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Tunerworks Service Center Please contact us for all your SERVICE and MAINTENANCE needs. 403.452.8460 [email protected] *Joy of Driving 2 Freude am Fahren BMW Club of Southern Alberta The BMW Club of Southern Alberta is a member club of the BMW Club of Canada. Kalender The BMW Club of Canada is a founding national member of the International Council of BMW Clubs. June 3 Cars, Coffee & Chat, 10:00 am at The Block Kitchen and Lounge at 2411 4 St NW Mailing Address: PO Box 75012 Cambrian, Calgary, Alberta T2K 6J8 General email: [email protected] June 14 General Meeting, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Austrian-Canadian Club, Website: www.bmwcsa.ca 3112 11th street NE Facebook: BMW Club of Southern Alberta (@bmwcsa96) June 17 Cruise & Model T Races at High River – see June Events in Instagram: @bmwcsa96 Newsletter and on Website Twitter: @bmwcsa96 June 18 Annual Father’s Day Drive – see June Events in Newsletter and on YouTube: BMW Club of Southern Alberta Website July 1 Cars, Coffee & Chat, 10:00 am at The Block Kitchen and Lounge at Freude am Fahren [Joy of Driving] Newsletter 2411 4 St NW combined with BMW International Club Day • The BMW Club of Southern Alberta (BMWCSA) publishes Freude am Fahren in July 12 General Meeting, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm – location TBA as ACC is print 4 times per year and emails Joy of Driving 6 times per year. closed • Ideas and opinions are those of the authors, without authentication by or liability to the BMWCSA, its Editors, Directors or Officers. BMWCSA reserves the right to July 22 European Classic Car Meet, Stanley Park modify or edit any material or submissions. August 5 Cars, Coffee & Chat, 10:00 am at The Block Kitchen and Lounge at • Material in this newsletter may describe vehicle modifications or procedures 2411 4 St NW that may void your warranty, cause your car to fail emissions tests, or make August 9 General Meeting, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Austrian-Canadian Club, your insurance company or agent unhappy. BMWCSA, its Editors, Directors and 3112 11th street NE Officers are not responsible for any consequences that may ensue from such August TBA BMWCSA Annual BBQ modifications. • Please send Articles, Mail, Classifieds and advertising to Chris Tworek, Editor, at September 13 General Meeting, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Austrian-Canadian Club, [email protected] 3112 11th street NE • Please submit photos at 300 dpi in tiff or jpg format, and text submissions in MS September Horsepower @ Spruce Meadows – Collector Car Auction and Car Word or alternative format by arrangement with editor 15 & 16 Show – registration details to follow • Print Deadline: 15th of the month preceding or by arrangement with Editor September 17 - BMWCSA 2017 Appalachians Tour and BMW High Performance • Advertisement Deadline: last Wednesday of the Month preceding October 1 Driving School – few spots open – contact Glen Cook at gcook@ • Classified Ads are free to members; $25/month to non-members BMWCSA.ca if interested • Please send Address Changes to Glen Cook at [email protected] September 2018 BMWCSA Switzerland Tour – see Newsletter article Directors and Officers Please limit phone calls to between the hours of 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM Membership in BMWCSA President & Director Membership Newsletter Editor, Membership is a family affair with many of our events devised with family par- Greg Walsh Coordinator Vice- President & ticipation in mind. The family membership of $60 for one year, $105 for two years 403-286-2248 Glen Cook Director and $150 for three years covers all household family members. You do not have to [email protected] 403-274-8716 Chris Tworek own a BMW to be a Club member! [email protected] 403-238-8049 To join the club, download the membership form from the link below and fill Treasurer & Director [email protected] in your details: http://bmwcsa.ca/resources/Membership-Application.pdf Gord Anderson Social Media Manager [email protected] & Director Production Editors For more info, or to submit your membership application, please email Glen Victor Yuen Margaret Cook Cook or Victor Yuen at: [email protected] Secretary & Director [email protected] Michelle Belanger Membership privileges include newsletters and participation in many social Rainer Kahl and motoring activities, plus a 15% discount on parts & lifestyle accessories at BMW [email protected] Webmaster National Club Liaison & Dealerships. After one year of membership, you will also enjoy a 2% Rebate off MRSP Michelle Belanger Director on either a new car or motorcycle from BMW Canada. This discount is based on Events Coordinators Brian DeBoeck MRSP and not on your negotiated price. Greg Walsh [email protected] Motorsport Coordinator Also many of our advertising sponsors, whose ads appear in our newsletters, Bruce Borstmayer Position Open offer discounts to members for parts and services. Please remember to show your [email protected] BMWCSA card and identify yourself as a club member when purchasing parts, acces- sories and service. We would like to welcome Doug Hanson (2006 Z4 M Roadster On the cover: Not all driving schools go according to plan. See Nurburgring & 2008 Z4 M Coupe) to our Club family. article. Photos by Gerard Mercier with film strip by Jane Russel Photography and Design. *Joy of Driving 3 Freude am Fahren The President’s Corner – Greg Walsh As I start writing this note, I am crying in a corner of my hotel room in Casper Wyoming. Gord Anderson and I were on the way to High Plains Raceway near Denver for three days of HPDE track time. There is a blizzard blowing outside – IN MAY! We return now to Calgary, trackless. “Into every life a little rain must fall”. But snow in May? One foot of traffic-packed-snow on the road to the track! Last year my Pumpkin* overheated at this event. AHHHHHHH …. A small contingent of Club members experienced a new driving venture on May 13th. The Southern Alberta Solo Sport Club (organizer of the last 2 years Winter Driving Schools) hosted BMWCSA for a Car Control Clinic/ Autocross Introduction. I thank Reijo Silvennoinen and the SOLO Club for CC&C at The Block this chance to shake off the winter rust and learn a new way to drive. I am an admitted Track Rat, enjoying High Performance Driving at road tracks and I might even say I am getting the hang of pushing myself and maybe even the Pumpkin to the limits at speed. Autocross racing is a different animal com- pletely. No long sweeping 200+Km/Hr curves tuned to the perfect exit line. Autocross is instantaneous and in-your-face car handling. The speeds are much lower but the concentration is immense. A superb sport to truly learn the feel of handling your car and the absolute need to keep your eyes forward. And to boot this is a sport where every day Bimmers have the advantage over highly tuned track cars. I am looking forward to other opportunities that are in the works in cooperation with the SOLO Club. Stay tuned. Cars, Coffee & Chat now officially has a new location. We will be meet- Waiting for my turn at Car Control! ing at 10:00AM the first Saturday of each month at The Block Kitchen & Lounge, 2411, 4th Street NW Calgary, (the corner of 4th Street and 23rd Avenue NW). We experimented with this facility for the May CC&C with great success. The parking lot was wide open for a safe Show & Shine and the proprietor of the Block laid-out a special Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch menu at very reasonable prices. The interior space easily accommodated the 30+ attendees in a friendly, convenient room. There has been some thought of holding twice monthly CC&C’s during the summer. On reflection a better use of our additional weekend time is to do what we all bought Bimmers for – Drive ‘em! Last year Victor Yuen started a tradition of informal/spontaneous drives. He intends to continue with these drives on nice weekends this summer. I encourage you to keep Greg Walsh and two BMW enthusiasts. in touch with Victor via FaceBook and enjoy the fun and comradery of an impromptu sojourn to who knows where. Carrying on the theme of driving, I encourage you to read the article Wallace Chow presents this month on the Swiss Driving Tour proposed for September 2018. Wallace and his team have done all the hard leg work of laying out a driving experience in the Swiss Alps in the tradition of the 2014 Dolomites Tour. I anticipate this tour will sell out fast. The Club’s Grand Tours are catching a lot of attention and enthusiasm among our travelers. It is being suggested that we carry on with a format that is emerging, that is to say tour one year in North America (Appalachians 2017) the next year in Europe (Swiss 2 018) and rotate continents going forward.