OUR TAYCAN 4 CROSS TURISMO

VIR Members, Dave & Sharon Wright

This is our 2022 Taycan 4 Cross Turismo

It was at a 2021 Porsche Experience Day we attended at VIMC, that we got to try all the Taycan variants, right up to the 750 hp “Turbo S”. That day gave us a good idea about the power, acceleration and handling that the Taycan would do, and what would suit us.

We picked it up just before Xmas and our first drives were in the snowy conditions we had. It was very surefooted and handled the conditions wonderfully. Some of the specs are:-

All-Wheel drive with 20” M&S all-season tires. Five driving modes and suspension setting and height control. “Gravel” mode is specific to the Cross Turismo. We used it quite extensively for the snowy driving. Colour - Frozen Blue Metallic. Performance Battery - 93.4 kwh, dual electric motors with 2-speed transmission. Charging time from 5% to 85% is 22 mins on DC Level 3 charger. Home Charging from 5% to 85% is 7-8 hrs on Level 2 AC 9.6Kwh. Launch Control - equivalent 469 hp. Range - 400km+ (this is a whole topic depending on EPA or WLTP ratings) Sport Chrono Package, Rear Axle Steering, among the options.

Some of our winter driving excursions have included Nanaimo to Mount Washington and back. Left home with 95% power, we parked at Mt Washington with 55%, snowshoed for a couple of hours, selected preheat (from my phone app), got back to a nice warm car and drove home to Nanaimo with 20% left. No range anxiety on Vancouver Island!

Cheers

Dave & Sharon

BLACK ROCK 2022 Planning Update

We would like to wish all our VIR members a Happy New Year and wish everyone a Healthy 2022.

Now that we are into the new year the Black Rock committee is starting to gear up its planning steps for our Black Rock 2022 charity event.

Please note that our dates of Thursday, May 12 to Sunday, May 15, 2022 are a little earlier then our usual weekend dates. We have listed a few update items so members know the planning stages. As with all our club events, Black Rock will also be restricted to following all Provincial Covid gathering regulations in place at the time of the event.

It is important as a Club that we attract as much membership attendance and support for this event and all our events that VIR Executives and members organize in order to keep our chapter moving forward, and raise funds for the charities too!

Black Rock 2022 Charity Event Registration:

Registration will open in late February, date for registration opening will be updated on the VIR website / Black Rock tab, Porscher newsletter and Garth’s Club emails. Registration will be the same as in the past on the Motorsportreg.com website. Please make sure you are registered as a VIR PCA member on MSR before February. Registration will allow you to choose any of the organized events and activities. Please review the supplied schedule on the MSR page for the complete list of activities and events location, time and date. We will also be selling 2022 Black Rock T-Shirts and Sport Shirts in both ladies and men sizes. We encourage all attendees to consider purchasing an item as this helps us fund the event as well as helps our charities. Black Rock Oceanfront Resort:

We have a contract in place for Thursday, May 12, to Sunday, May 15, 2022. These dates will include facilities for our Welcome Reception, Saturday evening Banquet, and Sunday Brunch. The resort has limited our seating capacity to 120 attendees. It has given the Club a special room rate pricing for the 3-night stay, so please make sure you indicate that you are with the Vancouver

Island Porsche Club when booking your accommodations. The prices will also be listed on the MSR registration page. Also be aware that you must register separately for Black Rock on

MSR, and at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort for your accommoda-

tion. Black Rock Survey

We would like to thank everyone that completed the Black Rock survey. We are now reviewing the results, which will help us plan and schedule our track and other events with regards to attendees’ preference. Charities

We are supporting both our previous charities - Cops for Cancer “Tour de Rock” and the

Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade. The UVFB will also be helping us with our Friday night

BBQ and as in the past this will be by donation per person at the BBQ, to the UVFB. Planning Next Stages

Planning is on-going for the committee. Some of the next stages are to finish registration website, fundraising, sponsorship, track and instructor organizing, Ucluelet activity organizing, etc. With everyone’s support this will be another memorable VIR event and enjoyable get together for all. Steve Peers / Dan Bourlet

Co Chairs Black Rock 2022 Committee

Note: The PCA discount can only be applied to one order per year

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