January 2023 Member Profiles

When it came time to buy a vehicle, what made you choose your Porsche and is this your first Porsche (if not please detail prior Porsche's):

My first Porsche a 944 was purchased from a friend who, like me, enjoyed repairing and restoring cars. My second Porsche was a 911SC which although a blast to drive, challenged me at every turn, repair wise and was my money pit. My present joy is a 1986 Carrera Targa of which I am the second owner. This one, also purchased from a friend, who, due to health reasons, no longer was able to shift and drive the car. It is a very low mileage car that originally only got out once or twice a year. I absolutely love to drive. Propelling the Carrera through turns is like nothing else.

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events:

My wife April and I enjoy the Chesapeake Region tours. We have joined the Eastern Shore Tour, Carlisle swap meets, Nike Missile base tour, Catoctin Mountain Fall Colors Tour, West Virginia Fall Colors tour. Aniano and Rich map out excellent routes that provide great twist and turns. April enjoys the scenery, and we both get a chance to enjoy light conversation and solve world problems while cruising along.

What is your favorite PCA memory:

I don’t have one good memory but have many from great conversations at the Carlisle swap meet to conver-

sations during Tours. The mix of cars, driving and conversations with like-minded people is always fun.

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Get out and drive.

If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why:

GT3 RS manual. I have never driven on a track, but the GT3 could get me there (with an infotainment system) and in the event of a mishap is designed to get me back in one piece.

Anything additional you would like to share about yourself (Family/ Work/Etc):

After a long health battle, a few years back, I sold 5 of my cars but kept the Carrera. I am now months from retirement, and April and I are looking forward to and have begun planning long road trips to explore the nation.

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What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: I’ve known about the club since I was little through seeing Porsches with the stickers or license plates, and reading about the club through various car magazines. I always said if I was ever lucky enough to get a Porsche I would join the club and get one of those cool license plates for my car. I’ve never been much of club, or group gathering person. I always kind of liked doing things on my own. PCA has definitely changed that point of view and I’m really glad I joined.

When it came time to buy a vehicle, what made you choose your Porsche and is this your first Porsche (if not please detail prior Porsche's):

Ever since the Cayman was first introduced I knew I wanted one. So I decided at the end of 2020 for my incoming 40th birthday I was going to set the goal of finally getting one. Originally I was going to order a new base 718, but then the production shortages started happening. I knew I didn’t want to wait another year or so if I could get an allocation to get one. So, I decided a pre-owned Cayman wouldn’t be a bad idea.

I initially started looking at 981s. I really wanted a 981 GTS (oohhh that exhaust noise) but they were significantly above the budget I had set for myself. So I switched to looking at 718s. A lot of them started popping up at dealers with low miles for similar prices as the base 981s. I felt like after coming off of a tuned GTI the base 981 would feel underpowered (I could be wrong about this). I don’t mind a little turbo torque for the mountain roads.

So I finally set my sights on finding a base manual 718 in any color but black.

I looked at two cars. First one was a white CPO 2017 with only one option (red seatbelts) and 8k miles. This was sold before I even got to the dealer to take it for test drive. Then I found a racing yellow 2018 with slightly more miles and a blue interior. Looked cool in pictures but wasn’t for me in person.

Then on my drive to work one morning, the dealership down the street from my office had a Cayman sitting out front in you guessed it black. It was the color that I least wanted because of the three previous black cars I’ve owned that are an absolute pain to keep clean. Nothing like the feeling of a car that is clean for two minutes a week. I went to go look at it on my lunch break, just to kick the tires. I was sold as soon as the sales guy asked, “do you want to take it for a drive”.

I don’t regret one minute of my choice because even for the other 10,078 minutes each week that it’s dirty it still looks amazing and drives even better. Hint: go for the Carrera Sport wheels. They look amazing.

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: I love the tours.

What is your favorite PCA memory: I have three favorite memories in the less than a year I’ve been in the club. First, was from the Allegheny mountain tour when we crested the top of one of the turns on route 26 and the trees opened up to an amazing vista while the sound of Mark Miller’s GTS 4.0 echoed off the valley walls ahead of me.

Second, was from the surprise on my girlfriend Angela’s face when she won first place in the tech quiz at the Chesapeake Challenge coupled with sitting at Manny and Bob’s table to hear their back and forth.

Last, was from the Catoctin Mountain tour following Rich. We were on Wolfsville road which snakes along Middle Creek in a valley behind Braddock Mountain. We hit that road right as the sun was setting across the peak of the mountain tops lighting up the changing leaves of the fall drive. I couldn’t think of a more perfect setting for a drive. It was a stunning sight.

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members:

Come out to the events. The driving tours are some of the best ways to get to know your car and totally worth the miles. You’ll also meet an absolutely great group of like-minded people.

If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: This one is tough to squeeze down to one car, so I won’t (after all money is no object, right). First, a 991.2 GT3 Touring in PTS Pascha Red (love the old 356 colors). Second, an Emory 356 Outlaw in Radium Green. Third, a 964 Carrera RS in Mint Green. Lastly, a PTS Smyrna Green Cayman GTS 4.0 with carbon buckets and pepita inserts.

Anything additional you would like to share about yourself (Family/Work/Etc):

I’ve been in mechanical construction for the past 18 years. I love cars, watches, whiskey, historic architecture, and generally being outside (hiking and biking). My girlfriend Angela is my navigator extraordinaire and we have two dogs, Monty and Kooley.