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Legal Stuffbimmer immer is the publication of the Badger Bimmers chapter of the BMW Car Club of America, Inc. Neither is connected in any way with BMW AG or with BMW North America. Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy or the opinions of the Chapter or the Club. Suggestions and recommendations set forth herein for modifications to BMWs or other vehicles are not authorized by the manufacturer unless expressly stated, and they may actually void new and used car warranties. The Chapter and the Club assume no responsibility for any such modifications, or their subsequent results, attempted or completed by vehicle owners, their friends or enemies, their mechanics or people who think they’re mechanics until something goes wrong. bimmer immer is published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All content is Copyright © 2014 Badger Bimmers CCA. Correspondence, articles, advertising, and comments should be addressed to:

Editor • editor@badgerbimmers.org

bimmer immer

Cover Photo: Western Wisconsin Road Tour, August 30-31

Photo by Larry O’Brien

• Badger Bimmers Board of Directors •President

Erik Ivarson • eicarguy@wi.rr.com

Vice-PresidentRon Pace • ronald.pace@sbcglobal.net

TreasurerMike Clemens • mclemens@execpc.com

SecretaryDavid Thuerk • dthuerkm3@gmail.com

Board Members Bill Nicoud • Dave Tatem • Cindy Ansay • Jeff Fait

Past PresidentMichael Loos • mike@oreillymotors.com

Fox Valley LiaisonDale Kressin • dale@vin.com

Madison LiaisonLarry O’Brien • ashark@charter.net

Driving Events CoordinatorMike Clemens • mclemens@execpc.com

EditorDon Gawronski • dgphoto@sbcglobal.net

Membership ChairmanTim Jason • tjason@versevo.com

Chief DE InstructorsMary Medo and John Morgan

Webmaster Mike Clemens • mclemens@execpc.com

Technical Service Advisor Jenny Morgan • jmorganix@mac.com

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Board meetings generally are held on the second Thursday of each month. They start promptly at 6:30 pm. Board meetings are open to all members. The Board encourages members to attend.

Monthly Board meetings will convene at 6:30 pm in the Board Room at Concours Motors • 5990 N. Green Bay Ave. • Glendale, WI.

Please consult the monthly Calendar (above) for exact locations and dates.

2014

BMW Car CluB of aMeriCa foundation SeekS early bimmer immersThe BMW CCA Foundation is trying to build a complete archive of newsletters from all chapters in the country. Does anyone out there have any issues from 1999 and before? If you do and are willing to allow the Club to photocopy some, please contact Erik Ivarson at

eicarguy@wi.rr.com.

October 11 Board Meeting @ Experimental Aircraft Association (Check Web site for details)

November 13 Monthly Board Meeting @ Concours Motors, Glendale

December 11 Monthly Board Meeting @ Concours Motors, Glendale

Exact plans, including depar-ture times, will be finalized later

this year and published on our Web site (www.badgerbimmers.

org). If you’re interested in going, please e-mail me at dryench@att.net

to reserve your seat because numbers will be limited. Members will pur-

chase their own tickets for the show.See you then!

~Darcy Yench

Please join us on The Badger Bimmers Motor Coach Trip to the Chicago Auto Show. We will travel in style from Milwau-kee to Chicago stopping for break-fast on the way down.

We will be going the morning of Saturday, February 14, and we will return the same day. We will have at least two rendezvous points in the Milwaukee area, at Park ’n’ Ride lots, leaving around 6:30 – 7:00 a.m.

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Back Again by Popular Demand...Badger Bimmers Going to 2015 Chicago Auto Show

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Bimmers for the annual One Lap of Road America, present-ed by the American Cancer Society. Help raise money for a great cause. Too many peo-ple are affected by cancer every year. Here is a chance to do some good, get some exercise, and enjoy one of the finest race tracks in the country.

The event takes place October 25, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI. Registration at 8:00 a.m.

We have put together a Badger Bimmers team for this event, and we’d like you to join us. We have provided a link below: http://community.acsevents. org/site/TR/CommunityFundraisingPages/CFPFY10National?fr_id=62293&pg=entry.

If you have further questions you can contact us at wnicoud@gmail.com. You can also call at (262) 268-1006.

~Bill Nicoud

News of Note...

Thuerks’ European (Delivery) AdventureGermany, September 6, 2014

The week before we left, I was informed by Pat Jef-fors that BMW built many M235is with sun roofs, which we ordered without. Mine was one and since they could not get my replacement ready, I was given the incorrect car to drive while I was in Europe.

My correct car will be delivered to International BMW as a new car. International BMW will also receive the car I am driving to sell at the reduced European delivery price.

We took the scenic mountain route through

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One Lap of Road America

Do you enjoy helping others? Have you wanted to take a lap of Road America, but are afraid of speed or damaging your car? Do you enjoy fall col-ors? Are you able to walk or run four miles?

Then come and join some of your fellow Badger

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New Motor Oil from Germanyfrom Roundel Weekly, September 16, 2014

Newly developed LIQUI MOLY Special Tec LL 5W-30 enters the market. It was developed especially for models requiring oil complying to the BMW Longlife-01 standard; this includes the newer M-class vehicles.

Special Tec LL 5W-30 has been officially approved by BMW. It is distinguished by even better lubricating prop-erties. This saves fuel and increases engine life. LIQUI MOLY is Germany’s most popular lubricant brand.

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Germany and Austria, then into Italy. We spent Sat-urday in Verona Italy and will be heading to Monza tomorrow for the Italian F1 race.

The first gas fill-up on the Austrian autobahn cost 75 Euros, a little over $100.

~Dave Thuerk

5october 2014

From the PresidentErik Ivarson

Up to Speed...

Ahhh, OktoberFAST...

GGreetings, Badger Bimmers! As I write, our OktoberFAST Driver School at Road America is just a week away. We started registration in June and, by early August, we were full. A waiting list gave a few some hope, but even bribes cannot get the latecomers a treasured spot.

We run four sessions and, with one reserved for instruc-tors and one for advanced drivers, there are only two student run groups. It takes some patience to learn Road America. The four-mile laps make muscle memory come sometime late in the second or even in the third session. All that time between corners is great for coaching. With eight sessions over the weekend, participants get plenty of time to hone their skills.

Linking braking, turning and accelerating is harder when the next corner is a mile away. Blackhawk Farms Raceway, a two-mile track, is better suited to learning to link these skills. Each corner from 1-6 leads to another and the straight is just long enough to check the instruments. But Blackhawk can be hard on brakes since there’s little cooling time. At half the distance, BHF can be learned in a couple of sessions, so a one day event can be very ef-fective. We were not full for the August Blackhawk Farms event and plan to have two dates next year.

Badger Bimmers has been fortunate to have quality volunteers running the events. We can always use more! As with any club, what you put in determines what you experience. I hope to see you at the track soon. bi

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My name is Tim Jason and I would like you to consider me for a Board position with Badger Bimmers. I have been fortunate enough to own, restore, and renew many of these fine cars. Through this, I have discovered a passion for BMWs that grows stron-ger every year. I have been fortunate enough to serve as Membership Chairman since 2012 and currently attend monthly Board meetings. By doing so, I have had the opportunity to present and help organize several events that have been overwhelming successes. I have also had the opportunity to experience several driving events and am be-ginning to learn the limitations of the car and myself — in response I have become an even bigger fan of our local Badger Bimmer Chapter! I am a hardworking, personable, do-it-yourself man who would be honored to be more involved. Let me help you promote your ideas within the Club. Thank you for your consideration.

Tim Jason

Hi, my name is Jeff Fait and I’m running for the office of President of the Badger Bim-mers. I’ve been a Club member for 12 years and I’m just finishing a two-year term as a Club Board Member. In my time as a Board Member, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to make

the Club a success, learned that our Club has a lot of strengths, and learned that we face some long-term challenges that require creative solutions. I would be honored to serve as President and am excited to continue helping make our Club the best that it can be.

Jeff Fait

Election 2015Election 2015for President

It’s my privilege to seek another term on the Board as the Madison-area liaison. With help from all the group and the Madison-area members, I’ve worked to organize the Madison Spring Car Cleanup and the Madison-area, March Board

meetings. I’ve helped put together some area road trips and encouraged participation in other Badger Bimmer events. I hope to continue to increase Madison-area membership and participation in Club events.

Larry O’Brien

for Madison-area liaison

for Board Member

This year’s election field is still open. So if you are interested in running for any of these positions, send an e-mail to Dave

Tatem at tatemd951@gmail.com.

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Election 2015 I

would be honored to serve on the Board of the Badger Bimmers as Treasurer. After my stint on the National Board, I am ready to resume an active role in our local chapter and am asking for your vote. I have

been active in the chapter since I joined the Club in 1996 and hope to continue to help the Club grow in the future.

Darcy Yench

for Treasurer

Hi, my name is Mike Clemens and I’m a candidate for the Badger Bimmer Board of Directors. I’ve held various offices within the Club over the last few years. Recently I’ve been the Treasurer for the chapter. I’ve been a member of the Club since 1997. I’ve organized the driving schools at Blackhawk Farms and Road America for the last 10 years. Thanks for your support.

Mike Clemens

for Board Member

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PRESIDENT TREASURER

JEFF FAIT DARCY YENCH Write-in Write-inCandidate ______________________________________________ Candidate ___________________________________

BOARD MEMBERS(We are electing two candidates, so vote for two.)

MIKE CLEMENS TIM JASON Write-in Candidate ________________________________________________________________________

MADISON-AREA LIAISON

LARRY O’BRIEN Write-in Candidate _____________________________________________________

After you have voted, bring your ballot to the Annual Party in January, 2015, or mail to:

2015 ELECTIONc/o Badger Bimmers • P.O. BOX 71139 • Milwaukee, WI 53211

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Where does the Bimmer in the Barn fit into this scenario? Well, I never wanted this car to be an all-out nut and bolt restoration. It requires too much labor and expense. I also did not want a car I would be afraid to drive. Many cars that fall into that category are only driven on rare occasions and trailered to-and-from shows. I want to drive and enjoy this car on a regular basis. And from time-to-time, go to the track. To me that means more than a complete restoration.

Sooo, if we keep all this in mind and work backward from that 1,000 hr. benchmark, where does the Bimmer in the Barn end up? I feel a good ballpark figure for all the work I’ve undertaken is about 600 hrs. At

a modest 10 hrs. a week, that means 60 weeks of work. But keep in mind that starting and stop-ping like this every week is not very efficient, and some procedures take large chunks of time to complete. So planning becomes critical, finding time in my schedule to string together large chunks of time. It’s not easy; it’s not easy for anyone.

And one more thing. After doing

this type of work all day at my job, finding the ambi-tion to do this after hours is even tougher.

What this means in the end is that this is not a short-term project, and to think I’ll be able to finish it in the next six months is a stretch. But I’ll keep setting goals and working toward them, and when the time is right the car will be done.

Stay tuned...~Bill

As work on the Bimmer in the Barn continues, I’ve talked to several Badger Bimmer members who have asked, “How’s the project going?” My gut reaction is to say, “slowly” or “taking for-ever.” However after further thought, I should say “making progress” or “coming along nicely.” You see, I need to remind myself how long a project like this can take. When we restore or rehab a car, the labor involved can top 1,000 hrs. This, of course, depends on the level of detail and complexity of the project.

Devil in the details?When I talk about the different levels of detail and complexity, I mean anything from a basic paint job to complete nut and bolt restorations. To fully appreciate this, pay attention the next time you go to a car show or have the hood open on your new car. Think about what it would take to re-plate, repaint, re-store every surface, nut, bolt and decal. Those that you see and those you don’t. That is one phase of a complete restoration; now add to that the same procedure for the interior, underbody, and exterior. Add in the fact that when we do a complete restoration, the exterior of the car is straighter, and the paint finish is smoother than when it left the factory. This also means research, as to what finishes, plating, and materials would have been used on that car. Lastly, it means researching the data that tells us what op-tions and colors the car had when it left the factory. Sounds like a lot, and it is.

Part 13 Article and photos by Bill Nicoud

Bimmer in the Barn

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Extraordinary Exploratory Excursion Report and photos by Larry O’Brien

With the blind curves and the K.Me.Qs, the only real concerns were Amish vehicles and manure spreaders. (Only one of each in our view.)

We zipped down the pike to Woodman. There was a defunct something there along with mostly defunct everythings so we didn’t spend any time there, except to acknowledge the place was on the itinerary. Cool roads continued.

Exploring ‘Unique’-nessWe then headed toward Boscobel in Crawford County on Hwy 133. (Things are starting to get a tad blurred as I write due to all the sights and delicious roads along the way — even with Steve driv-ing my M Coupe, which may have had something to do with it.) Anyhow we stopped there (I think) for lunch at the Unique Café… a diner worthy of its name. The place was filled with memorabilia of every old age and times. Great food and lots of chat-tering. Good times. A shop across the street was filled with collectables and another with vintage juke boxes. Neat town, whatever it is.

More great roads to Lan-caster, David and Tiffany’s hometown, with its gorgeous domed court house. Lots more happy chatter. Time for Steve and I and Lee in what-

Thanks to the meticulous planning and organiza-tion by David and Tif-fany, our tour group had an absolutely grand day, August 30. We started in Dodgeville and, after a short but intense shower, the weather cleared for the rest of the trip. After many curves and rises and more County roads than I can recite, we hit Highland and the Spurgeon Vineyards and Winery. It was way back in the hills of Iowa County, almost to Appalachia by the looks of it. It was a gracious little place with wine tasting and snacks. Most hospitable, amazing place.

‘Kiss me quick’Then onto more great roads, some g-force curves with spectacular vistas and mul-tiple shades of greens and golds to the horizon. All the road surfaces appeared to have been redone just for our benefit. Elevation changes were short and sharp. You know the feeling when you top it out and your belly goes “Whoops.” (My old daddy called them “kiss me quicks.”) David, in his allegedly un-modified 2002 — with the hobbyist plate and the front spoiler — led us on a vigor-ous, yea, enthusiastic, ride through even more gorgeous trails and countryside. (Speed limits?! We don’t need no stinking…)

“Up the hills, down the dales, over twisting asphalt trails… Well, you sort of get the (no) drift(ing).”

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Exploratory Excursionever the heck Bimmer he has (he was so far ahead of me most of the time I couldn’t see the designation) to break it off. We chased each other along County A (another super track-smooth trail and one Amish buggy) to 151 and back to Madison.

The rest of the gang continued on to Cassville, to Potosi, and the National Brewery Museum, to Dickeyville and the Grotto and little else, ending in Galena, IL and the DeSoto Hotel for the evening. I have no doubt that the rest of their excursion was no less wonderful than the time we spent with them.

Extraordinary? Big time YES. Exploratory? That, too. Word has it that, next year, the whole trip will be offered as an official Club event. It will be a must-hit event if it comes to pass. All on this excur-sion will definitely vote in favor, I’m sure.

Huge thanks to David and Tiffany and likely the rest of the Wright family for taking the time and effort to put it all together — and for supplying the neat little travel bags for each of us.

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