Nov/Dec The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA. Event Reminder. Nov 6 - Adopt-A-Spot. Nov Lynchburg...Overnight (New Date)

Transcription

1 Nov/Dec 2016 The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA Event Reminder Nov 6 - Adopt-A-Spot Nov Lynchburg......Overnight (New Date) Nov 12 Driveway Gathering Dec 4.. Winterfest In This Issue Page 3.Wing & Wheels.Report Page 3.. Driver Days Report Page 5 Winterfest Coupon Page 7...Masthead New Members Classifieds Back Page Calendar of Events Club Web Sites National... Virginia Section... Welcome New Members! Mercedes-Benz of Virginia Beach has begun a program of providing a Mercedes-Benz Club of America (MBCA) membership to each of its new customers. Included with this membership, is a membership in the local Virginia Section. We warmly welcome you to our club and invite you to join us at one of our events. We believe in fun, friendship and Mercedes-Benz; and we eat well. Adopt-a-Street - Sunday Nov 6 This will be our final 2016 cleaning up of the portion of Virginia Beach Boulevard near the Mercedes-Benz dealership as part of the Adopt-A- Street Program sponsored by the City of Virginia Beach. Please contact Windsor L. Brabson at or wlbrab@gmail.com with questions or to volunteer Winterfest - Sunday, December 4, 2016 We will be having our traditional Winterfest 2016 brunch at the Princess Anne Country Club, 3800 Pacific Ave, Virginia Beach. The brunch will be on Sunday morning, December 4, Festivities will begin at 10:00 a.m. as the doors open and we will eat after a period of socialization. The extensive brunch buffet will include a breakfast fare, omelet station, fruit and lunch selections and a cash bar. Charles Barker Champions for Kids will be our charity again this year. Launched in 1994 with the goal of raising one million dollars, the goal was achieved through the generous contributions of its sponsors. Today, in its 21st year, its mission is to achieve over three million dollars. Your participation will benefit many different youth programs in Hampton Roads in the areas of counseling for teens, drug and alcohol awareness, educational scholarships, and community mentorship programs. The cost for this year's event will be $10.00 per person. As usual, the section is subsidizing this event and it is hoped that all section members will join us for brunch. We will also have the usual mix of door prizes.

2 STAY COOL! Super Polish $69.99 (regular $89.99) 10% OFF A/C Special All Parts and Labor on ANY A/C Service Super Polish includes soft cloth wash, plus vacuum interior, clean widows, dress tires and apply wax protection with our state-of-the-art cloth polishing machine. Offer expires 8/31/16. Not valid on previous charges or purchases. Coupon must be present at time order is written. Coupons not valid on any specials or discounts. All prices plus applicable sales tax. Mercedes-Benz Service Teams - Direct Lines - LaDonna Staton ~Orange Team Manager ~ (757) for service maintenance or repairs Mercedes Customer Car wash while in for service Tominich ~ Gray Team Manager ~ (757) Marie Preferential scheduling for service 24-hour roadside assistance DelanoProgram Bowens ~ Green Team Manager ~ (757) Commitment and collision repairs Overnight parts delivery Loaner car while your vehicle is in Express maintenance for convenience Andy Trowbridge ~ Blue Team Manager ~ (757) Brett Whitney ~ Sprinter/Gold Team Manager ~ (757) Mercedes-Benz Service Specials Come check out our newly renovated Service and Sales Facilities! Maintenance Special Tire Specials Call for Appointment 251.APPT (2778) 15 off % Authorized Four Wheel Alignment 2000 off $ Any scheduled maintenance *Excludes Express Oil Change Service. Must have coupon. December 31, 2016 Not valid with any other discounts. Expires ExpiresAugust June 30, 31, (with authorized Mercedes-Benz wheel weights) 1000 off $ *Excludes Diagnostic Charges. Must have coupon. 31, 2016 Not valid with any other discounts. Expires Expires June 30, Expires December August 31, Complete Detail Our Service Department is open 6 days a week. Regularly $ Now only $ Four Wheel Tire Balancing Gift certificates available. Call for details. 95 with coupon Monday - Friday: 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday: 8:00 am to 1:00 pm *Must have coupon. Not valid with any other discounts. Expires June 30, Expires December August 31, , 2016 Mercedes-Benz Premier Express Service While You Wait Get routine vehicle service maintenance while you wait, without having to make an appointment.* **Lease Special $699/36 month** Visit our website where you can shop our new car inventory anytime: *Based on approved credit, $5,407 due MBVaBeach.com at signing, based on a 10,000 mile per year. Tax, tags, license fees not included. Add must be present, see Sales Manager for Details. Service Parts Certified Dealer for Sprinter 4949 Virginia Beach Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA Magruder Boulevard Hampton, Virginia *Actual time may vary based on certain external circumstances. 2

3 Since Winterfest serves as our annual membership meeting there will be a short business meeting with an overview of activities planned for next year. We will also welcome any suggestions for other events that may be of interest. So, mark your calendar and send in your reservations early! Please mail the Reservation Form on page 5 or contact Jim Villers by December 1 at or by at 190SLJim@cox.net. Driveway Mechanics Gathering - Sat Nov 12 This will be our last Driveway Mechanic Gathering of the year and the opportunity to get out and join fellow club members for coffee, donuts and a little car work. It is now time to begin thinking about your winter car projects that you can bring to the gathering and share with your fellow club members. There is always plenty time for looking into other problems or to just "kick-the-tires". That is the way these sessions work, it is really an open forum for what ever drives in. Mechanic activities will start around 9:30 a.m. We normally finish up by 1:00. For those needing advice on a problem, or needing a bit of encouragement to troubleshoot a problem, come to this event. mainly from the World War II era. The art deco building, grass landing strip, checkered water tower and hangars are home to one of the world s largest collection of vintage aircraft. In addition to the various aviation sights and sounds, The local Tidewater Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America hosted a large show of wonderful cars both old and new. It is always exciting to see what will be at the show and this year s show did not let us down. The attendees were: Vince and Diane Figuenick, Claude and Dorca Bell, Bob and Bert Goodwin, Gary & Kitty Zaugg and family (celebrating Gary s 65 birthday), Don LaBar and daughters Elise, Emily, and Elaina, Jerry Shonfeld, and Roy Wiley. Driver Days Report - Oct 15 If you would like to put your project on the schedule or desire information contact Jim Villers at or by at 190SLJim@cox.net. Wings, Wheels & Pizza Report - Sep 24 This year s Wings and Wheels event was a great success with beautiful weather. We met at Pungo Pizza and Ice cream for lunch. The food was delicious and it gave us the energy to see all of the cars and airplanes at the Virginia Beach Airport. This private airport is used by the Military Aviation Museum to maintain, display and fly vintage and replica aircraft, Attending Driver Days were Don LaBar Elise, Emily, and Elaina. Carroll Forehand and his wife, 3

4 Ken and Shirley Wecht, and Tom Dawson.articipating in the parade was Ken, Shirley and Tom. Ken and Tom with their SL's and Shirley with her Das Mustang. This is the Second year The MBCA, Virginia Chapter has participated in the parade. Driver Days is just home town fun Lynchburg Overnight Rescheduled to Nov 5-6 Assemble Saturday at 8:30 AM at Virginia Diner for Breakfast. Depart Virginia Dinner about 9:30 AM. It is about a 3.5 hour trip to Lynchburg and to Cradock Terry, a Boutique Hotel. We can have a light lunch at the Water Stone, a tavern in the hotel or venture into Bedford for lunch before going to the D Day Memorial. The D Day Memorial should be on every person s bucket list. It is unlike any memorial that you ever been to because it is an artistic, factual, emotional commemorative of D Day. I have talked to the staff and if we have a party of ten, the fee will be $8.00 each and we will have a private tour which means that we will call with our ETA and they will meet us. Dinner will be at Shoemakers, a five star restaurant in the hotel. If you are not worn out, we can walk along the boardwalk which parallels the river. On Sunday, we could have brunch before touring Thomas Jefferson s Poplar Forrest home which he used as a retreat to escape from the public. We could leisurely diver back through Blackstone and enjoy the fall color. I think we are close to the ten people. If you are interested, please RSVP to Tom Dawson, or Tdawson50@aol.com. Please do not wait until the last minute, because we are trying to get corporate rates, make dinner reservations, schedule tours. Date is not etched in stone so we can flexible to accommodate the group: however, date selected will give us best chance at a fall color experience. 4

5 ===================================================================== Winterfest Reservation Coupon Please reserve places for me at $10 per person; Total. Make check payable to: Virginia Section MBCA Section member name Phone address (optional): Mail to: Jim Villers, 3133 Inlet Road, Virginia Beach, VA Coupon should be received by December 1, 2016 Questions? Please call Don LaBar or ===================================================================== Same Service Better Price ASE Certified BOSCH Certified Factory Diagnostics Financing Available 1322 Transylvania Ave. Chesapeake, VA

6 STAY COOL! 10% OFF A/C Special All Parts and Labor on ANY A/C Service Offer expires 8/31/16. Not valid on previous charges or purchases. Coupon must be present at time order is written. Coupons not valid on any specials or discounts. All prices plus applicable sales tax. Super Polish $69.99 (regular $89.99) Super Polish includes soft cloth wash, plus vacuum interior, clean widows, dress tires and apply wax protection with our state-of-the-art cloth polishing machine. Mercedes-Benz Service Teams - Direct Lines - LaDonna Staton ~Orange Team Manager ~ (757) Marie Tominich ~ Gray Team Manager ~ (757) Delano Bowens ~ Green Team Manager ~ (757) Andy Trowbridge ~ Blue Team Manager ~ (757) Brett Whitney ~ Sprinter/Gold Team Manager ~ (757) Come check out our newly renovated Service and Sales Facilities! Call for Appointment 251.APPT (2778) **Lease Special $699/36 month** *Based on approved credit, $5,407 due at signing, based on a 10,000 mile per year. Tax, tags, license fees not included. Add must be present, see Sales Manager for Details Magruder Boulevard Hampton, Virginia

7 Virginia Section MBCA Officers PRESIDENT Don LaBar 1274 Christian Court Virginia Beach VICE-PRESIDENT Jerry Schonfeld 5000 Portsmouth Blvd Portsmouth, VA SECRETARY Tom Dawson 125 Brittany Ln Suffolk, VA TREASURER Dwight Finnie 301 Hope Ct Newport News, VA DIRECTORS Bobby Ross Don LaBar Jim Villers Pat Evans COMMITTEES Membership Windsor Brabsom Marketing Peter Spring NEWSLETTER EDITOR Jim Villers 3133 Inlet Road Virginia Beach Eastern Regional Director James Roberts is the official newsletter of the Virginia Section of the Mercedes- Benz Club America, Inc. Publication is bi-monthly. Copyright 2016 by the Virginia Section, MBCA. Articles may be reprinted in newsletters for members of MBCA, giving credit. Other use without written permission is prohibited. First Name Last Name City Scott Anton Norfolk Catherine Antonaccio Chesapeake Joan Buckle Norfolk Kevin Burnette Chesapeake Mathew Calhoun Suffolk LaShandra Carter Virginia Beach Charles Ciccotti Chesapeake Dana Cleek Chesapeake Arnold Cohen Virginia Beach Shelby Davis Myers Suffolk Afua Dodoo Virginia Beach Tarek Elbadawy Chesapeake Keraghn Fair Williamsburg Jack Frieden Virginia Beach Douglas Fuller Chesapeake Cedric Gaines Chesapeake Jasmine Glespie Norfolk Sadie Halsey Suffolk Andrew Howerin Virginia Beach Chad Ingram Virginia Beach Kristina Jackson Virginia Beach Alecia Jacobs Chesapeake Violet Jernigan Chesapeake Bernard Jones Virginia Beach Robert Jones Virginia Beach Jacob Kantor Norfolk Floyd Land Virginia Beach Robyn Liebler Williamsburg Stephen Lin Chesapeake Richard Lombart Virginia Beach Jeff Long Suffolk Joan Lyons Virginia Beach Vivian May Suffolk Phillip McCall Virginia Beach Joseph Michaels Virginia Beach Jerrold Miller Virginia Beach Vivian Miller Virginia Beach Gary Morawiec Chesapeake Velnita Morris Chesapeake Jason Muir Norfolk Kima Nazaryan Virginia Beach Jonathan Partington Virginia Beach Gregory Pesich Chesapeake David Phillips Virginia Beach James Powell Newport News Russel Prieto Virginia Beach Rejeanne Roper Virginia Beach Salvatore Scelta Virginia Beach Rosa Shelton Hampton Diane Taylor Chesapeake Irvin Wells Virginia Beach Tammy Williams Virginia Beach Stephanie Ziegler Chesapeake 7 Trading Post 2008 C300 Sport Sedan, totally optioned, leather heated seats, rare 6 speed manual stick, Bi-HID headlamps, panorama roof, nav system and Harman/Kardon sound system, 18" AMG alloy wheels w/ new tires, rear window curtain, rear spoiler, split fold down rear seats, burgundy on black, 115,500 miles, asking $10,300. Bob Hyatt SL, gray on gray, recently painted, never wrecked, no mechanical issues, 79.5K miles, asking $6,500. Bob Hyatt Section Discounts: Mercedes-Benz of Virginia Beach, 10%Discount on parts and labor charges. See our ad in this issue Tysinger Mercedes-Benz Hampton, VirginiaDiscounts are limited to the first $250 of TOTAL parts and labor charges. SENIOR CITIZENS RECEIVE AN UNLIMITED 10% DISCOUNT. See our ad in this issue Auto Haus Yorktown & Williamsburg, Ten percent on labor only. See our ad in this issue Membership questions? Address change? Renewing? All the above and more can be done at Don t want to use the web? Don t have a computer? Call MBCA 1907 LeLaray Street Colorado Springs, CO 80909

8 3133 Inlet Road Virginia Beach, VA First Class VIRGINIA SECTION, MERCEDES-BENZ CLUB AMERICA CALENDAR OF EVENTS Virginia Section Events MBCA National - Regional Events Nov Lynchburg Overnight Contact: Tom Dawson Nov 6 - Adopt-A-Street Clean-Up Contact: Windsor Brabson Nov 12 - Driveway Mechanics Gathering Contact: Jim Villers Dec 4 - WinterFest at Princess Anne Contact: Don LaBar