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Official BMW Club Freude am Fahren June 2019 Freude am Fahren Everything for your BMW Your Local BMW Specialists 1 - 5504 1A Street SW Calgary, AB. 403.398.9833 a company www.tunerworks.com *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 Cars, Coffee & Chat, 10:00 am at The Block Kitchen and Lounge at Council of BMW Clubs. Jun 1 2411 4 St NW Mailing Address: PO Box 75012 Cambrian, Calgary, Alberta T2K 6J8 General email: [email protected] Jun 12 Social & General Meeting – social starts at 6:00 PM and meeting at Website: www.bmwcsa.ca 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Austrian-Canadian Club, 3112 11th street NE Facebook: BMW Club of Southern Alberta (@bmwcsa96) Jun 15 TIRERACK STREET SURVIVAL – 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Instagram: @bmwcsa96 Calgary Police Training Grounds – watch website and newsletter Twitter: @bmwcsa96 for registration YouTube: BMW Club of Southern Alberta Jun 15 BMW Gallery Show & Shine – see www.bmwcsa.ca for details Freude am Fahren [Joy of Driving] Newsletter Jun 16 Annual Father’s Day Drive – Free registration at: • The BMW Club of Southern Alberta (BMWCSA) publishes Freude am Fahren in https://www.bmwcsa.ca/event/2019-bmwcsa-annual-fathers-day-drive/ print 4 times per year and emails Joy of Driving 6 times per year. Jul 6 Cars, Coffee & Chat, 10:00 am at The Block Kitchen and Lounge at • Ideas and opinions are those of the authors, without authentication by or liability 2411 4 St NW to the BMWCSA, its Editors, Directors or Officers. BMWCSA reserves the right to modify or edit any material or submissions. Jul 10 Social & General Meeting - social starts at 6:00 PM (Location TBA) and meeting at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm BMW Gallery Boardroom (7699- • Material in this newsletter may describe vehicle modifications or procedures that may void your warranty, cause your car to fail emissions tests, or make 110 Avenue NW) your insurance company or agent unhappy. BMWCSA, its Editors, Directors and Jul 20 European Classic Car Meet – Stanley Park – details and registration at Officers are not responsible for any consequences that may ensue from such http://www.vsccc.ca/ modifications. Cars, Coffee & Chat, 10:00 am at The Block Kitchen and Lounge at • Please send Articles, Mail, Classifieds and advertising to Chris Tworek, Editor, at Aug 3 [email protected] 2411 4 St NW • Please submit photos at 300 dpi in tiff or jpg format, and text submissions in Aug 14 Social & General Meeting – social starts at 6:00 PM and meeting at MS Word or alternative format by arrangement with editor 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Austrian-Canadian Club, 3112 11th street NE • Print Deadline: 15th of the month preceding or by arrangement with Editor Aug 25 Annual BMWCSA BBQ – Details & registration link at • Advertisement Deadline: last Wednesday of the Month preceding https://www.bmwcsa.ca/event/2019-bmwcsa-annual-bbq/ • Classified Ads are free to members; $25/month to non-members Sept 7 Cars, Coffee & Chat, 10:00 am at The Block Kitchen and Lounge at • Please send Address Changes to Glen Cook at [email protected] 2411 4 St NW Sept 11 Social & General Meeting – social starts at 6:00 PM and meeting at Directors and Officers 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Austrian-Canadian Club, 3112 11th street NE Please limit phone calls to between the hours of 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM President & Director Membership Newsletter Editor, Greg Walsh Coordinator Vice-President & Membership in BMWCSA 403-286-2248 Glen Cook Director Membership is a family affair with many of our events devised with family par- [email protected] 403-274-8716 Chris Tworek ticipation in mind. The family membership of $60 for one year, $105 for two years [email protected] 403-238-8049 and $150 for three years covers all household family members. You do not have to Treasurer & Director [email protected] own a BMW to be a Club member! Gord Anderson Social Media Manager To join the club, download the membership form from the link below and fill [email protected] & Director Production Editors in your details: http://bmwcsa.ca/resources/Membership-Application.pdf Victor Yuen Margaret Cook For more info, or to submit your membership application, please email Glen Secretary & Director [email protected] Michelle Belanger Cook or Victor Yuen at: [email protected] Rainer Kahl Membership privileges include newsletters and participation in many social [email protected] Webmaster Motorrad Liaison and motoring activities, plus a 15% discount on parts & lifestyle accessories at BMW Michelle Belanger Bill Jackson Dealerships. After one year of membership, you will also enjoy a 2% Rebate off MRSP Events Coordinators [email protected] on either a new car or motorcycle from BMW Canada. This discount is based on Greg Walsh Motorsport Coordinators MRSP and not on your negotiated price. Bruce Borstmayer Josh Carter National Club Liaison Also many of our advertising sponsors, whose ads appear in our newsletters, [email protected] [email protected] & Director offer discounts to members for parts and services. Please remember to show your Gary Coleman Brian DeBoeck BMWCSA card and identify yourself as a club member when purchasing parts, acces- [email protected] [email protected] sories and service. We would like to welcome to the Club: On the cover: European getaway – Z4 Roadster – BMW Press Jon van der Raadt & Linda Merchel 2013 X3 Feeds *Joy of Driving 3 Freude am Fahren The President’s Corner – Greg Walsh Houston gains – Calgary loses. Alas, we start this month with a fond farewell to one of illustrious members, Josh Carter. Josh, wife Linda and daugh- ter Lauren are taking a career move to Houston. A member since 2008 and currently one of our Club’s two Motorsport Coordinators, Josh has been a highly respected, entertaining and friendly driver and con- tributor: during the Calgary Race City days with Driving School Instruction, our most exciting BBQ Master of Ceremonies, Car Modification talks, Try-A-Kart instiga- tor and lately as the TRSS Street Survival Classroom Instructor. His highly modified 2007 BMW 335i, billed as the Millennium Falcon of BMW’s, has graced the cover of our Newsletter twice. We wish the Carter family all the best in their future endeavors and our doors are always open to them. TRSS June 15 You may have noticed over the past month or so that we have migrated Just a reminder that registration closes on June 12 for our Saturday our email send outs to the MailChimp platform. We hope that this format, June 15th TRSS Street Survival. We already have a fairly full class and may which allows photos and hot buttons back to items of interest including decide to cut off registrations early, so please don’t wait for the last minute. registration and our advertisers, is both more informative and more efficient See www.bmwcsa.ca/TRSS for all details and registration. of your time. Any comments are appreciated! Please don’t forget the Annual Father’s Day Drive on Sunday June Speaking of events, the May CC&C, despite some crappy weather again 16th. We are initiating a new plan for Father’s Day drives. A three- or four- had great attendance. We certainly can’t wait for a Saturday with good weather year rotation of routes is being implemented. This year we will keep to the where sunglasses are required to look at the member’s cars. foothills but our destination will be Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. If you have a suggestion for other routes please do let us know. On June 16th we Victor Yuen has started our Informal Drives. The May 9th one was a will be leaving as usual from the Shawnessy’s Tim Horton’s and heading to glorious drive out to Bragg Creek and then to Turner Valley by some twisty Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site. We will be motoring backcountry roads. The original cars met up with some other members and down scenic parts of the Cowboy Trail and some cross country roads to after a strength building meal, the Tour headed off on more byways as no enjoy a great Heritage site. Also – no sub sandwiches this year! The site one wanted to head home on such a wonderful spring day. See Events for has a great cafeteria serving everything from Bison to conventional burgers. registration for the next time. However, please bring snacks as we will probably not be at the site until In other news, Rocky Mountain Motorsports recently received all around 1:00 PM. This may also be a great educational experience for your approvals to move ahead with construction. A recent announcement indi- kids and grandkids or any visitors you might be hosting. See Kalender for cated ………… (subject to confirmation – awaiting May 22 final review registration details. with county) Also, we will have our usual display at the European Car Show in The E30/E46 Retro Road Test was another fun filled day of driving. Stanley Park on Saturday July 20th. The show is free to view with an insignifi- Look to a future Newsletter issue for details. cant fee if you wish to display your favourite Bimmer with your fellow Club enthusiasts. It is a great way to see many marquees and cars of interest and champion the BMW Marque. This fall we will be having a presentation on Automobile Audio enhancements and other electronic additions to your favourite Drive.