DIE SONNENKUESTE a Quarterly Newsletter from the Suncoast Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America
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OCT - DEC 2014 DIE SONNENKUESTE A quarterly newsletter from the Suncoast chapter of the BMW Car Club of America IN THIS ISSUE • PRESIDENT’S POINTS • CLUB HAPPENINGS • BMW NEWS ADMINISTRATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS FSC Events Calendar December 2014 Current Officers Barry Miller / President [email protected] 813-716-9343 Monday December 8th FSC dinner meeting at Logan’s Roadhouse Bob Louty / Vice President [email protected] 9128 Anderson Ave. Tampa, 813-884-5229 dinner 6:30pm meeting 7:30 813-960-8688 Mailing Address: Florida Suncoast BMW CCA Dennis Costantino / Treasurer th [email protected] P.O. Box 10666 Saturday December 20 Tampa Bay Bimmers picnic please check our 813.293.1827 Tampa, FL 33679 Facebook page for details. Jamie Webb / Secretary [email protected] 727-580-6707 South Atlantic Regional Vice President Please remember the Holiday Party is in lieu of a monthly meeting in Paul Dunlevy Current Board Members [email protected] January! There is no regular meeting in January. Phil Howe [email protected] 336.996.3149 941.729.5833 Future Events Russ Garvey Newsletter Editor: Michael M. Sackett Jr. th th January 24 and 25 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for information go to [email protected] [email protected] 813.230.5705 (214) 864-3765 www.Daytonainternationalspeedway.com Bob Ziegler [email protected] st 954.294.1432 FSC Annual Holiday Party Saturday January 31 . Location: Bill Caldwell Bascom’s Chop House [email protected] 727.669.7954 3665 Ulmerton Rd. Frank Mann Clearwater, Fl. 35762 [email protected] 727.254.9723 727-573-3365 Administrative Staff Come join your Florida Suncoast BMW CCA fellow members for Barry Miller / Autocross Coordinator some dinner and dancing. If you are a member and have never been [email protected] 813.684.9988 to an event this is a GREAT event to make your first event. Russ Garvey / Motor Sport Director The Fine Print Cost is $35 per person (the chapter pick up the other half) ( same cost [email protected] Die Sonnenkueste is the official newsletter of the BMW Car Club of to members for the last 5 yrs.) 813.230.5705 America, Suncoast chapter. It is a quarterly publication intended to serve as a primary means of communication highlighting the events Bob Ziegler / New Member Chair and members of the chapter. No portion in part or whole may be Cocktails at: 6:30 to 8pm [email protected] reproduced without the written permission of the Suncoast BMW CCA Dinner at: 8:00 to 9:30 pm 954.294.1432 board of directors. Bob Louty / Email Admin All submissions are subject to editing for space constraints, style, Dessert at 9:30 to close [email protected] editorial consistency, and must include name and phone number for consideration. All photos, articles and letter should be submitted to the 813-960-8688 Newsletter Editor (Mike Sackett) at [email protected] Vacant / Webmaster Any address or e-mail changes should be submitted to the Suncoast [email protected] BMW CCA Vice-president (Bob Louty) to ensure timely delivery. Alpha Club Annual Polo Match and Tail Gate Party ADMINISTRATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS FSC Events Calendar December 2014 Current Officers Barry Miller / President [email protected] 813-716-9343 Monday December 8th FSC dinner meeting at Logan’s Roadhouse Bob Louty / Vice President [email protected] 9128 Anderson Ave. Tampa, 813-884-5229 dinner 6:30pm meeting 7:30 813-960-8688 Mailing Address: Florida Suncoast BMW CCA Dennis Costantino / Treasurer th [email protected] P.O. Box 10666 Saturday December 20 Tampa Bay Bimmers picnic please check our 813.293.1827 Tampa, FL 33679 Facebook page for details. Jamie Webb / Secretary [email protected] 727-580-6707 South Atlantic Regional Vice President Please remember the Holiday Party is in lieu of a monthly meeting in Paul Dunlevy Current Board Members [email protected] January! There is no regular meeting in January. Phil Howe [email protected] 336.996.3149 941.729.5833 Future Events Russ Garvey Newsletter Editor: Michael M. Sackett Jr. th th January 24 and 25 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for information go to [email protected] [email protected] 813.230.5705 (214) 864-3765 www.Daytonainternationalspeedway.com Bob Ziegler [email protected] st 954.294.1432 FSC Annual Holiday Party Saturday January 31 . Location: Bill Caldwell Bascom’s Chop House [email protected] 727.669.7954 3665 Ulmerton Rd. Frank Mann Clearwater, Fl. 35762 [email protected] 727.254.9723 727-573-3365 Administrative Staff Come join your Florida Suncoast BMW CCA fellow members for Barry Miller / Autocross Coordinator some dinner and dancing. If you are a member and have never been [email protected] 813.684.9988 to an event this is a GREAT event to make your first event. Russ Garvey / Motor Sport Director The Fine Print Cost is $35 per person (the chapter pick up the other half) ( same cost [email protected] Die Sonnenkueste is the official newsletter of the BMW Car Club of to members for the last 5 yrs.) 813.230.5705 America, Suncoast chapter. It is a quarterly publication intended to serve as a primary means of communication highlighting the events Bob Ziegler / New Member Chair and members of the chapter. No portion in part or whole may be Cocktails at: 6:30 to 8pm [email protected] reproduced without the written permission of the Suncoast BMW CCA Dinner at: 8:00 to 9:30 pm 954.294.1432 board of directors. Bob Louty / Email Admin All submissions are subject to editing for space constraints, style, Dessert at 9:30 to close [email protected] editorial consistency, and must include name and phone number for consideration. All photos, articles and letter should be submitted to the 813-960-8688 Newsletter Editor (Mike Sackett) at [email protected] Vacant / Webmaster Any address or e-mail changes should be submitted to the Suncoast [email protected] BMW CCA Vice-president (Bob Louty) to ensure timely delivery. Alpha Club Annual Polo Match and Tail Gate Party 2015 ELECTION GUEST SPEAKER Wall Street versus the Garage By: Frank Mann While most people collect cars for the love of them, or Florida Suncoast Chapter BMW CCA to have something to tinker with in their spare time. Many of us hope that old wreck we bought and spent 2015 years restoring will someday be worth something when it comes time to sell it, or at least re-coupe Election of Officers and Board Members some of our invested money and time. The reality is we never get back what we put into them, and are happy to enjoy them while we have them unless we hold on to them for a long time and choose right to Candidates: begin with. However there is a different breed of car collector that differs from us, one that plays the game strictly for Bob Ziegler, President investment. He passes on the everyday cars with a lot of needs, whose upside can only be achieved with tons of sweat equity and a little luck. No, he goes for the sure thing, a rare limited edition car that most could not afford Stan Dale, VP when it came out, and will spend more on one car than some of us have invested in our house to get what he wants. He does not need to do rust repair, or new paint or redo the interior of the car nor does the engine need work. In fact the car rarely has more than a few thousand miles on it when he buys it. All he has to do is keep it Bob Louty, Sec. high a dry and polish the paint from time to time, because even though he would love to take it on a long road trip or even occasionally take it out and thrash it good from time to time, he will not because the value of this car will fall exponentially with every mile he places on it. So it is relegated to car shows (if they are close to home), or Dennis Costantino, Treasure the occasional run to the store for milk, then placed back in the garage, after a thorough cleaning, seldom to see the sun. Most of us would comment that “I would rather own a car that I can drive and enjoy” instead of a “Garage Board Members: Queen” that just sits there. But the serious investor has a secret, he has other nice cars that he does drive on a regular basis, just not these cars. Case in point is the collection in the attached photo above. This is a friend’s collection from Orlando. He sent it to Barry Miller show me his newest acquisition, a Ford GT. However sitting next to the Ford is a BMW E30 M3, Z8, and CSL light weight (serial number 4-right hand drive). All of which have virtually no mileage on them (the Z8 has 7,000 miles on it). The irony is that the cars in this Jamie Webb photo are doing better than my 401K right now, and he did no restoration, Bill Caldwell no sweat equity, or any modifications at all to them, short of a little polish from time to time. And if you thought Russ Garvey that he probably drives a Hyundai around town, you would be wrong. His everyday “Kick around” cars are a Frank Mann Porsche 993 and an Audi R8. Like I said, some people’s perspective As no other FSC members have come forward to run for any Office or on collecting cars are different from Board positions by the December 7th 2014 deadline the above listed slate of everyone else’s, ha.