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JULY MEMBERSHIP MEETING Mike Linnig’s 502-937-9888
9308 Cane Run Road Louisville, KY 40258 www.mikelinnigsrestaurant.com
Monday July 11 7:00 PM
Cars & Coffee is always held on the second Saturday from 9-11AM in the parking lot of Captain's Quarters Restaurant on River Rd. Now $5 per car. This casual meeting involves anyone interested in all types of cars. It's a free event, however it is a benefit for Dystonia, so please make a donation and/or buy some coffee or breakfast to support the cause. It is weather-pending, but only depending on what conditions you're willing to bring out your Porsche. Just show-up whenever you can. Who knows, maybe some of us will go for a drive afterwards?
Lexington First Saturday Cars & Coffee Regular time 9:00-11:00 and no cost to attend. Be sure and pass this on to your automotive friends and car club folks. It will be a great opportunity to learn about what’s going on with the local car clubs and to meet other automotive friends. The June 4 will be at Value City Furniture, 2321 Sir Barton Way, Lexington.
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2016 KY Region PCA Calendar www.kypca.org
Table of Contents Club Contact Info Page 4
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
President’s Column Page 6 Upcoming Activities Pages 8-11 Editor’s Column Page 12 Advertisers Index Page 26
>>CLICK<< ON THE EVENT TO BE AUTOMATICALLY FORWARDED TO THE DETAILS PAGE
JULY
AUGUST
9—Cars & Coffee Meeting Minutes Page 26 The MART Page 27 Membership Info Page 28
See page 21 for info on Members Only Private Facebook Events Group
SEPTEMBER
7—Hall’s On The River 3—Lincoln’s Birthplace Natl. Historic Park 8—Membership Mtg CookOut @ Doll’s 9-11—Fall FASTival DE
9—Kentucky Covered Bridge Tour
13—Cars & Coffee
11—Membership Mtg Mike Linnig’s
20—Hofbrauhaus Newport
30—Doc’s BBQ Smokeshack & drive
10—Cars & Coffee 12—Membership Mtg Havana Rumba’s 24—Kentucky Horse Park
Pedro’s Tech Article Pages 30-32
Central KY SCCA Autocross Schedule www.ckrscca.org
Central Indiana PCA Calendar www.cirpca.org
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMEBR
2—Overlook Restaurant
14—Membership Mtg Mango’s Mexican
12—Membership Mtg Mellow Mushroom
8—German Fest & Bourbon tasting 10—Membership Mtg Rooster’s
KYRSCCA Autocross Schedule www.kyscca.com
All events are subject to change due to weather and availability.
15—Huber’s Winery Tour
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2016 KENTUCKY REGION PCA OFFICERS & BOARD
KY PCA Website www.kypca.org Stay informed and participate! Join the KYPCA mailing list and be notified of upcoming events, club news, and membership information. Remember, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your participation as a member that makes the club successful. Please visit the below website and sign-up today! www.kypca.org (mailing list sign-up for Pacesetter, Driver Education and general information) www.kypca.org/club-news/ (club activities, meetings, or general announcements from KY Region PCA, the latest issue of the Pacesetter (our monthly newsletter), announcements of new models, racing news) www.kypca.org/document-library/ (club specific documents, upcoming club events, frequently asked questions, mailing list sign-up, Web Links) www.kypca.org/club-events/ (photos and videos from club events (member submitted or just something we think is really cool and Porsche related)) Having trouble viewing the www.kypca.org website? Do you have a suggestion on how we can improve it? Please send any feedback you might have to mailto:feedback@kypca.org.
President: Steve McCombs Louisville, KY (502) 558-0306 mailto:shmc930@hotmail.com
mailto:belinda@lowcarbrecipes.com
Vice President: Jeremy Miller Fisherville, KY (502) 396-9111 mailto:jers993@msn.com
Website Chair: Mark Bos Louisville, KY
Secretary: Dan Stewart LaGrange, KY (502) 558-5790
Board Members: Mark Bos (2015-16) (see above)
mailto:ky911sc@gmail.com
Treasurer: Richard Darnell Louisville, KY (502) 889-8120 mailto:rd@pskentucky.com Membership: Anthony Minstein Louisville, KY (502)216-3443 mailto:Membership.kypca@gmail.com
Activities Committee: T.H. Morrisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chair (502) 548-3275 mailto:terencehmorris@att.net
Edward Hessel Louisville, KY (502) 541-5253 mailto:stathome@bellsouth.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/50109424636/
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PaceSetter Editor: Belinda Schweinhart Goshen, KY (502) 228-9725 mailto:article@kypca.org
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mailto:mbos@bluegrass.net
Edward Hessel (2015-16) (see above) Steven Rountree (2016-2017) Louisville, KY (502) 386-3001 mailto:smr9463@gmail.com
Past President: Jason Miller Crestwood, KY (502) 253-5704 mailto:millermd@twc.com Southwest KY PCA Rep Debra Pollock (270) 791-4044 mailto:debra@medcepts.com
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President’s Report July 2016 Steve McCombs—KY Region President
In this June’s President’s report I would like to thank our DE Chair Jeremy Miller along with Mark Bos and Richard Darnell for another fantastic DE event June 5th and 6th. It was a huge success. I would also like to thank our entire crew (Jason & Jim Miller, Gene & Peggy Hoffman, T.H. Morris, Chuck Hicks, and Dan Stewart) for their endless time and effort. But most im-
From National: Caren Cooper was voted in as the 2017 President. I have met Caren and she is a huge plus for the Club. Other offices were voted in on this past Sunday by a teleconference vote. National has moved forward with purchasing the next door office condo to assist in the growth of PCA National offices. And the property was paid for in full ($400k) from excess funds. Great things are in store for the future growth of the Club.
“And to think, in just a little over three months, we’ll be doing it all over again!” portantly I would like thank Randy Biery and his crew at Bluegrass Motorsports Porsche for everything. You guys are very special to the success of the KYPCA DE events. And to think, in just a little over three months, we’ll be doing it all over again! Awesome. The Club has also been very busy with drives and events here in May and June. T.H Morris and Edward Hessel have already completed six wonderful drives with many more to come. And Joe and Jane Galownia hosted a totally outstanding wine party that gets bigger and better each year. Thank you all so much for your hard work to make it so. There is really something for everyone. 2016 is truly the most active year in the history of this club. Over the past three months I have received notices each week from National on new members. That’s twelve and counting. I ask the new members to get involved and go on some of these drives and events. I assure you will have fun. Our auto detail tech session went well and I believe the club will have a new advertising sponsor from it.
Sad news, Pete Stout, the editor of the Panorama, is moving on. Pete has been responsible for making the magazine what it is today. But thankfully, Pete has trained an excellent team on how to publish this wonderful magazine. So we shouldn’t see any changes to the look and feel of it. National membership count total as of May 2016 is 116,611. Only thing to be said is, wow. Porsche AG updates: 2016 sales year-to-date is up 7.3 % over last year. And a interesting fact—Porsche doesn’t build a car until it is sold. The Factory doesn’t have room to store unsold cars like the US manufactures do. So year-to-date, Porsche has built in total 22,226 cars and SUVs. Maybe the US auto makers should take notes from Porsche on inventory control. Just saying… For next month’s meeting we’re heading to a completely different part of Louisville than we usually do. We’re heading to Mike Linnigs on the river. So we’ll enjoy outdoor eating and really good fish dinners. See you then. Steve McCombs, KYPCA President
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Join us on Saturday, August 27, 2016 to see this historical automotive collection, along with many others at the Carmel Artomobilia hosted in the Carmel Arts & Design Districts. Visit us online at www.carmelartomobilia.com for more information.
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2016 Activities
July is upon us as we work through our list of planned activities. For July, we will be travelling east to seek out a few more covered bridges. This tour will take us a little beyond Lexington so plan on going well into the afternoon. The specific route is still being refined and will be shared soon. This tour will start at the park across from the Bluegrass dealership at 10 AM on Saturday July 9th. For this tour, plan on a roadside stop along the route for a picnic lunch. Bring your favorite sack lunch and good conversation! The club drive will conclude at the final covered bridge and you will be free to select the route back to Louisville. Our second drive will take us through some entertaining ribbons of blacktop through southern Indiana as we head west toward Brandenburg. We will stop for lunch at Doc's BBQ SmokeShack. The club drive will conclude at the lunch stop and you may select your favorite route back to Louisville. This club drive will start at the park across from the Bluegrass dealership at 10 AM on Saturday July 30th. Send me a note at mailto:terencehmorris@att.net if you have any questions. Hope to see you in July. If you plan to attend these drives, let me know so that I can be sure to have enough copies of the route printed off. Thanks, T.H.
Saturday July 9, 10 am Kentucky Covered Bridge Tour
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Saturday July 30, 10 am Docâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BBQ Smokehouse & country road tour Brandenburg, KY
Sunday August 7, 10 am Halls on the River Winchester, KY
Saturday August 20, 10 am Hofbrauhaus Newport Newport, KY
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Saturday September 3, 10 am Lincoln’s Birthplace National Historic Park Hodgenville, KY
Saturday Sept. 10, 8 am— Sunday Sept. 11, 5 pm Driver’s Education Fall Session Greencastle, IN
Saturday Sept. 24, 10 am Kentucky Horse Park Lexington, KY
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Sunday October 2, 10:30 am Overlook Restaurant Leavenworth, IN
Saturday October 8, 5:30 pm 2nd Annual German Fest & Bourbon Tasting Steve and Bernadette Doolin’s home LaGrange, KY
Saturday October 15, 10 am Huber’s Winery Tour—15th Anniversary Borden, IN
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From the Editor’s Desk By Belinda Schweinhart We have Photographers Gone Wild!!!! Holly M iller posted 93 DE photos in just one Facebook post! And she was not the only one with a camera that weekend. Then there are the Polly Freeze posts from TH Morris and Holly. And the Studiio A posts from TH and Robert Klein. And the posts about the gathering at Ed and Stasia Hessel’s house from TH and Holly. Then the photos of the Brothers BBQ and Brewing Co drive from TH. How about the drive to Wilderness train Distillery photos from TH, Holley and Robert? Did I mention the videos taken during the drives? Oh yea, they’re on Facebook too.
Are you on Facebook yet? https://www.facebook.com/groups/50109424636/
MEMBERS ONLY PRIVATE FACEBOOK EVENTS GROUP We have created a new way to share information with you about all of the planned activities for the club. This w ill be in addition to the other tools w e already use such as email announcements, the website and the monthly editions of the Pacesetter. A new page has been created on Facebook that is dedicated to activities and events. This page will be accessible only to club members and will contain detailed information about each planned activity, including dates, times, maps, and activity overview. Your use of this page also helps me see how many people are interested in each planned event as you are able to indicate that you are going, might be going, or will not be going. If you are already on Facebook and would like access to the page, please let me know and I will get you added. By design, it w ill not show up in a Facebook search and you have to be explicitly added to the group in order to see and receive page updates. I will just need your Facebook page name to get you added. If you are not currently on Facebook, I invite you to give it a try as it is a very powerful and convenient tool for communication. If you aren't sure how to get started, let me know and I would be glad to try and help. Facebook interaction can be as little or as much as you wish. Thanks! I look forward to seeing you on many of our outings! As usual, if there are things that Edward and I can do to make the outings more meaningful to you, please don't hesitate to drop us a note. We are always looking for new ideas. Regards, T.H. Morris mailto:terencehmorris@att.net
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September 11-13 September 9-11, 2016
July 24, 2016.
Go to www.MotorSportReg.com to register. KYPCA we will be aligning with the recently changed PCA guidelines regarding helmet certification. The new standard will be current Snell certification period and one period prior. This will NOT go into effect until after our June 2016 event. In other words, 2005, 2010 and 2015 Snell certified helmets WILL BE VALID for June 2016 event. September 2016 event and forward will follow the new guidelines.
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From June Panorama…. by Anthony Minstein June was a busy month for the Kentucky Region. We started the month with our Summer Heat, HPDE at Putnam Park Road Course in central Indiana. Our 12th year of hosting DEs, along with the continued help and support of Bluegrass Porsche, our local dealer. This year, over 175 cars signed up for the two day event. Saturday morning left us with a wet track, reducing lap times and forcing drivers to learn the “wet lines” around the course. By mid-afternoon though, a spring deluge deluged the track, forcing the closure due to the many rivers running through it (along with the lake on the inside at turn 4!). Sunday, dawned clear and beautiful; mild, spring temperatures and
“What’s a drive in a Porsche without really good BBQ?” a clean track gave drivers ample opportunity to run the course at speed. As usual, dinners were hosted at the host hotel both Friday and Saturday nights combining track time with opportunities for social time.
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The following weekend was our annual spring pilgrimage to Polly’s Freeze in nearby Harrison County, IN for soft serve ice cream. We started with a short drive including our favorite windy road up the hill on Corydon Pike. The next day, a group of us met at Studio A Detailing in Louisville for an informative demonstration on auto detailing; the right and wrong ways of keeping car exteriors and interiors looking fresh. A timely discussion considering how many of us had attended the prior weekend’s DE! Our monthly membership meeting was a backyard BBQ held at members Edward and Stasia Hessel’s house. Great food along with terrific spring weather. The next weekend, our monthly club activity was a drive through central Kentucky to Danville, KY to tour Wilderness Trace Distillery, after first stopping for lunch at Brother’s BBQ. What’s a drive in a Porsche without really good BBQ? I’d like to say this was our busiest month, but July promises to have just as many activities including the Kentucky Covered Bridge Tour and our monthly dinner meeting in July, at Mike Linnig’s: circa-1925 riverside seafood joint serving up big portions of fried fish at outdoor picnic tables.
DE Photos by Holly Kee Miller
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KYPCA (Southern Kentucky Members) for some fun at Putnam Park Road Course, June 5, 2016—photo by Debra Pollack
It’s the people……...
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Membership Drive to Pollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freeze Photos by T.H.Morris
Photos by Robert Klein
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Photos by Holley Kee Miller
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Studio A Louisville Auto Detailing Photos by Robert Klein
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Photos by TH Morris
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June Membership Meeting Ed & Stasia Hesselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House Photos by T.H. Morris
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Wilderness Trail Distillery Drive Photos by Holly Kee Miller
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Minutes from Membership Meeting - June 2016 By Dan Stewart, Secretary Ky PCA monthly meeting was held on 6-13 at the home of Edward and Stasia Hessel. President Steve McCombs opened the meeting with a special thank you to the entire DE staff for hosting the Summer Heat event. It was a great event, we enjoyed record number of attendees and completed PCA Instructor training for 16 new instructors. Steve discussed the details from PCA Nationals. He will submit many of the details in a separate report. The club is doing well, over 116000 members, with a big increase in membership over previous years. He also mentioned that two Treffen trips will be held in 2017.
Anthony gave a membership report, we currently have 276 members, and 3 new members in May. Two new members were introduced at the meeting. TH Morris discussed the upcoming drives. Be sure to check the Facebook page and join the special group to keep up with the excitement. July meeting will be held at Mike Linnigs restaurant, watch for details on the website. Thanks again to the Hessel’s for great hospitality and wonderful food.
Jeremy Miller also gave a special thank you to the DE staff and all the participants. We will be back at Putnam in September, and registration will open July 24, so don’t forget to mark your calendar and register early. Richard Darnell was awarded a special Yodeling Pickle award at the event, but he declined to show the group his pickle at the meeting.
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THE MART Brushed aluminum rims are 7"x17" $350 for both Crome are 7"x17" and 9"x17" $700 for all 4. All tires shown are no good. Rims will fit on a 944 with spacers. Contact Matt Innes at mailto:mattinnes1@aol.com
1991 944s2 Cabriolet 219,000 mi. 13 yrs service records. Good+ condition. $11,000 obo. In Louisville 502-5230319. mailto:wadaum515@aol.com
Downsizing my Porsche collection of memorabilia. FOR SALE: Brass alloy belt buckle. Older Kentucky Region horse head logo in 3 dimension. Was made in the 1980s and sold to members. Has the loop and pin style belt attachment. Engraved "D. Wynn" the maker, and "24" as the production number. $25 OBO. Located in Louisville. Can deliver locally. Phillip Doty Questions: 502-386-1522
The Mart Rules The Mart Ads are free to all PCA members. It will appear for TWO issues and can be relisted by contacting the newsletter editor. All ads must be car related. To place an advertisement in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Martâ&#x20AC;? contact the PaceSetter editor.
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Monthly Membership Reports by Anthony Minstein
PCA Anniversaries!! July 2016 Yrs Name City 26 Richard & Ian Collins Bowling Green KY 21 David & Ellen Bland Fisherville KY 20 Francis Gardner & Kathryn Mershon Louisville KY 17 John Rawlins & Kristin Jones Louisville KY 16 Jon & Carla Newlin French Lick IN 15 James & Jan Elliott Paducah KY 15 Patrick & Rachel Strehl Louisville KY 14 Joseph & Diana Boccuzzi Louisville KY 11 Eric & Kristen Rahmen Prospect KY 10 Mitchell & Sidney Nichois Prospect KY 6 Rick Heath & Merrily Orsini Louisville KY 6 Kenneth & Ellen Rabeneck Louisville KY 6 Clarence & Donna Rode Louisville KY 3 Walter & Kimberly Beck Bowling Green KY 3 James Kirzinger & Kimberly Higdon Springfield KY 3 William & Bonnie Young Crestwood KY 2 William Chapman Crestwood KY 2 Chris Madison Louisville KY 2 Drew Shepard Radcliff KY 1 Ken & Jessica Berry Louisville KY 1 George Burkley Louisville KY 1 Dennis DeWitt Louisville KY 1 Wayne & Mary Shaw Louisville KY 1 Ed Skees Georgetown IN 1 Dave & Sage Taylor Lewisport KY
Car Year, Model, Color 1989 911 Turbo Coupe White 1969 911S GT5S Yellow 1987 1996 1984 1984 2006 2007 2004 2006 2008 1968 2006 2009
911 Turbo 911 Carrera Cabriolet Black 911 Carrera 911 Carrera Coupe White Boxster S Blue 911 Carrera Cayenne Turbo Cayenne S SUV Black Cayman Coupe gray 912 Targa White Boxster S Gray 911 Carrera S Cab Black
1983 2013 2015 1995 2002 2016 2012 2014 2008 2003 1980
944 Coupe Black Boxster Silver Macan S SUV 911 Carrera 993 Cpe Black Boxster S Cab Silver Cayman Boxster Spyder Black 911 Carrera S Coupe Silver Cayenne 911 Carrera 4S Cpe Blue 911 SC Targa
**Incomplete profiles are based on the info you filed with National when joining/renewing your membership.
Welcome New Members!! June 2016 Chase Abell
Louisville KY
2017 Macan S
William Pustow
Louisville KY
2016 Macan Turbo Gray
John Davis
Borden IN
2016 Boxster Spyder Car White
Stephen Goddin
Prospect KY
2013 911 Carrera S Black
Richard Rasey
Prospect KY
2004 911 Carrera 4 Gray
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Published in the July 2016 issue of “Die Porsche Kassette”
Porsche is probably the most criticized success story in the world! Let me explain why I say that .
replace it with the 901. Only 82 cars were badged as 901s because of a trademark dispute with Peugeot, and the 901 became the 911. Porsche marketed the 911 as a larger, more practical version of the 356. It also had a pair of rear seats. Critics were quick to pounce on its lack of focus.
In 1948 Ferdinand Porsche introduced the first production sportscar, with his name as the brand: The Porsche 356. Designed by his Son Ferry, it was not an overnight sensation. It took Porsche 2 years to manufacture and sell 50 cars, but by the early 50s the 356 had gained a following, especially by enthusiasts on both
“Porsche is probably the most criticized success story in the world!” sides of the Atlantic because of it’s design, build quality and aerodynamics. The 356 evolved and got refined throughout the years. It was offered in different iterations: 356A, 356B, 356C with aircooled, flat-4 motors ranging from 1,100 cc to 2,000 cc, initially borrowed from the VW Beetle, mounted behind the rear axle (except for the prototype, No. 1, which had a mid-engine layout). Speedsters, Coupes and Cabriolets all sported the 356 designation. Even with all the success, in 1963 Porsche announced that it would phase out the 356 and
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The 911 continued with the engine behind the rear axle, but instead of the flat-4 engine, Porsche opted to install a more powerful flat6 in the new platform.
This added almost 50% more cost to the car which made the acceptance of the 911 somewhat slow at first. This drastic price increase drew quite a bit of criticism. Concerned that the increase in price of the 911 with the 6 cylinder engine would substantially hurt sales, Porsche introduced an entry level 4 cylinder model dubbed the 912 immediately after the end of production of the 356 (in 1965). Initially, the 912 outsold the 911, boosting total production until the 911 gained its assured success.
The 912 was short-lived because of the 911’s success and in 1969 Porsche announced that the new entry-level model would be the 914 which had been designed collaboratively between VW and Porsche.
Boxster would go into production as a new entrylevel model, the 986. The company went back to its roots by offering a rag-top, mid-engined, twoseater, flat-6 but the die-hard fans of the 911 (by now designated as the 993) were quick to point out that this could not be a “real” Porsche since it was water-cooled!
This new platform had been originally intended to be sold as a VW (replacing the Karmann Ghia) with a flat-4, and as a Porsche (entry level) with a flat-6. The 914 was a mid-engined, targa-topped, twoseater When the 914 hit the market it was not considered a (real) Porsche by most enthusiasts! Because of an internal feud between VW and Porsche, after the death of VW’s CEO (Heinz Nordhoff in April, 1968) and the appointment of the new one (Kurt Lotz, which was not part of the Porsche clan) VW refused to share with Porsche it’s tooling for the 914 and the price of the 914-6 ended up being just slightly less that the 911. The 914-6 sold quite poorly, while the less expensive 914-4 became Porsche’s best seller during its model run outselling the 911 by a very wide margin with almost 120,000 units worldwide.
Eventually the 986 Boxster turned out to be the car that physically saved Porsche from financial collapse. The 986 evolved into the 987 then into the 981 and now into the 718 and also spawned the Cayman which appeared in 2006.
But the criticism of the company didn’t stop there. In 2002 (2003 in the US) Porsche became a truck (SUV) manufacturer [big collective GASP!] w ith the introduction of the In 1976 the Porsche 924 replaced the 914 as Cayenne. the company’s entry-level model. It had been a joint project between VW and Porsche. In production terms, it was the first Porsche model powered by a non-flat, water-cooled, Porsche no longer would be exclusively a sports car manufacturer as it had been since inception and for front-mounted engine, with an automatic the previous 54 years. Then in transmission as 2009 Porsche announced the 970, an option! a luxury, full-sized, 4-door, frontengined (V6 or V8, or hybrid), 4,000 lb sedan known as the Needless to Panamera. say, die-hard Porsche fans felt betrayed! The 924 platform which had a 2.0L and then a 2.5L in-line 4 was developed into the 944 with 2.5L, 2.7L , 3.0L and 2.5L turbo power plants successively. Eventually this platform turned into the 968. In 1993 at the Detroit Auto Show, Porsche unveiled the Boxster Prototype. It got a very favorable response and in 1996 they announced that the
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What is this world coming to? Real Porsche cars should only have 2 doors! In 2013 Porsche expanded it’s model line with yet another SUV. This time with a smaller but turbocharged Macan …
... but the latest one is the “ultimate betrayal” to it’s die-hard fans: Porsche sports cars will no longer have a flat-6, normally aspirated engine, as God intended! It was recently announced that all Boxsters, Caymans and eventually Carreras will be exclusively powered by four cylinder turbos. As you have read in the article, Porsche has been very criticized throughout it’s history. But coldly analyzing those criticized decisions as a Monday morning quarterback, they have been spot on! The 911, criticized for its lack of focus, became the most iconic car in history The 914-6 is today a highly sought after model of a “pure sportscar”
The 924/944/968 platforms are lovingly restored, driven and raced worldwide The Boxster became the car that saved Porsche, now 20 years in production The Cayenne was Porsche’s best-seller until last year The Panamera has been another Porsche success story The Macan now became Porsche’s best selling model The jury is still out on killing the flat-6* (*) This is my attempt at sarcasm ... maybe. That one really hurt. What were they thinking? ;) For more information on Porsche’s model history and more, please visit my website: www.PedrosGarage.com. Happy Porsche’ing,
technolab Pedro P. Bonilla Weston, FL 33327 (954) 385-0330 mailto:ppbon@aol.com mailto:Pedro@PedrosGarage.com www.PedrosGarage.com www.PedrosBoard.com
WAIVERS REQUIRED FOR MINOR PARTICIPANTS **Important update for those planning on attending club activities with their underage family members** We are excited to offer a variety of activities to club members. Occasionally, minors attend these events and this is good to see because it is important that we continue the family friendly culture. We are all well accustomed to signing the waiver supplied by PCA national immediately prior to departing on our drives. We also have forms specifically addressing the participation by minors. In the past, we have been able to utilize the single signature of the guardian/parent attending the event but this is no longer the case. A recent development has led the insurance company to state that unless both guardians/parents of the minor sign the waiver, then neither the adult attendee or the minor attendee are covered by insurance. If you plan to bring your under the age of 18 family members along, please print off the waiver and have both parents sign the document and bring it along with you to the activity. A link to the waiver form is included below. Minor Waiver Form from PCA National Website link: https://www.pca.org/resource/waiver-minors
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Back cover photo from Holly Kee Miller.