Chesapeake Region
Porsche SUV Off-Road Tour
Jim Hemig
On June 13, 32 PCA members in 13 Cayenne and Macan SUVs participated in the Chesapeake Region’s first-ever Porsche SUV off-road event. The "easy" off-road drive meandered through a green forest full of elevation changes, rocks, mud, twists and turns before returning to a winery for an afternoon of food and drinks. Off-road and wine tasting might seem like an odd combination, but that’s what Chesapeake members requested. In 2019, region members were surveyed about SUV event interests and an easy off-road drive and wine tasting day were top vote-getters. The survey choices included Porsche SUV tech sessions, single or multi-day spa trip, rally, gimmick rally, single or multi-day wine tasting and single or multi-day easy, challenging, or extreme off-road tour. When the survey was complete, the easy single-day off-road and single-day wine tasting were clearly favored by region Porsche SUV owners. The results were somewhat surprising since word on the street is Cayenne and Macan owners aren’t interested in taking their Porsche offroad or getting it dirty. With results in hand, the tour committee created a one-day event with both an easy off-road drive and wine tasting to meet the survey requests. With 2020 out of the question, the tour route and winery plans were put on hold. Once events were allowed to proceed, and with great weather in the forecast, the combo off-road and wine event was back on the tour schedule. With only a week’s notice, the attendance of 32 people was a good turnout. Photo credit: Ron Farb
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