these late stages of an epic journey one needs to be extra careful as the days on the road can take their toll, particularly if you are cramming a lot into a short period of time. We head north out of Carlsbad toward Roswell, the second of three places we had left unvisited from our previous New Mexico trip. We reach Roswell early in the day, take the obligatory alien pics and are surprised at how pretty the town is – nothing like the Area 51 photos one often sees linked with Roswell.
that just a few miles into the park pavement stops and they expect you to drive on what looks like a plowed northern snow road. We travel the washboard-gutted wide sand road slowly and I switch the dash readout to see if the 4-wheel drive is activating at all. We judder and shake our way to a particularly spectacular series of sand dunes and drive the Colonel up slightly on them. It makes for good photography and we play on the dunes for a while watching others sand board down them and generally frolic about. Strangely it reminds me of the paintings of early Quebec where folks are out enjoying the snow in all manner of ways.
We have no planned destination that night and in a rare moment of un-planning we leave the sand dunes in a generally north west direction towards Vegas where we are reserved at the Palazzo the following night. Traffic is light and we cross Arizona in record time and decide to push through to Vegas adding one day to our stay there. We check in just after midnight to a room so luxurious and large we think for the price they have made a mistake, especially when contrasted with the previous night’s Motel 6 which was costlier. All however, is correct so we order room service and enjoy a luxurious first night in Vegas.
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excuse. I don’t know why I always feel I have to apologize to the parking valets, you would think by now I would just have a pat answer for them but I never do, perhaps it’s just the good little Canadian in me that likes to apologize. The parkade under the Venetian Palazzo complex is in itself a whole underground city. SWMBO reminds me of the Heidelberg underground parking fiasco where I temporarily misplaced our Fiat rental car, she says I lost it but potato, potaatoo.
hand bag it’s not because it would make a good matching toolkit pouch for the Colonel.
We dine at several of the name establishments, swim in all the pools and generally take full advantage of the property with one exception, neither of us gamble which makes Vegas a particularly good destination for us in the summer as the rooms are discounted and the pools aren’t too busy. As a matter of fact the last time I even bought a raffle ticket was the one for the members-only PCA We manage to get the Colonel a protected raffle which resulted in the win of the Colonel spot between two pillars in some remote dis- as you should know by now if you have been tant alcove of the massive car park and the paying attention. long non-air-conditioned hike pulling our lugThe downside of Vegas in the summer is of gage to the elevators after such a long day almost does us in. A second trip to the car course the almost dangerous levels of heat the next morning to retrieve a phone charge and the lack of shows. We stick to our plan cable results in my taking a 40-minute wan- however and resist the urge to break free der around the parkade in search of the from all the plastic fantastic by rushing off to Colonel. I finally push the lock button on the the red desert or Hoover Dam and by day fob and it turns out he is hiding 15 feet away three are generally well rested, well fed, and from me behind a cement barrier. I had shopped out (me at least) and feeling a bit walked by this exact spot several times. Oh, spoiled. By the time we check out we are ready get back on the road and excited to the joys of self parking. complete our highest-lowest quest. We spend a self-indulgent three days resting up from our travels and in a conscious attempt to break old patterns we purposely do not leave the hotel complex for the entire stay. Not that you would need to as at times you really do feel like you are on the canals of Venice. If there is one thing they do well in Vegas, it’s fantasy. SWMBO rediscovers the Black and White clothing company she fell in love with in Charleston and I discover that when the salesgirl hands you a pair of black sling back heels “for her to just see what the dress looks like with proper heels” you are probably buying them anyway so you might as well ask for them in a six or six and half. I have also come to learn that when she says let’s stop in at Kors you are not getting an ice cold beer — and when she texts her sister and daughter pictures of a Guards Red Michael Kors VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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We head out early from Vegas hoping to make it to Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park before the sun gets too high and the heat becomes overwhelming. We arrive there with little drama, comfortable in the air-conditioned environment of the car with little thought as to what would happen should one break down. We of course have lots of water, but I don’t think this is something I would attempt in the summer in my ‘58 Beetle anytime soon. We take pictures of the Colonel at 282 feet below sea level and head off to enjoy the wonderful driving roads in the park. There are some pretty spectacular views, the road surface is generally perfect and there are some great curves and hills. The speed limit is pretty tame and there is some other traffic but not a lot. I could see by some of the other sports cars in the park this is no secret to the locals.
pened. Unfortunately, a young Navy pilot had lost his life and some civilian hikers were injured as well. We continued our way out of the park, a bit more somber and picking our way carefully. One of my early childhood memories is of looking out the school room window while sharpening a pencil and seeing a CF 104 flip upside down and crash into an asparagus field while attempting a landing at Baden Soellingen, killing the young pilot who had just the week before been staying with us while our parents were off travelling for a few days. Whenever a plane went down all pilot officers’ kids were sent home to await the news. That kind of thing sticks with you... We leave Death Valley behind, our quest completion somewhat dampened by the sad event. We turn north up 395 ready for our last booked night of the trip. Travelling up this route is so much more pleasant than the thump-thump of the I5. 395 takes one up the east side of Yosemite National Park and we cut through the park at Bishop. Traffic is heavy in the park but just before the turn off we have the company of a yellow Corvette for about 100 spirited miles through the forests, a lovely afternoon drive.
We had planned to stop at Father Crowley Overlook to see Rainbow Canyon (also called Star Wars Canyon) and perhaps even some of the military jets practicing their low level maneuvers, but as we approached the overlook it was heavily manned with armed MPs who wave us on. As the son of a former fighter pilot who was assigned to Starfighters in the RCAF for a large portion of his career I immediately knew what had hap- We spend the night at the very nice Wine
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and Roses Inn, not feeling stuck in Lodi at all. The rooms are like small apartments, parking is perfect, the pool empty and wonderful and the fine dining at the onsite award wining Towne House Restaurant stellar. This place would make a great turn around point for a four or five day VIR Porsche tour.
We clear customs and are lined up for the Duke Point ferry where we find ourselves one row over from fellow VIR member and famous 356’er Geordie. He kindly offers to deliver Steve his well travelled Newsletter award and we comp Geordie a Porsche Strasse sign from our swag pile. Another Pacific Northwest region couple comes by after seeing our rally numbers still on the Colonel You know your trip is mentally coming to an and we share a moment with them, always end when practical thoughts like retrieving pleased to meet fellow PCA members. your retriever from the kennel, bill paying, border crossing and ferry connection are all Postscript: With things caught up at home, forefront in your mind. grass cut, boat checked on, bills paid, a joyful reunion with puppy who for some reason We have one last kick at the can with an un- seemed to miss us immensely, I book the scheduled lunch stop at the GoogleColonel for a once over at Porsche Centre recommended Two Buds BBQ at Red Bluff Victoria and am surprised to be informed California. We have found that the best BBQ that it needs new rear tires, a new set having comes from the least impressive looking es- just been installed there 33 days earlier. tablishments, and this place is no exception. I initially passed on the smoked chicken hav- Thank you for letting us share. ing had a very nice chicken dish the night before, but the proprietress insisted they Mark & Shawn Titterton were famous for it and I am glad she did (Driver and SWMBO) and I will never pass by Red Bluff again without stopping at Two Buds for the chickEditor-Many thanks to Mark & Shawn for en.
sharing their trip with VIR members!
We overnight at the only room we could find Editor—This T-Shirt may be a rarity in future years! in Tumwater, Washington thankfully with the Colonel right outside the ground level room. We grab McDonalds (first time on the trip) from across the street, clearly acknowledging the trip’s end is imminent. The next morning as I load the Colonel for the last time I realize a poor homeless soul is sleeping against the back wall of our room. I am instantly both angered and saddened that our trip is ending like this, but I remind myself “there but for the grace ...,” you know the rest. We reach the border quite early and SWMBO has done the math on our purchases which remarkably come out 60 cents under the duty-free level – am I the only one who finds this suspicious? VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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The origins of the RS designation predate the 911 series by almost 20 years. Denoting “Rennsport” (The German term for racing), the name RS was first employed on the RS550 Spyder. The name was next used by the RS 60/61 an open cockpit race car and European Hill-Climb champion.
on to win the European Hill-Climb championship in 1963. 10 years later although the 911S was performing well in racing Porsche wanted to compete in the newly created European GT Championship. The FIA (Federation Internationale De L’ Automobile) was the governing body for European Racing. Group 4 GT required an engine between 2500 cc and 3000 cc. This category also allowed weight reduction and wheel sizes to be optimized. The Carrera 2.7 RS was conceived.
It was then further used on the final iteration Basing it on their 911S model the factory of the 718 called the W-RS which again went sought to improve performance for the Carrera RS through reduced weight, increased
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power and aerodynamic improvements em- The heavy front hood badge was replaced ploying wind tunnel testing. with a decal. 500 cars had to be built to homologate the car. In 1972 Porsche offered the first 500 cars to the FIA for official inspection. By April of 1973 they had produced 1,000 cars allowing them to compete in Group 3 GT where the car was highly successful. They were later to increase production to 1,580 cars.
This attention to detail saved about 100 kgs. According to FIA documents, the Carrera RS was homologated on July 2, 1973 with a weight of 900 kgs or 1989 pounds. This included everything as driven including oil and the spare tire, but did not include a full fuel load nor a toolkit.
Porsche had a great deal of experience sav- To increase power, the 2.4 911S engine was bored out to 2.7 litres employing larger Niing weight on their race cars. kasil cylinders for durability. The Bosch meThe Carrera RS was based on a 911S coupe. chanical fuel injection was retained but tunConstruction utilized thinner gauge sheet metal panels, fiberglass bumpers and engine decklid, thinner and lighter glass, limited sound deadening, no undercoating, rubber floor mats instead of carpet, reduced trim including no armrests with flat door cards and door latch pulls, non reclining lightweight front race seats, no rear seats, no radio, no rear opening windows, no clock, no front passenger side visor, no doorsill trims, no coat hooks, no glove box lid, no front trunk springs. VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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ing gained an increase in horsepower and torque. producing 207 horsepower at 6300 RPM with a redline of 7300 RPM. 188 lb-ft of torque was available at 5100 RPM providing a very usable power band Wind tunnel testing generated designs for a new front air dam and the iconic ‘Ducktail’ rear spoiler which reduced aerodynamic lift by 75%. The Carrera RS featured revised suspension with stiffer bushings and Bilstein shocks. The tires used were 185/70 VR15 fronts and 215/60VR 15 Pirelli Cinturatos. To accommodate the larger tires mounted on 7 inch wide rear wheels, the rear fenders were flared (this later accommodated even wider racing tires). This was the first Porsche I can think of fitted with wheels wider at the rear than the front. The German dealers were nervous the car wouldn’t sell as it was priced well above the 911S yet was stripped out as a race car. To assist sales the factory offered a touring package which included a trimmed interior like the 911S, as well as conventional metal rear bumpers. This was only available as a dealer installed option since for homologation requirements all 500 of the first cars had to leave the factory as lightweights. Many of the owners opted for the touring package on delivery, giving them the most powerful Porsche variant for road use without driving a stripped car. The story continues next month with the 2.8, 3.0 and RSR.
Paul Rossmo Technical Chair
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here is always a Cars & Coffee meeting near you at weekends! Pop in, meet old friends and make plenty of new ones. You never know, VIR may even pay for your coffee occasionally too! Below are some photos from recent meetings, please feel free to send in yours, especially from Mid Island and North Island!
North Island 2nd Sat. of month, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza (next to Starbucks), 444 Lerwick Road, Courtenay Mid Island Sundays 10am, Serious Coffee, 9-1209 East, Island Hwy E, Parksville South Island Sundays 9am, Starbucks, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria
“IT'S NOT JUST THE CARS, IT'S THE PEOPLE”
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Not so obvious Most Porsche owners regularly check tire tread wear, tire pressures, oil level, oil change interval, brake pad and brake rotor wear, brake fluid flush and service schedule intervals. In other words, the obvious stuff.
And that’s great, but there are several other wear items that are not so obvious that many times get overlooked by DIY’ers and even by some shops:
much better than the old ones from 1997 they still crack and wear out and should be replaced regularly. If allowed to wear down they will affect shifting, could cause damage to the transmission mounts in the Boxster/Cayman or the Rear Motor Mounts in the Carrera as well as quick deterioration of the Constant Velocity Joints (CVJ) and halfaxles.
The least obvious is the Front Engine Mount (in the Boxsters and Caymans) or These mounts can only be properly inthe Transmission Mount in the Carreras. spected when removed, so many people tend to forget about them until many times too late. As a rule of thumb, after 45,000 miles they should be inspected because most likely they have already cracked. Its cost is around $150 plus a couple of hours labor to replace. There are remanufactured mounts available at considerable savings, since what wears is just the rubber center, not the structure. Another one of the wear items is the Separator This mount which is made of rubber and Air/Oil supports half the weight of the engine/ found in all of the transmission while it dampens engine vi- water cooled boxer engines. brations. Although the new mounts from 2008 are This particular piece VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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of equipment has as its function to distill any oil from the crankcase. Using vacuum from the intake, crankcase gasses are pulled up and through a diaphragm which doesn’t allow droplets of oil to go through. Any drops are redirected back to the main oil supply while the “dirty air” that makes it through the diaphragm is mixed with the intake air and gasoline to be burnt up in the combustion cycle.
Water pumps generally last well over 100,000 miles but I have seen them fail at just about any mileage. People who constantly open the coolant reservoir, generally have the highest failure rates. Opening the coolant cap, especially when hot, allows air into the closed-loop cooling system. When air circulates through the system and passes through the water pump it will cavitate and may break one or more of its impeller vanes.
Generally, when this piece deteriorates, a BIG, no, a HUMONGOUS cloud of white smoke is produced at startup. In some cases a loud screeching (almost metallic) noise or whistle is produced When this happens it is no longer balby a tear in the dia- anced and starts to deteriorate its seal and bearing. When it fails, all coolant will phragm. be lost, rendering the car undrivable. When any of these symptoms appear, quickly replace the air/oil separator. Failure to do so may cause the engine to hydro-lock from liquid oil in the cylinders which could get very expensive. The life of this piece varies from a low of 40,000 miles to well over 100,000 miles.
It is not terribly expensive. Somewhere around $100 for the part and a few hours labor to install. The water pump is more expensive than the previous wear items, costing around $300 for the part, three to four hours laAlthough this next piece of equipment bor plus materials, such as gaskets, coolcan last a bit longer than the two above, ant concentrate, distilled water, etc. contrary to them, if and when it fails it will leave you stranded. Finally, suspension components are also I’m referring to the water pump. wear items which should be routinely inVANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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have them replaced when necessary.
You will enjoy your Porsche much more if you do. Many of these parts can be replaced as a DIY project. To learn more about wear items and parts in general, and for detailed DIY Inspected, especially if the car is AX’d or structions on these and other projects, please visit my website. tracked. Pieces such as lower control arms, trailing arms, wishbone, connecting rods and Happy Porsche-ing swaybar droplinks have ball joints that will wear with mileage. Pedro P. Bonilla The first to go are usually the droplinks PCA GCR Member which can cause quite a rattle when drivCopyright 2014 Technolab/ ing over pavers or irregular pavement. PedrosGarage.com
Most of these parts are difficult to diagnose because they cannot be inspected with the car loading the suspension, and even with the suspension unloaded it may still be difficult to obtain movement when the part is just slightly worn.
Shocks and struts tend to last a long time and when they fail the usual telltale sign is an oily seepage on the strut or shock. The springs, on the other hand tend to settle a bit initially and then very slowly but continuously with time. If your car is approaching or has passed the 100,000 mile mark I urge you to inspect these not-so-obvious pieces and VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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Reduced Prices 1 VIR Jacket, black, ladies, Large
List $60
Sale $55
1 VIR T-shirt, white, men’s, Medium
$25
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1 Black Rock men’s XL sport-shirt, black
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1. The Carrera GT was first identified as the “Supercarrera”. A worthy name. 2. A Porsche 924 Carrera GT. Very few were released to the public. 3. Janis purchased the car from a used car lot in Beverley Hills. The car was then 4 years old and she paid $3,500 for the car. It received its unique paint job after she paid one of her “roadies” $500 to paint the car. It most recently was auctioned in 2015 by RM Sotheby's for more than $1,500,000 and can currently be viewed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Thanks to John Clark and we hope he enjoys his rest! VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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WANTED - WINDSHIELD FROM A 2013-2020 CAYMAN OR BOXSTER If you are getting your glass replaced please contact me before you take the car in, the glass shop will immediately toss it into a dumpster if prior arrangements aren't made. I would like your old windshield to use as a pattern, as long as it is intact it will work for my needs, I will pick it up from the shop, no need for any effort on your part other than to help me arrange with the glass shop to save the glass and give them my name. Al Sherwood Sherwoodal@gmail.com 250 818 3885 FOR SALE — WIRING HARNESS Wiring Harness (only) for both power mirrors. No longer supplied by Porsche;
Fits 911 1974-1984 $150 Steve Cropper 250 752 1520 FOR SALE — 2.7 LITRE MAGNESIUM BLOCK 1974 911 S, time certs with head studs replaced. S/N 6340417, engine type 911/93. $2,000 (Reduced) Steve Cropper 250 752 7430
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FOR SALE—BMC CONE FILTER New, never installed BMC cone filter with Kevlar top, bottom diameter 140mm, inside flange diameter 90mm. Better filter than Brand X. For sale CDN $150. Please contact Didier Moinier 250 361 8600
FOR SALE — 981 PORSCHE PARTS Fabspeed Maxflow Cat-back exhaust (lifetime warranty), $3200 new, offers $1200 GT4 deep tint tail lights, 981.631.145.80/146.80 , $1450 new, offers $750 981/718 6 speed Short Shift kit (used in GT4 and Spyder), $335 new, offers $185 Boxster GTS center Radiator conversion (parts list available), $1162 new, offers $500 Boxster GTS front bumper cover + pieces (parts list available), $3000 new, offers $1200 Boxster GTS rear diffusor (parts list available), $449 new, offers $225 Boxster GTS AC lines (2) (front), $576, offers $125 Stainless Steel Wheel bolts (20), $225 new, offers $125 Contact Al Sherwood sherwoodal@gmail.com with questions or offers. Thanks!
FOR SALE — 964 REPLICA FIBERCLASS BUMPERS Will fit 1974 thru ‘86, 911’s
Asking $350 Steve Cropper 250 752 7430
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f you have received a discount from anywhere that you believe would be applicable to others in the Club, please advise us via email to newsletter@virpca.org and I’ll add to this list. Note: The discount details may change after publishing, if Porscher is not advised.
Please mention that you saw their advert in PORSCHER if you visit/talk to these sponsors
Where
Discount
Lordco
Up to 30%
Mention Porsche Club of America (show PCA card)
Porsche Center Victoria
Up to 15%
15% for in-house work, 10% over the counter parts
Werks Canada
10%
Discount via VIPC16 code
Blast-It!
10%
Show your current PCA card
Pelican Parts
10%
At checkout, use code Pelican-PCA2020 followed by your 10 digit PCA MEMBER ID (not login ID)
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elow are some Porsche related sites that Club members may find useful. If you know of any others please forward them to the Editor.
Best forum for 986 owners, run by Pelican Parts 986forum.com/forums PCA Boxster register, another great resource for Boxster owners boxsterregister.org
See the PCA site for other models www.pca.org/special-interest-groups Macan Forum, everything related to Macans www.macanforum.com General car auction site https://bringatrailer.com Pelican Parts forums and classifieds http://forums.pelicanparts.com/ Below are some USED parts web sites:https://www.partsheaven.com
http://rennlist.com/forums
http://www.nineapart.com
http://malahatautoparts.com/parts-search
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North Island Mid Island South Island
Ongoing Cars & Coffee Times
2 Sat. of month, 10am—Noon, Crown Isle Plaza (next to Starbucks), 444 Lerwick Road, Courtenay. Sundays 10am, Serious Coffee, 9-1209 East, Island Hwy E, Parksville Sundays 9am, Starbucks, Eagle Creek Village, 29 Helmcken Rd, Victoria nd
Club Executive/Business Meeting
Thursday The monthly Executive/Business meeting will be held via a Zoom Aug 13 conference. If you wish to “attend”, advise our Secretary (Ross Mosher) so we have an idea on capacity.
Saturday Aug 29
Sunday Sep 20
Saturday Sep 26
Sunday Sep 27
Oct
Contact Ross
Spaces
President’s Drive 3
Start with breakfast in Courtney/Comox, drive up Mt. Washington and then another leg to a local winery. Details and registration at msreg.com/2020-Pres-BF-Drive3
Contact Tim
Spaces
Fairwinds Golf Club — Lunch & Drive
This is about half full currently, so get your name in there! Details & reg at msreg.com/2020-Fairwinds-Sept-Lunch-Drive
Contact Dan B
Gold River Charity — Lunch & Drive
Now Full
Join our Mid-Island Director Dan Bourlet for a drive from Nanaimo to Gold River, with a lunch. Details & register at msreg.com/2020-GoldRiver-Drive
Contact Dan B
TSD Rally
Spaces
Our 4th Time, Speed, Distance Rally. It will start and end in Duncan. Cost is $40 per car. All details and registration is via motorsportreg.com at msreg.com/2020-fall-rally
Contact Klaus
AGM
Contact Tim
Port Renfrew Circle Tour
Contact Michael
This will be held via Zoom. Details TBA
Sunday Oct 18
Details TBA
If you are looking for or selling something Porsche related, PCA members can advertise for free in Porscher. Send your classifieds to newsletter@virpca.org VANCOUVER ISLAND — PORSCHER
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