Porsche Club of America
Autobahn Adventures 2006 Germany Tour By Keith Verlaque (San Diego Region) I have been a Porsche fan since I was a teenager and have been fortunate enough to own three 911s. In the back of my mind, I have always wanted to get a chance to go to the factory in
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Long Beach ALMS Porsche Corral There will be a PCA Membership station within the Porscheplatz for the American Le Mans Series race in Long Beach, California on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14. The Porscheplatz is hosted by Porsche Cars North America and Porsche Motorsport North America with the cooperation of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and the American Le Mans Series. Scheduled appearances by Porsche race drivers for informal talks and autographs are planned. Special features for the weekend will include a "Long Distance Award," raffle drawings for an
Outside Porsche Zentrum - Factory Dealership, Stuttgart.
Stuttgart and see where these great machines are made. I had even got as far as looking into one of the most common trips to Germany that included a factory tour and was interested to see Continued on Page 3.
One of last year’s LMP2 RS Spyders run by Roger Penske.
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"Honorary Pit Crew Member" with a Porsche race team, and a "Hot Pit" escorted tour. A very busy track schedule prevents supervised parade laps. Registration for the Special features will be at the hospitality tent for credentialed Porscheplatz participants only. Contact Zone 8 Rep, Beverly Giffin-Frohm, 706-727-6068, bevfrohm@aol.com. Also visit the IMSA website, www.imsaracing.net for the latest event schedule. Parking in the Porscheplatz will be for Porsches only. "For Sale" signs on cars will not be permitted. For drawings and awards, participants must be present to win.
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PCA-LA REGION PRESIDENT ......................................................David Altemus 310-478-7727, fax 310-479-5181 1537 Pontius Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 VICE PRESIDENT ..................................................Bob Gordon 818-888-7224, fax 818-615-0624 SECRETARY .........................................................Roger Ignon rignon@edgesystem.net TREASURER ........................................................Jan Altemus 310-478-7727, fax 310-479-5181 MEMBERSHIP ...............................................Joe Shubitowski joseph.shubitowski@gmail.com ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR ..........................................Bob Gordon 818-888-7224, fax 818-615-0624 ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Dick Shipman.....................................310-474-8194 Roger Ignon .........................rignon@edgesystem.net WEB MASTER............................................................Eric Mai ericmai@msn.com ADVERTISING MGR. ...........................................Bruce Pollock imset@pacbell.net NEWSLETTER EDITOR .......................................Bruce Pollock imset@pacbell.net
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Concours Judging School
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Club Race - Arizona Reg.
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Time Trial - San Diego Reg.
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Lit. & Toy Show
10 (Sat.) .......................Porsche/VW Literature Show LAX Hilton
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Porsche Swap Meet
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Drivers’ Ed - Las Vegas Reg.
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PCA-ZONE 8 ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE .................................Bev Griffin-Frohm bevfrohm@aol.com ZONE 8 WEBMASTER ...........................................Tom Brown webmaster@zone8.org CONCOURS CHAIR..................Linda Cobarrubias & Doc Pryor MS993@aol.com, lpryor@aol.com RALLY CHAIR .........................................................Tom Gould tcg3@aol.com TIME TRIAL CHAIR/DE CHAIR.................................Paul Young pdyoung@cox.net AUTOCROSS CHAIR .......................................Michael Dolphin carrera3@msn.com CLUB RACE CORRDINATOR ...........................................Vince Knauf vvvince@aol.com RULES CHAIR........................................................Richard Price rtp356@thecarriagehouse.net TREASURER ..............................................Linda Cobarrubias MS993@aol.com REGION COORDINATOR ....................................Gary Peterson Gary.Peterson@HRH.com CHANGE OF ADDRESS .....................................Notify at once: Joe Shubitowski - joseph.shubitowski@gmail.com AND Ruth Harte / PCA National P.O. Box 30100, Alexandria, VA 22310-8100 SUBSCRIPTIONS PCA members of other regions may become “Dual” members of PCA-LA and receive the Porscherama for 12 months by sending $24.00 to Joe Shubitowski, Membership Chairman, joseph.shubitowski@gmail.com Non-member subscription $36.00/ year. EDITORIAL POLICY Porscherama is the official publication of the Porsche Club of America, Los Angeles Region. (PCA/LA), a California Non Profit Corporation. It is published in accordance with the club by-laws and conditions of the charter granted by the Porsche Club of America. Statements contained herein are those of the author(s) and do not constitute an opinion of the PCA/LA, its board of directors or staff. All contributions become property of Porscherama. Porscherama reserves the right to edit all contributions. ADVERTISING POLICY Classified Advertising: Porscherama accepts classified ads for Porsche cars, parts, and Porsche related items. Ads can run for three consecutive months. No charge to PCA/LA members. Non-member cost is $10.00 per month payable in advance, after which time they must be resubmitted. Porscherama is not responsible for the accuracy of information contained in any ad and does not warrant or guarantee the condition of items offered for sale, nor the accuracy of any claims or representation made by the advertiser. Type or print clearly, include your PCA number and email ad copy to: imset@pacbell.net with “Porsche Classified” in the subject line
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Long Beach Grand Prix
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22 (Sun.)..............................Old Creek Ranch Winery Fun Run & Picnic - Ojai
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Drivers Ed - Las Vegas Reg.
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Concours - OC Reg.
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Time Trial - San Diego Reg.
30-8 July (Sat.)..........................PCA Porsche Parade San Diego
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52nd PCA Parade
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The Ventura Show
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Autobahn Adventures (cont.) that you got to drive a Porsche in Germany for a couple of days. This piqued my interest, but the overall cost always seemed prohibitive. Two years ago at PCA Parade, I was talking to a couple I had met by the name of Mark and Tina Trewartha and they told me about a trip that they were putting together driving through Germany for ten days in rented Porsches. The destinations they described sounded really interesting and included a tour of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. The thought of having a 997 for ten days and getting to tour the factory got me really interested and I was eager to find out more. I broached the subject with Martha, my significant other, also a Porsche fan with her own Porsche, she was interested in doing such a trip. In fact, she asked me why I had been dragging my feet in making the decision to go. We got a lot more information from Mark and Tina and they invited us to the last group’s posttrip get-together so we would get a better idea of what these trips were like. We decided to go and we got to see lots of pictures and videos of the trip and heard numerous stories about how much fun it had been. Needless to say, that night we signed up to go on the next tour. The thing that appealed to us most, was that
PORSCHERAMA with hotels, breakfasts and most evening meals taken care of, and each car having an onboard navigation system, you were free to visit what ever you wanted during each day, be it a castle, a museum, a particular town or the twisty mountain road of your choice. Having the navigation system eliminated any concerns about being lost in a foreign country where we were far from fluent in the language.
Neuschwanstein castle with its commanding view over the lake and surrounding countryside.
The more we thought about it the more this appealed to us because this meant that although our itinerary was organized such that the group visited a few predetermined sights, for example, the Porsche factory, the RUF production facility, Neuschwanstein Castle (the one Disneyland is modeled after), for the rest of the trip we would go exploring and meet the group for dinner each evening. With ten months to go, we decided we wanted to plan our trip. We started buying
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books on things to do and sights to see in Germany. We even plotted our scheduled hotel stays on a map and started researching what sights there are between hotel A and hotel B. Gradually, we got a good understanding of things we wanted to see each day and were able to add a little more meat to our itinerary. It was actually fun deciding, for example whether we wanted to take the cable car to the top of the Zugspitze – the highest mountain in the German Alps or to drive the Deutsche Alpen Strasse, which is the German Alpine road internationally acclaimed as being one of the best driver’s roads in Germany. After all, we would be in a 997 Carrera S which is all about the driving experience. Mark and Tina arranged a group get-together one month before we were due to leave, which gave us a chance to meet some of the group that we would be traveling with - including some who had been the year before and enjoyed it so much that they were going again. It was a great evening, we met some interesting people from different walks of life, all with enthusiasm for our upcoming trip as a common denominator. At the get-together, Mark and Tina gave each couple a personal trip binder with a more detailed itinerary including a day-by-day schedule with an approximate timeframe for Continued on Page 4.
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first new RUF RK Coupe being prepared for road testing
Autobahn (cont.) each part of the trip. There were plenty of free days with nothing organized except cocktails and dinner at the hotel that evening which enabled us to work our plans in nicely.
• Listening to an orchestra in concert in the main hall of the amazing Neuschwanstein castle • Riding the cable car to the top of the Zugspitze and viewing the alps from the observation deck Taking a break at the top of Susten pass in Switzerland.
The early morning view of Lindau harbor and lake constance from our hotel room.
Finally, the date for departure arrived and, as is often the case, there was a last minute rush to get everything taken care of before we left. We took Tina’s advice and packed light, as we knew that everything we took would have to fit in a 997 and we wanted to be comfortable while traveling. We had our maps and guidebooks and a list of useful phrases in German (which we never needed) … we were ready!
The trip itself was everything we had hoped for and much more. I decided not to try and summarize all the things we did as a brief article couldn’t possibly do justice to the amount of enjoyment and fun that we had. Instead, I decided to list, in no particular order, ten memorable moments that remind me of some of the truly great experiences we had with Autobahn Adventures. And those are: • Seeing 23 new black Porsches in the Hotel parking lot and being invited to select one • Ten days driving a Porsche 997S on the autobahn, through the beautiful countryside of the Black Forest and on the twisty Swiss alpine passes • Touring the RUF facility and seeing the
• Looking out over Lindau Harbor and seeing the sunrise over the mountains across Lake Constance • Driving the Deutsche Alpen Strasse in a 997S on a beautiful clear sunny day • Sitting down to dinner and finding out where everyone else had been that day, telling them where we’d been and discussing all our ideas for the next day and planning to travel with others we met • Going on a VIP tour of the Porsche factory with lunch in the Casino and then previewing the new 997 GT3RS • Viewing the ancient walled city of Rothenburg from the top of the church tower in the market square Continued on Page 5.
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• Taking a break at the top of Susten pass in Switzerland In Conclusion, If driving a new Porsche through some of the most beautiful countryside in Germany and Switzerland, staying in 5-star hotels, eating gourmet food and enjoying fine wines, being able to go wherever you chose on any given day and meeting up for dinner each evening, is your idea of a great vacation, then you owe it to yourself to experience a trip with Mark and Tina at Autobahn Adventures. www.autobahn-adventures.com / 714.964.0280
They’re Coming! Long Beach, April 13-15
New Zone 8 Google Group There is a new Google Group on the Internet. You can view all the latest news about Zone 8 activities and other items of interest. Give it a try. It’s located at:
The Penske & Dyson RS Spyders as well as the Acura, Intersport and Mazda teams will all be contesting the ALMS LMP2 Championship at Long Beach April 13-15 in conjunction with the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. There will be tape delayed TV coverage on SPEED April 15 at 8:00pm Pacific time. See Page 1 for info about the Porsche Corral at the race.
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If you change your email address, log onto pca.org and change it there. That will take care of all local and national pca groups that need to know. A small part of the panoramic view of Rothenburg from the top of the Church tower.
Photo from ALMS website.
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3 (Sat.)................................Concours Judging School Irvine
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24 (Sat.) ..................................................Breakfast Club
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