Meet A Member - Gordon Isaac

by Moe Scharhon , Membership Chair

The AZPCA is made up of a wonderful group of members. As Membership Chair, I would like to introduce featured member, Gordon Isaac.

1. When did you join PCA?

I joined PCA in September 2021, after buying my 911. 2. What Porsche(s) do you have?

I have a 991.1 Turbo S . 3. Where are you from?

All over. I’ve lived in Arizona for almost 20 years, prior I was in Minneapolis area. 4. Family?

Yup, wife, daughter and 4 little rescue dogs all named after Scottish Islands. I enjoy Scotch and my wife didn’t object. 5. Work background or trade?

I’ve been in the consumer electronics industry for over 25 years and in the last few years moved towards the marketing side but still close to the vendors and resellers. Think highend home automation and home theaters ranging up to 7 figures. 6. Work makes your car special?

Buying the car pre-owned, the things that stood out were the carbon fiber options, especially the steering wheel, the yellow stitching and seatbelts, and you can’t go wrong finding a set of HRE center locks on a dealership car. Having added straight pipes the car sounds great during deceleration, and lowering provides a more aggressive stance. 7. Next upgrade?

I have modified most of my cars but this one I’m done with. I’m tired of the potential issues and while I definitely would love to do more, I’m happy having a car with a warranty and not messing that up. 8. Have you personalized your car? The day I found it in Tucson I brought it directly to Stratton

Motorsports in Phoenix who stayed open late so I could drop it off and get it PPF’d, straight piped, lowered, replace all lights with clears, and replaced the factory rear badges which the previous owner had removed. Stratton does great work, knows how to take care of mistakes when they happen, and provides exceptional service which is hard to come by these days. 9. Favorite memory with a car?

Not sure most of those are shareable, but I put together a high horsepower car group that is made up of mostly higher-end

German cars and we do car events and drives almost every

Saturday. My favorite memory with a car is whatever the last memory is with this group. Getting out on the open roads and enjoying these incredible machines with other enthusiasts is

food for the soul and never gets old. 10. Why did you buy your Porsche? I have an 1,100hp Audi RS7 which has been a frustrating build to the point that I knew the only way I’d get rid of it was to buy something I enjoyed more. I was trying to think of a car that was fast stock, fun to drive, you could bring to a C&C without having to park in the back like a Tesla Plaid, and would make a good daily. I drove a 991.1 TTS convertible and liked it but

I didn’t want a convertible. One weekend I went for a drive down to Tucson with the Audi club and we stopped at the

Audi dealership which was next door to the Porsche dealer. I asked the salesperson if they had a 991.1 TTS and he said they had a 991.2 which he showed me in the shop being certified.

I walked back to the showroom and my friends showed me the car I ended up buying which was outside. I didn’t even drive it, probably should have, but I filled out the paperwork over the phone during the Audi drive and came back to pick it up after. Luckily one of my friends had a copilot who was able to drive my car back so I could take the Porsche home.

That was a fun drive back to Phoenix! a 911. 11. High school nickname?

None really, but I was probably referred to as “guy with the white truck and loud stereo” more likely than not. 12. Top 3 cars you would own?

Too many to make a top 3, but the ones I will likely own would be a Porsche 992 TTS, GT3, and a Lamborghini

Huracan,.