Horizontally Opposed - January/February 2013

Editor, First Settlers Region Porsche Club of America 2581 Eagles Lake Road Virginia Beach, VA 23456

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UPCOMING EVENTS!

Be sure to check our website www.fsrpca.org for more details as well as updates on all of these exciting events.

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January 5

Central Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Silver Diner, Glen Allen

January 12

Eastern Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Pops Diner, Chesapeake

January 19

New Years Party

Kingsmill Resort - Williamsburg

January 26-27

Rolex 24 Hours

Daytona, Florida

February 2

Central Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Silver Diner, Glen Allen

February 9

Eastern Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Pops Diner, Chesapeake

March 2

Central Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Silver Diner, Glen Allen

March 9

Eastern Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Pops Diner, Chesapeake

March 15-17

Zone 2 DE

Virginia International Raceway

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From the President George Michaels Happy New Year! I hope the holidays were full of joy and you received all the Porsche stuff you wanted.

(Best in Show - Rick Howard’s 1957 Chevy Wagon )

(Peoples Choice: Bill Westendorf’s 1963 Volvo)

(Rock Stars from above)

(A pair of great rides!)

(Two eras of Porsche race cars)

The Election Committee reports that 55 ballots were cast in our 2012 election. As all positions were running un-opposed, it should come as no surprise that all individuals were elected. Congratulations to the electees and a big welcome to Kathy Kent and Matt Nelson as new members of the Executive Council. Thanks to both the Nominating Committee and the Board for giving your time to our club.

Thanks also for your confidence in me as club President for this coming year. I look forward to serving you and continuing the success that Dave and last year's board facilitated. Aside from ensuring we have fun, support our charities, enjoy our cars and each other’s company, I have some goals in mind for 2013: (1) that we be a perpetual front runner for Region of the Year - we all understand that it won't be awarded repeatedly to the same region, but we should be in the top 5 every year, same goes for Public Service and Website awards; (2) increase participation from the western side of our region; (3) implement succession planning for our board and committees - PCA National does this, and it gets the right people in the right positions and ensures the success of the club, and; (4) consider putting our name in the hat to host a PCA Escape or Parade.

(Rock Star Porsches)

(Dom, Diane, Josie and Valerie running the raffle)

I have no doubt that 2013 will be another great year of fun, camaraderie and community service for First Settlers, and we've set ourselves up for success. Thanks to our DE events, we're in good shape financially to do whatever we want. We have a great relationship with our primary sponsor, Checkered Flag Porsche. They provide a tremendous amount of support to us financially and they give us loads of merchandise to raffle off and give away as door prizes at our various events and breakfasts. In turn, we should continue to return the favor with big turnouts at their Cars and Coffee events, trust them to service our Porsches, and when it's time for a new one, head to their new showroom.

We were very successful this past year in adding a number of new sponsors to our list of event supporters, and we appreciate their generosity. Since a good number of these new sponsors/business owners are club members, what better way to say thanks to them than to give them some business. This also applies to our HO advertisers and the many sponsors that support our charity efforts throughout the year. Check out the Charity Wrap-up on page 8 and if you’re in the market for items or services they offer, please give them a call.

This is your club… help make it what you want it to be. While the board and chairs run day-to-day operations, it’s up to you to decide what activities show up on the calendar. If you have an idea for an event or activity, please pass it on to our Activities Officer. If you’d like to help plan, set up, run, or host an event… even better. If you have some favorite back roads you like to drive, don’t keep them a secret, design a fun run and we’ll add it to an event or monthly breakfast.

I look forward to sharing another successful and rewarding year with my First Settlers friends. Remember, it’s all about having fun, enjoying our cars and the people who drive them. See you at the New Year Party!

2013 New Years Party !!

Saturday, January 19th at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg Dinner will be about $60 per person.

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Track Mama

Car Care C rner

by Brenda Merry P R I N T I N G

“Don’t be a lug!”

“Never in my wildest dreams............”

Paraphrased from Excellence Magazine Tony Callas & Tom Prine When you drive a car with a manual transmission, you can get lazy in slow-moving traffic and allow the rpm drop too low for the selected gear. If you start to accelerate before downshifting, the engine may begin to jerk and buck violently. The condition is called “lugging the engine” and is caused by excessive load, too much throttle input and insufficient rpm to produce adequate power to overcome the load. lugging the engine places significant load on the crankshaft, main bearings, connecting rods and bearings. Done often enough and with enough severity can cause severe and permanent engine damage.

When my Dad taught me to drive a tractor in the fields when I was about 5 years old, I am sure he never imagined the impact he had on my life. His words were “keep it between the rows”. As I grew older and advanced to the highway, his words were to “keep it between the lines”. I will not share how long ago that was..............

Several months ago, my husband “put me behind the wheel” of his beloved Cayman R. I was to “get the feel” of the car...........That may have been a hugh mistake for him..........

As I continued to practice driving more and more and even (Ed driving Brenda’s car through the Esses at drove alone in the Road Atlanta) Cayman following him thru some very twisty roads in the mountains I began to “like” the feel of the car.

High performance engines, with relatively small displacement, like those in early 911’s are at greater risk for lugging because - by design - they produce little torque at low rpm. larger displacement engines with larger internal rotating mass can deal better with lugging but any engine can be lugged under the right conditions. An engine that is running poorly and is down on power can be lugged if you try to accelerate too quickly in the wrong gear.

Cars with manual transmissions rely on you to use the computer between your ears instead of in the electronic control unit to determine the proper gear selection. If you’re driving along at 30 mph on a flat road, with no need to accelerate, third or even fourth gear will lower your engine speed and improve your fuel economy. But if you try to accelerate up a hill before downshifting you risk lugging the engine.

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He registered us for a DE at VIR for October 8, 2012..................I was actually going to DRIVE ON A RACE TRACK!!!!!!!!...........wow, this country girl had come a long way from the tractor I started on............

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October 8, was a cold and very rainy day for my first time out..........I was excited, a little nervous, but very determined because once I make the decision, I am definitely committed.

By the same token, it’s possible to lug an engine on a flat road in second gear, or in fifth at 70 mph while climbing a steep road. The key is to keep the rpm in the right range for the conditions and minimize stress on the engine. If the engine sounds strained, hesitates when you try to accelerate, or begins to buck, you should ease off the throttle and drop a gear to increase the rpm to match the conditions.

A lady instructor named Anita went with me my (Ed may have to share his car more often now!) last time out that day and that is really when the fun began. I was first in line behind the pace car and stayed with it all the way......wow...........I had arrived!!!!!!! It was exciting and fun (I do not think I ever stopped smiling during those laps...............

“Check EngineLight” There can be many cause of a Check Engine light (CEl) on a Porsche and, though it doesn’t indicate immediate self-destruction, should not be ignored. The most common fault on the flat-six engines is failure of the O2 and Mass Air Flow (MAF) systems. Its common for the front oxygen sensors to fail and cause the MAF to compensate and a routine fix is to just replace the sensor. However, its also common for the light to soon return indicated by a failing MAF. The recommended solution is to replace both O2 and MAF sensors at the same time - and prevent yourself more aggravation.

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Advanced Driving Skills – Awareness 201

flag station and keeping an eye on the upcoming car’s brake lights.

It’s about knowing where you are relative to the cars in front and behind you. By the time you reach our advanced (Black & Red) classes, pass anywhere with a point is commonplace. And before you get to that point, track awareness needs to be your most honed skill.

by Kevin Pirkle So, you've been to a few Driver's Education events…or ten…maybe even advanced to Solo. No more instructor in the car must feel pretty darn good. And you've earned it! You've learned the flags, the names of the turns, (Bud Syme’s Carrera can be found in the and you even know advanced group.) how to fully extend your arm out the window for a proper "point-by". Good for you. We're all proud, and you should be too. Hmm…so what should you be working on next? Trail-braking? Heel-toe down-shifting? Better braking technique?

Admittedly, we all recall our first number of DE events. We’re driving along looking for the next apex when suddenly, and even unexpectedly, there’s a faster car in the rearview mirror. Panic sets in, and glances return to the rearview mirror at the wrong times…in the brake zone, throughout a turn…anytime but the right time. What I’m about to share isn’t something that you might immediately think will make you a better driver, but it will. Your fellow drivers will appreciate your etiquette and attention to your surroundings, and you’ll earn their respect both on and off the track. Moreover, if digested and followed, this tip will allow you to safely explore your own capabilities as you continue to hone more advanced techniques.

This brief, instructional driving tip regards what I believe is the single greatest attribute of any driver…track awareness. It’s a skill that sets advanced DE drivers apart from their peers, and once you hone it, you’ll find that you and those around you have more fun.

Reality… “But I drive a 415hp GT3, Kevin?! Why would I lift for a 180hp 1980 911SC? As soon as we hit the straight, I’ll just pull away from him!” I wish I had a dollar for every time I watched a high horsepower car drag me down the straight only to find itself under the pressure of my front bumper heading into the next turn. The reality is that faster cars aren’t necessarily the highest horsepower cars… and eventually, those high horsepower cars have to brake and turn in just like the rest of the cars. Stick around long enough, and you’ll see that some of the fastest drivers we have in this club are in midhorsepower models. When the recession hit in late 2008, a number of our more experienced drivers sold their Cup cars and GT3’s to purchase more modest track cars…cars that would lay down respectable laps, but that were also less expensive to operate. At the same time, car manufacturers keep coming out with higher horsepower new models…ready for our novices to purchase and bring to the track to try their hands at the one thing that everyone knows how to do before they ever even get to VIR…mat the pedal to the floorboard. Here’s the secret though…a slower car with a more experienced driver will be faster than a novice or newly solo driver in a high horsepower car. The reasons are simple…seat time, experience, and application of skill. With this being said, if you find yourself in a situation where a car has been closing in on you over the past half lap or so, it’s because that driver is faster. Your car may be faster, but that driver is faster. And if your track awareness isn’t what it should be, you’ll be costing that driver both speed and momentum to wait for your passing signal. Translation? less fun for the faster driver behind you, not to mention, you’re probably not as thrilled that there’s a car in your rearview mirror that is anxious to pass. My advice is to do what I’ve been taught…let them by comfortably before the next turn. “But I drive a 415hp GT3, Kevin?!”

Yeah, I know…and if you’re a faster driver, you’ll catch him or her in the middle of the next set of turns, not on the straight. The reality is that he/she caught you, not the other way around.

I’ll begin by sharing a few notes about the PCA DE program. PCA is different than some of the other clubs that focus on advancement into time trials or full on racing. Our DE program provides a firm foundation of fundamental driving techniques. We advance drivers through classroom and in-car instruction to solo runs, and we provide classes for advanced drivers to pass anywhere with a proper pointby signal. Our focus is on safe Driver’s Education. While other clubs make sure that the car being overtaken provides a proper point-by, PCA focuses on the car being overtaken controlling the pass. In other words, if the car being overtaken doesn’t point the faster car by, the faster car must wait until the car being overtaken signals appropriately. KUDOS, you say, for safety! Although I wholeheartedly agree with the safety aspect of our best practice, I think this is exactly why we need to discuss track awareness. Take the example I cited above of an early DE event, in which I found myself in a situation in which I looked up and unexpectedly saw a car in my rearview mirror.

Proper track awareness prevents this. In fact, in most cases, if you’re a heads-up driver, you’ll know approximately when you’ll be giving the car behind you a point-by, because you’ll have been calculating it mentally for the last quarter to half lap. This doesn’t mean you’ll be “driving in your mirror”, so to speak, but it does mean you know when a car is closing the gap…long before it’s within a car length or two of your rear bumper. And what that means is that you’ll be lifting to let them by before the next turn, or that you’ll be ensuring that you are not the reason the faster car isn’t unnecessarily slowing down for you.

You see, proper track awareness is much more than seeing the next

Perception… So far, all we’ve focused on is your vantage point.

So what about others’? Well, let’s say I’m in the 1980 911 SC with 180 hp that just caught up to your 300hp 996 Carrera.

As I approach your car, I’m watching (The “Trak Gator” may also be seen in your rear everything from the view mirror) next corner worker to the car two turns back, not to mention, I’m also calculating exactly when I’ll be looking to pass your 120hp stronger car. As I get closer, I’ll be thinking I need to keep my RPM’s higher, since lower RPM’s will keep me at the lowest end of my power band. So if you don’t let me by before the brake zone, and you happen not to be as skilled at braking or sliding the car through a turn, we may exit the turn at the lowest point in my car’s torque curve…all while you quickly pull away from me in your 300hp car. By this point, I’m probably wondering why you haven’t pointed me by sooner, and if we are still relatively close on the straight, why you are not lifting your accelerator to let me by before the next turn. If you’ve ever found yourself as the lead car in this scenario, the guy behind you isn’t thinking, “Wow, that’s a fast

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we were protected from serious injury, or worse.

Estimates for the repair began at about $12,000 by State Farm, but Paul Sgro of lee’s Garage said that was only about half of what he thought it would cost. The owner of lee’s Garage and I agreed that if the car could not be repaired to the degree that he would feel comfortable taking it on the track that we would not fix it at all. Paul went through three adjustors until he found one that agreed to what it would take to repair the car. The estimate eventually reached just north of $40,000 which was 74% of State Farm’s assessed value of the car.

However, there was still more “probable hidden damage” to the inner frame and left and right suspension with additional estimated cost of between $700 - $4,500 which pushed it over the threshold of 75% of the cars estimated value. Therefore, State Farm decided to TOTAl the car.

I even still got to go to the DE, due to a true friend who insisted that we share his car at the track. So, a big thanks to Mark Hugel and also to Marco Estrada for figuring out how we would be able share Mark’s car.

When it became apparent that our car was to be totaled, Diane, as much as I, began looking, in earnest, for another car. Within a few weeks, bingo! The car that was going to be as close as I wanted for a replacement popped up in Chicago. After some negotiating by phone and email, we were on a flight to Chicago within three days to check the car out, purchase it and drive it home taking the southern route through Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia to check out the fall colors on the way. The weather in Chicago that day was an unseasonable 81 degrees and sunny. We drove home with the top down most of the way; just ahead of hurricane Sandy!

I asked for a copy of their assessment and found that they had not included the Tiptronic transmission ($975) and had not considered that it was a “Porsche Certified” car ($1,900). The insurance companies use the NADA Eastern Edition Retail and Red Book Retail which uses the car’s VIN to get a list of optional equipment, give credit for low mileage, and then averages the two. There was about an 8% difference in the two estimates. In working with the State Farm rep, they added the values for the Tiptronic and the Porsche certification. This also raised the amount reimbursed for the Virginia 3% sales used car sales tax. Another $12 was added in for title and tag fee. With extensive online researching before and during negotiations, I determined that we had reached a reasonable compensation and closed the deal. The check came in the mail within a few days.

Checklist: Pray this never happens to you, but if it does: Have your insurance work with the other party’s insurance.

Keep good records.

Find the right body shop, (must be Porsche Certified if there is structural damage).

Insist on a track-worthy repair.

If your car is totaled, get a copy of the insurance company’s assessment to assure you’re getting proper compensation.

Remember, even though it is a Porsche, it is a car, and can be replaced.

Have fun looking for a new car!!

USAA took care of Diane’s doctor’s appointments and treatment, so all in all, not counting the hours on the phone, researching and documenting everything, we feel like we were fairly treated by all concerned.

This Thanksgiving we give our thanks to the One from whom all good things come!

Our 2006 Cabriolet – S, with its super rigid frame, did an amazing job of withstanding a high speed broadside impact. We felt blessed that

(2009 Cabriolet S)

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The First Settlers Region “Goodie Store” is bringing in business!

by Jim & Diane liedman

Any day we would go for a ride in our 2006 Cabriolet-S was a great day! On Sunday afternoon of September 9 (only 2 weeks from the Fall DE), we and our friends, luana and Mark Hugel, decided to do a fun run on the winding roads through southern Virginia Beach and end at Waterman’s for dinner.

After a nice, relaxing dinner, we headed out in our cars, with our friends going first, while we waited for the valet to bring our car around and begin a leisurely ride home.

After only a few blocks, as we neared the intersection of Norfolk Ave. (9th Street), and Mediterranean Ave., our evening would turn into a major catastrophe. The black 2013 Bentley convertible headed in the opposite direction accelerated and swerved, narrowly escaping the truck but temporarily blocked my view of it. Apparently Diane saw the black F-150 before I did but did not have enough time to get out a sound before it hit us broadside in the driver’s door. We were travelling west at 30 mph when the F-150 ran the stop sign travelling north at 30-40 mph. BANG!! Metal hit metal and side airbags popped! We were spun about 110 degrees before the rear end ran into a utility pole and a telephone box. Diane said she was OK and I didn’t seem to be injured, although, later I found bruises on my left knee and had a stiff neck for a couple of days. On the other hand, Diane developed a large black bruise above her left hip and suffered a separated cartilage on one of her ribs.

The owner of the F-150 was the passenger who thought he’d had too much to drink, so he let his friend drive. It turned out that his friend was also under the influence, and when the truck came to a stop, he got out and ran. Two police cars were there within a few minutes. A third went after the driver, who we never saw, but heard it would be his second DUI. The police called tow trucks for the F-150 and our 911. This is where the story gets interesting.

The Porsche was towed by Graham’s Custom Body Shop, (a USAA authorized shop). The truck’s owner was insured by USAA, and I am insured by State Farm.

The next morning I called the local State Farm agent to report the accident.

They recommended going with USAA. USAA recommended having State Farm handle it since it would take less time to get a rental car, (which I didn’t need).

Graham’s Body Shop couldn’t start the estimate until hearing from USAA, who couldn’t give them the go ahead until they had contacted their insured.

In speaking with Graham’s, we concluded that Checkered Flag Body Shop (State Farm authorized), had more experience with high-end cars and would be the better place for the repairs.

I called Checkered Flag and advised them of the situation. They said they could do the repairs and had the car towed to their shop. The next day, when authorizing Checkered Flag to do the estimate and the repair, they determined they could not do it since there was structural damage and that the work would have to be done at a Porsche Certified Body Shop. However, they weren’t sure where the nearest one was. By then I had decided to have State Farm handle the case through subrogation with USAA, but no one knew where the nearest Porsche Certified Body Shop was. I contacted Philippe liedl at Checkered Flag Porsche, and we found that the nearest shop was lee’s Garage in West long Branch, NJ, 340 miles away.

State Farm and I both contacted lee’s Garage, and I arranged for Checkered Flag to have the Porsche towed, which came out to $1,160. I charged this amount and was soon reimbursed by State Farm.

You can order shirts, blouses, jackets and caps in various styles and colors with our FSR logo on the front and with “Porsche” in block lettering on the back.

Pam Michaels set up the store originally.

Jacob Kay has taken over the reins and will be working to get new items on the site periodically and we will also look to change out items on a seasonal basis.

You can access the Goodie Store directly from the FSR webpage (www.fsrpca.org) by clicking on the link under the Main Menu on the left side of the home page or going directly to the FSR Goodie Store at this link: www.pcawebstore.com/FIRST SETTlERS We are fortunate to be one of the very first regions in PCA to have our region Goodie Store affiliated with the PCA store. A couple of big benefits we get though this affiliation is getting the savings associated with large volume and also the fact the vendor is licensed to use the “Porsche” logot on the clothing.

Another benefit is the return of 10% of all sales from the First Settlers Goodie Store are returned to us and be used to support our events.

car.” He’s likely wondering if you are in the correct run group, since you weren’t aware enough to point him by without over-slowing him and dragracing him down the straight. Of course, he’ll honor the PCA rules by not passing without a proper point-by, but he’ll take a memory with him of your car and that session. You want to be perceived as a good driver, you say?

Point faster drivers by before the next turn, and the perception of other drivers will be that you are aware of your surroundings. The same thing applies in the advanced run groups, except that passing can occur anywhere, meaning the point-by should mean yielding part of the track when in the turns.

Conclusion… Having superior track awareness is the most important track skill you can develop, and it should be well-founded before drivers are promoted to advanced run groups with pass anywhere format. While some of this discussion is still on the horizon for our DE newcomers still learning the line, flags & corner worker stations, it’s good to begin thinking about the entire track, not just what’s ahead. And for our solo and advanced drivers, being more aware means you’ll be able to safely focus more on better techniques such as heel-toe down-shifting, trail-braking, throttle-steering and more. Way too often, I hear a driver indicate that someone was riding their bumper, or alternatively, wouldn’t give them a point-by. Especially in the advanced Black and Red run groups, this should never occur. Track awareness is something our instructors should be drilling into our newcomers, and it should be developed as the primary foundation during solo driving. Having a PCA best practice which yields all the “power of the pass” to the car being overtaken is strictly for the purposes of providing a safe learning environment, especially in our beginner and novice run groups. In our solo and higher run groups, however, this rule should be treated like insurance. In other words, it’s presence should provide peace of mind instead of a blanket of protection for unaware drivers. Especially in today’s environment where there are both high and low powered cars running in the same run groups, track awareness is more important than ever. So if you haven’t already made this skill your primary target for improvement at the track, you might want to reassess. You’ll find that you and those sharing the track with you will appreciate it…and you might even get a big fat compliment on your driving from one of our seasoned club racers. Cheers, and happy motoring!

Jacob Kay has taken over Store responsibilities from Pam Michaels. Thanks Jacob! (email: jkaycdb@cox.net)

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1989 Cabriolet White/navy trim and top. 2nd owner. New battery, shocks, boots,mats, Pontenza tires, factory spoilers, pwr seats, security system. Stuttgart Serviced. excellent condition original car.

Chris@vzwnow.com or call 804-694-6255"

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MEMBER

Name: Wyatt Nash (friend of 964 owner and FSR member Lonnie Brown)

SPOTLIGHT

Where do you live?

Wilson Heights neighborhood in Great Bridge, Chesapeake

What do you do for a living?

Anti-submarine Warfare Readiness Analyst at Naval Mine and Antisubmarine Warfare Command Detachment Norfolk. I primarily deal with ASW command and control systems.

Tell us about your family.

I’ve been married to my wife, Rebecca, since August 2011. I have a 21-year-old son, an 18-year-old daughter, and an 18-year-old stepson. All are in college and live on the peninsula.

What other hobbies do you have besides driving your Porsche?

Rebecca and I both enjoy traveling, scuba diving, brewing beer, and vegetable gardening.

What kind of Porsche(s) do you drive?

1987 Turbo-look Cabriolet

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What other Porsches have you owned in the past?

None

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What is your first Porsche memory?

I was driving in Orlando on a Saturday morning in 1988 and saw a black 911 coupe. I was hooked.

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What is your favorite personal car-related story?

I did a complete engine rebuild in 2001 using one of the Motormeister packages. Part-way through disassembly I looked at the table full of engine internals and thought I’d made a huge mistake trying to do it myself. 50k miles later, it’s still running great!

Do you have a favorite Porsche?

I’m a huge fan of the wide-bodied 911s from the late 80s. I also like the Type 993 and 997, but I’ll never own a Type 996 because of the headlights. Besides 911s, the only other Porsche I’ve driven was a 1987 928 S4. It was so far ahead of its time and a thrilling ride.

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Describe your perfect Porsche day.

Blue sky, warm sun, and a cool breeze with the top down. On one particular day like that I drove from Monterey to Salinas past laguna Seca raceway.

From Salinas I picked up highway 101 south for about an hour, then cut west across los Padres National Forest where I didn’t see another car for hours. I returned home on Pacific Coast Highway, passing Big Sur and Carmel.

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What is on your car-related bucket list?

Minor body work, new paint, and new carpet/upholstery. I just turned 176k miles and it really shows.

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What keeps you in PCA? People who appreciate Porsche cars are my kind of people. I met lonnie through our wives who both taught at lakeland High School.

We lost track of them for an hour or so as he showed me his car.

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Ronnie Adolf 25 year P.C.A. member Ridge Shopping Center

Richmond’s Premier Swiss Army Jeweler

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was all part of the fun atmosphere that sets this car show apart from the others.

The 3rd annual Air & Auto Classic Charity Car Show was a recordbreaker that exceeded all our expectations! The large and diverse

A very special thanks to all of our sponsors because we can’t make

group of people had a great time, the mix and quality of the cars was

this event and the fund raising happen without you. In particular,

spectacular, and, most importantly, the end result was over $8000

Checkered Flap Porsche and BCS Voice and Data Solutions were our

raised for our sponsored charities - the Foodbank of Southeastern

primary sponsors this year. Other support was provided by Enterprise

Virginia and the Virginia Beach SPCA. This First Settlers sponsored

Rental Cars, Kraft Foods, Coastal Heating & Cooling, local

car show has quickly become a significant event on the calendar and

Weather.com, KT Business Associates, lMN Motorsports, Gifford

certainly a ‘red-circle’ day on your calendar for next year. What started

Management Group, Pops Diner, Planters Federal Credit Union, CACI,

a few years ago by Sam Gassel as his local neighborhood Pine Ridge

Star Hill Brewery and STIHl.

Car Show has grown into a major undertaking with sponsorship, partnership, plenty of volunteers, and loads of enthusiasm. If you

We haven’t set a date for 2013 yet, but you can count on Air & Auto

missed it, you missed it!

Classics #4 being on the agenda again in the fall this year! If you like cars and having a good time, you should make it a point to make this

The event was essentially a sell-out as we nearly ran out of room to

event. And why would you be in the Porsche club if you didn’t??

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

NEW PCA/FSR MEMBERS

Name: Lonnie Brown

Ken Thomas - Membership Chairperson Where do you live? Suffolk

Welcome to our new members and the transfers in to First Settlers Region. We hope you enjoy the people, Porsches and events.

What do you do for a living? Model Stress Engineer; NASA-langley.

I check whether the model is up to langley standards for not breaking apart, flying down the tunnel, and wiping out very expensive wind tunnel fan

NAME October 2012 Charlie Agee Kenny Britton Chris lorek Sean Greenaway Chris Meyer Rick Overbaugh Bill Romig

blades.

Tell us about your family. My beautiful wife, Heather, a Suffolk H.S., dept. head English teacher, our cute daughter, Eva, 3rd grader of reading, math, science, and dolls-fame.

We all live in a house graciously bestowed on us by Grendel, the Wonder Cat. (Grendel says the gutters need cleaning.)

(See pictures on page 16)

lamborghini exotics and, of course, plenty of Porsches. This year we added a new twist by including FTW Motorcycles and they came with

What other hobbies do you have besides driving your Porsche? Movies, firearms, car maintenance, gardening, photography PCA Member since? 1998

some wild looking bikes. We estimate about 300 spectator vehicles were also on hand to enjoy the carnival-like atmosphere, look at

First Settlers Member since? 2008

spectacular cars and the amazing collection of warbirds at the Virginia Beach Aviation Museum in Pungo. OBX Bi-planes was back again this

Air and Auto Classic 2012 Car Show Results

year giving rides in their very special open cockpit Waco. We planned

People’s Choice Awards

on the Stearman bi-plane and the AT-6 Texan to be on the ‘flight

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Hon Mention

schedule’ but were surprised with a special treat when the museum’s P-51 Mustang took to the air and made a few low passes. Nothing quite like the beauty in flight and the sound of the V-12 in a P-51!

1963 Volvo PV544 1970 Chevy Chevelle 2013 Ford Mustang 1968 Ford Mustang

Bill Westendorf Chuck & Kevin Warren Niki Bowe Jason Sturniolo

Judged Awards

Planning for the Air & Auto Classic started months with a small group led by Sam Gassel and George Michaels - they are the dedication behind the effort. Sponsorship which was key to our successful fund raising efforts was run by Ken Thomas, the Charity Auction was led by Josie Grandfield, and Pam Michaels and Phil Grandfield rounded out the committee with a variety of tasks. Volunteers pitched in early on the chilly Saturday morning of the event setting up tables, raising Ezups and getting ready for the cars, vendors and customers. Thanks to Paul Oberdorfer and Eugene Winston for directing the parking; Jacob Kay, Jenny Wilson, Jason and Dom Horner for handling registration

Import - Late Model 1st Place 1990 Lancia Integrale Evo 1997 Porsche Carrera 2nd Place rd 3 Place 2005 Porsche Carrera S Hon Mention 1993 Porsche 968

Giulio Noverese Ken Thomas Kevin Pirkle Richard Tobin

Import - Mid-Year 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Hon Mention

1989 Porsche 930 Cabriolet 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS 1987 BMW 325is 1979 Austin Mini Cooper

Brian Barger Jack Seigel Rusty Rodgers Bennie Wilkerson

Import - Vintage 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Hon Mention

1958 Alfa Romeo Giuletta Spdr 1964 Volvo 122S 1952 MG TD 1957 VW Beetle

Joe Doudera Boyd Swartz Roy Hendrix Ric Mills

Domestic - Late Model 1st Place 2006 Pontiac Solstice Mallett 2nd Place 2008 Chevy Corvette Z51 rd 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra 3 Place Hon Mention 2013 Chevy Corvette 427

Leonard Jones John Davis Cyndi Williams Jocelyn Smith

Domestic - Mid-Year 1st Place 1983 Hurst/Olds 2nd Place 1986 Buick Park Avenue

Joe Forte Barry Scott

Domestic - Vintage 1971 Chevy Corvette 1st Place 2nd Place 1956 Chevy Corvette rd 1957 Ford Thunderbird 3 Place Hon Mention 1934 Ford

Eugene Houck Kenneth Brumley Charlie Dawson Tom Pritchard

proceeds. Checkered Flag Porsche had some brand-new machines

Best Detailed

2005 Porsche GT3

Paul Oberdorfer

on display, and the SPCA volunteers had some of their adorable, and

Best in Show

1957 Chevy 210 Wagon

Rick Howard

and check-in; Kathy Thomas for handling the ticket sales and cash; and Priscilla Horner, Diane levendakes, Valerie Dru and Wendy and Mark Hiby for helping with the Charity Raffle. And those were just the ‘planned’ volunteers - lots of other folks just pitched in where they saw help was needed. live music was again “donated” by Suburban Key Party, Shutterbug donated proceeds from their photo booth, Jodi Newbern displayed hand- made jewelry for sale and also donated a percentage of her

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What kind of Porsche(s) do you drive? Red '93 911 C2 with some RS mods.

Primary Members = 600 Associate Members = 393 Total Members = 993 (TI) = Transfer

What other Porsches have you owned in the past? Red '85 911 – bone stock.

Do you have a favorite Porsche? A lefthand '91 911 RS – in one of the M&M colors, please.

Describe your perfect Porsche day. Taking the car out (after a previous day's detailing/maintenance) with both my ladies for a back roads trip with little traffic on a clear, cool day.

Destination: not important.

Maybe stopping on the way home for a sweet frog.

Having a nearby track-level DA would be nice, too.

What is your first Porsche memory? Driving a friend's beater, grand prix,white '68 912 in 1990. (Man, changing gears had all the certainty of digging around in a bowl of gummy bears with hanger wire!)

But that wasn't my first real Porsche memory...

That was taking my first 911 to a DE (composed of runways at the old Denver Stapleton Int'l Airport). My friend's cars (late model corvette, mustang, and some beater 280z) all had equipment dramas that day (e.g., overheating, boiling brake fluid, burning through brake pads, etc.)

Meanwhile the 911 played, happy as a puppy, all day long. No drama, only driving. That day taught me a lot about Porsche.

What is your favorite personal car-related story? Too many to pick.

How about a 'latest one'? That would be driving with my daughter behind me and her bare feet snuggled up against my elbows. Or, heading through some country 90 degree sweepers with her popping up in the back, “Faster, daddy! Faster!”

Also, taking my wife out on our first date (a quick day's trip down and back to the Outer Banks) and discovering we were perfectly matched in goofiness.

Or, washing the Porsche with my daughter.

Or, changing the 911's oil with her.

As I said, too many to pick.

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2006 Boxter 203 Boxster S 2003 996 1998 Carerra S 2001 996 1970 911 T 2012 911S

November 2012 Ryan Bailey 2011 Cayenne S Mike Beaudrias 2002 911 Cabriolet Foster Britt 1997 Boxster Freddie Townsend 2004 Boxster David Huddle 2001 Boxster S William lagergren (TI) 1970 914-6

park the cars! In total, we had about 140 cars from antique VW’s, Volvos and MG’s, American muscle cars and classics, Ferrari and

PORSCHE

What is on your carrelated bucket list? Owning a kit 550 spyder. With a 911 engine, or turbo 4, would be nice.

What keeps you in PCA? It's a ready source of info on upcoming events to attend and of folks who know someone who knows something about my 964. That can be helpful at times.

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“2012 Charity Wrap-Up:

Checkered Flag Porsche

“Turkeys in the Trunk”

BCS Voice & Data Solutions

The $27,436* Year ”

The Homestead Resor, Hot Springs VA

The Tides Inn, Irvington VA

In addition to winning the Porsche Club Region of the Year Award and Second Place for the Website Award for 2012, First Settlers Region also won 3rd place in the Public Service Award category. Though titled 2012, these awards are for our efforts in calendar year 2011 and what a good year it was. Our outstanding website had been recognized with first place awards the two previous years and the region recognized for excellence by winning the runner-up award from Region of the Year in 2011 (the voting was so close that PCA awarded a runner-up trophy for the first time) but recognition of our community service and charitable work with the 2012 Public Service award was a first. But as good as 2011 was our 2012 was even better!

Virginia International Raceway

Sleep Inn, Danville VA

STIHL

Stuttgart Services, Williamsburg

Griots Garage

Sal’s Pizza, Williamsburg

LMN Motorsports, Virginia Beach

Racewerks, Virginia Beach

Zone 2, Porsche Club of America

Hamilton Beach

Stonewall Jackson Hotel, Staunton VA

Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria VA

Little Black Dress Photography

Williamsburg Antique Mall

F&S Photography at VIR

Chik-Fil-A, Salem Crossing, Virginia Beach

OBX Bi-Planes, Nags Head NC

SPCA, Virginia Beach

Enterprise Rental Cars

Kraft Foods

Pop’s Diner, Chesapeake

CACI Ever Vigilant

Planters Federal Credit Union

Gifford Management Group

KT Business Associates

Coastal Heating & Cooling

Though PCA doesn’t recognize Public Service excellence based solely on the dollar amounts raised, it is an important factor. Member participation and ‘uniqueness‘ of the events are what sets better regions apart and we are ‘winners‘ on both counts We set the bar high for 2012 with a goal of reaching $20,000 in donations - a big leap from just over $13,000 in 2011. No problem; we blew through that goal and ended the year with $27,436 in cash and food donations! Congratulations, First Settlers!!!

None of this can happen without willing volunteers, dedicated sponsors and very generous members. This wrap-up is dedicated to recognition of those who helped throughout the year and explanation of who benefited from our Public Service. We can’t thank you enough!

First, an explanation of the ‘bottom line’. We donated $21,976 in cash directly to our sponsored charities. The remainder of the total is a calculation used by the food bank to convert pounds of food into a monetary equivalent. So our 4200 pounds of food is equal to about $5460.

(Richard and Morgan Aufenger with over 600 pounds of turkeys!)

This very popular annual event would not be possible without the direct, personal support of Richard Hutsko, General Manager of Checkered Flag Porsche and his staff. In addition to hosting the weigh-in and opening up the shiny new showroom to us, Checkered Flag donated $1000 in cash to support the party and the leather Porsche jacket that went to winner of the “most food donated” prize. This year the jacket went to Bill Alley who fit 23 frozen turkeys into his Boxster and drove from Willliamsburg. A special ‘award’ goes to his wife, Jane, who had three of the very cold birds on the floor of her side of the cabin and had to endure some thermodynamic heat transfer to her feet while stuck in traffic on I-64! By the way, 23 turkeys in a Porsche sports car is the new world record (well at least the new First Settlers record......)

Special recognition also goes out the Richard Aufenger and his daughter Morgan for their donation of over 600 pounds of turkeys that overflowed from the back of their Cayenne. Though not qualified in the “sports car” category to compete for the jacket, their very generous donation was overwhelming and recognized with a special prize of a Porsche fleece jacket to Morgan. And it was her birthday!

(Turkey weigh-in at Checkered Flag Porsche)

LocalWeather.com After the weigh-in, our caravan of Porsches left Checkered Flag and headed to Pembroke Mall and the Mayflower Marathon. The atmosphere and enthusiasm of the volunteers is contagious and the offload of the food is a highlight of the day. Everyone enjoys seeing the cars and some folks surprised about which end of the car the food is coming out of! Dave McFaddin donated a $4000 check to the Executive Director of the Foodbank along with local radio celebrities from FM-99.

This food drive rocks!

Our individual donors also played an important part.

The distributions went primarily to the Boys Home of Covington Virginia, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the SPCA of Virginia Beach.

We also supported a new charity called Wounded Wear that supports our veterans with proceeds from the Spring Charity Event, the Razoo Summer Camp of the Boys Home, and special donation to support the family who tragically lost their 16 year old son to cancer.

John & Betty Hudson

Phil & Josie Grandfield

Ken & Kathy Thomas

Sam Gassel

Bob & Diana Levendakes

Carl & Ronnie Gerster

Elizabeth McKenney

George & Pam Michaels

(Party in the Hunt Club barn)

The caravan continued with a fun run through some back roads of Virginia Beach and ended up at the Hunt Club Farm on london Bridge Road. We had the barn to ourselves with a Checkered Flag Cayenne, Sam Gassel’s newly restored 911T and Bill Alley’s “Turkey-Hauler” parked inside. The Beach Bully BBQ food was excellent and the drinks were also ‘on the house’ courtesy of First Settlers to thank the members for their generosity. Inside the corn-hole competition was intense and outside the bonfires and hay ride topped of a great evening of fall season camaraderie.

Dave & Nancy Wallace

Breaking down the events that support our fund raising, the White Elephant Silent Auction at the New Years party at the Kingsmill Resort netted $2,230 just from the generosity of our members. The Spring event Silent Auction in Williamsburg netted another $6,100. Our members opened up their wallets at our monthly breakfasts to the tune of $2,708 and drivers who wanted to experience driving around the track at Virginia International Raceway donated another $980 from charity laps. The Air & Auto Classic Charity Car Show brought in over $8,000 in donations from sponsors and participants.

And to all of the members who donated items for the White Elephant Silent Auction! lastly, and most importantly, a very sincere thank you to all of the members of the First Settlers Region who opened up their wallets and gave generously by buying raffle tickets, auction items and frozen turkeys!!! This successful year is really all about your generosity and desire to give back to the community.

But none of this would happen without the following sponsors and individual donors. First and foremost we owe an incredible debt of gratitude to Checkered Flag Porsche and, in particular, to Richard Hutsko, the General Manager. His support of our charity efforts only begin with hosting the Turkeys in the Trunk weigh-in. Most of the monthly breakfast raffle items are donated by Checkered Flag and they also sponsored the custom-made Porsche logo surfboard that was a huge success at the Spring Charity raffle. Checkered Flag also donates cash to support many of our events to include the Air & Auto Classic Charity Car Show and the party that was part of Turkeys in the Trunk.

Thank you, Richard, for being a caring, community-conscious sponsor of First Setters Region and for bringing that impressive Cayenne Turbo S on the fun run and to the Hunt Club Farm!

HORIzONTAllY OPPOSED

Our third annual Turkeys in the Trunk event brought out the best in First Settlers members giving back to the community with a record-breaking food drive in support of the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Mayflower Marathon. When the weighing was complete we totaled over 4200 pounds of food and an estimated 150 frozen turkeys! Along with our donation of $4000 of cash raised at the Air & Auto Classic, the event provided over 16,000 holiday meals people to people in need in the local community during the holiday season. When compared to the overall Mayflower Marathon totals, First Settlers Region alone was directly responsible for 5% of the total cash donated and about 15% of the frozen turkeys. A very special thanks to every one who contributed!

(The Racewerks crew)

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(Unloading at the Mayflower Marathon)

Turkeys in the Trunk has quickly become a favorite First Settlers event and a great show of community support. It is also lots of fun! You can count on it happening again in 2013 on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Hope to see you there!!

(It’s a 1957!)

(Bill Alley broke the record for Turkey’s in a Boxster))

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(Dave McFadden presenting a check for $4,000 to the Foodbank)

FIRST SETTlERS REGION

“2012 Charity Wrap-Up:

Checkered Flag Porsche

“Turkeys in the Trunk”

BCS Voice & Data Solutions

The $27,436* Year ”

The Homestead Resor, Hot Springs VA

The Tides Inn, Irvington VA

In addition to winning the Porsche Club Region of the Year Award and Second Place for the Website Award for 2012, First Settlers Region also won 3rd place in the Public Service Award category. Though titled 2012, these awards are for our efforts in calendar year 2011 and what a good year it was. Our outstanding website had been recognized with first place awards the two previous years and the region recognized for excellence by winning the runner-up award from Region of the Year in 2011 (the voting was so close that PCA awarded a runner-up trophy for the first time) but recognition of our community service and charitable work with the 2012 Public Service award was a first. But as good as 2011 was our 2012 was even better!

Virginia International Raceway

Sleep Inn, Danville VA

STIHL

Stuttgart Services, Williamsburg

Griots Garage

Sal’s Pizza, Williamsburg

LMN Motorsports, Virginia Beach

Racewerks, Virginia Beach

Zone 2, Porsche Club of America

Hamilton Beach

Stonewall Jackson Hotel, Staunton VA

Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria VA

Little Black Dress Photography

Williamsburg Antique Mall

F&S Photography at VIR

Chik-Fil-A, Salem Crossing, Virginia Beach

OBX Bi-Planes, Nags Head NC

SPCA, Virginia Beach

Enterprise Rental Cars

Kraft Foods

Pop’s Diner, Chesapeake

CACI Ever Vigilant

Planters Federal Credit Union

Gifford Management Group

KT Business Associates

Coastal Heating & Cooling

Though PCA doesn’t recognize Public Service excellence based solely on the dollar amounts raised, it is an important factor. Member participation and ‘uniqueness‘ of the events are what sets better regions apart and we are ‘winners‘ on both counts We set the bar high for 2012 with a goal of reaching $20,000 in donations - a big leap from just over $13,000 in 2011. No problem; we blew through that goal and ended the year with $27,436 in cash and food donations! Congratulations, First Settlers!!!

None of this can happen without willing volunteers, dedicated sponsors and very generous members. This wrap-up is dedicated to recognition of those who helped throughout the year and explanation of who benefited from our Public Service. We can’t thank you enough!

First, an explanation of the ‘bottom line’. We donated $21,976 in cash directly to our sponsored charities. The remainder of the total is a calculation used by the food bank to convert pounds of food into a monetary equivalent. So our 4200 pounds of food is equal to about $5460.

(Richard and Morgan Aufenger with over 600 pounds of turkeys!)

This very popular annual event would not be possible without the direct, personal support of Richard Hutsko, General Manager of Checkered Flag Porsche and his staff. In addition to hosting the weigh-in and opening up the shiny new showroom to us, Checkered Flag donated $1000 in cash to support the party and the leather Porsche jacket that went to winner of the “most food donated” prize. This year the jacket went to Bill Alley who fit 23 frozen turkeys into his Boxster and drove from Willliamsburg. A special ‘award’ goes to his wife, Jane, who had three of the very cold birds on the floor of her side of the cabin and had to endure some thermodynamic heat transfer to her feet while stuck in traffic on I-64! By the way, 23 turkeys in a Porsche sports car is the new world record (well at least the new First Settlers record......)

Special recognition also goes out the Richard Aufenger and his daughter Morgan for their donation of over 600 pounds of turkeys that overflowed from the back of their Cayenne. Though not qualified in the “sports car” category to compete for the jacket, their very generous donation was overwhelming and recognized with a special prize of a Porsche fleece jacket to Morgan. And it was her birthday!

(Turkey weigh-in at Checkered Flag Porsche)

LocalWeather.com After the weigh-in, our caravan of Porsches left Checkered Flag and headed to Pembroke Mall and the Mayflower Marathon. The atmosphere and enthusiasm of the volunteers is contagious and the offload of the food is a highlight of the day. Everyone enjoys seeing the cars and some folks surprised about which end of the car the food is coming out of! Dave McFaddin donated a $4000 check to the Executive Director of the Foodbank along with local radio celebrities from FM-99.

This food drive rocks!

Our individual donors also played an important part.

The distributions went primarily to the Boys Home of Covington Virginia, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the SPCA of Virginia Beach.

We also supported a new charity called Wounded Wear that supports our veterans with proceeds from the Spring Charity Event, the Razoo Summer Camp of the Boys Home, and special donation to support the family who tragically lost their 16 year old son to cancer.

John & Betty Hudson

Phil & Josie Grandfield

Ken & Kathy Thomas

Sam Gassel

Bob & Diana Levendakes

Carl & Ronnie Gerster

Elizabeth McKenney

George & Pam Michaels

(Party in the Hunt Club barn)

The caravan continued with a fun run through some back roads of Virginia Beach and ended up at the Hunt Club Farm on london Bridge Road. We had the barn to ourselves with a Checkered Flag Cayenne, Sam Gassel’s newly restored 911T and Bill Alley’s “Turkey-Hauler” parked inside. The Beach Bully BBQ food was excellent and the drinks were also ‘on the house’ courtesy of First Settlers to thank the members for their generosity. Inside the corn-hole competition was intense and outside the bonfires and hay ride topped of a great evening of fall season camaraderie.

Dave & Nancy Wallace

Breaking down the events that support our fund raising, the White Elephant Silent Auction at the New Years party at the Kingsmill Resort netted $2,230 just from the generosity of our members. The Spring event Silent Auction in Williamsburg netted another $6,100. Our members opened up their wallets at our monthly breakfasts to the tune of $2,708 and drivers who wanted to experience driving around the track at Virginia International Raceway donated another $980 from charity laps. The Air & Auto Classic Charity Car Show brought in over $8,000 in donations from sponsors and participants.

And to all of the members who donated items for the White Elephant Silent Auction! lastly, and most importantly, a very sincere thank you to all of the members of the First Settlers Region who opened up their wallets and gave generously by buying raffle tickets, auction items and frozen turkeys!!! This successful year is really all about your generosity and desire to give back to the community.

But none of this would happen without the following sponsors and individual donors. First and foremost we owe an incredible debt of gratitude to Checkered Flag Porsche and, in particular, to Richard Hutsko, the General Manager. His support of our charity efforts only begin with hosting the Turkeys in the Trunk weigh-in. Most of the monthly breakfast raffle items are donated by Checkered Flag and they also sponsored the custom-made Porsche logo surfboard that was a huge success at the Spring Charity raffle. Checkered Flag also donates cash to support many of our events to include the Air & Auto Classic Charity Car Show and the party that was part of Turkeys in the Trunk.

Thank you, Richard, for being a caring, community-conscious sponsor of First Setters Region and for bringing that impressive Cayenne Turbo S on the fun run and to the Hunt Club Farm!

HORIzONTAllY OPPOSED

Our third annual Turkeys in the Trunk event brought out the best in First Settlers members giving back to the community with a record-breaking food drive in support of the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Mayflower Marathon. When the weighing was complete we totaled over 4200 pounds of food and an estimated 150 frozen turkeys! Along with our donation of $4000 of cash raised at the Air & Auto Classic, the event provided over 16,000 holiday meals people to people in need in the local community during the holiday season. When compared to the overall Mayflower Marathon totals, First Settlers Region alone was directly responsible for 5% of the total cash donated and about 15% of the frozen turkeys. A very special thanks to every one who contributed!

(The Racewerks crew)

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(Unloading at the Mayflower Marathon)

Turkeys in the Trunk has quickly become a favorite First Settlers event and a great show of community support. It is also lots of fun! You can count on it happening again in 2013 on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Hope to see you there!!

(It’s a 1957!)

(Bill Alley broke the record for Turkey’s in a Boxster))

HORIzONTAllY OPPOSED

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(Dave McFadden presenting a check for $4,000 to the Foodbank)

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A&Awesome!!

was all part of the fun atmosphere that sets this car show apart from the others.

The 3rd annual Air & Auto Classic Charity Car Show was a recordbreaker that exceeded all our expectations! The large and diverse

A very special thanks to all of our sponsors because we can’t make

group of people had a great time, the mix and quality of the cars was

this event and the fund raising happen without you. In particular,

spectacular, and, most importantly, the end result was over $8000

Checkered Flap Porsche and BCS Voice and Data Solutions were our

raised for our sponsored charities - the Foodbank of Southeastern

primary sponsors this year. Other support was provided by Enterprise

Virginia and the Virginia Beach SPCA. This First Settlers sponsored

Rental Cars, Kraft Foods, Coastal Heating & Cooling, local

car show has quickly become a significant event on the calendar and

Weather.com, KT Business Associates, lMN Motorsports, Gifford

certainly a ‘red-circle’ day on your calendar for next year. What started

Management Group, Pops Diner, Planters Federal Credit Union, CACI,

a few years ago by Sam Gassel as his local neighborhood Pine Ridge

Star Hill Brewery and STIHl.

Car Show has grown into a major undertaking with sponsorship, partnership, plenty of volunteers, and loads of enthusiasm. If you

We haven’t set a date for 2013 yet, but you can count on Air & Auto

missed it, you missed it!

Classics #4 being on the agenda again in the fall this year! If you like cars and having a good time, you should make it a point to make this

The event was essentially a sell-out as we nearly ran out of room to

event. And why would you be in the Porsche club if you didn’t??

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

NEW PCA/FSR MEMBERS

Name: Lonnie Brown

Ken Thomas - Membership Chairperson Where do you live? Suffolk

Welcome to our new members and the transfers in to First Settlers Region. We hope you enjoy the people, Porsches and events.

What do you do for a living? Model Stress Engineer; NASA-langley.

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blades.

Tell us about your family. My beautiful wife, Heather, a Suffolk H.S., dept. head English teacher, our cute daughter, Eva, 3rd grader of reading, math, science, and dolls-fame.

We all live in a house graciously bestowed on us by Grendel, the Wonder Cat. (Grendel says the gutters need cleaning.)

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lamborghini exotics and, of course, plenty of Porsches. This year we added a new twist by including FTW Motorcycles and they came with

What other hobbies do you have besides driving your Porsche? Movies, firearms, car maintenance, gardening, photography PCA Member since? 1998

some wild looking bikes. We estimate about 300 spectator vehicles were also on hand to enjoy the carnival-like atmosphere, look at

First Settlers Member since? 2008

spectacular cars and the amazing collection of warbirds at the Virginia Beach Aviation Museum in Pungo. OBX Bi-planes was back again this

Air and Auto Classic 2012 Car Show Results

year giving rides in their very special open cockpit Waco. We planned

People’s Choice Awards

on the Stearman bi-plane and the AT-6 Texan to be on the ‘flight

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Hon Mention

schedule’ but were surprised with a special treat when the museum’s P-51 Mustang took to the air and made a few low passes. Nothing quite like the beauty in flight and the sound of the V-12 in a P-51!

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Judged Awards

Planning for the Air & Auto Classic started months with a small group led by Sam Gassel and George Michaels - they are the dedication behind the effort. Sponsorship which was key to our successful fund raising efforts was run by Ken Thomas, the Charity Auction was led by Josie Grandfield, and Pam Michaels and Phil Grandfield rounded out the committee with a variety of tasks. Volunteers pitched in early on the chilly Saturday morning of the event setting up tables, raising Ezups and getting ready for the cars, vendors and customers. Thanks to Paul Oberdorfer and Eugene Winston for directing the parking; Jacob Kay, Jenny Wilson, Jason and Dom Horner for handling registration

Import - Late Model 1st Place 1990 Lancia Integrale Evo 1997 Porsche Carrera 2nd Place rd 3 Place 2005 Porsche Carrera S Hon Mention 1993 Porsche 968

Giulio Noverese Ken Thomas Kevin Pirkle Richard Tobin

Import - Mid-Year 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Hon Mention

1989 Porsche 930 Cabriolet 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS 1987 BMW 325is 1979 Austin Mini Cooper

Brian Barger Jack Seigel Rusty Rodgers Bennie Wilkerson

Import - Vintage 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Hon Mention

1958 Alfa Romeo Giuletta Spdr 1964 Volvo 122S 1952 MG TD 1957 VW Beetle

Joe Doudera Boyd Swartz Roy Hendrix Ric Mills

Domestic - Late Model 1st Place 2006 Pontiac Solstice Mallett 2nd Place 2008 Chevy Corvette Z51 rd 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra 3 Place Hon Mention 2013 Chevy Corvette 427

Leonard Jones John Davis Cyndi Williams Jocelyn Smith

Domestic - Mid-Year 1st Place 1983 Hurst/Olds 2nd Place 1986 Buick Park Avenue

Joe Forte Barry Scott

Domestic - Vintage 1971 Chevy Corvette 1st Place 2nd Place 1956 Chevy Corvette rd 1957 Ford Thunderbird 3 Place Hon Mention 1934 Ford

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proceeds. Checkered Flag Porsche had some brand-new machines

Best Detailed

2005 Porsche GT3

Paul Oberdorfer

on display, and the SPCA volunteers had some of their adorable, and

Best in Show

1957 Chevy 210 Wagon

Rick Howard

and check-in; Kathy Thomas for handling the ticket sales and cash; and Priscilla Horner, Diane levendakes, Valerie Dru and Wendy and Mark Hiby for helping with the Charity Raffle. And those were just the ‘planned’ volunteers - lots of other folks just pitched in where they saw help was needed. live music was again “donated” by Suburban Key Party, Shutterbug donated proceeds from their photo booth, Jodi Newbern displayed hand- made jewelry for sale and also donated a percentage of her

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What kind of Porsche(s) do you drive? Red '93 911 C2 with some RS mods.

Primary Members = 600 Associate Members = 393 Total Members = 993 (TI) = Transfer

What other Porsches have you owned in the past? Red '85 911 – bone stock.

Do you have a favorite Porsche? A lefthand '91 911 RS – in one of the M&M colors, please.

Describe your perfect Porsche day. Taking the car out (after a previous day's detailing/maintenance) with both my ladies for a back roads trip with little traffic on a clear, cool day.

Destination: not important.

Maybe stopping on the way home for a sweet frog.

Having a nearby track-level DA would be nice, too.

What is your first Porsche memory? Driving a friend's beater, grand prix,white '68 912 in 1990. (Man, changing gears had all the certainty of digging around in a bowl of gummy bears with hanger wire!)

But that wasn't my first real Porsche memory...

That was taking my first 911 to a DE (composed of runways at the old Denver Stapleton Int'l Airport). My friend's cars (late model corvette, mustang, and some beater 280z) all had equipment dramas that day (e.g., overheating, boiling brake fluid, burning through brake pads, etc.)

Meanwhile the 911 played, happy as a puppy, all day long. No drama, only driving. That day taught me a lot about Porsche.

What is your favorite personal car-related story? Too many to pick.

How about a 'latest one'? That would be driving with my daughter behind me and her bare feet snuggled up against my elbows. Or, heading through some country 90 degree sweepers with her popping up in the back, “Faster, daddy! Faster!”

Also, taking my wife out on our first date (a quick day's trip down and back to the Outer Banks) and discovering we were perfectly matched in goofiness.

Or, washing the Porsche with my daughter.

Or, changing the 911's oil with her.

As I said, too many to pick.

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park the cars! In total, we had about 140 cars from antique VW’s, Volvos and MG’s, American muscle cars and classics, Ferrari and

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What is on your carrelated bucket list? Owning a kit 550 spyder. With a 911 engine, or turbo 4, would be nice.

What keeps you in PCA? It's a ready source of info on upcoming events to attend and of folks who know someone who knows something about my 964. That can be helpful at times.

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Name: Wyatt Nash (friend of 964 owner and FSR member Lonnie Brown)

SPOTLIGHT

Where do you live?

Wilson Heights neighborhood in Great Bridge, Chesapeake

What do you do for a living?

Anti-submarine Warfare Readiness Analyst at Naval Mine and Antisubmarine Warfare Command Detachment Norfolk. I primarily deal with ASW command and control systems.

Tell us about your family.

I’ve been married to my wife, Rebecca, since August 2011. I have a 21-year-old son, an 18-year-old daughter, and an 18-year-old stepson. All are in college and live on the peninsula.

What other hobbies do you have besides driving your Porsche?

Rebecca and I both enjoy traveling, scuba diving, brewing beer, and vegetable gardening.

What kind of Porsche(s) do you drive?

1987 Turbo-look Cabriolet

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I was driving in Orlando on a Saturday morning in 1988 and saw a black 911 coupe. I was hooked.

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Do you have a favorite Porsche?

I’m a huge fan of the wide-bodied 911s from the late 80s. I also like the Type 993 and 997, but I’ll never own a Type 996 because of the headlights. Besides 911s, the only other Porsche I’ve driven was a 1987 928 S4. It was so far ahead of its time and a thrilling ride.

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Blue sky, warm sun, and a cool breeze with the top down. On one particular day like that I drove from Monterey to Salinas past laguna Seca raceway.

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What keeps you in PCA? People who appreciate Porsche cars are my kind of people. I met lonnie through our wives who both taught at lakeland High School.

We lost track of them for an hour or so as he showed me his car.

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The First Settlers Region “Goodie Store” is bringing in business!

by Jim & Diane liedman

Any day we would go for a ride in our 2006 Cabriolet-S was a great day! On Sunday afternoon of September 9 (only 2 weeks from the Fall DE), we and our friends, luana and Mark Hugel, decided to do a fun run on the winding roads through southern Virginia Beach and end at Waterman’s for dinner.

After a nice, relaxing dinner, we headed out in our cars, with our friends going first, while we waited for the valet to bring our car around and begin a leisurely ride home.

After only a few blocks, as we neared the intersection of Norfolk Ave. (9th Street), and Mediterranean Ave., our evening would turn into a major catastrophe. The black 2013 Bentley convertible headed in the opposite direction accelerated and swerved, narrowly escaping the truck but temporarily blocked my view of it. Apparently Diane saw the black F-150 before I did but did not have enough time to get out a sound before it hit us broadside in the driver’s door. We were travelling west at 30 mph when the F-150 ran the stop sign travelling north at 30-40 mph. BANG!! Metal hit metal and side airbags popped! We were spun about 110 degrees before the rear end ran into a utility pole and a telephone box. Diane said she was OK and I didn’t seem to be injured, although, later I found bruises on my left knee and had a stiff neck for a couple of days. On the other hand, Diane developed a large black bruise above her left hip and suffered a separated cartilage on one of her ribs.

The owner of the F-150 was the passenger who thought he’d had too much to drink, so he let his friend drive. It turned out that his friend was also under the influence, and when the truck came to a stop, he got out and ran. Two police cars were there within a few minutes. A third went after the driver, who we never saw, but heard it would be his second DUI. The police called tow trucks for the F-150 and our 911. This is where the story gets interesting.

The Porsche was towed by Graham’s Custom Body Shop, (a USAA authorized shop). The truck’s owner was insured by USAA, and I am insured by State Farm.

The next morning I called the local State Farm agent to report the accident.

They recommended going with USAA. USAA recommended having State Farm handle it since it would take less time to get a rental car, (which I didn’t need).

Graham’s Body Shop couldn’t start the estimate until hearing from USAA, who couldn’t give them the go ahead until they had contacted their insured.

In speaking with Graham’s, we concluded that Checkered Flag Body Shop (State Farm authorized), had more experience with high-end cars and would be the better place for the repairs.

I called Checkered Flag and advised them of the situation. They said they could do the repairs and had the car towed to their shop. The next day, when authorizing Checkered Flag to do the estimate and the repair, they determined they could not do it since there was structural damage and that the work would have to be done at a Porsche Certified Body Shop. However, they weren’t sure where the nearest one was. By then I had decided to have State Farm handle the case through subrogation with USAA, but no one knew where the nearest Porsche Certified Body Shop was. I contacted Philippe liedl at Checkered Flag Porsche, and we found that the nearest shop was lee’s Garage in West long Branch, NJ, 340 miles away.

State Farm and I both contacted lee’s Garage, and I arranged for Checkered Flag to have the Porsche towed, which came out to $1,160. I charged this amount and was soon reimbursed by State Farm.

You can order shirts, blouses, jackets and caps in various styles and colors with our FSR logo on the front and with “Porsche” in block lettering on the back.

Pam Michaels set up the store originally.

Jacob Kay has taken over the reins and will be working to get new items on the site periodically and we will also look to change out items on a seasonal basis.

You can access the Goodie Store directly from the FSR webpage (www.fsrpca.org) by clicking on the link under the Main Menu on the left side of the home page or going directly to the FSR Goodie Store at this link: www.pcawebstore.com/FIRST SETTlERS We are fortunate to be one of the very first regions in PCA to have our region Goodie Store affiliated with the PCA store. A couple of big benefits we get though this affiliation is getting the savings associated with large volume and also the fact the vendor is licensed to use the “Porsche” logot on the clothing.

Another benefit is the return of 10% of all sales from the First Settlers Goodie Store are returned to us and be used to support our events.

car.” He’s likely wondering if you are in the correct run group, since you weren’t aware enough to point him by without over-slowing him and dragracing him down the straight. Of course, he’ll honor the PCA rules by not passing without a proper point-by, but he’ll take a memory with him of your car and that session. You want to be perceived as a good driver, you say?

Point faster drivers by before the next turn, and the perception of other drivers will be that you are aware of your surroundings. The same thing applies in the advanced run groups, except that passing can occur anywhere, meaning the point-by should mean yielding part of the track when in the turns.

Conclusion… Having superior track awareness is the most important track skill you can develop, and it should be well-founded before drivers are promoted to advanced run groups with pass anywhere format. While some of this discussion is still on the horizon for our DE newcomers still learning the line, flags & corner worker stations, it’s good to begin thinking about the entire track, not just what’s ahead. And for our solo and advanced drivers, being more aware means you’ll be able to safely focus more on better techniques such as heel-toe down-shifting, trail-braking, throttle-steering and more. Way too often, I hear a driver indicate that someone was riding their bumper, or alternatively, wouldn’t give them a point-by. Especially in the advanced Black and Red run groups, this should never occur. Track awareness is something our instructors should be drilling into our newcomers, and it should be developed as the primary foundation during solo driving. Having a PCA best practice which yields all the “power of the pass” to the car being overtaken is strictly for the purposes of providing a safe learning environment, especially in our beginner and novice run groups. In our solo and higher run groups, however, this rule should be treated like insurance. In other words, it’s presence should provide peace of mind instead of a blanket of protection for unaware drivers. Especially in today’s environment where there are both high and low powered cars running in the same run groups, track awareness is more important than ever. So if you haven’t already made this skill your primary target for improvement at the track, you might want to reassess. You’ll find that you and those sharing the track with you will appreciate it…and you might even get a big fat compliment on your driving from one of our seasoned club racers. Cheers, and happy motoring!

Jacob Kay has taken over Store responsibilities from Pam Michaels. Thanks Jacob! (email: jkaycdb@cox.net)

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flag station and keeping an eye on the upcoming car’s brake lights.

It’s about knowing where you are relative to the cars in front and behind you. By the time you reach our advanced (Black & Red) classes, pass anywhere with a point is commonplace. And before you get to that point, track awareness needs to be your most honed skill.

by Kevin Pirkle So, you've been to a few Driver's Education events…or ten…maybe even advanced to Solo. No more instructor in the car must feel pretty darn good. And you've earned it! You've learned the flags, the names of the turns, (Bud Syme’s Carrera can be found in the and you even know advanced group.) how to fully extend your arm out the window for a proper "point-by". Good for you. We're all proud, and you should be too. Hmm…so what should you be working on next? Trail-braking? Heel-toe down-shifting? Better braking technique?

Admittedly, we all recall our first number of DE events. We’re driving along looking for the next apex when suddenly, and even unexpectedly, there’s a faster car in the rearview mirror. Panic sets in, and glances return to the rearview mirror at the wrong times…in the brake zone, throughout a turn…anytime but the right time. What I’m about to share isn’t something that you might immediately think will make you a better driver, but it will. Your fellow drivers will appreciate your etiquette and attention to your surroundings, and you’ll earn their respect both on and off the track. Moreover, if digested and followed, this tip will allow you to safely explore your own capabilities as you continue to hone more advanced techniques.

This brief, instructional driving tip regards what I believe is the single greatest attribute of any driver…track awareness. It’s a skill that sets advanced DE drivers apart from their peers, and once you hone it, you’ll find that you and those around you have more fun.

Reality… “But I drive a 415hp GT3, Kevin?! Why would I lift for a 180hp 1980 911SC? As soon as we hit the straight, I’ll just pull away from him!” I wish I had a dollar for every time I watched a high horsepower car drag me down the straight only to find itself under the pressure of my front bumper heading into the next turn. The reality is that faster cars aren’t necessarily the highest horsepower cars… and eventually, those high horsepower cars have to brake and turn in just like the rest of the cars. Stick around long enough, and you’ll see that some of the fastest drivers we have in this club are in midhorsepower models. When the recession hit in late 2008, a number of our more experienced drivers sold their Cup cars and GT3’s to purchase more modest track cars…cars that would lay down respectable laps, but that were also less expensive to operate. At the same time, car manufacturers keep coming out with higher horsepower new models…ready for our novices to purchase and bring to the track to try their hands at the one thing that everyone knows how to do before they ever even get to VIR…mat the pedal to the floorboard. Here’s the secret though…a slower car with a more experienced driver will be faster than a novice or newly solo driver in a high horsepower car. The reasons are simple…seat time, experience, and application of skill. With this being said, if you find yourself in a situation where a car has been closing in on you over the past half lap or so, it’s because that driver is faster. Your car may be faster, but that driver is faster. And if your track awareness isn’t what it should be, you’ll be costing that driver both speed and momentum to wait for your passing signal. Translation? less fun for the faster driver behind you, not to mention, you’re probably not as thrilled that there’s a car in your rearview mirror that is anxious to pass. My advice is to do what I’ve been taught…let them by comfortably before the next turn. “But I drive a 415hp GT3, Kevin?!”

Yeah, I know…and if you’re a faster driver, you’ll catch him or her in the middle of the next set of turns, not on the straight. The reality is that he/she caught you, not the other way around.

I’ll begin by sharing a few notes about the PCA DE program. PCA is different than some of the other clubs that focus on advancement into time trials or full on racing. Our DE program provides a firm foundation of fundamental driving techniques. We advance drivers through classroom and in-car instruction to solo runs, and we provide classes for advanced drivers to pass anywhere with a proper pointby signal. Our focus is on safe Driver’s Education. While other clubs make sure that the car being overtaken provides a proper point-by, PCA focuses on the car being overtaken controlling the pass. In other words, if the car being overtaken doesn’t point the faster car by, the faster car must wait until the car being overtaken signals appropriately. KUDOS, you say, for safety! Although I wholeheartedly agree with the safety aspect of our best practice, I think this is exactly why we need to discuss track awareness. Take the example I cited above of an early DE event, in which I found myself in a situation in which I looked up and unexpectedly saw a car in my rearview mirror.

Proper track awareness prevents this. In fact, in most cases, if you’re a heads-up driver, you’ll know approximately when you’ll be giving the car behind you a point-by, because you’ll have been calculating it mentally for the last quarter to half lap. This doesn’t mean you’ll be “driving in your mirror”, so to speak, but it does mean you know when a car is closing the gap…long before it’s within a car length or two of your rear bumper. And what that means is that you’ll be lifting to let them by before the next turn, or that you’ll be ensuring that you are not the reason the faster car isn’t unnecessarily slowing down for you.

You see, proper track awareness is much more than seeing the next

Perception… So far, all we’ve focused on is your vantage point.

So what about others’? Well, let’s say I’m in the 1980 911 SC with 180 hp that just caught up to your 300hp 996 Carrera.

As I approach your car, I’m watching (The “Trak Gator” may also be seen in your rear everything from the view mirror) next corner worker to the car two turns back, not to mention, I’m also calculating exactly when I’ll be looking to pass your 120hp stronger car. As I get closer, I’ll be thinking I need to keep my RPM’s higher, since lower RPM’s will keep me at the lowest end of my power band. So if you don’t let me by before the brake zone, and you happen not to be as skilled at braking or sliding the car through a turn, we may exit the turn at the lowest point in my car’s torque curve…all while you quickly pull away from me in your 300hp car. By this point, I’m probably wondering why you haven’t pointed me by sooner, and if we are still relatively close on the straight, why you are not lifting your accelerator to let me by before the next turn. If you’ve ever found yourself as the lead car in this scenario, the guy behind you isn’t thinking, “Wow, that’s a fast

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we were protected from serious injury, or worse.

Estimates for the repair began at about $12,000 by State Farm, but Paul Sgro of lee’s Garage said that was only about half of what he thought it would cost. The owner of lee’s Garage and I agreed that if the car could not be repaired to the degree that he would feel comfortable taking it on the track that we would not fix it at all. Paul went through three adjustors until he found one that agreed to what it would take to repair the car. The estimate eventually reached just north of $40,000 which was 74% of State Farm’s assessed value of the car.

However, there was still more “probable hidden damage” to the inner frame and left and right suspension with additional estimated cost of between $700 - $4,500 which pushed it over the threshold of 75% of the cars estimated value. Therefore, State Farm decided to TOTAl the car.

I even still got to go to the DE, due to a true friend who insisted that we share his car at the track. So, a big thanks to Mark Hugel and also to Marco Estrada for figuring out how we would be able share Mark’s car.

When it became apparent that our car was to be totaled, Diane, as much as I, began looking, in earnest, for another car. Within a few weeks, bingo! The car that was going to be as close as I wanted for a replacement popped up in Chicago. After some negotiating by phone and email, we were on a flight to Chicago within three days to check the car out, purchase it and drive it home taking the southern route through Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia to check out the fall colors on the way. The weather in Chicago that day was an unseasonable 81 degrees and sunny. We drove home with the top down most of the way; just ahead of hurricane Sandy!

I asked for a copy of their assessment and found that they had not included the Tiptronic transmission ($975) and had not considered that it was a “Porsche Certified” car ($1,900). The insurance companies use the NADA Eastern Edition Retail and Red Book Retail which uses the car’s VIN to get a list of optional equipment, give credit for low mileage, and then averages the two. There was about an 8% difference in the two estimates. In working with the State Farm rep, they added the values for the Tiptronic and the Porsche certification. This also raised the amount reimbursed for the Virginia 3% sales used car sales tax. Another $12 was added in for title and tag fee. With extensive online researching before and during negotiations, I determined that we had reached a reasonable compensation and closed the deal. The check came in the mail within a few days.

Checklist: Pray this never happens to you, but if it does: Have your insurance work with the other party’s insurance.

Keep good records.

Find the right body shop, (must be Porsche Certified if there is structural damage).

Insist on a track-worthy repair.

If your car is totaled, get a copy of the insurance company’s assessment to assure you’re getting proper compensation.

Remember, even though it is a Porsche, it is a car, and can be replaced.

Have fun looking for a new car!!

USAA took care of Diane’s doctor’s appointments and treatment, so all in all, not counting the hours on the phone, researching and documenting everything, we feel like we were fairly treated by all concerned.

This Thanksgiving we give our thanks to the One from whom all good things come!

Our 2006 Cabriolet – S, with its super rigid frame, did an amazing job of withstanding a high speed broadside impact. We felt blessed that

(2009 Cabriolet S)

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Car Care C rner

by Brenda Merry P R I N T I N G

“Don’t be a lug!”

“Never in my wildest dreams............”

Paraphrased from Excellence Magazine Tony Callas & Tom Prine When you drive a car with a manual transmission, you can get lazy in slow-moving traffic and allow the rpm drop too low for the selected gear. If you start to accelerate before downshifting, the engine may begin to jerk and buck violently. The condition is called “lugging the engine” and is caused by excessive load, too much throttle input and insufficient rpm to produce adequate power to overcome the load. lugging the engine places significant load on the crankshaft, main bearings, connecting rods and bearings. Done often enough and with enough severity can cause severe and permanent engine damage.

When my Dad taught me to drive a tractor in the fields when I was about 5 years old, I am sure he never imagined the impact he had on my life. His words were “keep it between the rows”. As I grew older and advanced to the highway, his words were to “keep it between the lines”. I will not share how long ago that was..............

Several months ago, my husband “put me behind the wheel” of his beloved Cayman R. I was to “get the feel” of the car...........That may have been a hugh mistake for him..........

As I continued to practice driving more and more and even (Ed driving Brenda’s car through the Esses at drove alone in the Road Atlanta) Cayman following him thru some very twisty roads in the mountains I began to “like” the feel of the car.

High performance engines, with relatively small displacement, like those in early 911’s are at greater risk for lugging because - by design - they produce little torque at low rpm. larger displacement engines with larger internal rotating mass can deal better with lugging but any engine can be lugged under the right conditions. An engine that is running poorly and is down on power can be lugged if you try to accelerate too quickly in the wrong gear.

Cars with manual transmissions rely on you to use the computer between your ears instead of in the electronic control unit to determine the proper gear selection. If you’re driving along at 30 mph on a flat road, with no need to accelerate, third or even fourth gear will lower your engine speed and improve your fuel economy. But if you try to accelerate up a hill before downshifting you risk lugging the engine.

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He registered us for a DE at VIR for October 8, 2012..................I was actually going to DRIVE ON A RACE TRACK!!!!!!!!...........wow, this country girl had come a long way from the tractor I started on............

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By the same token, it’s possible to lug an engine on a flat road in second gear, or in fifth at 70 mph while climbing a steep road. The key is to keep the rpm in the right range for the conditions and minimize stress on the engine. If the engine sounds strained, hesitates when you try to accelerate, or begins to buck, you should ease off the throttle and drop a gear to increase the rpm to match the conditions.

A lady instructor named Anita went with me my (Ed may have to share his car more often now!) last time out that day and that is really when the fun began. I was first in line behind the pace car and stayed with it all the way......wow...........I had arrived!!!!!!! It was exciting and fun (I do not think I ever stopped smiling during those laps...............

“Check EngineLight” There can be many cause of a Check Engine light (CEl) on a Porsche and, though it doesn’t indicate immediate self-destruction, should not be ignored. The most common fault on the flat-six engines is failure of the O2 and Mass Air Flow (MAF) systems. Its common for the front oxygen sensors to fail and cause the MAF to compensate and a routine fix is to just replace the sensor. However, its also common for the light to soon return indicated by a failing MAF. The recommended solution is to replace both O2 and MAF sensors at the same time - and prevent yourself more aggravation.

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I now have new phrases to remember...........”Kiss that gator”, “go, go, go, go” “You bought the whole track, use it” “Brake in the dip” and my favorite was “smile for the camera”.

My last thoughts: You are never too old to have fun. lIVE and lOVE your life.........

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From the President George Michaels Happy New Year! I hope the holidays were full of joy and you received all the Porsche stuff you wanted.

(Best in Show - Rick Howard’s 1957 Chevy Wagon )

(Peoples Choice: Bill Westendorf’s 1963 Volvo)

(Rock Stars from above)

(A pair of great rides!)

(Two eras of Porsche race cars)

The Election Committee reports that 55 ballots were cast in our 2012 election. As all positions were running un-opposed, it should come as no surprise that all individuals were elected. Congratulations to the electees and a big welcome to Kathy Kent and Matt Nelson as new members of the Executive Council. Thanks to both the Nominating Committee and the Board for giving your time to our club.

Thanks also for your confidence in me as club President for this coming year. I look forward to serving you and continuing the success that Dave and last year's board facilitated. Aside from ensuring we have fun, support our charities, enjoy our cars and each other’s company, I have some goals in mind for 2013: (1) that we be a perpetual front runner for Region of the Year - we all understand that it won't be awarded repeatedly to the same region, but we should be in the top 5 every year, same goes for Public Service and Website awards; (2) increase participation from the western side of our region; (3) implement succession planning for our board and committees - PCA National does this, and it gets the right people in the right positions and ensures the success of the club, and; (4) consider putting our name in the hat to host a PCA Escape or Parade.

(Rock Star Porsches)

(Dom, Diane, Josie and Valerie running the raffle)

I have no doubt that 2013 will be another great year of fun, camaraderie and community service for First Settlers, and we've set ourselves up for success. Thanks to our DE events, we're in good shape financially to do whatever we want. We have a great relationship with our primary sponsor, Checkered Flag Porsche. They provide a tremendous amount of support to us financially and they give us loads of merchandise to raffle off and give away as door prizes at our various events and breakfasts. In turn, we should continue to return the favor with big turnouts at their Cars and Coffee events, trust them to service our Porsches, and when it's time for a new one, head to their new showroom.

We were very successful this past year in adding a number of new sponsors to our list of event supporters, and we appreciate their generosity. Since a good number of these new sponsors/business owners are club members, what better way to say thanks to them than to give them some business. This also applies to our HO advertisers and the many sponsors that support our charity efforts throughout the year. Check out the Charity Wrap-up on page 8 and if you’re in the market for items or services they offer, please give them a call.

This is your club… help make it what you want it to be. While the board and chairs run day-to-day operations, it’s up to you to decide what activities show up on the calendar. If you have an idea for an event or activity, please pass it on to our Activities Officer. If you’d like to help plan, set up, run, or host an event… even better. If you have some favorite back roads you like to drive, don’t keep them a secret, design a fun run and we’ll add it to an event or monthly breakfast.

I look forward to sharing another successful and rewarding year with my First Settlers friends. Remember, it’s all about having fun, enjoying our cars and the people who drive them. See you at the New Year Party!

2013 New Years Party !!

Saturday, January 19th at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg Dinner will be about $60 per person.

Because of the great response last year, we’ve “graduated” to a larger dinning room with a view of the James River. $MBTT m"n $POUSBDUPS There will be a White Elephant Silent Auction again this year. This is a good way to ‘re-gift’ that Christmas gift that wasn’t quite “perfect” for you.

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Be sure to check our website www.fsrpca.org for more details as well as updates on all of these exciting events.

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January 5

Central Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Silver Diner, Glen Allen

January 12

Eastern Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Pops Diner, Chesapeake

January 19

New Years Party

Kingsmill Resort - Williamsburg

January 26-27

Rolex 24 Hours

Daytona, Florida

February 2

Central Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Silver Diner, Glen Allen

February 9

Eastern Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Pops Diner, Chesapeake

March 2

Central Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Silver Diner, Glen Allen

March 9

Eastern Breakfast

9a.m. to 11a.m. - Pops Diner, Chesapeake

March 15-17

Zone 2 DE

Virginia International Raceway

The Photographs you see in this issue of Horizontally Opposed:

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Ed Merry at Road Atlanta

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