DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NOOB

Secretary, Sam Auerbach

A day in the life of a noob

With the door jamb lights fixed it was on to a full engine rebuild. Before that, I stopped in at my license plate lights. They were both out. I removed the light housings and noticed the plastic window on the casing was melted. Lights were burnt out. That’s interesting. The car is from the 80’s. Maybe it was modified to time travel with a DeLorean? What else could account for a melted casing besides excessive power from a flux capacitor? Grabbing my brand new volt meter I checked that the wires had power. Eureka! Maybe I could clean, scrape, and sand the melted casing window? Clean off the rust. I realized that can’t be done when it disintegrated in my hand. Fortunately, new ones were $40 including the lights! Now a master crimper, I crimped new female connectors where needed and connected the lights. That star shone bright! While I was messing around in the trunk, I noticed a rear tail light was out. I remembered the PO, that’s Previous Owner for anyone not in the know, had glued the passenger side taillight housing in place apparently to try and address a known issue with the car; water can get into the housing and rust things. Grabbing my trusty owners manual and some heißes Wasser to hopefully loosen the glue, I set about taking off the tail light. On my daily driver, a 2013 Hyundai, I had to remove numerous parts and screws to access the lights. Porsche, for once, was a single bolt. With the bolt removed there was just the threaded peg popping through the inside of the trunk. Presumably, you push this peg to pop out the housing. Easy right? Wrong. Getting this thing out though. Hercules himself woulda hadda time. I used a flathead screwdriver to gently work my way around the outside of the casing to break the glue. Once that was done it came out easily and I changed the light. Best way to solve a water issue like this? Drill a few tiny holes into the bumper inside the casing. Water just drains right out instead of pooling there. Gluing it doesn’t make it watertight.

With my electrical issues fixed, it’s time to go for a long drive through Cowichan. Sam

BLACK ROCK 2022 - Registration now Waitlisting

Our 2022 dates are Thursday, May 12 to Sunday, May 15. As with all our Club events, Black Rock will also be 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 in order to keep our chapter moving forward, and raise funds for the charities too! Black Rock 2022 Charity Event Registration

Registration opened on February 26th on the Motorsportreg.com website and is waitlisting now, but you can still apply and if spaces open up you could get in. We do not charge until nearer the event. Registration is now more detailed than in previous years and allows you to choose any of the organized events and activities. Review the schedule on the MSR page (and next page here) for the complete list of activities and events location, time and date. 2022 Black Rock T-Shirts and Sport Shirts in both ladies and men sizes are available to order at registration. We hope everyone purchases some clothing as this helps us fund the event as well as helps the chosen 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. You are responsible to book your accommodation at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort 1-877-762-5011. Volunteer ** If you have not indicated your plans to volunteer at Black Rock, please email us so we can start assigning the volunteer roles. ** Charities

We are supporting both our previous charities of

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 at the track for lunch and as in the past these will be by donation per person at the BBQ, to the UVFB. VIR suggests $20 per person. With everyone’s support this will be another memorable VIR event in support of deserving people. Steve Peers / Dan Bourlet

Co Chairs Black Rock 2022 Committee

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

Pelican-PCA2022-

https://www.pelicanparts.com/support/pca-membership.htm

President Canada West Region, Jeff Rebiffe

Hello to our fellow PCA neighbouring regions, Canada West has 3 major track days on our calendar for 2022. We're pleased to be able to invite our nearby PCA Regions to share in these events! The first date for the upcoming season is: AREA 27 https://area27.ca/ Sunday, May 15th, 2022, Oliver, BC, Canada Area 27 is a world class track and offers an outstanding high performance driving experience. This event is now open for registration by our neighbouring region members. If you feel that your members may have an interest in attending this event please forward the links. Attendees will be grouped by driving experience and a safe, fun format is the hallmark of the day. Event and Registration information: https://www.pca-cwr.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=908153&item_id=1568034

Further events coming later in the season: Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit, July 16th, 2022

AREA 27, August 24th, 2022

Please don't hesitate to contact me directly with any questions that you may have.

Jeff Rebiffe

President Canada West Region president@pca-cwr.org 1-604-916-8533

VIR member John McGurran sent a link to an online jigsaw app - Jigsaw Planet. If you enter Porsche as a search there are over 3,000 Porsche pics to try there and you can vary the degree of difficulty by clicking on Piece Number dropdown in the top right, once you find a good picture. Maybe a good thing to send to your PCA Junior?

https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=search&q=porsche

The 25 Roads grill badges are here, and they look awesome! Everyone who participated in the 2021 25 Roads Challenge will receive one. The participants who completed all 25 drives will receive special editions that say ”DROVE ALL 25” (see below). We handed out a few at South Island Cars & Coffee on Feb 20, including to First Finisher Don Gosse (below left). We presented Second Finisher Gary Glover with his at the Up-Island Cars & Coffee February 12. We will be attending Cars & Coffees around the Island to hand out the rest, and will let participants know when we will be in their area. If that isn’t likely to work for you, please contact us at 25Roads@virpca.org. Trevor and Sonia Ross

Photos by Wyman, Steve and Trevor/Sonia

Close Up of Ann & Dean Aikenhead’s Drove All 25 badge

First place finisher Don Gosse with his badge Gary Glover’s badges

Trevor & Sonia handing out some 25 Roads badges at South Island Cars & Coffee

South Island Director, Ron Dempsey

Inaugural ‘VanIsle Adventure Tour’ event planned for June 24-25 Ron Dempsey hosted a Zoom call on Wednesday, February 16 to share more information on the inaugural ‘VanIsle Adventure Tour’, scheduled for June 24-25. This new overnight event combines fun roads, an informative and easy to follow route book, and lots of social occasions to make for a unique addition to the club’s array of member events. Founder of Classic Car Adventures (CCA) and Port Alberni resident Dave Hord presented. Dave hosts events like these around North America for various car clubs and groups, and we are lucky that he will be hosting our inaugural event on June 24-25. When he founded CCA 12 years ago, his goal was to create budget-minded events with a focus on driving fun rather than competition (like TSD Rallies) or purely the typical lead-follow club drive. Our plan is take the CCA formula and apply it to this VIRPCA event. Ideally meant for a driver and co-driver, each carload is able to drive at whatever speed they’d

like, stop when they’d like, and arrive at destinations at any time. The route is not known beforehand. The route book is handed out at the first morning’s drivers’ meeting, and the adventure begins with turn-by-turn instructions, relying upon just an odometer and a co-driver’s ability to follow along with the route. In addition, the route book also contains information on sights and stops along the way, so even non -car people will have something to keep them entertained en route. For those drivers unable to find a partner, Dave has recently added routes into the ‘Rallista’ app. This allows a driver to follow precise directions from their smart phone along the way, but unlike Google Maps, does not automatically revert to major highways and fastest route available. Although this makes the event possible for solo drivers, it does limit the experience somewhat, so encouraging a spouse, partner, friend or fellow VIRPCA member is preferred.

Each day of the event is scheduled to include about 6-7 hours of driving, with lunch stops planned along the route. Upon arrival to the destination hotel at the end of day 1, there’s time for beverages in the parking lot, followed by a buffet dinner on premise. Day 2 sees breakfast at the hotel, a slightly shorter day of driving, followed by a wrap-up dinner at the final route location. Pricing for this event is yet to be finalized, but participants in the Zoom call were advised that the target cost per car will be approximately $700. That price includes one night hotel with double occupancy, dinners on day 1 and 2, and breakfast on day 2. It also includes the route book and goody bag to be handed out at registration on the morning of day 1. It’s anticipated the event will start in Cowichan at 8:30 on the morning of June 24. For those coming from out of town, a hotel option will be provided on the previous night at additional cost. Prices and registration details are expected to be finalized in mid-March, and VIRPCA members will be advised when pre-registration is to open. It’s anticipated that a maximum of 34 entries will be permitted, and based on the participation in the February Zoom call, we wouldn’t be surprised if this sells out. For more details, please contact Ron Dempsey, South Island Director, at southisland@virpca.org. Picture courtesy of Dave Hord