Our Member Spotlight for December is Edgar Lee

Posted by on Dec 24, 2019 in Members Spotlight, News | 0 comments

Edgar Lee will be 49 years old this month and was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is married and has two daughters, two dogs, and a rabbit. Edgar is a Service Programs Marketing Specialist at Siemens Energy. He has been a Sunshine Bimmers member since 2018.  

When asked which was his first BMW, Edgar gave us a nice story: “Trick answer, in a manner of speaking–the BMW that gave me the bug is actually one I never got to drive (I wasn’t old enough…), and that was a 1972 Fjordblau E3 Bavaria (3.0 L with dual Weber carbs that I can still hear in my mind) that my parents bought in 1976, and sold as a “ran when parked” car in 1985. Then truly got bit by a 1987 E30 325i that I spent a good portion of the summer of 1989 driving, followed 8 years later by a test drive of a 1988 E28 M5 that a close friend was restoring to her original beauty and ran like a bat out of hell even though it had a bad 3rd gear synchronizer.” 

Edgar currently owns a 2001 E46 330Ci Convertible and a 2009 E70 X5 3.0. Some of his hobbies other than wrenching on his cars include camping with the family and cooking which he enjoys. His personal motto: “Never memorize something you can look up.”- Albert Einstein

Want to be our member of the month? 

Email us at sunshinebimmers@gmail.com and we will contact you with further details.

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Calling all Autocross Enthusiasts!

Posted by on Nov 22, 2019 in Events, News | 0 comments

BMWCCA Sunshine Bimmers / Space Coast PCA Team up!

Sunshine Bimmers has been hard at work finding ways to bring Autocross events to its members. We have finally been able to solidify collaboration with the Space Coast Porsche Club of America and the great people at The American Muscle Car Museum.

Last month our Social Chair Esteban was invited to participate in the last event of Space Coast PCA’s 2019 season. It was a great event and it demonstrated this will be a successful collaboration.

Please review the Rules and Safety details outlined in the PDF below:
https://spc.pca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Space-Coast-Autocross-Rules-and-Procedures-2020-R3.pdf

See below a video and a couple pictures of the October event.

 If you have participated in Autocross events previously and would like to participate in one of our upcoming events please send an email to esteban.valentin@gmail.com requesting to be added to the list of potential participants. Esteban will be coordinating the details and assembling a list of members interested in joining these events.

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Our Member Spotlight for October is Rob Pruss

Posted by on Oct 12, 2019 in Members Spotlight, News | 0 comments

Rob is a 37-year old that was born in New Jersey. He is a Mechanical Engineer at Harris Corporation. Rob has been married to his loving wife Lucy for 10 years. They have two wonderful boys, Ayrton and Jenson – both budding car enthusiasts. We have attested to this many times during our Space Coast lunches where they bring their awesome Hotwheels collection with many BMW models!

Joining the family is their dogs, Biscotti and Teddy. His first BMW was a 2002 BMW 330ci which he modded a bunch and had a lot of fun with. His current BMW’s are a 2000 BMW 540iT Dinan Stage 2 and a 2000 BMW Z3 2.8. He has owned a total of 6 BMW’s. Rob is an avid track enthusiast and has participated in tons of autocrosss and track events at Daytona, Sebring, and the FIRM. He has been part of Sunshine Bimmers since 2010. We are glad to hear that having more events on the coast has renewed his interest in the club in the last few years. Some of his hobbies (other than BMW’s) are fishing, surfing, and anything car-related.

Rob’s first BMW was a 2002 BMW 330ci which he modded a bunch and had a lot of fun with. His current BMW’s are a 2000 BMW 540iT Dinan Stage 2 and a 2000 BMW Z3 2.8. He has owned a total of 6 BMW’s. Rob is an avid track enthusiast and has participated in tons of autocrosss and track events at Daytona, Sebring, and the FIRM. He has been part of Sunshine Bimmers since 2010. We are glad to hear that having more events on the coast has renewed his interest in the club in the last few years. Some of his hobbies (other than BMW’s) are fishing, surfing, and anything car-related.

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