May • June 2018 changes done through the National office will update both your National and Tidewater Chapter address information. NEWSLETTER and PHOTO CONTRIBUTIONS: Your articles

The Newsletter of the Tidewater Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America

May • June 2018

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UPCOMING EVENTS5/19 Bimmer Breakfast

Pop’s Diner in Greenbrier at 9am

6/9 m-Performance Driving school Greer, SC

6/19 Bimmer Breakfast Pop’s Diner in Greenbrier at 9am

6/23 Peninsula Breakfast Baker’s Crust at 9am

5234 Monticello Ave #115, Williamsburg, VA

9/16 trss: tire rack street survival NCCAR

RSVP and details for all events at https://www.motorsportreg.com/

Questions: send email to [email protected]

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Officers & keY PeOPle

PresidentShawn Halsey (614) [email protected]

vice [email protected]

secretaryRay Laffoon (757) [email protected]

treasurerRon Boustedt (757) [email protected]

activities chairJames Loriol (561) [email protected]

membership [email protected]

member-at-largeDarin Kwasniewski (757) [email protected]

WebmeisterJudy Semo (757) [email protected]

newsletter editorKelly Elliott (757) [email protected]

chapter ambassador BmW cca foundationBrad Purvis (757) [email protected]

Driving events chairmanRon [email protected]

BmW classics chairmanSteve Waddell (757) [email protected]

Peninsula repAl Resnick (757) [email protected]

Outer Banks n.c. repJack Robey (252) [email protected]

club merchandiseStephen [email protected]

MEMBERSHIPTidewater Chapter: 677 as of March 2018,ADDRESS CHANGESAddress changes can be made on the BMWCCA National website (www.bmwcca.org) by hitting ‘Login’ and following instructions on site. Fromthere, click on the ‘Manage Account’ link on the top of the page; then click onthe ‘Change Addresses’ link.

Or write to:ROUNDEL BMW CCA640 South Main Street - Suite 201Greenville, SC 29601

All changes done through the National office will update both your National and Tidewater Chapter address information.

NEWSLETTER and PHOTO CONTRIBUTIONS:Your articles and photos are very welcomed by us. To be included in an issue the materials must be received by the 1st of the month preceding the date of the issue. To spice up the newsletter we always need photos of chapter events. We may also use them on the chapter website. Send your contributions to [email protected]. Thanks!

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President’s Corner

Activities Chairperson

Bimmer Bytes

Shutterfly

The Icon

NASA March Madness

TRSS

New Members

Classifieds

Photo Ops Drive

Lifetime Fill

M Performance

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I’m delighted to say that this particular President’s Corner is being drafted in the air. I am en route to Dallas, Texas. Why you ask? Why would I even mention that? Well, I’m traveling for BMW, or rather a BMW. I am delighted to report that I am going to retrieve my dream car, literally the car that I have dreamt about for many years... since I was a young boy reading my first BMW brochure!

I am pleased to announce that our first 2018 Peninsula Breakfast was a delightful success. We had a great turnout and I rather enjoyed meeting with members whom I’ve never had conversations with before. As I mentioned in my first article, I will continue to share a little about me in each issue. To that end, I’d like to put out a challenge you, our members reading this. I challenge you to write in (or email) a brief description of your start with BMW. A simple

paragraph will suffice, longer if you wish. Feel free to even include a picture. We all have a unique story on how we came to know the brand we dearly love, so why not share that with each other!

At breakfast I was amused at a conversation that began on a topic I have often wondered about... our logo. As you may know we have two logos, the Horse Collar twin kidney grill logo, and the M-colored Checkered Flag logo. I am uncertain as to the origin of these logos, as I have seen both since being involved with the club. The conversation during breakfast was which logo do you prefer and why? Reasons varied including history, heritage, uniqueness (or lack there of) and design. Surprisingly, despite one logo being older than the other, a member’s tenure did not directly correlate to which logo was preferred. Although this was just a small sampling, it was not the first I heard of it. As a Board we will discuss the possibility of a logo refresh. By refresh I do not mean an entirely new logo, but rather a new spin on something we have.

We have many exciting events on the horizon. We make an effort to ensure they are enjoyable to all and vary between both sides of the water. I hope you will make an effort to attend. With the exception of our Annual Banquet we do not charge for participation, so the only cost is your time. To that end we strive to not impose additional expenses for events, but as a non-profit that is a challenge at times. For that reason I am going to ask a simple request of you all. Please help support the club in one fashion or another. We have nametags and calendars for sale at $20 each. We also have apparel including hats, shirts and more. We don’t want to charge excessively for these items, but the small profit margin does help us put on nice events and not charge admittance. Additionally, we always accept help planning for events. As I mentioned in the previous edition, the more help we have the easier it is on all.

Additionally we have a few remaining seats for the M-Performance School on Saturday June 9th. If you have even the slightest inclination to attend I encourage you to register now. We are being granted a discount in excess of 50% per driver, which makes this incredible opportunity that much nicer. Additionally, we will have a private tour of the BMW Foundation. We are also in great need of volunteers for our Street Survival course Sunday September 16th.

Fröhliches Autofahren! Shawn President, Tidewater Chapter BMW CCA

President’s Corner

Join Us On Facebook!

Join us on Facebook and stay up to date with all your Club’s activities! The Club “Page” is open to the public and includes basic Club information and our events: www.facebook.com/twbmwcca

Our “Member’s Group” is a closed group for our registered members where you can post your pictures, ask questions, and join the discussions: www.facebook.com/groups/twbmwccaDreams do

come true


by James Loriol

“Good day to you fellow Bimmer Enthusiasts!”

I wanted to take a few minutes and share with you a little about myself and what it is exactly that I do. I am 26 years old, serve in the Navy, and own the Laguna Seca Blue E46 M3 most of you have probably seen at some event this past year.

I take great pride in that car and love going to events with it. About this time last year, I took over the Activities Chair from Al Schneider right in time for the April BBQ.

I hope you’ve all been pleased with the quality of events this past year that have been created. From the normal Sunday drives to the Tire Rack Street Survival last October. On a day to day basis, being the Activities Chair is not difficult. For most events, I put an email out to the activities committee asking for any help for upcoming events and I get responses every time.

From there, planning routes and locations for drives are easily handled and phone calls made for reserving meals. Only the big events have required much attention, such as the TRSS event we held last year and the BBQ we host yearly. Both these events have always been well handled and organized by volunteers like you, reading the articles and responding to emails put out looking for volunteers. To that, I thank everyone for for their help and hard work, it does not go unnoticed. I now ask once again for someone to step forward and volunteer themselves to help me out. I have to leave at the end of the year and thus I need someone to take my place. If you wish to know more about taking up this position, please email myself or call me. You may find me by looking at my contact info listed in this Newsletter. I will be more than happy to discuss things with you. I hope you all have enjoyed the events brought to you!

Upcoming events can be found on the Motorsportreg website by searching for them as listed below or by typing in BMW CCA - Tidewater Chapter.

Passing the Privilege

Necessary paperwork signing before the drive

Laguna Seca Blue M3

Bimmer Formation


Contact [email protected]

Club TOOLBOXFor those that have always wanted us to put a name with a face, here’s a picture of our club tools. They’ve been relocated to our treasurer Ron Boustedt’s house. Feel free to reach out if you need to scratch your shade tree mechanic itch.

Club MERCHANDISEApparel from Land’s End with Tidewater Chapter logo is available for purchase. Contact [email protected] for availability and questions about the following merchandise:

Apparel (polos, hats, etc.) - various prices at club events Chapter Logo Decals • BMW CCA Decals: FREE at club events

Personalized Club nametags, for club events, can be ordered from Tag-Ink for $20 each. Email [email protected] or call 757-233-6952

• HELMETS for track events• Service light resetting tools - very useful• Tie rod separator - pickle forks• Remote starter switch• Clutch Alignment tool• Pilot bearing puller• Fan clutch wrench & bar• Electric impact wrench

• Lockstrip tool• 17mm Trans. drain socket• Brake bleed system - very useful• Coil spring compressors• PEAKE code/reset tool - all models can be

connected under hood or dash• SRS air bag scanner

Contact [email protected] for your needs.

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by Kelly Elliott

Spring has finally arrived! Just in time for the annual photo ops drive in lovely Williamsburg, Va.

As a member of this chapter of the BMW CCA I’ve made many friends and met many BMW owners and enthusiasts. We are all different in our own way, but one attribute (maybe two, if you count our palates) we all share is the love for our own BMW’s and the

willingness to share that experience with others.

A warm thank you to all who came out and made this event so enjoyable. Please visit our Shutterfly to view the gallery of photos.

On another note, I would like to invite all members to contribute to the newsletter by sending your articles to [email protected]

Remember to include photos if you have them and also include your member number please.

See you soon!

BIMMER BYTES

March/April edition of DK cover photo credit: Matt Sanchez

Proper M’s leading the pack



by Al Resnick

In order to allow all of our members to view and share photos from our events, we have a Shutterfly share site and we have recently updated that site. What I’d like to do in this short article is to tell you a little about it and invite you to view and share photos.

HOW tO access site

Our share site is at: https://tidewaterbmwcca.shutterfly.com/. Since our site is on Shutterfly, you must first set up a Shutterfly account with your Log-in ID and password; to do this, go to Shutterfly’s home page (https://www.shutterfly.com )and click on Sign Up (you are not purchasing anything; about the only thing that will happen is that you’ll start getting Emails from Shutterfly, which you can unsubscribe to) – if you already have a Shutterfly account, you’re good.

If you’d like to be able to upload pictures you have taken at any of our events or download pictures, please send one of the club officers an Email (our Email addresses are located on page 2 of this magazine). Once you do so, one of us will send you an Email inviting you to the site. Then, after logging in, you’ll see this:

If you click on the PLEASE READ heading, you’ll be taken to a page that provides instructions on how to either:

• Upload pictures to share with all of us

• Download photos for your own use.

The CALENDAR heading is a link to the club’s web calendar

The SIGN UP heading is a link to MotorSportReg, which is how you can quickly and easily sign up for our club events. By the way, once you have a MotorSportReg account, you can set a “dashboard” of events, customized to your likes and geographic preferences (for example, my dashboard displays in addition to our club events, all autocross and high performance driving events within a 300 mile range). You can add as much information as you’d like to your account

Tidewater BMW Club Photo Album Site


using tHe site

Now for the real meat of the site. If you click on PHOTOS & VIDEOS, you see the screen to the right.

This section contains an album for almost every event that club has sponsored dating back to 2012 – well over 50 albums. The newest event albums are displayed first. Once you find the event album you’re interested in, click on VIEW ALBUM. You will then see all of the pictures we have for that event. Please feel free to:

• Download those of interest to you

• Upload any of your own pictures that you’d like to share with us

• Tag yourself or other members in the pictures you view.

uPlOaDing Pictures tO tHe sHare site:

• Login

• On the share site, select, PICTURES & VIDEOS

• Go to the appropriate event album (albums are listed in reverse chronological order; to view more than the ones initially shown, click on SHOW ALL ALBUMS)

• With your mouse, hover over EDIT (in white after title)

• Select ADD PICTURES from the menu that appears

• Click on the orange UPLOAD button that appears on the next screen

• Select pictures from your own computer or device

• When done with the upload, there’s a little clean up you’ll have to do:

o With your mouse, hover over the club name in the upper right

o Select MY SHUTTERFLY from the menu that appears

o On the next screen, select MY PHOTOS (in the upper right corner)

o Select the pictures you just uploaded and delete them -- each photo will have an orange checkmark and you click on the trash can; don’t worry, the pictures are also in the album on the share site. I guess it’s one of those “features” of Shutterfly

DOWnlOaDing Pictures frOm tHe sHare site:

• Login

• On the share site, select, PICTURES & VIDEOS

• Go to the appropriate event album (albums are listed in reverse chronological order; to view more than the ones initially shown, click on SHOW ALL ALBUMS)

• Hover your mouse over VIEW ALBUM (or just click on the cover photo)

• Find the picture of interest

• Right mouse click on it

• Select DOWNLOAD THIS PICTURE from the menu that appears

Please feel free to contact me, if you have any further questions. Enjoy the pictures!


THE ICON The car that started it all… and you can be there to help celebrate it in 2018 at the BMW CCA Foundation’s ongoing “birthday party” for the legendary BMW 2002. THE ICON: 50 Years of the 2002 exhibition opens on Friday, May 18th; however, YOU can get a special tour of the exhibit and the Foundation’s archives along with other displays when you attend our Tidewater Chapter’s Performance Driving Event on June 9th.

After wringing out our driving suits we will head over to the BMW CCA Foundation building, which is right next door to BMW’s Performance Driving Center in Greer, SC. A member of the Foundation will be present to answer questions and provide insight about the cars on display. This is a unique opportunity likely matched only by the Grand Opening of the exhibition on May 18th and the YTBD closing gala in January of next year.

Twenty-four exceptional 2002s are gathered to tell the story of the car, the cult, and the impact still being felt in the automotive scene today. Pristine examples of all stock variations will be represented, along with period custom editions, significant race cars and an outstanding selection of lightly and highly modified 02s.

We will see more than the cars. The Museum will be packed to the rafters with 2002-related art, memorabilia and rarities never seen before. Author Jackie Jouret has done extensive research on the development of the 2002, and in so doing, discovered new information never before released. We are guaranteed to learn and experience something new. And of course ICON exhibition books, posters and merchandise will all be available to feed our undying obsession. A modest admission of only $5 for BMW CCA members and $10 for non-members will be charged to defray the Foundation’s costs. The Foundation and the ICON exhibit will be open to us from 4 pm until 6 pm on Saturday the 9th of June following our Performance Driving School event.

Still haven’t signed up for our Performance Driving Event and a chance to see ICON: 50 Years of the 2002? Well, what in the heck are you waiting for?

Brad Purvis BMW CCA Foundation Ambassador


TRSS: Tire Rack Street Survival - Teen Driving TrainingOur very own Tidewater Chapter of the BMW CCA will be hosting TRSS later this year. We will be needing volunteers for this event in order for it to be a success.

This is a great opportunity for the new teenage driver in your family to get a solid foundation on the road. The skills they will learn can help keep them safe, plus it’s a lot of fun! Mark your calendars and plan for a day filled with excitement and learning behind the wheel for your teenager.

Date set for the 3rd week in September. Mark your calendars for September 16th.

There will be more info to follow in the next issue of Das Kummet.

Visit Official Website to learn more at http://streetsurvival.org. To sign up visit at https://www.motorsportreg.com/orgs/street-survival.

by Ron Boustedt

Is Winter ever going to end??? Apparently for those who attended the first NASA event of the year, March Madness, the answer was no. I’ve only had the joy of racing in the snow at VIR a few other times; a Chump race several years ago where we had icicles on our pop ups, another NASA race right after they repaved the track, and the weekend of 3/4/18.

VIR doesn’t allow snowplows on the track, so they have another, more interesting way to clear the snow. Drive on it. We literally assemble every car, truck, tow vehicle, whatever we can get, and do laps until the snow has turned into slush. Then it’s just a matter of praying for sun. By 11 the fog had lifted, the snow had melted and we were back in business. By the time we raced on Sunday the track was fully dry and most of the 3 inches had already melted from the grass. Now that doesn’t mean it wasn’t still slippery on the grass, it was, and several folks took some pretty long off track excursions.

Saturday’s race was tough, it had just started to drizzle about 10 minutes before the race, and several folks were really on the fence about whether or not to run rain tires. I made the wrong choice, and didn’t. Talk about slick, wow! A cold rainy track is no place for Hoosier R7’S it was impossible to get the car to turn, and if you did chances are it would keep turning, 360 style. Ask me how I know; my “not so smooth” downshift in turn 3 generated a beautiful on track pirouette. Fortunately I was by myself.

Even though with the snow, Sunday provided a day with bbetter track conditions. One of my fellow GTS3 racers, Sanjeeve Dugal, had an issue with his engine, so it was just down to me and Charles Harding. In a NASCAR style draft, I was just able to slide by Charles at the very end of the race. Beat him by .005 seconds (about 1.5 feet). It was awesome! Ted Ambrose, ran ST3, Don Bryant (welcome back) kicked butt in Spec 944, and Mike Helpinstill had a great time in Spec e46.

I hope to see you out there, and I’m sure I’ll be complaining about the heat before you know it!

NASA’s March Madness at VIR

Frozen Racetrack at VIR


Phil BroulliardGrady Gene Coltrane Bryant GrumbachBarbara IsemingerSteven T KamesChris Kennedy

Curtis Samuel Morris David Andrew Roland Edgar SamaniegoDavid J SmallridgeShelley M ThomasRaymond John VanColt

Jessica L WaddellMelissa D WaddellRob Waddell Roy Weber

Membership and BenefitsWelcOme neW memBers.

We are thrilled to have you as part of the BMW-CCA Tidewater Chapter!

Whatever your reason for owning a BMW, you have the opportunity to meet others with common interests, form new friendships, and learn more about your “Ultimate Driving Machine!” You decide how you want to participate...face-to-face, virtually, actively, occasionally.

Membership benefits include:• Free subscriptions to the national club magazine, the Roundel• Free bi-monthly Tidewater Chapter newsletter, Das Kummet• Rebates on purchase of new or CPO BMW car or new BMW motorcycle• Discounts on parts from participating dealers and private companies• National discounts from travel and service providers like Sprint• Access to BMW CCA online forum• Access to technical experts via telephone, email, or forum• Free classified advertising in Roundel, Das Kummet, and on the chapter web site• Chapter events throughout the year• New friends with a variety of interests including, of course, BMWs!• Many other benefits! For a complete list, see https://www.bmwcca.org

This is honestly one membership that pays tremendous dividends, so give us a try!

HOW DO i jOin?

To join, just visit the membership signup page on the National BMW CCA site at www.bmwcca.org/join. Check out www.tidewaterbmwcca.org and our Facebook page, or email [email protected] for more information about participation and the many membership benefits.

THE VINTAGEIf you like the older BMW’s join us May 17-20 at “The Vintage” in Asheville, N.C. for some classics fun. We’ll be heading out for the largest BMW gathering in the U.S. Also, garage time, lunches, drives, Great Pumpkin Fun Run etc. Contact classic chairman Steve Waddell at 535-5878 for more info.


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PaRTS FOR SaLE:E36 ROTORS (uPdaTEd 12/1/17)Frozen Rotors Power Slot Cryo RotorsRight and Left Rear, purchased for a 98 (e36) M3Never Used, still in box with receipt and wrapped in original plasticPaid $171 each for them.Contact Info: [email protected], Tamzen Burgess

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Photo Ops DriveBy James Loriol and Al Resnick

“I left work at 8:30 in the morning after pulling 24 hr duty (yes I got a bit of sleep), getting home and taking a shower. Then rushing out the door to jump into my favorite M3 and it’s sleek curves, I drive off to have some fun and see some friends at this year’s photo ops drive! We meet up, talk about our beauties, admire the beautiful weather we have blessed upon us, and then drive off to go down Colonial Drive, when we stop picture our cars at a beautiful riverside view looking over the James river.

Then we zoomed off and into the backroads, twisting and leaning into one corner and into the next, having fun and putting smiles on everyone’s faces to our next stop at Littlecreek Dam, for our second photo stop.

After that scenic drive through the Virginia Peninsula countryside, we then ended at the Gabriel Archer Tavern of the Williamsburg Winery. Not only were adult beverages (wine and beer) first rate, but our luncheon meals were exceptionally tasty and well prepared – all topped with some great Bimmer conversations, having enjoyed the pleasure of exercising our German Ultimate Driving Machines!

Thanks to everyone who participated for a terrific event!

Bimmer lineup at the James River

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Time to DriveQuick photo stop before heading to the winery


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LIFETIME FILLby Brad Purvis

People a lot smarter than me have weighed in on this issue and you can read about it in just about every enthusiast magazine. Before major manufacturers came up with “free service” or “lifetime service” when you buy a new car, every fluid was scheduled to be changed at some point in time during the “life” of the car. Free service is nothing more than a marketing ploy and in order to make it affordable (for them, not you), manufactures came up with the “lifetime/sealed” transmission, differential, brakes, cooling system, etc., etc. Nothing could be more misleading. Yes, fluids, oils, et al, have improved immensely, especially with the introduction of synthetics; however, even they don’t last forever, or even for a lifetime. Simply put, manufacturers don’t care once the car runs out of warranty. They know their best customers trade their cars every couple

of years and once the warranty runs out they have no obligation whatsoever. In most cases, you can run a car 100,000 miles on the same transmission fluid and you will not be aware that anything is deteriorating within the unit itself and in all likelihood it will operate just fine. The problem is if you want to keep a car well beyond 100,000 miles. It’s hard to say when the fluid

will fail, but it will fail eventually, and as it fails your transmission will wear

at an ever accelerating rate and it too will fail at some point. Therefore, if you plan on keeping your Bimmer forever or for a “lifetime” then you most certainly should change the fluids, all of them and at regular intervals. If you buy a used BMW with something north of 60,000 miles do it as a matter of course straight away. A $125-$250 transmission service is cheap insurance compared to a $7,500 transmission. That’s just my opinion and I could be wrong.

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Please pardon our mess! It may be hard to see, but our website is undergoing major renovations. Our engineers are hard at work improving the user experience. Several enhancements include improved functionality, native support across all browers and platforms, increased efficiency when navigating events and their respective photos & online ordering. Our target for full implementation is by the end of this year.

If you have tech experience, creative ideas or a desire to provide our webmaster with more caffeine, please reach out to us. Assistance is always appreciated, so ask how you can help. Email: [email protected].

Chapter WebsiteUNdER CoNSTRUCTIoN

JUNE 8 & 9, 2018. RSVP NoW!

Join us for a day of driving at the M Performance School.

We’ll learn from the best driving instructors and put our skills to the test, whipping around the track in M2s, M3s and M4s!

This event will be at the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg, SC on Saturday, June 9, 2018 and we’ll be driving their M cars.

Space is limited; only the first 32 registrants will be able to participate; driving registrants must be members of the Tidewater BMW Car Club. Only $800 for a full day of training and track time.

When registering, you can order lunches for your non-driving guests; guest lunches will be $30 (driver lunches will be provided).

We are also making arrangements through BMW to reserve a block of rooms at a nearby hotel for the evening of June 8, 2018; we’re also, looking at traveling down to the Performance Center in a group -- we’ll send an email to all registrants when those details are finalized.

REGISTER NOW! – Visit the following site to enter: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/tidewater-bmw-cca-m-performance-school-center-738574

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