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VIR Member, Hermann Renz

Editor - Another overseas article, this time from Germany Hello, my name is Hermann Renz. I´m from Ulm/Germany, yes Germany, not the New Ulm in Minnesota. I´m married and have 2 adult kids which (thanks god) do not live with me anymore. Ok, and yes, I got two little cute granddaughters as well.

Working in the telecommunications industry, I have a strong relationship to the American continent as a big amount of my team are sitting in the US and in Canada.

After starting in 2009 with a red 987 Boxster, over a 987 Black edition, we have now (at the moment) 2 Porsches in the family :

The red racer, a 981 Boxster Spyder (owned by the lady of the house) and the little American Lady (Yellow Resi), a 912E, which came to us in 2014, and she was the reason I joined the PCA and the Vancouver Island Region in June 2015.

Ok, ok, at the moment I´m investigating a 996 Targa with RUF extensions (compressor, chassis etc.) Hermann

Ulrike

Guess the colour? Yes, yellow, like the RUF Yellow Bird. Why Vancouver Island Region? Well, the little lady was coming from the north-west of the US via Portland/Oregon over Vancouver/Washington to south Germany. I thought it is a good choice to have a contact with her old region (ok, yes I know it sounds a little bit sentimental).

So here in the Ulm region I´m the lead for a classical Porsche Club and I have about 40 Porsche enthusiasts with a wide range of cars in my group. We have a lot of activities through the year and share our passion for these cars. Zuffenhausen and the Porsche Museum are an hour away. Our activities are ride-outs and so called “Stammtische”, which means, we come together in a local restaurant and enjoy “petrol based” discussions and the culinary delights of the region. This happens normally every two months. Ride-out and longer tours we do as well. The yearly visit of the AvD Oldtimer Grandprix at the Nürburgring is a must and organized for the group by me. We also have the opportunity to be in the Alps within one hour driving and four hours to be in northern Italy. So no lack of serpentines and possibilities to move the Porsches in a speciesappropriate way.

In 2018, I organized a very nice trip to the South Tirol region in Northern Italy with about a dozen cars. We hit the Dolomite mountains and several passes there, had fun and enjoyed the excellent Italian cuisine. Only an example of our activities.

So, if any of the VIR members are visiting Germany, feel free to contact me and I will give you help, tips and support for the Porsche trip of your lifetime. You can also con-

tact me, if you do not travel to Germany, but want to know some details about the German and European Porsche scene.

Warm regards from your long distance member from Ulm/Germany.

Hermann

Editor - Thanks to Hermann. VIR members can contact him at hrenz@renznet.de

President Canada West Region, Jeff Rebiffe

Hello to our fellow PCA neighbouring regions. Canada West has three 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