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Inside: Canepa Design Tour Autocross Pre-Season Eat-And-Greet San Jose Tristan Littlehale, SCCA Champ Your BMW Deserves Dinan It Was Built to Perform Check inside for important information regarding your future newsletter delivery! April 2013 Inside: Canepa Design Tour Autocross Pre-Season Eat-and-Greet San Jose Tristan Littlehale, SCCA Champ Your BMW Deserves Dinan It was built to perform. Dinan will make sure that it does. Where The Best Costs Less When times get tough, savvy BMW owners get going to Dinan. That’s because they know Dinan offers top value, combining unmatched technical knowledge with affordable prices. Our outstanding reputation is based on over 30 years of specialization in BMW service and a passion for the product. Your BMW was built to perform. Let Dinan keep it that way. The More You Spend, The More You Save! 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Cost TBD. 2 Die Flüsternde Bombe | April 2013 www.ggcbmwcca.org 1969–2013: Celebrating 44 years of BMW enthusiasm in the Golden Gate region. Golden Gate Chapter Contacts Volume 42, No. 2 April 2013 BOARD MEMBERS “The Whispering Bomb” GGC Board [email protected] The Official Magazine of the Golden Gate Chapter, BMW CCA President Donna Seeley [email protected] Vice President Kelly Collins [email protected] Secretary Jared Petrie [email protected] Treasurer Tamara Hull [email protected] Membership Chair Eric Ries [408 641-8937] [email protected] Members-at-Large Roger Ball, Canyon Chan EVENT STAFF Chief Driving Instructors Peter Vinsel , Billy Maher [707 546-5572] [email protected] Chief Steward Jeff Stowe Track School Project Manager Kelly Collins [email protected] Driving Events Coordinator Tammi Hull [email protected] Chief Scrutineer Ramon Le Francois [408 956-1662] Car-Control Clinic Coordinators Canyon Chan, Grant Low, Mark Magee, and Paula Williamson [email protected] Eric Ries Mike Zampiceni Autocross Coordinator Rodger Ball and Jeff Roberts [email protected] Autocross Timing & Scoring Brian Cheung [email protected] Technical Session Coordinator Ryan Rich [email protected] Social Events Coordinator Eric Ries [email protected] What’s Inside Driving Tours Organizer Mike Zampiceni [email protected] Charitable Events Coordinator Joe Fant [email protected] Across The Board...............................................5 BOMBE TEAM Editor-in-Chief Kelly Kirkland [email protected] Calendar of Events ............................................6 Advertising Manager Percy Chow [925 323-4844] [email protected] Regular Contributors Jonathan Bush, Percy Chow Heads Up! (Some items to be aware of). ..........11 Printing Commerce Printing [Requests for replacement or extra copies of the GGC newsletter should be directed to the membership chair at [email protected].] As Crazy As It Sounds......................................13 COMMUNICATIONS TEAM Canepa Design Tour ........................................16 Communications Manager Kelly Collins [email protected] Webmaster Kris Linquist [email protected] Eat-and-Greet .................................................18 Graphic Design Percy Chow www.percydesign.com AREA REPRESENTATIVES Pre-Season Autocross Fun ................................20 North Bay Paula Williamson [707 695-3998] [email protected] San Francisco Ian Dunn [253 797-0273] [email protected] November Chapter Board Meeting Minutes ....22 East Bay Athena Brekke [email protected] Peninsula Jeff Cowan [650 283-4938], Ken Glidewell [email protected] December Chapter Board Meeting Minutes ....23 South Bay Ryan Rich [408 641-0780] [email protected] Monterey Bay Area Jeff Roberts [email protected] Toy Box ...........................................................25 San Luis Obispo Area OPEN POSITION [email protected] BMW CCA PACIFIC REGION VP BMW CCA Benefits: Discounts and Dealers ..26 Nick Owen [619 456-7654] [email protected] Welcome, New Members!................................27 28 Network ORG URL Advertiser Index and Fine Print ....................... GGC www.ggcbmwcca.org e-Blast http://tiny.cc/ggcbmwcca_subscribe GGC www.facebook.com/ggcbmwcca BMW CCA www.facebook.com/bmwcca ON THE COVER GGC http://twitter.com/ggcbmwcca Autocross http://twitter.com/ggcbmwccaautox As crazy as it may sound, twenty-year-old Tristan BMW CCA http://twitter.com/bmwcca Littlehale and his E36 M3 won the 2012 SCCA Solo BMW CCA www.bmwcca.org National Autocross Championship in the STU class— as a rookie! O’Fest www.bmwccaOfest.org Photo by Paul Tran www.ggcbmwcca.org April 2013 | Die Flüsternde Bombe 3 MAR13-DIABLO-FULLPAGE-COLOR.pdf 1 2/16/13 10:14 AM 2067 San Ramon Valley Blvd. San Ramon, CA 94583 The Ultimate Un-Dealer C Diablo Motors DOES DIABLO MOTORS OFFER FINANCING? M WHO DOES THE DMV PAPERWORK? Y (925) 830-8747 "We deal directly with banks and credit unions to offer you the CM What began 19 years ago as a love of cars for owner best finance rates, currently as low as 1.99%. We can also work MY Greg Meier has grown into a plush showroom of over 50 with your existing bank/credit institution if you prefer. And we do CY some in-house loans too. As far as DMV paperwork, we handle all luxury cars from BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes, of that. We will make this your easiest car purchase ever." CMY and Lexus. Greg personally hand picks the cars he sells K to assure the best quality pre-owned car value for you. AND WHAT ABOUT MAINTENANCE & REPAIR? When you walk into the showroom, you will most likely "We also operate a full service department right here on site, fully be met by Greg himself! insured and licensed by the Bureau Of Automotive Repair. We can do everything from routine maintenance like oil changes and WHAT KIND OF CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED EXPERIENCE inspections, all the way up to complete engine or transmission SHOULD I EXPECT FROM DIABLO MOTORS? replacement. So if you loved how you were treated while buying Diablo Motors currently holds the distinction of being an Honor one of our cars, that same caring, professional, and courteous Roll Member of the Better Business Bureau (18 years in a row), is attitude goes into our service." the only Diamond Certified car dealer in the entire Bay Area (8 years in a row), and holds a five-star rating on Yelp. These are no WHAT IF I DON'T SEE THE CAR I WANT ON THE small feats for any business, let alone used cars! WEBSITE OR LOT? "I attend the dealer-only lease return auctions every week. So if a When asked how in the world Greg can keep up that level of customer has a certain type of car in mind, just let me know what service, he replies, "It's pretty simple really. I sell my cars in the that is, and I can get it for you at no extra charge. I’m there way that I would like to buy them…honest and straightforward, anyway! We can save you thousands on a nice clean certified car, without the shell game. I want a friendly, professional, and and without all the running around. We've picked up everything hassle-free experience. We do that here. As a customer, I would from Civics to Range want to be assured that my car will keep on running after I buy it - Rovers, but our specialty so at Diablo Motors, we perform a 200-point inspection, a CarFax is BMW.” vehicle history report, and include a FREE 90-day warranty. If the customer prefers more coverage, we have some great extended Diablo Motors is located warranty partners also. And we do all of this at a discount… right on San Ramon Valley about the same as KBB ‘Private Party” pricing” Boulevard, near In-N-Out Burger and Costco.
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