Sydney German Autofest

On a bright sunny Sunday (19th February) more than 160 beautiful German cars crowded the car park at the Canada Bay Club for the inaugural Sydney German AutoFest. Our club was represented by 9 cars and there were many other BMWs.  Mercedes, Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen all had great displays.

We will plan this event for next year and make it in a much larger venue on a day when we are not running a motorsport event. 

Bob Williams

President

Club Sport Encouragement

In order to encourage you to come along and join the fun at MotorKhana Round 1 19th February and Driver Training at MDTC 18th March your Club is offering a very special deal.  Bring your spouse and/or dependant children, you pay the full, very low, entry price for yourself and half price for each of your family member/s.  This is a great opportunity to give, especially the newer drivers, the opportunity to learn in the safe environment.  See this website Calendar entries for 19/2/2012 and 18/3/2012 for full detailes and entry forms. 

BMW 3 Series Photo Competition

The new sixth generation BMW 3 Series, the F30, launches in Australia in February.  BMW Australia is calling on BMW 3 Series enthusiasts to submit photos from the past of themselves together with their cars, in order to recreate those memories involving the new car.  BMW Group Australia General Manager - Sales and Marketing, Tom Noble said BMW Club member 3 Series owners are fanatical about their cars and many are bound to have boxes of happy snaps from days of old.  “We are sure our owners will have aged as gracefully as the BMW 3 Series and are excited to see how both our customers and our cars have evolved over the years”, said Noble.

The competition is being run via the BMW Australia Facebook page and calls on entrants to submit photos of themselves together with their car – the older the better.  Photography must be set in Australia as where possible the winning shot will be recreated at the original location.  First prize not only includes the recreated photo but also one month’s use of the new BMW 3 Series together with a BMW Driver Training course under the tuition of ex racing Champion and Chief Driver Trainer Geoff Brabham.  Five runners up will receive photo recreations and products from BMW’s lifestyle collection.

Entries close 30 March 2012 with the winners to be announced on 5 April.  The competition winner will be one of the first people in the country to experience the new car.

Historic Registration

We have been approved by the RTA to be a part of the Historic Vehicle Registration scheme. This means that cars 30 years or older, that are only driven to club events, can be registered and insured with significant savings. The relevant forms can be found under Member Benefits.

If your car needs to be moved for maintenance purposes, you need to notify the Registrar so it can be recorded in our register.

If you have any questions, please contact the Historic Plates Registrar This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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