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CARS & COFFEE
There 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!
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There are three locations across the Island to meet Club members regularly:
Up Island
2nd Sat of month, 10am Crown Isle Plaza, (left of PetSmart), 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!”
Here is Past President John McGurran (right) receiving his framed 25th Anniversary VIR charter document from Past President Brad Blaney, who was in Calgary recently.
John was not able to attend the recent celebratory gala event at Shawnigan Lake School where other Past Presidents received their awards.
An early holiday Gift?
From the PCA Juniors’ newsletter, but great for the kid in all of us!
Porsche 1966 911 Flat-Six Engine Model 1:4 scale model of the classic 1966 Porsche flat-six engine with moving parts 290 part kit
Electronic sound module with genuine boxer engine sound
Transparent casing
Cams activated by motorized belt
Spark plug firing simulated with red LEDs
Working distributor
Spinning Cooling Fan
Extended collector's manual written and produced by The Porsche Museum in
Stuttgart
https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/ PORFLATSIX020.htm?pn=POR-FLAT-SIX-020
If 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 Description
Lordco
Porsche Center Victoria Blast-It! Up to 30% Mention card) Porsche Club of America (show PCA 10% 10% for in parts -house work, 10% over the counter 10% Confirm with owner first.
Pelican Parts 10% At checkout, use code Pelican-PCA2022- followed by your 10 digit PCA MEMBER ID (not login ID). Note: You can only use this code once.
Below are some Porsche-related sites that Club members may find useful. If you know of any others please for ward them to the Editor. Zone 6 website zone6.pca.org
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
Jason Good Custom Cabinets Porsche Centre Victoria Villamar Villa Eyrie VIMC Garage Kings
XPEL
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