JUNE/JULY 2012 ISSUE 3 £6.00 SAABDRIVERThe Magazine of the Saab Owners Club of Great Britain Limited INSIDE THE ROAD TO AERO THE NATIONAL 2012 BOOKING FORM MOTORSPORT: GETTING READY TO ROLL www.saabclub.co.uk SOC... AS INSIDESEEN ON TOP GEAR ARE YOUYOU MAKINGMAKING THTHEHE MOST OF THE CCLUBLUB ININSURANCESURANCCE SCSCHEME?HEMME? 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FRONT COVER: The Star of the ‘TopGear’ show, Chris Foxley’s 99 Turbo Nomination Forms for the election of Directors are available from the Please state your Membership Number on all correspondence Company Secretary on request (please include an SAE). Design, print & production: MYPEC, The Old Pottery, Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds LS28 8NT. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Tel: 0113 255 6866 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mypec.co.uk Dave Garnett – Company Secretary © Copyright 2012 MYPEC Ltd ISSN 1477-2604 JUNE/JULY 2012 3 WHO’SWHO FOR CLUB MEMBERSHIP, RENEWALS, CHANGE OF ADDRESS, DIRECTORS CLUB QUERIES CHAIRMAN – Mike Philpott Phone: 01280 705 369 Contact the Membership Team on: Lamorna, 1 Oriel Way, Tel: 01954 232810 Fax: 01954 232106 E-mail: [email protected] Brackley, Northants, NN13 6DR. [email protected] POSTAL ADDRESS VICE CHAIRMAN/COMPANY SECRETARY PO Box 1063, Octagon House, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4YR. – Dave Garnett Phone: 01706 368724 Club Insurance Schemes. 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Acceptance of material is not a guarantee of publication in any particular issue, since Website Content Co-ordinator – Nick Hoare space is at a premium. The Club, publisher and editor cannot guarantee to return original material and photographs. [email protected] MEMBERSHIP TEAM NUMBER: 01954 232810 – 9.00AM TO 5.00PM – MONDAY TO FRIDAY JUNE/JULY 2012 5 STEERINGWHEEL As I write Steering Wheel, it is now the middle of May and I Members and securing our finances. We have already made was hoping to say how nice it is and how we are now looking progress, but there is still a lot more to do. forward to our summer events. I will provide some more details of the plans in the next Well, not only has it rained for weeks, we still have a issue, but in the meantime, you can be assured that we are hosepipe ban, so keeping our fleet as shiny as we would like is working hard in many areas. now not so easy. I mentioned growing Membership, which we believe is However, the sun is now shining and we still have the important to our future strength and security. I am therefore events to look forward to, so not all bad. delighted to announce that Mark Edgar has come forward to Our first SOC outing will be the Peaks and Dales which is offer his services as Membership Director. Mark has been a always a great event, so we are really looking forward to it. We prominent member of the Saab community for many years are also hoping to make the Lakeland Gathering, another well- and is passionate about the brand and our Club. Although not established popular event. Then later, we have the National, yet officially in place as a Director, Mark has already started