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Chapter Email List Disclosure:<br />
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list from the National <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> database to<br />
send out event announcements that don’t make<br />
it into print. We promise to respect your time and<br />
limit the frequency of these messages to one or<br />
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This publication is read monthly by over 4,500<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> enthusiasts in Northern California. Deadline<br />
for new ad artwork is the fifth day of each<br />
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Contact the Advertising Manager for further<br />
details. (Advertising@ggcbmwcca.org) Please<br />
note, this publication is sent Bulk Rate USPS.<br />
Classified Advertising Submissions:<br />
Classified Ads are free to all current <strong>BMW</strong><br />
<strong>CCA</strong> members. However, ads MUST be<br />
submitted in writing–EMAIL IS MUCH PRE-<br />
FERRED–and must include membership number<br />
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features<br />
departments<br />
Stark Contrasts<br />
By Laura Burstein<br />
Photos By Donovan R. Unks .......13<br />
Just What Is The<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Foundation?<br />
By Michael R. Mitchell ................16<br />
Car Control Clinic ...........................21<br />
High Performance Driving School<br />
At Infineon Raceway ................28<br />
Across The Board ......................................5<br />
Calendar of Events ....................................6<br />
Announcements ........................................7<br />
Announcements - continued ...................8<br />
Minutes .......................................................9<br />
Bimmerphile ............................................11<br />
New Members .........................................22<br />
Meanwhile, Back At The Wrench... .......23<br />
Classified Ads ..........................................24<br />
<strong>CCA</strong> Discounts ........................................25<br />
Factory Authorized <strong>BMW</strong> Dealers ......25<br />
Chapter Contacts .....................................26<br />
Your input is encouraged!<br />
Submissions deadline is the 1st of<br />
each month prior to publication.<br />
On the cover<br />
“Oops, missed again!” Ex-<strong>BMW</strong>-Sauber<br />
driver Jacques Villeneuve’s <strong>BMW</strong><br />
F1 car is hauled away from the wall<br />
that jumped in his way during the<br />
Montreal race.<br />
Photo: Donovan R. Unks<br />
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Newsmagazine of the<br />
Golden Gate Chapter,<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong><br />
Volume 35, No. 8<br />
<strong>September</strong>, 2006<br />
Chapter Website:<br />
www.ggc<strong>BMW</strong>cca.org<br />
~1971~<br />
Golden Gate Chapter<br />
Celebrating 35 years of<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> enthusiasm in the<br />
Golden Gate region.<br />
~2006~<br />
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with payment due with insertion order. Make checks<br />
payable to: Golden Gate Chapter, <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong>.<br />
Publishing<br />
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for combined issues Nov/Dec and Jan/Feb).<br />
Article/photo submission deadline is the first<br />
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Wow, how time flies! I could swear I just wrote for<br />
this column, but here I am again….<br />
Last time I wrote about volunteering—how<br />
you all could help out by volunteering for a day or by assisting<br />
those who have made the year-long commitments. I<br />
asked for ideas and feedback and got NO responses—so I’m<br />
not sure anyone (besides my fellow board members) is even<br />
reading this column!<br />
But that won’t deter me from writing about another<br />
aspect of the <strong>BMW</strong> Club that is near and dear to me—Oktoberfest.<br />
Not the one in Munich, but the one held each year<br />
by the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> to celebrate <strong>BMW</strong>s and revel in the joy of<br />
driving them.<br />
I just came back from Oktoberfest 2006 in Grand Rapids,<br />
Michigan. While I don’t expect late July in ANY Midwest city<br />
to be a fun vacation, I was pleasantly surprised to find the<br />
weather wasn’t too bad. Besides, the weather never effects<br />
the great time I have in the events or the fun I have with the<br />
people who aend.<br />
The <strong>BMW</strong> club-style Oktoberfest is a week full of activities<br />
focused on driving <strong>BMW</strong>s. With loads of trophies handed<br />
out—the top three to five winners in each class in each competitive<br />
event—it’s tough to go home without a one.<br />
The events include a one-day (two-day, if you’re lucky)<br />
driving school at a nearby race track—this year it was GingerMan<br />
Raceway near South Haven, Michigan. There’s an<br />
autocross competition that is always fun, and if you haven’t<br />
done one of our chapter’s car-control clinics, the O’fest CCC<br />
is a must do. There’s also a gymkhana—something our chapter<br />
rarely holds—which is a driving competition filled with<br />
games and stunts; it’s always entertaining to watch. However,<br />
we skipped the gymkhana this year due to the head colds we<br />
caught on our flight out—with the rain and humidity, it really<br />
messed with our sinuses and our ability to think straight.<br />
This year’s Fun Rally contest—an event which may or<br />
may not be fun—involved locating over 30 different items<br />
throughout downtown Grand Rapids We were given a<br />
specific fieen-mile route, and six pages of photos to identify:<br />
funky signs, gargoyles, unusual features on buildings,<br />
sculptures, and statues. In case of a need for the tiebreaker,<br />
participants also had to list all the churches passed on the<br />
route. We actually had fun doing it this year, even if we did<br />
come in sixth… and not trophy.<br />
The TSD rally is a great way to see the scenic roads of the<br />
area. The rallymaster always works hard to find the roads<br />
less-traveled. The TSD rally at Oktoberfest is usually designed<br />
with the novice/first-timer in mind—they claim you<br />
can’t get lost. We’re not morning people, so we skipped the<br />
TSD rally since its start times began at 8:00 a.m.. (That’s 5:00<br />
a.m. in California… the time zone our heads were still in.)<br />
Finally, on Friday, there’s the concours. This is where<br />
you’ll see beautiful and unique <strong>BMW</strong>s. I don’t own any prey<br />
<strong>BMW</strong>s and I hate to clean them, so you’ll never see one of my<br />
cars in the concours. Wait, I take that back: Occasionally I’ll<br />
display one of my race cars if I’ve brought it to the event…<br />
but I still don’t wash it! Despite this, would you believe I’m<br />
still asked to be a judge? Go figure! The cool thing about the<br />
Oktoberfest concours is that the cars are judged strictly on<br />
cleanliness, not originality, unlike most concours.<br />
Those are the daytime events, but there’s more to do at<br />
night. Almost every night during the week there is a reception<br />
in the vendor area or a dinner. The vendor booths are<br />
By Tamara Hull, Treasurer<br />
always filled with lots of cool stuff to ogle and touch. Plus<br />
you never know what kind of cool things will be given away;<br />
model cars, posters, hats, fans, and shirts were giveaways<br />
this year. Then there are the door prizes, aendance prizes,<br />
and the main highlight: the <strong>CCA</strong>’s annual car raffle drawings.<br />
Everyone in the crowd holds their breath in hopes that their<br />
name will be called for one of the cars. (Congratulations to<br />
our <strong>GGC</strong> member Kevin Buck of Pleasanton who won a raffle<br />
car this year!)<br />
So hopefully you get the picture: Oktoberfest is a week<br />
filled with fun!<br />
But maybe you don’t get the picture, because I know<br />
you’re not aending the event. How do I know? Because our<br />
family and a few other <strong>GGC</strong> members (less than ten total)<br />
were the ONLY ones from our chapter there this year! And<br />
that’s out of nearly 5,000 <strong>GGC</strong> members!<br />
The Club has been hosting the annual Oktoberfest every<br />
year for over 35 years. Recently, the Club has formed a commiee<br />
to take a look at Oktoberfest and see if it needs to be<br />
changed or freshened up. Guess what? I’m on that commiee!<br />
One of the tasks the commiee is charged with is to find out<br />
why members like you are not aending Oktoberfest.<br />
Some of the questions we’re looking at are: Does the event<br />
needs to be shortened to less than a week—say from Wednesday<br />
to Saturday? Or should we only hold it in super-scenic<br />
locales like Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, and the Rocky<br />
Mountains? Or maybe only hold it at the <strong>BMW</strong> factory in<br />
Spartanburg, South Carolina? Should the event date be more<br />
regular—only being held in late <strong>September</strong> or early October,<br />
like the other Oktoberfest? Or do we reformat it to regional<br />
mini-Oktoberfests for four years, followed by a big national<br />
Oktoberfest every fih year?<br />
Please email me (treasurer@ggcbmwcca.org) and let me<br />
know what’s kept you away from an Oktoberfest, or why a<br />
non-California O’fest (2004, 1993) doesn’t work for you, or<br />
whatever your situation is!<br />
And in the meantime, start thinking about aending<br />
Oktoberfest 2007. It will be <strong>September</strong> 30-October 5 in Fort<br />
Worth, Texas. The featured <strong>BMW</strong> model will be the first-generation<br />
M3—what some consider to be the real M3, the E30.<br />
The track will be the recently expanded Motorsport Ranch.<br />
(It’s over three miles!)<br />
I’ll be there, how about you?<br />
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Calendar of Events<br />
Dates Event/Location Contact<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Sep 9 <strong>September</strong> Autocross GG Chpt<br />
Marina Municipal Airport, Marina, CA Kris Linquist/Ma Visser<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Sep 9-10 Club Race - Infineon GG Chpt/NorCal NASA<br />
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA<br />
Steve Walsh<br />
www.bmwccaclubracing.com<br />
Sep 15-17 Sharkfest West '06 SoCal Sixers<br />
Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas<br />
Alan Rosenbaum<br />
www.tuscanylasvegas.com<br />
Sep 16 <strong>September</strong> Board Meeting GG Chpt<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of Fremont, Fremont, CA<br />
Kelly Collins<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Sep 21-24 Pacific Sharkfest 2006 Pacific Sharkfest<br />
Embassy Suites, Seaside, CA<br />
Paul DiMauro<br />
www.pacificsharkfest.com<br />
Sep 22-24 Club Race - Laguna Seca GG Chpt/S<strong>CCA</strong><br />
Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA<br />
Steve Walsh<br />
www.bmwccaclubracing.com<br />
Sep 23 Backroads to Laguna Seca GG Chpt<br />
Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA<br />
David Crum<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Sep 24 Top Driver Shooutout GG Chpt<br />
Marina Municipal Airport, Marina, CA Kris Linquist/Ma Visser<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Sep 26-Oct 14 Ultimate Drive<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of North America<br />
Bay Area <strong>BMW</strong> Dealerships<br />
www.bmwusa.com/bmwexperience/EventsandPrograms/UDSK/default.htm<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Oct 5 Peninsula Meet & Greet GG Chpt<br />
Sco's Seafood, Palo Alto, CA<br />
Kyle Breton<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Oct 7-8 California Speedway Driving School LA Chpt<br />
California Speedway, Fontana, CA<br />
Delight Lucas<br />
www.bmwclubla.org<br />
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The most current calendar is at: www.ggc<strong>BMW</strong>cca.org<br />
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Oct 8 Car Control Clinic GG Chpt<br />
Marina Municipal Airport, Marina, CA Bob Goebel/Steve Albrecht<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Oct 14 Big Sur Tour GG Chpt<br />
Big Sur, CA<br />
Ken Whitson<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Oct 14 October Board Meeting GG Chpt<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA<br />
Kelly Collins<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Oct 15 <strong>GGC</strong> Candidate Statements Due GG Chpt<br />
See Announcements for info<br />
Oct 21 Car Control Clinic Reno Sub-Chapter<br />
Fernley, NV<br />
Jeff Warner<br />
www.sincitybmwcarclub.com<br />
jeheskier@sbcglobal.net<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
Nov 4-5 Infineon Driving School GG Chpt<br />
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA<br />
Bruce Nesbit<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Nov 11-12 Club Race - Buonwillow GG Chpt/SoCal NASA<br />
Buonwillow Raceway, Buonwillow, CA<br />
Steve Walsh<br />
www.bmwccaclubracing.com<br />
Nov 18 November Board Meeting GG Chpt<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Concord, Concord, CA<br />
Kelly Collins<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Dec 9-10 Reno-Fernley Driving School Reno Sub-Chapter<br />
Fernley, NV<br />
Jeff Warner<br />
www.sincitybmwcarclub.com<br />
jeheskier@sbcglobal.net<br />
Dec 16 December Board Meeting GG Chpt<br />
Stevens Creek <strong>BMW</strong>, Santa Clara, CA<br />
Kelly Collins<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
2007<br />
Mar 22-24 TechFest/Tacoma <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong><br />
Tacoma, WA<br />
Brenda Sarvis<br />
www.bmwcca.org<br />
Sep 30-Oct 5 Oktoberfest<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong><br />
Fort Worth, TX<br />
Brenda Sarvis<br />
www.bmwcca.org<br />
Bolded events are Regional or National <strong>CCA</strong> events.<br />
To add an event to the calendar, email your information to:<br />
CommunicationsManager@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Join The Team<br />
Involvement with the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> can be extremely rewarding.<br />
You make great friends and have a lot of fun connecting<br />
with others who share a passion for the ultimate driving<br />
machine. The 2006 <strong>GGC</strong> Board Elections will be held in the<br />
late Fall, and we need your help to continue our quest to be<br />
the best chapter for our <strong>CCA</strong> members. If you are interested in<br />
running for a Board position, please nominate yourself for one<br />
of the positions listed below. A description of each position can<br />
be found on the <strong>GGC</strong> website under “Chapter Info.”<br />
President Vice President Secretary<br />
Treasurer Membership Chair<br />
Please send your nomination and a short candidate<br />
statement to Donna Seeley at secretary@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
by October 15, 2006.<br />
The X Tour - Monterey<br />
We are planning a Monterey Area meet-and-greet of a<br />
different type: a pavement-and-gravel road tour of Big Sur.<br />
It will be great for four-wheel-drive vehicles, but not too difficult<br />
for two-wheel-drive cars—so long as their owners don’t<br />
mind geing their Bimmers dirty.<br />
This all-day outing will begin in Carmel at 9:00 a.m. It<br />
will include a mix of Highway 1 touring and some dirt road<br />
segments that few Big Sur travelers ever see. These roads will<br />
be passable in two-wheel drive if it’s dry, but will offer a lile<br />
excitement for X3, X5, ix, and xi drivers. We plan to have a<br />
short hike in the middle, if the schedule allows, and lunch at<br />
Nepenthe. <strong>BMW</strong>s are not required.<br />
The number of vehicles will be limited, so we ask that you<br />
RSVP to Monterey Area Representative Ken Whitson. Let us<br />
know if you have space for other members to ride along with<br />
you. If you would like to join the group, but don’t want to<br />
bring your concours-winning beauty, let us know and we’ll<br />
team you up with some new friends for a fun day exploring<br />
the real back roads of Big Sur. Watch the website for details as<br />
they become available .<br />
When: <strong>September</strong> 23, 9:00 a.m.<br />
Where: Big Sur area<br />
RSVP: Ken Whitson,<br />
MontereyAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org, 831 625-5133<br />
Deutsches Motorfest 2006<br />
All <strong>BMW</strong> Club members, their friends, and guests are invited<br />
to aend Deutsches Motorfest 2006, a celebration of fine<br />
German motoring. Events include a display of hundreds of<br />
German vehicles, a giant show-and-shine car show, car-club<br />
corrals, great food and drink, automotive vendor displays,<br />
and a huge German-car-parts swap meet.<br />
Vehicle entry is $40 and includes weekend passes for<br />
two adults and their children under twelve, show-and-shine<br />
entry, goody bag, event poster, and a chance to win one of<br />
several great awards and door prizes.<br />
General admission is $15 for adults; children under<br />
twelve are free when accompanied by an adult. Gates are<br />
open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. The<br />
fairgrounds charge a $4-per-car parking fee for general admission.<br />
There is no parking charge for participating vehicles.<br />
Performing on Saturday aernoon will be the band<br />
Mumbo Gumbo. The featured charity is the Kiwanis Family<br />
House. For more information on vehicle entry, tickets, vendor<br />
space, sponsorship, or other activities, please contact the event.<br />
When: Sep 23-24, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.<br />
Where: El Dorado County Fairgrounds, Placerville, CA<br />
Info: 916 801-3330 or www.deutschesmotorfest.com<br />
Top Driver Shootout<br />
The <strong>September</strong> 24 autocross is the last of the ’06 season; it<br />
closes with the annual Top Driver Shootout. Participants are<br />
eligible to compete if they have aended a minimum of two<br />
autocrosses this year. Event cost is $50 online, $60 onsite.<br />
When: <strong>September</strong> 24<br />
Where: Marina Airport<br />
More info at: www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Reno Sub-Chapter Starts Up<br />
A core group of <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong>ers in the Reno area, in concert<br />
with the National Board and the Sin City Chapter, have begun<br />
conducting activities as a sub-chapter. The objective is to generate<br />
sufficient leadership and participation to eventually split<br />
off and become an independent chapter.<br />
According to member Mike Dietel, "A lot of folks in the<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> don’t realize there is more than one town (although<br />
not a lot more) in Nevada. The distance from Reno to Las<br />
Vegas is enough to cover at least six East Coast chapter territories.<br />
(About an eight hour drive. - kk) This direction isn’t about<br />
population density, but rather about time and distance factors<br />
that reduce participation for members in the Reno area. There<br />
are already more than 200 active members up north. We would<br />
like to increase that number and also increase participation by<br />
making Club activities more accessible."<br />
The Reno sub-chapter has already had two events at the<br />
Reno <strong>BMW</strong> dealer, Bill Pearce Motors. On August 12 there was<br />
a successful meet-and-greet to see the new <strong>BMW</strong> 335i coupe<br />
fresh off its press launch in San Francisco, and on August 26<br />
there was an M Day. Future events at Reno-Fernley Raceway<br />
you should consider include: a car control clinic on October 21<br />
and a driving school on December 9-10.<br />
When: October 21, and December 9-10<br />
Where: Reno-Fernley Raceway<br />
Contacts:<br />
Gilbert Dayao: 775 720-7485, gilbert@gilsonautobody.com<br />
Jeff Warner: 775 745-6962, jeheskier@sbcglobal.net<br />
More Info: www.sincitybmwcarclub.com<br />
Helping Hands Needed<br />
Did you know that Habitat for Humanity has built 28<br />
homes in Santa Clara County in the last nineteen years and<br />
currently has several home building projects underway right<br />
here in our backyard?<br />
Through volunteer labor, cash donations, and material<br />
donations, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent<br />
houses with the help of the homeowner families. Our Golden<br />
Gate chapter is puing together a team of volunteers to help<br />
the Silicon Valley Habitat for Humanity in the construction of<br />
six four-bedroom homes on Murphy Avenue in San Jose. These<br />
six houses are the second phase of an eleven home build—the<br />
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largest group of houses aempted by the SV HFH. Why<br />
don’t you come out on Sunday, November 12, and be part<br />
of that team?<br />
This type of project requires many volunteers. Don’t<br />
worry if you don’t think you have the skills needed; our Club<br />
members will be teamed together with skilled workers. It’s<br />
really a great way to have a lot of fun, learn a few new skills,<br />
and contribute to a very worthwhile cause. (Construction<br />
volunteers must be at least 14 years old.) Further details are<br />
available on our chapter website and in the October Bombe.<br />
For further information, contact Joe Fant.<br />
When: November 12<br />
Contact: Joe Fant,<br />
CharitableEventsCoordinator@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
New Area Reps<br />
We’ve made a few changes in the Area Representative<br />
lineup! Please welcome your new reps:<br />
Peninsula Area Rep: Kyle Breton<br />
North Bay Area Rep: Donna Seeley<br />
South Bay Area Rep: Kris Linquist<br />
East Bay Area Rep: Percy Chow<br />
Watch the calendar for events being planned in your area.<br />
See page 26 for contact information.<br />
Wine Country Motorsports Helmet Discount<br />
Wine Country Motorsports at Sears Point’s Infineon Raceway<br />
has agreed to provide a 10% discount on ANY helmet<br />
they carry—plus a free helmet bag—to any Pacific Region<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> member. Wine Country will happily ship if you<br />
know brand and size. If you are not replacing an existing<br />
helmet, you should visit their store in person. Fit is critical for<br />
safety when it comes to helmets.<br />
This offer (good through December 31) extends to any<br />
member in good standing in any chapter of the Pacific Region<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong>. Basically, any <strong>CCA</strong> member is eligible, so CCC<br />
instructors, autocrossers, driving-school students, etc. can all<br />
take advantage of this program.<br />
Please note that Wine Country is really stepping up here.<br />
Before this they’ve NEVER discounted their helmets due<br />
to their slim margins. Please keep this in mind when other<br />
members ask you where they should get their helmet. We<br />
need to support Wine Country like they are supporting us!<br />
Wine Country is NOT checking for <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> member<br />
IDs, so the honor system applies here. Let’s make sure we<br />
don’t abuse their generosity.<br />
We’d like to give a BIG THANKS to Wine Country for<br />
supporting us! Next time you’re at Sears Point, please stop in<br />
and thank them yourself! When calling or visiting, please ask<br />
for the “<strong>BMW</strong> Club 10% discount and free helmet bag.”<br />
Wine Country Motorsports, 28001 Arnold Dr., Sonoma,<br />
CA; 707 935-7223; www.winecountrymotorsports.com<br />
Golden Gate Chapter - <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Board Meeting Minutes<br />
By Donna Seeley<br />
Secretary, <strong>GGC</strong> <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong><br />
Our thanks to<br />
East Bay <strong>BMW</strong><br />
for hosting this board meeting!<br />
8 <strong>September</strong> 2006 die flüsternde Bombe<br />
<strong>September</strong> 2006 die flüsternde Bombe<br />
9<br />
July 15, 2006<br />
East Bay <strong>BMW</strong><br />
The Board meeting was called to order at 1:15 p.m.<br />
Board in Aendance: Mike Mills, President; Donna Seeley, Secretary;<br />
Mark Dadgar, Driving Events Coordinator; Jonathan Bensen, Vice-<br />
President; Jeff Cowan, Membership Chair; Tammi Hull, Treasurer;<br />
Kelly Collins, Communications Manager.<br />
Board Not in Aendance: None.<br />
Guests in Aendance: Grant Low; Joe Fant; Percy M. Chow; Michael<br />
Wong; Marie Bushman.<br />
Meeting Notes:<br />
Let it be noted for the archives that Hull arrived not only on time<br />
but ahead of Dadgar and Collins.<br />
Membership Report<br />
Membership (including associate members) is 4,938, down<br />
eleven from last month. Despite our renewal and new membership<br />
numbers being up this month, our non-renewal rate is up even more..<br />
Mills received an email from Jeff Warren of Reno, NV saying<br />
they are creating a subchapter of Sin City to go independent next year.<br />
They are asking for help from <strong>GGC</strong> and for an item in the Bombe.<br />
Charities (Fant)<br />
Review/reconfirm Habitat for Humanity direction<br />
Fant is still seing up a hands-on date; it should be at the end<br />
of <strong>September</strong>. They will need a commitment from twenty helpers.<br />
The karting fundraiser planning is in progress.<br />
Augusto Lopez (Commerce Printing) fatality. <strong>GGC</strong> will send<br />
$500 and deepest sympathies to the Lopez family [motion passed via<br />
email vote]. For the full story and how to make a donation, see the<br />
August Bombe (available in pdf at <strong>GGC</strong> site).<br />
The Board continued its lively discussion of what to do<br />
about charitable contributions, i.e.: ad hoc individual contributions,<br />
single organization, or some combination. The issue was once again<br />
handed off to the Charity Commiee (Fant, Cowan, and Dadgar).<br />
Area Rep Report<br />
Meet & Greets<br />
North Bay: Hull is still planning an event. She said, “If<br />
someone else thinks they can do a beer job, they are welcome to<br />
volunteer.” Which Seeley does… did…. whatever. Now Seeley is<br />
planning an event.<br />
South Bay and Peninsula: we are still looking for permanent<br />
reps.<br />
Social Events Report<br />
July 22: Santa Cruz hills drive.<br />
Sept 23: Laguna back roads drive.<br />
Chen is planning karting and golf events. [Golf cart races?<br />
Woohoo! – ds]<br />
Winter Party<br />
We still don’t have a definite location. A South Bay location<br />
would be closer for the bulk of the membership. Blackhawk says<br />
we are too small for a Saturday night; it would be a Sunday night in<br />
January. Collins and Cowan are in discussions with two dealers.<br />
Funding Commiee is still looking for ways to offset entry<br />
fees. There was a suggestion to require a deposit, refundable at the<br />
event, as other chapters do.<br />
Dealer Presentation<br />
Presentation Schedule: still in planning. Most dealers have<br />
Saturday morning sales meetings. Dealer staff used to come to autocrosses;<br />
we’ll try to revive that.<br />
Insurance<br />
Liberty Mutual has teamed up with <strong>CCA</strong> National to offer<br />
home and car insurance. Cowan will investigate and report back.<br />
Per Hull: Liberty is also involved via <strong>BMW</strong> NA and the<br />
<strong>CCA</strong> Foundation.<br />
Website<br />
The Board thanks Mills, Collins, and Brian Ghidinelli for helping<br />
Cowan clean up the website:<br />
A Member Benefits section has been added.<br />
Driving Events<br />
Autocross<br />
Dadgar thanks the new autocross team for kicking [expletive<br />
deleted] this year—we are averaging 80 aendees and more runs.<br />
The next event is August 20 at Marina.<br />
Car Control Clinic<br />
August 6 is full with a wait list. They need instructors. Everyone<br />
would like to do more clinics but we don’t have enough support staff.<br />
Street Survival School<br />
May 6 was an exceptional event.<br />
<strong>September</strong> 16: Sacramento chapter SSS. <strong>GGC</strong> is sending instructors<br />
to help out.<br />
Driving School<br />
Aug. 26-27: Thunderhill; we have 48 signed up already.<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of SF customer day is the day before the <strong>GGC</strong> school.<br />
They may have cars and staff at our school.<br />
Club Racing [Mills]<br />
The Miller Motorsports Park race was in May. Twenty-seven<br />
cars showed up. It’s a world-class facility. Two protests were filed—the<br />
first in <strong>BMW</strong> CR history—one was overturned.<br />
The Willow Springs race was in July.<br />
The next race event is August 11-13 (three days) at Thunderhill.<br />
The race schedule is not finalized.<br />
For the <strong>September</strong> 9-10 race at Infineon, we have an opportunity<br />
to rent a block of garages. Hull and Walsh will decide by July 17.<br />
Twenty slots in ten garages would cost $1,000.<br />
2007 CR schedule<br />
<strong>GGC</strong> has hosted all but two Pacific region races this year. Mills<br />
proposes that <strong>GGC</strong> only sponsor races in our geographical area. That<br />
would be one each at Thunderhill, Infineon, Laguna Seca, and Buonwillow.<br />
(BW will possibly be sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter).<br />
Sponsors<br />
Edge Motorsports<br />
Dadgar is expecting a signed contract and a check in the mail soon.<br />
Crisis Communication Report<br />
National’s contact cards were distributed; see the Secretary’s report.<br />
Treasurer<br />
Financials<br />
Cash on hand $56,600; payables $19,900 (including $15,000 in<br />
Thunderhill driving school fees); receivables $19,200.<br />
The new truck’s lease financing is confused (but current). Hull is<br />
working with the bank on loan numbers, billing address, and the name<br />
on the title. The new truck has been added to <strong>GGC</strong>’s insurance policy<br />
Vintage logo decals: Seeley will talk to vendor.<br />
Non-profit credit card: eligibility talks are in progress.<br />
Secretary Report<br />
Crisis communications: National’s contact cards were distributed<br />
to Dadgar, Collins, Bensen, Mills, Low, Cowan, Edgar Chen (via<br />
Cowan), David Crum (via Cowan), and Bob Goebel (via Low).<br />
Tech Session Report (Low)<br />
Low met with Chen and will take over scheduling and signups<br />
on the tech sessions Chen has started on.<br />
Planned tech sessions:<br />
Stanford European next Spring.<br />
Corporate Auto Works in December.<br />
Dinan (Morgan Hill facility) in November.<br />
Bavarian Motorsport in October.<br />
Communications Report<br />
Content Policy is in progress. Areas to be addressed are the email<br />
blast, newsmagazine, and website.<br />
Chapter Newsmagazine<br />
Operational Guidelines<br />
Operating policy: Mills will send it to Collins.<br />
Revenue<br />
80% of <strong>GGC</strong> member dues<br />
100% of advertising<br />
Expense<br />
Will be managed to break even or make a small profit.<br />
Will be operating as profit/loss center, so the publisher<br />
doesn’t need to ask the Board for approval of minor issues [passed].<br />
Advertising Program for 2007<br />
Chow gave a first dra presentation of ad sizes, rates, etc.<br />
using industry standards.<br />
At 30 advertisers, the Bombe is up to account management size.<br />
Rates are based on payment up front with a discount for check<br />
(but PayPal disallows different rates than non-PayPal payment methods).<br />
Other issues to be addressed later: classified ads on the website,<br />
online ad submission, and marketing for “Bombe plus website” ads.<br />
Continued on page 19<br />
Minutes
Bimmerphile Editor: Bob Vitkus<br />
Board Moves… At its meeting on July 20, 2006, the Supervisory<br />
Board of <strong>BMW</strong> AG made a number of decisions which<br />
will shape the management of the <strong>BMW</strong> Group in the long<br />
term. Dr. Norbert Reithofer, 50, was appointed as chairman<br />
of the Board of Management and will take over this position<br />
from Dr. Helmut Panke, 59, on <strong>September</strong> 1, 2006.<br />
The Supervisory Board also appointed Frank-Peter Arndt,<br />
50, to the Board of Management as Reithofer’s successor with<br />
responsibility for production. Arndt is currently head of the<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Dingolfing plant. In addition, the Supervisory Board<br />
appointed Dr. Klaus Draeger, 49, to the Board of Management<br />
of <strong>BMW</strong> AG effective November 1, 2006. At that date,<br />
Draeger will take over responsibility for research, development,<br />
and purchasing from Professor Dr. Burkhard Göschel,<br />
60. Draeger is currently Director of the development department<br />
with responsibility for the Group’s large-model series<br />
(<strong>BMW</strong> 5, 6, and 7 Series). <strong>BMW</strong> Group [Dr. Göschel, who turns<br />
61 in October, was given an exception to the company’s mandatory<br />
retirement age of 60. Dr. Panke, who turned 60 last month, was<br />
not. bv]<br />
Second Quarter Interim Report… <strong>BMW</strong>, the world’s<br />
biggest premium carmaker, posted a one-third increase in<br />
second-quarter pretax profit, clearly beating market expectations,<br />
as automotive profits surged on record car sales.<br />
Earnings before tax (EBT) rose to €1,230,000,000<br />
($1,570,000,000), the Munich-based company said, easily<br />
beer than the average estimate of €1,040,000,000 from 25<br />
analysts in a Reuters poll.<br />
“On this basis, the <strong>BMW</strong> Group is therefore well on<br />
course to achieving its targets for the full year 2006 and<br />
hence, as forecast, the best year in the company’s history,”<br />
Chief Executive Helmut Panke said. Reuters [For more<br />
information including downloads and audio-streams visit www.<br />
bmwgroup.com/ir – bv]<br />
Diesels Coming To U.S.… <strong>BMW</strong> intends to start selling<br />
diesel-powered cars in the United States within two years,<br />
using a urea-based additive to meet emissions standards, the<br />
Financial Times newspaper reported in July.<br />
“Urea will take another two years but, then diesel is really<br />
clean and can be sold in all 50 states,” the paper quoted <strong>BMW</strong><br />
sales and marketing head Michael Ganal as saying at the<br />
British International Motor Show. “The U.S. is more open to<br />
diesel than two or three years ago.” Reuters<br />
And The #1 Most-Stolen Car In The U.S. Is… Small cars<br />
that can be chopped into parts and sold for use by street racers<br />
dominated the list of the most-stolen autos in the U.S. last<br />
year, but high-priced cars and expensive sport utility vehicles<br />
also ranked high… Leading the way was the 2001 <strong>BMW</strong> M<br />
roadster, which was stolen at a rate of one for every 200 on<br />
the road, according to the Chicago-based CCC Information<br />
Services Inc., an industry group that tracks the and vehicle<br />
damage. AP<br />
Oxford Gets New Paint Technology… <strong>BMW</strong> Group has<br />
introduced an innovative paint technology, known as IPP (Integrated<br />
Paint Process), at its Mini plant in Oxford, England.<br />
The system is expected to have a long-term impact on energy<br />
savings and emissions reductions, while meeting high quality<br />
standards for surfaces. The IPP introduction is a key factor in<br />
the expansion of the plant’s production capacity to a midterm<br />
volume of up to 240,000 units.<br />
Compared with previous technology, IPP completely<br />
eliminates the primer coat application and oven stage.<br />
Instead, the system uses a “wet on wet” application of two<br />
layers, the first integrating all the functions and qualities of<br />
a primer-surfacer, while the second base coat applies color,<br />
effect, and depth. A clear coat is applied on top of the base<br />
coat as before.<br />
The system dispenses with a solvent-based primer-surfacer,<br />
which the company says supports its environmental<br />
objectives, and reduces energy costs and emissions in the<br />
paint shop by more than ten percent. As well, the space and<br />
infrastructure previously used for primer coat application can<br />
be reallocated as an additional base coat line.<br />
Plant Oxford, the sole production site for the Mini, is<br />
the first <strong>BMW</strong> Group manufacturing facility to use the new<br />
paint system. The introduction of IPP into other plants will<br />
be considered on a case-by-case basis when paint shops need<br />
replacing or refurbishing. canadiandriver.com<br />
Put A Lid On It… Quick, what company developed the Z4<br />
coupe? Hint: it wasn’t <strong>BMW</strong>. Answer: Magna Int’l. That’s right,<br />
the tier one supplier of stampings, systems, assemblies, etc. actually<br />
developed the idea for the Z4. According to Mark Hogan,<br />
Magna’s president, workers at its Piedmont, South Carolina,<br />
heavy stamping facility—which produces outer body panels<br />
for the Z4 roadster that’s built at the nearby <strong>BMW</strong> Spartanburg<br />
plant—were puzzled as to why <strong>BMW</strong> did not plan to produce<br />
a coupe version of its popular roadster. Aer all, its predecessor—the<br />
Z3—included a coupe variant. That idea placed a series<br />
of steps into motion where Magna began its own study to determine<br />
if <strong>BMW</strong> could produce the coupe profitably. Within a year,<br />
Magna engineers wrapped up their proposal and presented to<br />
<strong>BMW</strong>’s product development team, who eventually gave the<br />
project the green light. Automotive Design and Production [Magna<br />
Int’l, the industry’s number-three supplier in terms of revenues, builds<br />
every X3 for <strong>BMW</strong> at its Magna Steyr facility in Graz, Austria – bv]<br />
Perhaps It Was Because <strong>BMW</strong> Was Busy With The Z29<br />
Prototype… The mysterious prototype coupe widely disseminated<br />
in the media three years ago (then dubbed “Z5” or<br />
“Z10”), has been unveiled by <strong>BMW</strong> as the Z29.<br />
Lightweight construction using aluminum front and tail<br />
modules bolted to a carbon-fiber monocoque results in a<br />
curb weight of 1,160 kg (2,550 lbs), including the same 343 hp<br />
S54 motor used in the M3 and Z4-based M Roadster and M<br />
Coupe. 0-100 km/h (62 mph) takes just 4.4 seconds.<br />
But, there’s no chance that it will go into production.<br />
automotorundsport.de<br />
The Z29 That’s Not In Your Future<br />
Excerpts From Automotive News Interview With Howard<br />
Mosher… <strong>BMW</strong> NA’s executive vice president for operations.<br />
AN: Will the replacement X5 [E70 - bv], due next year,<br />
be bigger than the current model? Is that wise with gasoline<br />
prices on the rise?<br />
Bimmerphile<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> News Bytes<br />
automotorundsport.de<br />
10 <strong>September</strong> 2006 die flüsternde Bombe<br />
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By Laura Burstein<br />
Photos & Captions By Donovan R. Unks<br />
Next-generation X5… The new <strong>BMW</strong> X5 raises the SAV<br />
driving experience with powerful eight and six-cylinder engines,<br />
unique suspension, and enhanced <strong>BMW</strong> xDrive all-wheel-drive technology,<br />
as well as a weight-optimized bodyshell with extreme torsional<br />
stiffness. It’s the only vehicle in its segment available with both Active<br />
Steering, developed by <strong>BMW</strong>, and AdaptiveDrive (a combination of<br />
Active Roll Stabilization and Electronic Damping Control). The new<br />
X5 will be available in the U.S. with either a 4.8-liter V8 capable of 350<br />
horsepower or a 3.0-liter inline-six with 260 horsepower. <strong>BMW</strong> Press<br />
The two 2006 North American Formula 1 races may be<br />
close in proximity, but they are miles apart in spirit.<br />
Mosher: Everyone is sensitive to what goes on with gas prices,<br />
but it is a maer of degree. People capable of buying these vehicles<br />
can afford higher fuel prices. What the new X5 will do for<br />
us is to offer a new seating configuration and update the X5 concept.<br />
The combination of those two things should have enormous<br />
appeal.<br />
AN: We haven’t seen the Raum Funktionales Konzept, your<br />
new crossover vehicle due later this decade, but we have seen the<br />
Mercedes-Benz R Class. Sales are sluggish, and the vehicle has<br />
been repriced. How do you do a crossover vehicle that fits <strong>BMW</strong>’s<br />
image and succeeds where Mercedes has not?<br />
Mosher: You could have said the same thing about the X5. That<br />
product (the new vehicle) is not yet fully defined, and some of the<br />
open issues have to do with how to make a vehicle that is spacefunctional<br />
and a <strong>BMW</strong>. The view is that social/demographic trends<br />
in the world suggest that there will be new vehicles developing to<br />
meet the needs of the future—just as years ago there was no such<br />
thing as a minivan and then there was one. Futurists see an opportunity<br />
to create a vehicle that is functional in a way that vans and<br />
SUVs are not. autoweek.com<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Individual Almost Here…The “<strong>BMW</strong> Individual Composition<br />
package (ZI1)” will be available in the 7 Series beginning<br />
this fall, and features your choice of interior pieces. High-gloss<br />
piano-black wood trim, high-gloss mahogany wood trim, or<br />
high-gloss Amarone wood trim; Merino full leather in three colors<br />
(Platinum, Rust Brown, or Amarone); 20” wheels (Style 152);<br />
Alcantara headliner in either Platinum or Anthracite (depending<br />
upon leather choice); illuminated <strong>BMW</strong> Individual door-sill<br />
finishers; storage net for front passenger foot well; and, at further<br />
additional cost, there are three exterior colors available as well:<br />
Azurite Black, Ruby Black, and Moonstone.<br />
Pricing: ZI1 package MSRP: $11,000 for 750i/Li and $10,000<br />
for 760Li; Individual paint is $3,000 for all models. <strong>BMW</strong> NA via<br />
bimmerfest.com<br />
Parking Becoming A Chore?… <strong>BMW</strong> has developed a system<br />
that parks a car in the garage at the push of a buon on a remote<br />
control. The system will be available to <strong>BMW</strong> drivers within three<br />
years.<br />
Prof. Raymond Freymann, Head of Research and Technology<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Group, explains how the system works:<br />
“The fully automatic garage parking assistant is a vehicle system<br />
which enables a vehicle to drive into a garage fully automatically.<br />
In order to enable this, we of course have to know where the<br />
vehicle is positioned relative to the garage. To this end, there is a<br />
camera mounted on the windscreen pointing ahead at the garage.<br />
On the back wall of the garage we aach a so-called ‘lenticular<br />
reflector.’ This lenticular reflector gives us two pieces of information:<br />
first, the distance of the vehicle from the back wall. If the<br />
camera sees the reflector in small size, this means it is a long way.<br />
If the camera sees the reflector in large size, this simply means<br />
that the vehicle is near the wall. Second, you have a very clear<br />
view of the angle at which the camera is pointing at the reflector<br />
since there is a black line moving backwards and forwards. So<br />
you have two pieces of information—the size of the reflector and<br />
the angle relative to the back wall. Now the position of the vehicle<br />
is known and I can define the trajectories for the vehicle to move<br />
completely automatically into the garage. This is essentially the<br />
sensor system we have installed for the Automatic Park Assistant.<br />
Of course, what else do I need to control the whole operation? It<br />
has to be possible to control the engine and transmission electronically;<br />
I have to be able to operate the brake electronically from<br />
the vehicle and—of course, the accelerator, too. But that’s all the<br />
systems I need so as to be able to have the vehicle drive into the<br />
garage completely automatically.” theautochannel.com<br />
Rumor Mill… We’re hearing that the next-generation Z4 has<br />
been internally coded “E89,” and is said to be slightly larger than<br />
the current Z4 (E85). [bv]<br />
Speculation Of Z2 Returns... The cover of the latest issue of<br />
Germany’s AutoBild magazine features an artist’s illustration of<br />
the forthcoming <strong>BMW</strong> Z2. While we don’t have specific details on<br />
the rumor, the Z2 appears to be a small roadster sloed beneath<br />
the Z4 range. In May, AutoWeek and AutoCar reported <strong>BMW</strong><br />
was working on a new roadster called the Z2, in addition to the<br />
much-rumored Z6. While it’s almost certain a smaller roadster is<br />
under consideration at <strong>BMW</strong>, we suspect it may receive a name<br />
other than Z2. As previously noted by Lelane News, <strong>BMW</strong> published<br />
the names Z1 and Z5 for opposition at the U.S. Patent and<br />
Trademark Office on January 17, 2006. Regardless of its name, the<br />
new roadster looks like it will introduce some new styling cues to<br />
<strong>BMW</strong>’s design language, including some unusual 3D headlamps.<br />
Update: Auto Zeitung is also reporting in its latest issue that <strong>BMW</strong><br />
is planning<br />
a Z2 for the<br />
2009 model<br />
year. However,<br />
the report<br />
suggests a<br />
coupe model<br />
will also be<br />
offered.<br />
Autobild.de<br />
Autobild.de<br />
The labyrinthine passageways of the Beri-Uqam<br />
metro station are cool and breezy. Each wave of<br />
circulated air carries to the nostrils hints of damp<br />
earth, tires, and electric circuits. “It doesn’t smell<br />
like urine like it does in Paris,” says my friend,<br />
Donovan Unks.<br />
It’s Sunday morning. We’re making the trek from our bed-andbreakfast<br />
in the quiet residential neighborhood of Mont-Royal to<br />
the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Île Notre-Dame, a man-made island<br />
in the St. Lawrence River. The bowels of Montreal are alive, filled to<br />
capacity with masses of race fans. We follow the crowds and board<br />
the train bound for Parc Jean Drapeau. People dressed in team<br />
merchandise hang about poles and press up against doors, anxious<br />
to hear the whine of this year’s new V8 engines on Québécois soil.<br />
The doors open and we’re carried amidst a wave of humanity<br />
up a series of zigzagging staircases, emerging from the subterranean<br />
shade into a verdant, sun-drenched park. The landscape<br />
is a pleasant marriage of water, foliage, and meandering asphalt.<br />
Thumping music, clamoring merchants, and scurrying spectators<br />
don’t defile the holiness of this moment: Our first in-person<br />
Formula One race.<br />
We follow the masses through the plaza, down the long<br />
winding dirt road, and across the Pont de la Concorde to the<br />
track. The immense circular casino looms in the center of the Île<br />
Notre-Dame, its quasi-futuristic architecture evoking images of<br />
Disneyland’s Space Mountain. Security personnel check for tickets<br />
and direct the crowd, but no one asks to search a single one of the<br />
thousands of bags and backpacks coming in. I hearken back to<br />
when going to an event in the U.S. was that uncomplicated.<br />
Our grandstand between Turns 6 and 7 is packed to capacity.<br />
Directly in front of us sits a college-aged couple in matching<br />
Renault outfits who cannot keep their hands—or mouths—off one<br />
another. I like Renault. But these hormone-consumed kids make<br />
me rethink my team loyalty.<br />
The grid is cleared and the engines start. The cars pull out<br />
to take the formation lap. As they approach, the stands become<br />
a moving, breathing mass of waving hats and flying flags. The<br />
piercing whines of the engines grow louder. They wax and wane<br />
with upshis and downshis, interrupted sporadically by the<br />
rapid-fire chortle of traction control.<br />
The rest, as they say, is history. Renault’s Fernando Alonso goes<br />
on to win his sixth (and fourth consecutive) race of the season.<br />
<strong>BMW</strong>-Sauber driver and Montreal hometown hero Jacques Villeneuve<br />
(who has since been let go) is hardly as successful; he crashes<br />
by our grandstand aer 58 laps. It’s sad, yet undeniably funny, to<br />
see the car boasting “<strong>BMW</strong> Power” dangling limply from a crane.<br />
“Doing Dad proud,” a colleague later remarks.<br />
<strong>BMW</strong>-Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld fares beer, climbing six spots<br />
from his grid position to finish seventh.<br />
Perhaps one of the most surprising moves comes aer the<br />
race. When the track is cleared and the last drop of champagne<br />
has been sprayed from the podium, hundreds of race fans hoist<br />
themselves onto the concrete barriers and scale the chain-link<br />
fence between the stands and the track. Soon, the Circuit Gilles<br />
Villeneuve is covered with people tracing the turns and straightaways,<br />
now liered with tiny balls of sticky rubber.<br />
But anyone familiar with the Formula One circus knows that<br />
excitement doesn’t just happen on the track. The night before<br />
the race, Donovan and I go to Estiatorio Milos, an upscale Greek<br />
restaurant on the north side of Montreal known for its top-notch<br />
seafood and celebrity clientele.<br />
During dinner, Donovan and I joke that this is probably where<br />
the F1 team members eat when they’re in town. Near the end of the<br />
meal I get up to go to the ladies’ room. On my way back, as I thread<br />
my way through the mass of bodies congregating in the front entryway,<br />
I make eye contact with a familiar-looking, very suntanned,<br />
gray-haired gentleman. A split second later, I make the connection.<br />
“Flavio’s here!” I say as I sit back down at our table. Donovan<br />
surreptitiously turns around to catch a glance of Flavio Briatorre,<br />
Renault team principal. It takes him a moment to recognize the<br />
internationally-known playboy without his turquoise team shirt.<br />
But not to stray too far from convention, Flavio sports his signature<br />
blue-tinted sunglasses and a blue cashmere sweater.<br />
Renault’s head honcho is still standing nearby, surrounded by<br />
an entourage of glierati, when it’s Donovan’s turn to get up. As<br />
he passes by, he overhears a conversation with a woman Donovan<br />
presumes to be Flavio’s personal assistant.<br />
Woman: “Mr. Briatorre, Tara Reid* wants to know if she can<br />
have dinner with you and your girlfriend.”<br />
Flavio: “Who?”<br />
My thought exactly.<br />
Monday morning we board a train from Montreal to Toronto,<br />
where we spend the week sightseeing and visiting friends. On<br />
Friday, we tune into Speed Channel to watch practice for the U.S.<br />
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<strong>BMW</strong> Sauber’s Frere Jacques Villeneuve<br />
rushes to an early nap with a crash at Turn 7<br />
in Montreal.<br />
Grand Prix. The highlight of the coverage is a one-on-one interview<br />
with Renault’s Fernando Alonso.<br />
Reporter: “Fernando, what scares you?”<br />
Alonso: “Spiders.”<br />
Reporter: “Spiders? That’s it?”<br />
Alonso: “Yes. Spiders.”<br />
The Spaniard’s so, humble demeanor and self-deprecating humor<br />
is a nice change from some… shall we say… other champion<br />
F1 drivers. And for the record, Fernando, I’m scared of spiders, too.<br />
The next morning we board a (very small) plane to Indianapolis.<br />
Upon landing, we taxi past several private jets lined up on the<br />
tarmac, the largest of which bears the initials “MS.” It’s Saturday,<br />
and the drivers are already at the track preparing for qualifying.<br />
We claim our luggage and pick up our rental car (there is certainly<br />
no Metro here). As we drive toward the Indianapolis Motor<br />
Speedway, we survey the flat, sprawling landscape. A brown haze<br />
hangs in the air as we make our way from Highway 465 to Crawfordsville<br />
Road. Residents of the Brickyard’s nearby houses sit or<br />
stand outside with handmade signs:<br />
“Park in our yard - $20”<br />
“Only 6 blocks away for $15”<br />
“Leave yer car here, $25”<br />
American capitalism at its finest.<br />
We continue past the budding entrepreneurs<br />
and into one of the Speedway’s<br />
parking lots. I climb out and look<br />
around. We’re standing in a sea of dirt,<br />
asphalt, and damn big trucks.<br />
We cross the road to the track entrance<br />
and are immediately directed to<br />
the security table for a bag search and<br />
pat-down. Welcome back home.<br />
Seating for qualifying is general<br />
admission. We wander the footpaths<br />
near the paddock in search of a primo<br />
viewing area and are astounded to see<br />
rows of empty stands. Entire sections<br />
are chained off near Start/Finish.<br />
We sele in on a waist-high wall perpendicular to the pit lane,<br />
just to the le of the garages. A few cigaree-smoking, tank-topclad<br />
aendees mill about nearby. Later, I determine these folks<br />
must have been NASCAR scouts come to scope out Juan Pablo<br />
Montoya (the hot-headed Columbian driver announced his move<br />
to the ever-circular series the following week).<br />
Donovan pulls out his Canon 20D and within seconds, he’s<br />
aracted the aention of every nearby spectator. Our new friends<br />
offer unsolicited advice on everything from which team to root<br />
for to which camera Donovan should have bought. Donovan<br />
handles it by firmly installing his earplugs and pretending<br />
he can’t hear anyone, leaving me to fend for myself.<br />
Aer qualifying, we walk over to one of the jumbo<br />
video screens to watch the press conference. As usual, the<br />
interview concludes with each driver saying a few words in<br />
his native language. The nearby spectators are apparently<br />
unfamiliar with this tradition, as one particularly offended<br />
aendee hurls an empty beer can across the grass toward<br />
the screen as Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella addresses his<br />
countrymen in Italian.<br />
“Speak English!” the spectator bellows from beneath his<br />
Budweiser-branded tent. Like-minded tent-dwelling neighbors<br />
respond with cheers. Suddenly, I miss the annoying<br />
Renault makeout couple from Montreal.<br />
Later that evening, we recount our observations to our<br />
host, whose theory is that the less-than stellar turnout is a<br />
direct result of too lile U.S. involvement in Formula One.<br />
“American’s won’t pay aention to F1 until there are more<br />
American drivers,” he says.<br />
But we have Sco Speed!<br />
Race day draws a far bigger crowd, but there are still plenty of<br />
empty seats. Many people look like locals who turn up for every<br />
race, regardless of who’s on the grid.<br />
Being health-conscious poses a problem in this neck of the<br />
woods. Instead of the veggie wraps and grilled salads we enjoyed<br />
in Montreal, our lunch choices consist of hamburgers, hot dogs, or<br />
“tenderloin”—which, I learn from a curt concession-stand worker,<br />
is a hunk of breaded, deep-fried pork. This is all especially disappointing<br />
aer watching the Speed TV commentators brag about<br />
how the teams’ private chefs compete to see who can create the<br />
most impressive meals.<br />
Although there is no planned mass exodus this year, Indy repeats<br />
history in other respects: The Ferraris dominate the podium<br />
and the teams using Michelin tires struggle. Michael Schumacher<br />
makes history (again) by becoming the first driver in any series to<br />
win five times at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Both <strong>BMW</strong>-<br />
Sauber drivers fail to finish the race, providing even more fodder<br />
for those who keep wondering where all that <strong>BMW</strong> money goes.<br />
And poor Sco Speed; the Manteca, California, native retires aer<br />
tangling with six other cars in a crash in the first lap.<br />
The only blue on the podium is third-place-winner Giancarlo<br />
Fisichella, who concedes that his team’s tires have failed to perform<br />
as well as the “Bridgeystones.” Fernando<br />
Alonso finishes an unimpressive<br />
fih -- rumor has it that Schumacher was<br />
spoed in an Indianapolis pet store the<br />
night before in search of tarantulas. And<br />
no, we most definitely do not get to walk<br />
on the track aer the race. I do, however,<br />
score a scrap of carbon fiber that flies off<br />
one of the cars when it crashes.<br />
The fate of the U.S. Grand Prix is<br />
still up in the air. Formula One boss<br />
Bernie Ecclestone has said the series<br />
doesn’t need a race in America. And a<br />
rumoredri between the Indy folks<br />
<strong>BMW</strong>’s Jacques<br />
Villeneuve battled to<br />
finish for points at Indy.<br />
The drivers’ parade: Michael Schumacher waves to the<br />
Indianapolis crowd while Masa scowls at the lack of good<br />
Brazilian food in town.<br />
and Bernie’s camp delayed<br />
the two sides from coming<br />
to an agreement until mid-<br />
August, when they extended<br />
the current contract by<br />
only one year.<br />
I can’t say I’d miss an<br />
Indy-based F1 race. Some<br />
of the drivers feel the same<br />
way. Ralf Schumacher<br />
was quoted in an article<br />
on F1racing.com, saying,<br />
“I hope we won’t come<br />
back there… I don’t think<br />
Formula One belongs in<br />
Indianapolis.” And upon<br />
our leaving Indy at 7:00 a.m.<br />
Monday morning, all those private planes previously lined<br />
up on the runway are conspicuously missing. Apparently they<br />
have beer seafood restaurants to visit.<br />
Personally, I’d like to see a new track built somewhere in<br />
the country specifically to F1 specifications. Las Vegas and the<br />
Parading in a rare <strong>BMW</strong> 327 cabrio: <strong>BMW</strong>-Sauber’s “Quick”<br />
Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve at the US Grand Prix.<br />
*For those of you who, like me, also have no idea who Tara Reid is, here’s an excerpt from<br />
Bernie “Good To Be The King” Ecclestone, in the Canadian<br />
GP safety car, counting the money in every spectator’s pocket.<br />
Utah salt flats are oen<br />
mentioned as potentially<br />
successful sites. That would<br />
be fine by me, although I<br />
sometimes fantasize about a<br />
U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna<br />
Seca. Decibel limit be<br />
damned!<br />
No maer what the<br />
future of F1, I am infinitely<br />
grateful for my experiences<br />
this summer. The memories<br />
of my first F1 pilgrimage<br />
are forever etched in<br />
my brain. They transcend<br />
contract changes, tire exclusivity<br />
deals, and political<br />
squabbles. And yes—maybe even arachnophobia.<br />
Laura Burstein is a reporter and consultant with more than a decade<br />
of experience in radio, television, and publishing. Laura’s primary<br />
focus is on cars and automotive technology. She is currently a freelance<br />
writer for CNET’s Car Tech channel. Her weekends are oen spent participating<br />
in car control clinics and high-performance driving schools.<br />
Renault’s World Champion Fernando Alonso looking for some grip in Indianapolis.<br />
AskMen.com: “Why is she famous? Tara Reid is one of Hollywood’s hot young actresses,<br />
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November 2004 when pictures of her exposed nipple were posted on the Internet.” - kk
By Michael R. Mitchell<br />
The <strong>BMW</strong> Car Club of America<br />
formed a non-profit, tax-exempt charitable foundation in<br />
order to provide benefits to the motoring-public community<br />
and to owners of <strong>BMW</strong> automobiles. The mission of the<br />
Foundation is to establish a repository of historical information<br />
and artifacts related to <strong>BMW</strong>, and to foster educational<br />
programs for the general automotive community.<br />
To that end, the Foundation has established three programs<br />
to accomplish its mission:<br />
The Street Survival Teen Program<br />
Street Survival conducts educational projects to improve the<br />
car handling skills of young drivers—especially teenagers—in<br />
the hope of reducing accidents, injuries, and deaths.<br />
Formed in April 2002 by the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Foundation,<br />
the Street Survival safe teen driving program was launched<br />
with the help of several corporate sponsors: <strong>BMW</strong> of North<br />
America, ZF Corporation of North America, The Tire Rack,<br />
and Liberty Mutual Insurance. Street Survival is built upon<br />
the premise that safe driving is learned by doing.<br />
From the outset, Street Survival has always been “hands<br />
on” and designed to go beyond the typical high-school<br />
driver’s education program. The program teaches students<br />
to avoid accidents by thinking and looking ahead. Street<br />
Survival is unique in that it offers students instruction in<br />
their own cars so that they learn the limitations of their<br />
daily-driver cars.<br />
The year 2003 was the pilot year for Street Survival;<br />
several successful schools were held around the country<br />
by various <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> chapters. The successive years have<br />
shown continued growth: 2004 had more than a dozen<br />
schools providing instruction for several hundred students,<br />
and 2005 had eighteen successful schools across the country.<br />
Our goal for 2006 is for 40 schools.<br />
Another successful Street Survival School was held at the 2006<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Oktoberfest in Grand Rapids, Michigan.<br />
Most of us are aware of the carnage that occurs on<br />
American highways, and good driver education will help<br />
reduce accidents. With your support and help, the goal<br />
of the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Foundation Street Survival program<br />
will help make our teenagers safer drivers.<br />
The Preservation and Restoration Program<br />
The Preservation and Restoration Program fosters and<br />
promotes the art of vehicle preservation and restoration through<br />
educational programs and activities.<br />
The Preservation and Restoration Program has been<br />
involved with vintage events<br />
over the past several years.<br />
We have supported the <strong>BMW</strong><br />
Vintage and Classic Car Club<br />
of America’s events for two<br />
years. Last year, the cars ran<br />
a tour into the Rocky Mountains<br />
of Colorado. Two years<br />
ago, they held a wonderful<br />
international marathon<br />
starting at Woodcliff Lake,<br />
New Jersey—home of <strong>BMW</strong><br />
NA—motored north to<br />
Maine, then traversed the<br />
eastern seaboard, winding<br />
their way south to Greer,<br />
South Carolina—home of the<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Manufacturing Plant.<br />
We have also been involved<br />
with <strong>BMW</strong>’s Rolex Vintage Festival at Lime Rock,<br />
Connecticut by sponsoring the concours for the past three<br />
years. We award a special trophy to the “Most Desirable<br />
<strong>BMW</strong>” at this event.<br />
Erik Wensberg (right), advisor to the trustees of the Foundation, presents a New<br />
York Chapter member with the Most Desirable <strong>BMW</strong> trophy at Lime Rock.<br />
The Library, Archives, and Museum Program<br />
The Library, Archives, and Museum Program creates a<br />
repository for <strong>BMW</strong>-related historical documents, literature,<br />
and paraphernalia providing club members with access to<br />
rare and interesting <strong>BMW</strong> artifacts, while insuring their<br />
continued existence.<br />
The library and archives are a home to a <strong>BMW</strong>-related<br />
historical literature, documents, and paraphernalia. The<br />
archive was started in 2003 with donations from the <strong>BMW</strong><br />
<strong>CCA</strong> library, <strong>BMW</strong> NA, and several collectors. Some of our<br />
larger donations have come from Bob Murphy’s and Leif<br />
Anderberg’s personal<br />
collections, as well as<br />
from Michel Potheau’s<br />
estate. We have also had<br />
several smaller collections<br />
and donations<br />
from many other <strong>BMW</strong><br />
<strong>CCA</strong> members.<br />
The Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of classic <strong>BMW</strong>s like the cars that ran in<br />
the 2004 <strong>BMW</strong> Vintage Marathon—from pre-war 326s to post-war Veritas-bodied 328s.<br />
What exactly are we<br />
collecting? Just about<br />
anything <strong>BMW</strong> car or<br />
motorcycle-related. The<br />
collection includes videos/DVDs,<br />
brochures,<br />
books, tech/parts/wiring<br />
diagram manuals,<br />
press kits, magazines,<br />
model cars, Club related<br />
materials, and more.<br />
Eventually, our inventory will be cataloged and listed<br />
on our website for everyone to view. To this date, we’ve<br />
cataloged about 2,500 items, and I’d say we have about<br />
10,000 items stored<br />
in our archives.<br />
(As we find<br />
duplicates, these<br />
items will be put<br />
up for sale either<br />
on the web or on<br />
eBay.) The aim of<br />
this archiving is to<br />
be able to provide<br />
various research<br />
services.<br />
Although we<br />
are off to a great<br />
start building our<br />
archives, we continue<br />
to need your<br />
help. We appreciate the donations everyone has sent<br />
so far to help us get to this point. There is still a lot of<br />
material out there that we can use. So if you are thinking<br />
about cleaning out your garage, basement, aic, or that<br />
special room you have for your automotive and motorcycle<br />
materials, let’s talk. Continued on page 18<br />
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Remember, we are a non-profit, tax-exempt charitable<br />
foundation. Why not donate to the Foundation and get a<br />
tax write-off, rather than throwing things away? As a matter<br />
a fact, even if it isn’t <strong>BMW</strong>-related, maybe we could use<br />
it to raise money for things the Foundation needs. (Please,<br />
no Roundel magazine collections; we have plenty of extra issues.)<br />
For your donation, we will send a leer acknowledging<br />
and thanking you for your contribution.<br />
The Foundation also takes cash donations anytime. If<br />
you prefer to earmark it to a specific area in the Foundation,<br />
please let us know.<br />
Michael Mitchell is the office manager and curator for the<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Foundation. Some of you may know him from the<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> National Office. In January of 2006 he moved over<br />
to working full-time at the Foundation to run the library and<br />
archives, and to work with the Street Survival program.<br />
To find out more about the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Foundation, please<br />
go to www.bmwccafoundation.org. You can also contact Michael<br />
Mitchell at 864 329-1919 or mmitchell@bmwccafoundation.org.<br />
If you are coming through the Greenville, SC area, he says you’re<br />
more than welcome to stop by. Please call or email ahead of time<br />
though, since currently he’s the only person in that office.<br />
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Someone needs to verify that the vendor discount section is valid.<br />
Everyone took one step back, leaving no volunteers.<br />
We must have the new model to advertisers by November 1.<br />
Chow will write an ad rep job description.<br />
Web/Technology Status<br />
Shared-Board files request: Dadgar will talk to Ghidinelli and will<br />
change the Board email from aliases to a mailing-list for archiving.<br />
We have problems with members who join for specific events not<br />
geing membership until aer the event, because we can’t refund the<br />
membership fee if they cancel.<br />
Vice President<br />
Truck(s) Report(s)<br />
New truck financing status: see Treasurer’s report.<br />
Old truck sale: Hull has received no payments and no labor has<br />
been done. The truck is still in our storage area (still insured and still registered<br />
by <strong>GGC</strong>). Bensen will talk to the buyer.<br />
Volunteer Incentive Program<br />
Bensen still working on values for volunteer tasks.<br />
President<br />
2007 elections: candidates have to get their statements to Seeley by<br />
<strong>September</strong> 1.<br />
Merchandise Status<br />
Cowan modeled a lovely outfit which included a <strong>GGC</strong> cap and<br />
ringer t-shirt, plus coordinated shorts. For some reason, he came in<br />
through the dealership’s back door.<br />
We have received a total commission of $30 since starting the Café<br />
Press operation. Mills received his first complaint leer about the merchandise<br />
quality. The GoGoGear discussions were reopened. We have a webpage<br />
on the GoGoGear site; items include hats, silkscreened and embroidered polos,<br />
tees, tanks, sweatshirts, mousepad, coaster, mug, wall clock, license plate<br />
frame, travel mug. GoGoGear will hold inventory rather than do instant<br />
production, and GoGoGear will take the inventory risk. Mills has asked for a<br />
formal agreement.<br />
Virtual Chapters<br />
Mills asked our regional VP how to start a virtual chapter. His<br />
answer: the same as the current process.<br />
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.<br />
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New Members<br />
Welcome!<br />
Last First City Model Year Refered By<br />
Aosmis Michael San Mateo M3 2003 Sanford Lavine<br />
Astromoff Anna San Carlos 318ic 1997<br />
Avila Ronnie Pinole 325i 2006<br />
Ayson Adrian Fremont M3 1988<br />
Berg Ingrid San Francisco<br />
Bigler Odalis Richmond<br />
Bigler Punita Cupertino<br />
Bonifacio Paul Palo Alto 330i 2006<br />
Boynton Gary San Ramon 330ci 2006<br />
Burgis Jon San Francisco M3 1995<br />
Carey Jamie Alamo 530i 2002<br />
Cassady Chad Monterey M3 2003<br />
Cavicchi Sco Livermore<br />
Coelho David Los Altos M6 2006<br />
Cohen Jonathan Napa 550i 2007<br />
Eby Rebecca Mountain View<br />
Fitzgerald Michael San Leandro 540ia 2003<br />
Gentry Nick Napa<br />
Gibson Simon Orinda M5 2001<br />
Graner Wayne Windsor 318ti 1995<br />
Haines David Los Gatos<br />
Hanes Ben Albany 530i 1995 M. Schwarzbart<br />
Harris Tim San Francisco 325ix 2007 S. Angelopoulos<br />
Hartwig Gregory Oakland M5 1988<br />
Heffington Jaime San Francisco 330ci 2002<br />
Hsu Harry San Jose J. Spira<br />
Hubbard Paul Lafayee 650i 2006<br />
Huffman David San Francisco M3 2006<br />
Jones Olin Oakland 2002 1973<br />
Jordan Tom Fairfield 740il 1995<br />
Kam Ed Fremont 328i 1997<br />
Kenner John San Anselmo Z4 M Cpe 2006<br />
Kincannon Dirk Alameda<br />
Krautkramer John Mountain View 330i 2006<br />
LaBarbera Bob San Jose 530i 2003<br />
Lackey Roger San Mateo M5 2006<br />
Laning Bruce Napa M3 1995<br />
Last First City Model Year Refered By<br />
Lapkin Andrew Burlingame M3 2006<br />
Lavengood Wayne Salinas 325xi 2006<br />
Leventini John San Francisco M3 2004<br />
Levy Howard San Francisco 325i 2006<br />
Malone Jerry Mill Valley Dinan 5 2000 Mike Mills<br />
Mann Ron San Francisco 740il 1997 David Cecil<br />
Martin Theresa Santa Clara 323i 2000<br />
Masek Michael Castro Valley 325i 1991 Sco Miller<br />
Matsumoto Keith Hayward Sven Schindler<br />
Mayne Stephen Greenbrae<br />
Murphy Maryanne Campbell 635csi 1989<br />
Nguyen Thuan Santa Clara<br />
Odulo Daniel San Jose<br />
Oxford Michelle Lompoc 330i 2006<br />
Patel Samit Monterey 550i 2006<br />
Pelgri Chris Oakland M6 1987<br />
Peit Brandalen San Jose Z4 2006<br />
Piccione Daniel Novato M3 1995<br />
Pizarro Eric Santa Clara M5 2001<br />
Ploshay Jeff Cupertino 540i 1995<br />
Rajan Karthik Foster City<br />
Rich Mahew San Jose 540ia 1999 Dave Rich<br />
Robertson Alan Menlo Park 325es 1986 Paul Kunz<br />
Rosseer Eric Menlo Park<br />
Sahly Krista Santa Rosa M3 1998<br />
Samoulides Jeannee Walnut Creek 325i 2006<br />
Seshens Eric Milpitas<br />
Smith Richard El Sobrante<br />
Tien Jing San Jose J. Spira<br />
Tramontin Michael Larkspur M3 2002<br />
Truong Jimmy San Jose E90 2006<br />
Walheim Jon San Francisco X3 2006<br />
Wang Dennis Santa Clara 325i 2003<br />
Weiner Randy Oakland 325ic 1995<br />
Wilkins David San Jose Z4 2006<br />
Wong Man Millbrae 330ci 2000<br />
Yee John San Jose X5 2006<br />
I‘m looking for a 1990-91 E30 318i with the M42 motor for my<br />
daughter for when she goes off to school this Fall. I would like it to<br />
be a five-speed (I haven‘t seen any automatics) and have a sunroof.<br />
She prefers a four-door, but will consider a two-door. I‘m not<br />
interested in an E30 with the M20 motor (325e or 325i) because I<br />
don‘t want to deal with changing a timing belt every 60,000 miles.<br />
That‘s the great thing about the M42 motor: they use a timing<br />
chain. What are your thoughts? Andy S.<br />
The E30 318i (four-door) and 318is (two-door) with<br />
the M42 1.8-liter sixteen-valve four-cylinder engine were<br />
produced during model years 1990 and 1991, though they<br />
were all considered a 1991 model year.<br />
I’m not sure I would call these cars “dime-a-dozen.”<br />
Indeed, these days they are fairly thin on the ground,<br />
good examples even more so. Most people bought them as<br />
“Corollas” and thus many died young. If you really want a<br />
“dime-a-dozen” car, get her a 325e: hugely overpopulated<br />
and readily available.<br />
M42-powered E30s in the U.S. weren’t offered with<br />
automatic transmissions. They also didn’t have check<br />
control panels above the rearview mirror or full OBCs in the<br />
dashboard. They all had driver’s-side airbags, which in an<br />
E30 will cause an annoying and largely unfixable steering<br />
column clunk. (When we tell people they all clunk, they<br />
really do, just some more than others.)<br />
M42 engines built prior to 11/93 had a profile-gasket<br />
problem. This gasket is sandwiched between the lower timingchain<br />
case and the cylinder head. When it fails, all the coolant<br />
falls out of the engine, usually when you least expect it. As<br />
nightmarish as this can be, I have to believe all the ones that<br />
are going to fail already have. The rest were probably changed<br />
preventatively and are not something to really worry about<br />
any more except on maybe an oddly low-mileage car.<br />
As a side note, timing belts are cake to change on an M20<br />
engine in any <strong>BMW</strong> chassis: four relatively easy, but timeconsuming,<br />
hours. At the same time, you should do a water<br />
pump, timing belt tensioner, thermostat, and accessory belts<br />
because you’re there and you have to lay hands on them<br />
anyway. It’s maybe $200 in parts if you pay full-pop retail. Do<br />
it every four years or 50,000 miles and you‘ll have an engine<br />
that will run a long, long time. Just make sure you use an OEM<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> water pump. For an additional $15, it is money well spent.<br />
Additionally, to think you’re going to get the miles out of<br />
an un-opened M42 that you would an unopened M20 is just<br />
plain foolish. The rubber-band M20 is an outstanding motor<br />
and with regular rubber band replacement (and lile else<br />
except oil changes and the occasional Inspection Service) will<br />
easily run past 250,000. [I have one with 270,000 that’s still pulling<br />
smooth and strong. – kk] Most M42s will rale themselves to<br />
death because nobody ever replaces the timing-chain tensioner<br />
when they first started making noise. Once the death rale<br />
occurs, everything else in the chain‘s path starts to wear.<br />
Replacing these pieces is not a small undertaking, and thus<br />
many M42-powered E30s get scrapped.<br />
I’m not saying the M42 is a bad engine. A good M42-<br />
powered 318i or 318is is actually a very decent car. However,<br />
they require some care and feeding they almost never receive.<br />
What will give the 318 a lile more zip? As with most<br />
computer-controlled <strong>BMW</strong>s, the M42 responds very<br />
well to either a Dinan or Conforti chip in its brain box.<br />
However, adding a cold-air intake—especially an unbaffled<br />
one—makes noise and does lile else. Free-flow exhaust<br />
systems are okay, but many sacrifice torque for alleged peak<br />
horsepower gains (and one thing the M42 needs more of is<br />
torque). Replacing the standard 4.10 differential with a 4.27<br />
from a 318iC will give the<br />
car a lile more pop off<br />
the line.<br />
Here’s a trick when<br />
replacing the clutch. Let’s<br />
say the twin-mass flywheel<br />
is grooved to the point<br />
where it cannot be surfaced<br />
(yes, you can usually<br />
surface them) and/or the<br />
twin-mass mechanism has<br />
goen loose and raly. You<br />
can replace the flywheel<br />
with a European-market,<br />
non-air-conditioner M42<br />
solid flywheel. They weigh<br />
much less, cost much less,<br />
and it really wakes up the BY JONATHAN BUSH<br />
engine. Of course, you<br />
have to have a healthy idle<br />
control valve and associated plumbing. Otherwise, when the<br />
engine drops down to idle with the air conditioning on, the<br />
motor will want to stall. But this upgrade makes for a very<br />
happy car with much improved mid-range response, even<br />
without the aermarket chip.<br />
I like the M42-powered E30s. A good friend of mine has<br />
a 318is with 150,000 on it (we did the European flywheel<br />
trick on his car). He commutes long miles and is religious<br />
about maintenance. Guess what? His timing chain bits still<br />
rale a lile. Further, I once picked up a white 318i four-door<br />
from Double 02 Salvage in Berkeley and drove it around<br />
for a couple of days. What a lile sweetheart of a car—good<br />
vibe, did everything well, ice cold a/c. So we rewarded it by<br />
puing an E36 M3 motor in it. The good lile car became a<br />
great lile car.<br />
In fact, with a lile care and feeding, almost any M42-<br />
powered E30 can be a great lile car.<br />
Meanwhile, Back At The Wrench...<br />
Email your questions to: TheWrench@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
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Classified Ads<br />
P u bl i c a t i o n<br />
deadline for<br />
classified ad<br />
copy is the 1st<br />
of the month.<br />
See front of<br />
magazine for<br />
more details.<br />
CARS IS CARS<br />
2005 M3 coupe - Only 3,300 miles! Dark Metallic Blue/<br />
Cinnamon (full leather). Performance package, nav package,<br />
iPod interface, cold air intake mod, <strong>BMW</strong> cover, M-logo floor<br />
mats, trunk mat, Valentine One detector. Perfect car needs<br />
good home. $55,000. Lloyd Marcum 805 782-8111.<br />
2000 M5 - Carbonschwarz Metallic/Caramel leather.<br />
Excellent condition. No accidents, modifications, racing,<br />
smoking, nor abuse. Always garaged. I have all records<br />
including original window sticker. Serviced by Bavarian Professionals.<br />
Photos e-mailed upon request. $33,400. Michael:<br />
wharthog@sbcglobal.net; 408 202-8090, 925 833-1441.<br />
1995 M3A - WBSBF0327SEN91415- Dakar Yellow/Black<br />
leather interior. Luxury version, 56,000 miles. This car has<br />
been maintained in showroom condition and, with just a lile<br />
preparation, could be a concours winner. One of 400 two-door<br />
E36 M3 coupes made with the 540 five-speed automatic transmission.<br />
$19,000. Lee: 925 820-4387; lamjr@sbcglobal.net.<br />
1995 M3 – WBSBF9321SEH08669. The editor’s car! Avus<br />
Blue/Gray leather. Second-to-last U.S. ’95 M3 produced;<br />
Euro-delivery in Munich, mid-February 1996. Some unique<br />
bits: purple leather shi boot/knob and handbrake by <strong>BMW</strong><br />
Individual, Euro sun visors (no warning stickers), Euro glass<br />
headlights (not Xenon), OEM fire extinguisher and mount<br />
under driver’s seat, and German showroom display front plate<br />
(“M3”). Some cool bits: Dinan front brace, Schnitzer rear brace,<br />
x-brace, Conforti chip, UUC Twin Silencer exhaust, M floating<br />
rotors on front, cobalt blue Schroth four-point belts (2),<br />
white lenses all around, wiper-delay unit, and trunk net. Stereo<br />
system: Alpine in-dash three-cd changer/tuner, MB Quartz<br />
speakers, Macintosh amp (trunk).<br />
Some maintained items: rear shock tower bushings replaced,<br />
radiator collar replaced, rear bushings replaced. Care<br />
of car: Engine not revved over 3,000 rpm before oil warmed.<br />
Car detailed at Diablo through most of its ten years, recently<br />
detailed by GlossHaus. Regularly maintained.<br />
Okay, now the really cool stuff: This car comes with NINE<br />
original <strong>BMW</strong> Lightweight wheels—two full staggered sets,<br />
plus spare. At 102,000 miles, the front air dam and hood<br />
have chips, and the car needs new shocks—beer that you<br />
choose what kind of ride you want. See photos of this car at:<br />
hp://web.mac.com/kellz/iWeb/KellzM3/For-Sale.html. Only<br />
$15,500. Kelly: kelly@kellz.com; 650 400-9300.<br />
PARTS IS PARTS<br />
Set Of Five E36 Wheels – 15” x 7”, 47mm offset. Crossspoke<br />
style (<strong>BMW</strong> style 17). These were the original factory<br />
wheels for the 1993-1994 Sport Package. Fine mesh basket<br />
weave paern. Excellent condition. Four center caps. Tires:<br />
four bald, one with 1/2 tread. $275.<br />
Also available: four tires, unmounted, Dunlop D60A2<br />
(H-rated, all season) size 205/60-15 with about 5/32” tread.<br />
Located in north Berkeley. Marvin: 510 525-8291 (10:00 a.m. to<br />
10:00 p.m.), or marvin325@sbcglobal.net.<br />
BBS RK 17” x 8” Wheels - Used on a 1995 M3. Purchased<br />
August 2004. Used primarily as track wheels (fieen track<br />
days). Asking $950.00. Buyer pays shipping from Reno,<br />
Nevada. F. D. Sharp: 775 329-3151 (w), 775 826-4357 (h);<br />
dsharp@rbslays.com<br />
COMMERCIAL ADS<br />
2002/Bav/3.0/Coupe Radiator Upgrades. Rebuilt with<br />
new three-row high-efficiency core. Beer cooling. Fits<br />
without mods—same size, mounting, clearances, fiings, and<br />
appearance. Curt Ingraham, 510 507-2002, SiGarage@aol.com<br />
Have your classic <strong>BMW</strong> painted by a fellow car enthusiast<br />
with nearly twenty years experience. I do body work, rust<br />
repair, and specialize in the 2002 and 3.0 Coupe, as well as<br />
doing CLEAR COAT REPAIRS on your late 1980’s and early<br />
1990’s cars. I use top quality German-made acrylic urethane<br />
paints and deliver a factory looking finish. My prices are a<br />
bargain in today’s current market. Contact me: Andy Schank,<br />
via email at aschank25@yahoo.com, or call me at 510 236-5232<br />
to set up an appointment for a free estimate.<br />
<strong>CCA</strong> Discounts<br />
One of the many member benefits of <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> is a<br />
members-only discount at various participating services<br />
and dealers. Below you can find the businesses in our area who<br />
offer our members a discount. Please note that businesses oen<br />
require you to show your current <strong>CCA</strong> membership card in<br />
order to receive the discount.<br />
Please contact us with any deletions to the list due to a<br />
company being out of business. We ask that additions, changes,<br />
or deletions (no longer participating in discount program)<br />
are requested by the business owner directly. Updates should<br />
be directed to: bombe@ggcbmwcca.org.<br />
Independent Service & Supply Discounts<br />
2002 Haus San Luis Obispo 805 541-2002 10% Parts<br />
Bavarian Enterprises Sunnyvale 408 737-6100 Various Parts<br />
Bavarian Motorsport Milpitas 408 956-1662 10% Parts<br />
Bavarian Professionals Berkeley 510 524-6000 10% Labor<br />
Berkeley Motor Works El Cerrito 510 528-1214 5% Parts/Svc<br />
Bimmers <strong>BMW</strong> Service San Carlos 650 591-2474 Various<br />
Catalpa Street Garage Santa Cruz 831 464-2269 10% Parts<br />
Classic Euro-Asian Oroville 530 534-6887 10% Parts<br />
Conversion Techniques Oakland 510 639-0911 Various<br />
CSi Fullerton 714 879-7310 10% Parts<br />
Dinan Mountain View 650 962-9401 10% Labor<br />
Dinan Morgan Hill 408 779-8584 10% Labor<br />
Double 02 Salvage Hayward 510 782-2002 10% Used Parts<br />
evosport www.evosport.com 888 520-9971 10% Parts, $1000 svc=free dyno<br />
German Auto Santa Maria 805 922-1262 10% Parts<br />
Jam Engineering Monterey 831 372-1787 Various Parts<br />
Nate Smith’s Optimal Auto Santa Cruz 831 476-1332 10% Parts<br />
Patelco Credit Union www.patelco.org 415 442-6200 Special Offer<br />
Phaedrus San Francisco 415 567-8000 10% Parts<br />
Portola Valley Garage Portola Valley 650 851-7442 10% Labor<br />
RennWerks Mountain View 650 965-1574 10% Parts<br />
Rossi’s Tire & Auto Service Salinas 831 424-0011 Various<br />
SAS German Auto Pleasanton 925 846-4886 10% Parts<br />
Schulba <strong>BMW</strong> Service Belmont 650 592-7352 10% parts orders<br />
Sound Innovations Hayward 510 471-9062 10% Parts<br />
West Bay Bavarian San Rafael 415 457-0820 10% Parts/Labor/Dinan work<br />
Dealership Discounts<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of Fremont Fremont 510 360-5900 10% Parts & Labor<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of Mountain View Mountain View 650 943-1000 10% Parts<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of San Francisco San Francisco 800 USA-<strong>BMW</strong>s 10% Parts<br />
East Bay <strong>BMW</strong> Pleasanton 925 463-2555 10% Parts<br />
MY <strong>BMW</strong> Seaside 831 899-5555 10% Parts<br />
Peter Pan <strong>BMW</strong> San Mateo 650 349-9077 10% Parts<br />
Roseville <strong>BMW</strong> Roseville 916 782-9434 10% Pads<br />
Sonnen <strong>BMW</strong> San Rafael 415 482-2000 10% Parts<br />
Stevens Creek <strong>BMW</strong> Santa Clara 408 249-9070 Various/20% Parts & Labor<br />
Weatherford <strong>BMW</strong> Berkeley 510 654-8280 Various<br />
Factory Authorized <strong>BMW</strong> Dealers<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Concord<br />
1945 Market Street<br />
Concord, CA 94520<br />
925 682-3577<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of Mountain View<br />
150 E. EI Camino Real<br />
Mountain View, CA 94040<br />
650 943-1000<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of San Francisco<br />
1675 Howard St<br />
San Francisco, CA 94103<br />
Sales: 800 USA-<strong>BMW</strong>s<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> of Santa Maria<br />
2150 South College Drive<br />
Santa Maria, CA 93455<br />
805 614-0306<br />
Claridge’s <strong>BMW</strong><br />
4421 5 Auto Mall Circle<br />
Fremont, CA 94538<br />
510 360-5900<br />
Coast <strong>BMW</strong><br />
1484 Auto Park Way<br />
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405<br />
805 543-4423<br />
East Bay <strong>BMW</strong><br />
4355 Rosewood Drive<br />
Pleasanton, CA 94566<br />
925 463-2555<br />
Mid City Motor World<br />
4800 N. Highway 101<br />
Eureka, CA 95501<br />
707 443-4871<br />
MY <strong>BMW</strong><br />
One Geary Plaza<br />
Seaside, CA 93955<br />
831 899-5555<br />
Peter Pan <strong>BMW</strong><br />
2695 S. El Camino Real<br />
San Mateo, CA 94403<br />
650 349-9077<br />
Prestige <strong>BMW</strong><br />
2800 Corby Avenue<br />
Santa Rosa, CA 95407<br />
707 545-6602<br />
Stevens Creek <strong>BMW</strong><br />
3737 Stevens Creek<br />
Santa Clara, CA 95050<br />
408 249-9070<br />
Sonnen <strong>BMW</strong><br />
1599 E. Francisco Blvd<br />
San Rafael, CA 94901<br />
415 482-2000<br />
Weatherford Motors<br />
735 Ashby Avenue<br />
Berkeley, CA 94710<br />
510 654-8280<br />
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<strong>GGC</strong>, <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong><br />
Golden Gate Chapter, <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong>, Inc. is a nonprofit<br />
California corporation, it is a chapter of the <strong>BMW</strong> Car<br />
Club of America, and is not connected with Bayerische<br />
Motoren Werke AG or <strong>BMW</strong> of North America. Die<br />
Flüsternde Bombe is a publication of the Golden<br />
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expressed in regard to technical or other matters are<br />
solely those of the authors, and no authentication,<br />
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Modification of your <strong>BMW</strong> within the warranty period<br />
may void the warranty, and some modifications may<br />
violate federal or state laws or regulations. All contents<br />
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national association of over 70,000 members,<br />
dedicated to the enjoyment of driving <strong>BMW</strong>s.<br />
Membership provides access to driving and social<br />
events, maintenance and technical information,<br />
parts discounts, and more. Dues are $40 per year,<br />
with an associate member added for $5 more.<br />
Members receive the monthly Roundel magazine<br />
and a newsletter from their local chapter, or from a<br />
chapter of their choice. The Golden Gate Chapter<br />
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For a new membership or to renew an existing<br />
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office. Changes must be made at<br />
www.bmwcca.org or in writing via email,<br />
fax, or USPS.<br />
Chapter Contacts<br />
Board Members<br />
<strong>GGC</strong> BOARD<br />
Board@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Mike Mills<br />
510 537-8960<br />
President@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Jonathan Bensen<br />
VicePresident@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
SECRETARY<br />
Donna Seeley<br />
Secretary@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
TREASURER<br />
Tamara Hull<br />
Treasurer@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR<br />
Jeff Cowan<br />
650 322-4938 x2<br />
MembershipChair@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE<br />
Mark Dadgar<br />
DrivingEventsCoordinator@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Kelly Collins<br />
CommunicationsManager@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Event Staff<br />
CHIEF DRIVING INSTRUCTORS<br />
Billy Maher<br />
707 546-5572<br />
Bruce Nesbit<br />
415 461-1811<br />
TrackSchools@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
CHIEF STEWARD<br />
Peter Guagenti<br />
ChiefSteward@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
TRACK SCHOOL PROJECT MANAGER<br />
Bruce Nesbit<br />
415 461-1811 (9am-8pm)<br />
TrackSchools@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
DRIVING EVENTS COORDINATOR<br />
Mark Dadgar<br />
DrivingEventsCoordinator@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
CHIEF SCRUTINEER<br />
Ramon Le Francois<br />
408 956-1662<br />
CAR CONTROL CLINIC COORDINATOR<br />
Bob Goebel<br />
CarControl@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
AUTOCROSS COORDINATOR<br />
Kris Linquist/Matt Visser<br />
Autox@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
AUTOCROSS CAR CLASSIFICATIONS<br />
Rodger Ball<br />
AutocrossClassify@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
415 566-1239<br />
TECHNICAL SESSION COORDINATOR<br />
Grant Low<br />
TechnicalSessionCoordinator@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
CLUB RACING<br />
Steve Walsh<br />
ClubRacing@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
www.bmwccaclubracing.com<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> FESTORICS COORDINATORS<br />
David Crum/Percy Chow<br />
info@festorics.org<br />
SOCIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR<br />
Edgar Chen<br />
SocialDirector@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
CHARITY EVENTS COORDINATOR<br />
Joe Fant<br />
CharitableEventsCoordinator@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Newsletter Team<br />
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF<br />
Kelly Kirkland<br />
650 400-9300<br />
Bombe@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
ASSISTANT EDITOR/COPY EDITOR<br />
Patrick R. Demorais<br />
Bombe-Assist@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
BIMMERPHILE EDITOR<br />
Bob Vitkus<br />
Bimmerphile@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
ADVERTISING MANAGER<br />
Dale Schuett<br />
925 462-2497 home<br />
925 518-8066 cell<br />
Advertising@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
AD BILLING MANAGER<br />
Tamara Hull<br />
AdBills@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING<br />
Dale Schuett<br />
Classifieds@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Classifieds are free to all current members.<br />
All submittals must include member number.<br />
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Steve Albrecht, Jonathan Bush, Jeff Cowan,<br />
Mark Dadgar, Kris Linquist, and Scott Miller<br />
PRINTING<br />
Commerce Printing<br />
(Please don’t call with membership questions.)<br />
Requests for replacement or extra copies<br />
of the <strong>GGC</strong> newsletter should be directed<br />
to the Membership Chair.<br />
Communications Team<br />
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER<br />
Kelly Collins<br />
CommunicationsManager@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
WEBMASTER<br />
Brian Ghidinelli<br />
Webmaster@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGN<br />
Percy Chow<br />
www.percydesign.com<br />
Area Representatives<br />
NORTH BAY<br />
Donna Seeley<br />
NorthAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org 707 938-3525<br />
SAN FRANCISCO<br />
Ken Glidewell<br />
SFAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org 415 345-3128<br />
EAST BAY<br />
Percy Chow<br />
EastAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
PENINSULA<br />
Kyle Breton<br />
PeninsulaAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
SOUTH BAY<br />
Kris Linquist<br />
SouthAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org<br />
MONTEREY BAY AREA<br />
Ken Whitson<br />
MontereyAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org 831 625-5133<br />
SAN LUIS OBISPO AREA<br />
Rob Torres Jr.<br />
SLOAreaRep@ggcbmwcca.org 805 541-2002<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> Pacific Region V.P.<br />
EDDY FUNAHASHI<br />
559 583-6768 (d)<br />
559 582-2731 (h)<br />
PacificRVP@bmwcca.org<br />
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of the <strong>BMW</strong> Car Club of<br />
America for its fall driving<br />
school at Infineon Raceway in<br />
beautiful Sonoma, CA. Infineon<br />
is a world-famous and<br />
challenging race track, making<br />
it a great place to learn the art<br />
of high performance driving<br />
from the dedicated team of<br />
experienced <strong>GGC</strong> instructors.<br />
You’ll go home with skills you<br />
can use on the roads every day<br />
as well as some great memories<br />
of laps at this scenic racetrack.<br />
<br />
• $549 for <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> members, $589 for non-members (includes a 1-year <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong><br />
membership)<br />
• Optional $43.00 dinner ticket for Saturday night<br />
• Optional $17 boxed lunches for Sat and/or Sun (or eat at the paddock cafe)<br />
• Applications and payment due by 10/30/06<br />
• Cancellations assessed a $50 fee before 10/21/06.<br />
• No refunds issued after 10/21/06<br />
<br />
Infineon Raceway is located on Highway 121, one quarter of a mile north of the intersection<br />
of Highway 37 between Vallejo and Novato.<br />
<br />
This application includes<br />
all of the information you’ll<br />
need to apply and prepare<br />
for this school. Don’t<br />
hesitate to get in<br />
touch if you have<br />
questions that are<br />
not answered<br />
here.<br />
We look forward to seeing<br />
you at Infineon!<br />
<br />
<br />
Information about this school, including complete event documentation and registration information, is available on the Golden Gate<br />
Chapter web site at:<br />
http://www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
We look forward to seeing you at Infineon Raceway!<br />
28 <strong>September</strong> 2006 die flüsternde Bombe<br />
<br />
WWW.<strong>GGC</strong><strong>BMW</strong><strong>CCA</strong>.ORG
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The Ultimate Dealership,<br />
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Serving<br />
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County<br />
60 Service<br />
Bays<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Club Members Receive 20% Discount On<br />
Parts & Labor. Just Ask For Scott Fuller,<br />
Service Manager, And Show Your Club Membership Card.<br />
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4 3 4 3 S t e v e n s C r e e k B l v d . , S a n t a C l a r a 408-984-0794<br />
Want to join the club? Call 800 878-9292 or go to www.bmwcca.org and sign up for only $40.<br />
Golden Gate Chapter<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> Car Club of America<br />
909 Marina Village Parkway, #189<br />
Alameda, CA 94501<br />
www.ggcbmwcca.org<br />
Presort Standard<br />
US Postage<br />
PAID<br />
Sacramento, CA<br />
Permit 185<br />
POSTMASTER PLEASE NOTE:<br />
MATERIAL IS DATED, Thanks.<br />
HAVE YOU MOVED? Please send address changes directly to the <strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong> National Office at:<br />
<strong>BMW</strong> <strong>CCA</strong>, Inc., 640 South Main St. , Ste. 201, Greenville, SC 29601, or to: info@bmwcca.org,<br />
or go to: www.bmwcca.org to sign in to your account and update your membership record.
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