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CLUB CARRERA AT GOODWOOD Charity trackday raising money for a local childrens hospice

PORSCHES, WATER & WINE TOUR Sean Smallman enjoys a spirited drive through Alpine passes

THINKING OF VISITING THE ’RING? Richard Sholl’s how-to on taking your Porsche to the Green Hell

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All Torque / 120 Dec/Jan 2016/17 Chairman’s Chat December is a quiet time of year for us car enthusiasts, the NEC show will have been gone and that leaves us thinking about Christmas and the year ahead.

It always seems strange writing about Christmas during October, however the decorations have just started to appear in the stores and it will only be a week or two before they start playing Christmas songs. I don’t know about you but I rarely get anything car or Porsche related from the fat guy with the white beard, so I generally decide to buy myself a pressie or two for my cars. This year is no different and I will be treating my 924 to a nice new coat and some minor cosmetic surgery. I hope that Santa (or you) brings you all something nice this year.

As for the coming year, what will it have in store for Porsche? While there are no completely new models coming our way, there is a new version of the Cayenne due at some point. The spy shots that have appeared so far show it looking a bit more like the Macan, which is no bad thing.

I also understand that every model in the range will soon have a hybrid version but we will have to wait and see if they all appear next year.

In motorsport we have just seen the resignation of Mark Webber, although we understand he will be staying on as a Special Representative. So who will take his place? the rumourmill has been buzzing with the prospect of Brit Jenson Button taking his place for the 2017 season, I’m sure this would be a popular appointment if it happens.

In the last issue, I talked about the popularity of club organised road trips and there were also details of some excellent tours in conjunction with Scenic & Continental Car Tours. These are already proving popular and are starting to book up. If you want to join us on any of the following, I suggest you get booking

quite soon (a trip away would make a nice Christmas pressie). Oh and don’t forget to use the £50 voucher that came with the October issue.

France – Laon Historique June 2nd–4th, 2017 German marques are featured in 2017 Ireland – Causeway Coastal Route September 10–14th, 2017 Belgium – Spa Classic May 19th–22nd, 2017 Lastly, I would like to thank all those that came along to the 4th Annual Goodwood Porsche Charity Day in October. It was the second time that we have been involved and the club gazebo was busy all day with Porsche owners keen to learn more about us. We had plenty of our members turn up from various regions and as well as enjoying the cakes, everybody seemed to enjoy a fun and informal day out. Looking forward to next year already. The guys at Club Carrera that organise the event have confirmed that they have now raised over £7,000 for the Chestnut Tree House childrens hospice.

You may have noticed that the space allocated for the regional pages has shrunk a little in this issue. Over the last couple of years, our once shy ROs and AROs have been gradually increasing their reports but it has sadly eaten into our main editorial content. In fact it has been almost half in some issues.

Of course we still want to hear about your regional exploits – with just a bit more added, these reports make for great articles for everyone to enjoy. In fact there are two such interesting articles in this issue that previously may have been hidden away in the regional pages.

It also allows us to indulge in some better pictorial content, after all a picture tells a thousand words.

That’s all for now, so I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

– Jason

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News & updates Diary dates for 2017 Three main events for the coming year

Porsche – The Racing 914s Author Roy Smith Price £64.00 ISBN 978-1-845848-59-0 www.velocepubishing.co.uk

TIPEC Simply Porsche at Beaulieu June 4th (Sunday) TIPEC’s national event, Simply Porsche, will be returning to Beaulieu again in 2017 to capitalise on this year’s huge success. The date is set for Sunday 4th of June and the format will be similar to 2016. A family-friendly day out with a Porsche focus, including the club’s annual Pride of Ownership street concours, lots of trade stands, and a few special guests.

Silverstone Classic July 21st–23rd (Friday–Sunday) The club’s second big annual event is to support the Silverstone Classic.

2017’s event runs from Friday 21st July to Sunday 23rd. As always, we will announce club discounts on tickets nearer the time. The Silverstone Classic is the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival, with live music, classic auctions, thousands of exhibitors and, of course, non-stop racing action on the famous Silverstone circuit.

Ignition Festival of Motoring August 4–6th (Friday–Sunday) Scotland’s newest and largest motoring festival is returning for a second time after its massively popular debut. Located in Glasgow’s city centre, and hosted by the team behind Top Gear Live and Chris Evans’ CarFest, Ignition’s big draw is the street circuit – a loop of city centre roads closed off for the weekend and turned into a test track for demonstration laps by supercars, racers, F1 cars, drift teams, and all sorts. Huge exhibition halls full of enthusiast and manufacturer displays top off the experience.

Club shop Polo shirts There are a variety of colours available in men’s or ladies’ cuts to match or clash with your car, from Guards Red to Speed Yellow and a few that weren’t on Porsche’s colour charts too. Polo shirts come with the option of black or white embroidered logos. In addition to the polo shirts we have fleeces and baseball caps, especially for our follicly-challenged Boxster owners. http://stores.clothes2order.com/tipec There is also a direct link from our homepage at www.tipec.net £14.99 £21.99 £17.99 £24.99

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The 914 is the ‘specialist’ classic Porsche. It’s not a 911, it’s not one of the popular transaxle models … and the family similarities are few and far between. The 914 is thought of as ‘odd’.

Like all Porsches though, the 914 is a great car and has a thoroughbred racing history to back that up. Roy Smith’s history of the model’s competitive years is comprehensive and fascinating.

The background and development of Porsche’s first mid-engined road car is covered off quickly in the first couple of chapters, allowing Smith to get past the 914’s awkward VW/Porsche collaborative gestation and move swiftly on to the matter at hand – motorsport. Depsite its inherent layout advantages, the 914 had to compete against the iconic 911 throughout its racing career, which meant it was relegated (some would say unfairly) to mostly independent or privateer racing teams. On the plus side, that led to wide ranging innovation and a variety of engineering approaches.

This book covers them with love and attention to detail.

It’s a big, solid, hardback with some gorgeous photography of littleseen competition cars from the big and small teams. There are plenty of interviews and detailed results. A lovely book for any 914 fan.

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Email: tony@typescape.com We put out a call for extra articles this year and had a fantastic response. Huge thanks to everybody who sent in articles, photos and stories. Sometimes there simply isn’t room for everything, so please bear with us if your piece hasn’t been printed in this issue – we’ll hold some over for quieter months. We really do appreciate the effort, and value every submission.

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NEC Classic Motor Show TIPEC’s stand looked great at November’s big event The Club wrapped up national events for the year with our three day sabbatical at the NEC Classic Motor Show. A great pleasure to engage with the public and welcome the new members who signed up at the show. Thanks to the owners that presented fantastic cars for the display Lindsay Brown Dave Watson Neil Smith Chris Harrison Sanjay Chouhan Paul Webster David Large

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Member’s cars

Life is simple: Get married, get divorced, keep the Porsche!

Kevin Evenett had priorities …

I purchased my Porsche 911 SC at the end of 2012. I had owned classic cars before, the most recent being a Triumph TR4, which I had owned for around eight years. The car was great fun with a 2,138cc four cylinder engine that generated 105 bhp, taking it from 0–60 mph in just over 10 seconds. Plenty fast enough for real open top entertainment, but a conversation with a fellow member of the TR Register on the way to the Le Mans Classic convinced me that it was time to sell. The guy asked me how long I had owned the car and I replied “eight years”.

He pointed out that I was only a baby in TR circles and he had owned his car for 130 years (or something like that). The implication was that to be a real member of the club, you had to be an old git. Funny how a passing conversation with an otherwise perfectly nice individual can have such a significant effect on your life.

There is no doubt that different cars can attract different types of people, and it was refreshing to see threads about ‘fitting child seats’ and the like on the Porsche enthusiast forums to which I later subscribed.

So the TR4 went, and I set about finding a replacement for my fun car. There were a few basic requirements; I had about £12K to spend, AT / 120

it had to be a classic, it had to have a reasonable performance and it had to be an open top car.

Sorry if that offends the coupe purists, but for me, motoring can only be really fun when open to the elements. Scanning through the price guides I picked out a few possibilities such as a Triumph TR6, TVR Chimera, Porsche Boxster, MGB or an MGC. I was attracted to the performance of the Porsche 911, but I knew very little about them. I have been an avid reader of classic car magazines for quite a few years, but somehow they seem to omit any reference to the 911. I can’t understand why, maybe they are only now being discovered by the popular classic car following? So a Porsche 911 it was going to be, and for me, it had to be a Targa.

I soon discovered what a bag of worms I had opened by starting to look for 911s. I spent a few weeks driving up and down the UK viewing cars.

I guess I must have viewed about 20 altogether, and though the one I finally bought probably wasn’t the best, it wasn’t the worst either.

There seemed to be something wrong with every car I looked at. I was wary of buying one with 100K miles on the clock as I felt it would likely need a top end engine rebuild. Often the interior needed attention and most had visible

corrosion issues. I was never sure what to do about the pre-purchase inspection (PPI) either.

These are expensive and not always practical.

Within my price range, there was clearly no such thing as a perfect car, and although I guess the best way forward would have been to pay for a car in top condition (about twice my budget at the time) there is also an argument that it is fun putting right a faulty car … and I just wasn’t prepared to pay for a fully restored vehicle.

I knew that I wanted a Targa, but I looked at both SCs and Carrera 3.2s. At first I favoured the 3.2, but I’m a funny bugger; the more people kept telling me to buy a 3.2 with a G50 gearbox, the more I wanted an SC. And I just love the quirkiness of the 915 gearbox. I wanted a classic car and it seems to me that if you just want the best in the range, then you might as well buy a 964, 996 or 993 … and to my way of thinking, the SC is the real classic (and we all know that the 204 bhp version of the SC is faster than the 3.2 anyway). In the end I went for a Glacier Blue 1982 SC. The car seemed to be sound, but the interior was tatty. I think in the end, I just got worn down by seeing one car after another that required work. I didn’t get a PPI and I didn’t get the valve covers off to inspect the headstuds. I should have known better.

Over the next few months, I set about tidying up the car. I was fortunate to be living in the family home, a four-bedroomed house in a leafy neighbourhood. There was a double garage which I had made some effort to prepare for working on cars. White walls, lots of light and a painted floor, oh and posters of cars and pretty women on the walls.

I removed the interior and set about replacing carpets and getting the seats covered. The original car was fitted with Berber Tweed seats and vinyl. I decided that I just didn’t like these, not least because they smelt of old socks, so I got them covered in leather to match the blue vinyl surround. Ideally I should have replaced the vinyl as well, but I got the seats and carpet done for around £800 and as always budget is important. I guess there is the issue of loss of originality, but I am broadly of the view that it’s my car so I will do whatever I like with it.

Early summer was good with a couple of weeks driving around France, and also the event at Silverstone where we got on the track as part of the 911 x 911 exercise.

The sill covers came off to reveal some corrosion around the sills and front wing which I had repaired, but otherwise the car was sound. All was going well and I was looking forward to spending the next few years tinkering with my new toy and enjoying it like you’re supposed to.

And then in July 2013 my wife (of 32 years) and I decided to separate. Everything happened very quickly and solicitors got involved. The family garage (er … I mean house) went up for sale.

Around this time, I discovered that the Porsche had a couple of broken headstuds. No surprise of course, but it left me as the owner of a partially dismantled Porsche 911 with a serious engine problem. The value of the car at this point was probably less than £7K, something that I was finding difficult to convince my wifes’s solicitors of. The easy option would have been to sell the car, but I wanted to keep it as part of the divorce settlement.

My priorities in life suddenly changed and I began spending a lot of time on dating websites, trying to find women who would want to date a 58 year-old bald bloke. Surprisingly there were quite a few, so the Porsche sat in the garage and was largely neglected. The winter was also interrupted by a trip to Australia, mainly to watch the England cricket team.

I enjoyed the trip, but the fortunes of the team were a bit like my own at this point, and they got thrashed five nil by the Aussies.

By June 2014, I was living alone in the family home with my Porsche. I came to the decision that the engine just had to be repaired, and I

“… it seemed to rain for most of this time

and the sight of a partially dismantled 911 gradually deteriorating in the British weather was heartbreaking.

booked it in to a local specialist. The car needed a few other things as well; new heat exchangers, silencer and hydraulic chain tensioners to replace the earlier mechanical kind.

Shortly after this I learned that I needed to move out of the house. The sale of the property had been agreed a couple of months earlier, but due to a communication mix-up I didn’t discover the moving date until two days before I had to leave.

I managed to get a couple of days off work and find storage for my share of the furniture.

Finding somewhere to live proved a little more difficult, and I spent a couple of weeks living in hotels before finding a suitable flat. Fortunately, the Porsche was in the workshop, so at least I didn’t have to worry about it for a while.

I was, of course, aware that there would be a large bill for the repair of the car. However, this was of no real concern to me as I knew that there was quite a bit of equity in the house, and there would be no real problem covering a bill of £5K or so. However, the bill turned out to be £7K, and there was also a bill for £2.5K for deposit and rent in advance on my flat, not to mention some basic equipment (like a fridge for beer …)

This means that I had to find £10K and it was a bit alarming to learn that any monies from the house were to be frozen pending the divorce settlement. I probably should have foreseen this anyway, and next time I get divorced I will certainly take it into account. I was impressed that the solicitors offered to keep the money in their bank account completely free of charge.

Needless to say, my credit card took a bit of a beating during this period.

One thing I didn’t want to do was to sell the Porsche. I think the car had become some kind of symbol of defiance, as the one thing I was going to keep at all costs. The pressure to sell the car was compounded by the fact that I now had nowhere to keep it. My Porsche specialist offered storage facilities for £100 per month, and this I considered, but for a couple of weeks the car sat outside in the road. It seemed to rain for most of this time and the sight of a partially dismantled 911 gradually deteriorating in the British weather was heartbreaking.

Eventually I managed to rent a garage from the local council with which I am really happy. It is brick built with a lockable door, and located in a good area. There is a plenty of room on the drive to work on the car if I need to. Finding it was not an easy process however, and I moved

garages three times before finding my Targa a suitable home.

Now came the issue of reinsuring the car.

When living in the family home, a well-known and reputable classic car insurance provider gave me comprehensive cover for my ex-wife and myself at around £100 a year, and an excellent service. However, all of a sudden the service wasn’t so excellent. The premium more than doubled when I reported my new postcode, just to insure me as sole driver.

I have added my son’s name to the insurance (he is 29) instead of my wife and the premium increased by a further £150. The insurance company steadfastly refused to believe that the car was garaged. The concept of a garage not being part of a domestic property appears to be alien and incomprehensible. I tried to arrange an ‘agreed value’ with the insurer to be told that the underwriters may not cover an increase in value ‘because the car is kept in the road’. In the end I found a new insurer – Adrian Flux seem to have some sensible people working for them.

Moving into 2015, I was able to concentrate on getting the car into a presentable and functional condition. It has never been my intention or desire for it to be concours quality; I want a car that I can drive. My son returned from a year’s travel in the Far East and was able to help out.

The interior was fully installed and a few final repairs to the bodywork were carried out by a local bodyshop. I spent a bit of time spraying the wheels and the Targa bar with satin black paint, and replaced all four tyres with some Bridgstone SO2s.

My ex-wife and I finally came to financial ‘agreement’ regarding the divorce but the funds from the house were still not to be released until late in 2015 (taking about two years altogether). I still can’t really believe how much money I have spent on the car, but the recent surge in 911 values means I am probably not out of pocket; John Glynn recently valued the car at 30K. As far as I’m concerned it’s a happy ending, as I still have the car. According to the Office for National Statistics, 42% of marriages end in divorce, which isn’t good odds, and it means that my story (or similar) will have been repeated many times in the past … and may just happen to you. Just remember, whatever the cost; keep the Porsche. It’s worth it!

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DRIVING BLIND Author Stefanie Mahon / Photography Stefanie Mahon

This September two TIPEC regions joined the Galloway charity to take visually impaired passengers out on track for a Porsche experience The Cheshire & Staffs and North West regions joined together to support the Galloway visually impaired charity at their trackday event. Between us we had six drivers and their Porsches who were all giving passenger rides to the visually impaired.

After the ‘brief’ briefing we started our engines ready for a warm up lap to familiarise ourselves with the track before taking passengers around with us. Once the first group were comfortable in our cars we got ready to set off for the first of many laps around the track throughout the day.

Our passengers ages ranged from as young as 10 to upwards of 80 years old. Many questions were asked by all the passengers, from the ages and models of our cars to their power and beauty. It was lovely to share our love for our cars with these individuals who are living life in a ‘norm’ that is nothing like ours; they are building a picture of our machines through every other sense except sight.

During the day we were able to chat with our passengers about their level of sight and their experience in our cars going around the track. Some have been drivers, though due to their visual impairment they are no longer able. This was explained to be very frustrating, as they were no longer able to do the thing that they love … drive. Though they proceeded to explain that although they are no longer able to be behind the wheel themselves, they are now able to experience driving from a whole new perspective.

Within the group of passengers there were some who had never experienced sight, putting a completely different perspective on being a passenger in a classic Porsche. The car is not perceived through visual appeal. It is solely down to the way the car feels, sounds and, more importantly, is driven. One gentleman who has never had sight described Malcolm’s Boxster as a surreal experience with the wind through his hair blowing the cobwebs away, trying to predict the turns from the way the car felt on the track. He said that he found his Boxster experience breathtaking.

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Due to health and sight impairments some passengers have always had some degree of sight but not enough to be able to safely drive on the public roads. One young man chatted about how this was very frustrating from him as he has always loved cars, courtesy of his Father’s love of classics. He reminisced that as a little boy he sat on his Dad’s knee holding the steering wheel, pretending to drive, and has always dreamed of been able to drive. Here he was able to fulfil this dream by being able to drive a dual controlled car around the track with an instructor. He also enjoyed a passenger ride with me and told me that he would love to be able to drive his own car, though this is the next best thing, being able to have a ride in some Porsches he has never seen before.

One lady had a ride in both my 928 S4 and Gareth’s 944 Turbo – it was lovely to hear her experience in both (very different) Porsches. She described mine as a comfy, relaxing and sedate drive, albeit quick at the same time and considerably more so than her 1.2l was when she drove!

However she much preferred the 944 Turbo as it has more ‘go’ and she was able to go quicker than she had ever been before. It was nice to share my first track experience with this lady, and also to share her first track and driving experience since losing her sight in May. I was honoured to give a very life-experienced lady some fresh enjoyment, since her life changed forever earlier in the year.

After all the passenger rides had concluded we were able to have another last few laps, so we took the opportunity to film a group video of us all around the track as well as enjoying the last stretch of our cars ‘legs’ before heading home. A fulfilling day was had by all drivers and their passengers and it was heartening to support such a fantastic charity. Whilst we were enjoying taking our cars around the track we were also able to give these amazing individuals the opportunity to experience our beautiful Porsches in their natural habitat as well, putting a smile on both their, and our own, faces. Everyone wanted to go around for just one more lap …

GOODWOOD CHARITY DAY Author Ian Jones / Photography Ian Jones

The Anglia & North Essex crew took a drive to Goodwood for the Club Carrera charity day, raising money for Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice.

It was an early start for the mad pig with the backup coming down later to give support. We had four cars in total: Ian & Therese in their newly acquired 996, Steve & Lorna in their 964 Turbo, Mick in his 968 and myself plus my very understanding wife Mandy, saying “How early?”.

Fingers crossed for a dry day were damped by the odd shower on our way down to Goodwood, dropping in at Chichester for a top up. The sun was breaking out and the rain hadn’t reached the circuit as we arrived to a well organised gathering of some very expensive cars indeed. With the briefing done (me being the only one not to have driven this course before) and passing the noise test by the skin of my teeth (105 dB limit, 105 dB scored), it was line up and go.

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Mandy came out with me on my sighting laps and decided that she’d rather supply me with tea and biscuits for the rest of the morning.

The event was a very relaxed affair with plenty to talk about.

Old friends were reunited and new friends made, and it was fantastic to see these legends thunder unleashed as they should.

Lunch was taken up by the photoshoot and the parade lap, raffle prizes and awards, then for me it was time to have a look around and catch up with everyone.

The sound diverting pipe on my exhaust seemed to have welded in place, but with my helmets packed away and much pulling and grunting, my exhaust was back to normal. (Lucky I had an old jacket to sit on it the rain!)

Three of our members were staying down overnight so we said our goodbyes to Mick 968 and the brave souls that were still running out on the circuit in the wet and headed off to the hotel. A great evening was had with food and drink aplenty (apart from Ian who’d taken the top of his finger off whilst moving his new kettle (996) … sorry, ouch!)

Big breakfast, extra bacon, and the overnight rain had stopped (cats and dogs all night long). With the sun peeping out, it was off to Chichester for a look about via the A and B roads, which were more like extended puddles and did a great job of turning my car into a mobile sauna (whilst Ian’s kettle was working fine)!

Some local sights, some light shopping, coffees and we were off home via the Hindhead tunnel. On passing Goodwood House there was a very large puddle that stretched across the oncoming carriageway and I must thank the large 4x4 for displacing this small pond over and onto me (I’ve always wanted a James Bond underwater car) much to the glee of my followers. With the tunnel ahead it was time to make lots of noise and we weren’t the only kids playing! With the tunnel done we chose a cross country route to avoid the M25. Our final stop of the weekend was the Grasshopper Inn, Westerham, for coffee, then off to our separate destinations.

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This 917/10 was almost the ultimate development of the 917 line with an 850bhp engine, although the subsequent 917/30 would see a four-figure power output.

While some were raced in Europe in the Interserie championship it was in Can-Am racing that they left their greatest mark.

The 914-6 had a rather limited competition career so it is good to see this racing version.

The 944 Carrera GT is rare anywhere in the world with a production run of just over 400.

MONTEREY MOTORSPORTS REUNION Author Martin Broadribb / Photography Ted Walker

This event, held during Monterey Car Week in California, is described by the organisers as being like “a museum springing to life”.

This is an apt description for over 500 historic racing cars doing just what they were built to do – race!

In fact, the organisers receive an entry of over 1,000 vehicles but sensibly only choose cars that have a contemporary history and are correctly presented.

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Located at the Laguna Seca circuit, where racing has taken place since 1957 so the track itself is of some historical importance, this meeting attracts worldwide interest due to the number of significant cars to be seen in action.

To make a trip there even more worthwhile it also dovetails with some other classic car attractions being held in that part of America at the same time and TIPEC member Ted Walker is a regular visitor. Here are Ted’s pictures of some of the Porsches that were present during the weekend.

In these days of ‘better than new’ old racing cars it is pleasing to see a 550 that looks much as it might have done when competing 60 years ago.

This Carrera RSR 3.0 had an extensive racing career in Europe with the Kremer team during 1974 before being used in the US IMSA series for the next two years.

The K3 version of the 935 was a development of the model by the German Kremer company in an attempt to keep pace with the advances of the factory cars.

This one was driven by Briton John Fitzpatrick at Le Mans and in the States with some considerable success.

The 935 in its various evolutions must rate as one of the most successful and impressive of the racing Porsches. This one bears the name of Don and Bill Whittington’s team, the brothers being two of a small group of American racers who financed their motorsport during the 1980s by drug smuggling and other illegal activities!

The 959 was unable to meet US emission standards when new and it was many years before any found their way on to American roads. The fact that they did was initially due to a private company modifying the cars, although a subsequent ‘show and display only’ law has also allowed limited use for previously outlawed vehicles such as these.

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TRANSAXLE TOUR Author Jason Gibson Photography Jason Gibson, Richard Warburton & Glenn Summerbell

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To celebrate this year’s 40th anniversary of the 924, I wanted to take a group of cars from the 924 to 968 lineage on a driving tour.

Our small group was made up of a broad spectrum from the four-pot transaxle range.

Starting with an early 924 2.0 we then had a 2.5 924S, a 944S2, a 968 Club Sport and then there was my car which is a bit of a hybrid; a 924S with the engine from a 968.

I have run three-day tours of Wales quite a few times now and my knowledge of some of the best driving roads grows with each trip. I’ve also take advice on roads from a good friend and exTIPEC member Pete Osbourne, who now runs a performance car driving tour company. Some of his suggestions for roads have been excellent, although he won’t be taking his tours down some of the narrower roads we like so much.

Our tour starts at Oxford services on a Friday morning in early September. All cars bar the early 924 met here, we would be meeting up with Trevor and his 924 at lunchtime, as he will be coming from Cardiff. I hadn’t even thought about it before the trip but as I arrived at the far end of the services car park, I realised that all of the cars were Guards Red (okay Glenn, we know yours is listed as India Red but we all know it’s the same colour!)

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The route from Oxford to our lunch stop in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, took us through some great long and winding roads in the middle of the Cotswolds. With only the odd tractor and strangely slow white van getting in the way, we made swift progress and arrived ahead of schedule at our lunch stop and rendezvous.

Trevor arrived slightly later in his early 924 and although it was in very good condition, it was definitely the wrong shade of red for us. After lunch and half an hour of trying to fix Trevor’s cigarette lighter socket (required for the satnav), we headed off to Wales.

We had done all of 10 miles when we hit a traffic jam. The sat-nav estimated this was around a 20 minute delay so we just had to sit there and wait. Well, 15 minutes had passed when we heard a bang, followed by Trevor in my mirror heading for the grass verge. It turns out that the 924 didn’t want to come and play in Wales after all. The bang was a spark plug that had shot out of the head and hit the inner wing. Two of the group waited with Trevor until the AA arrived to take the poorly 924 back home and sadly this was the last we saw of Trevor.

Other than briefly stopping to buy a 986 Boxster en route (as you do), the rest of the journey to the Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells took us over the Brecon Beacons and some great twisty A roads.

We have used the Metropole hotel before for car tours as they are very welcoming to car clubs, going out of their way to help your stay and driving tour go smoothly. Many other clubs and driving tour companies also use this as a base, so it’s not unusual for the car park to look like a mini car show. On arrival, we found an area cordoned off with a Porsche Enthusiasts Club Parking sign, a nice touch that allows us to keep the cars together. It had been quite a long day and there was a beer at the bar with my name on it.

Following a hearty breakfast on day two, we met in the car park, made sure our preloaded sat-nav routes were ready to go and that the two-way radios were working. Now we’re ready to roll, albeit without our early 924. So, our cars now range from the 150bhp 924S driven by 21-year-old Andrew (who has only been driving for a year and amazingly this is his first car),

through to Richard in his 968 Club Sport which has 240bhp. Glenn in his 944S2 was only slightly behind in the power stakes with 210bhp, while my car with its 968 engine is also at 240bhp. It is going to be interesting to see how the power and other changes during the evolution of this series translates to the road.

Talking of roads, the routes for Saturday, our main driving day, will take us on some fairly fast A and B roads from our base to Abergwesyn, where we then take the Abergwesyn Mountain Pass to Tregaron. From here we head south over the Beacons, before coming back over slightly to the east and then heading back to base.

Sounds nice and simple but the route planners are showing around five and a half hours of driving, plus stops for lunch (and a few photos of course).

The first stage to Abergwesyn was a great warm up for all the cars, mostly quite wide roads but, as we found out, the winding nature of some sections made it quite difficult to overtake. I managed to get past a few cars that were just starting to close on each other but the group behind got stuck for a while. Once we had

all passed, it was all clear until a mile before Abergwesyn, where we got stuck on a very narrow single track behind a 4x4. I decided to stop for few minutes and let him get away before enjoying the roads to ourselves. With the roads seemingly clear we headed off again and shortly turned onto the start of the fabulous mountain pass.

We had barely done a half a mile when I saw the blasted 4x4 up ahead, “oh B******” I thought, just typical if this part gets ruined by a slow moving car ahead. I then realised it had stopped and was now blocking the single track. We all got out and then realised the reason, there was an older lady who had put her car into a ditch and was unable to get the car out. After much deliberation on how best to get the car out, a group of 10 bikers arrived.

The car was a hybrid and was therefore quite heavy with the extra battery weight, with one front wheel in a ditch and the rear up in the air, it had been impossible to push. However, with the extra weight of the bikers we were able to have people in the rear of the car and standing on bumpers etc to get the car back level and finally we were able to set it free.

It turns out that the driver of the 4x4 was actually one of the driving instructors from the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone.

Small world, eh?

Right with that little incident out of the way, we head back to business. With the bikes ahead of us, we squeeze past the 4x4 and start the journey over the pass. This is a narrow, very twisty and undulating road, which is so much fun to drive but a bit hairy for passengers with a sheer drop to the left of the car. As lead driver, it is quite intense with not being able to see over the peaks in the road or around the tight corners that are the other side of them. You won’t have to worry about speeding on these roads, as it’s mostly second and third gear all the way, but it does feel so much faster.

On previous tours, we’ve headed straight across the pass but after reading lots about this road, there was talk of heading off for a lap of the Llyn Brianne reservoir, so halfway along we make the detour. I think that has to have been one of my best decisions ever. The lap of the reservoir was just awesome, in parts it was just like a rally stage, short bursts followed by PAGE / 15

Other than accelerating on long straights and the odd overtake, the 924S held its own. tight corners and hairpins, then blasts through forest. Other sections would rise above the reservoir and offer some amazing views, made all the better by the early autumn sunshine we were blessed with. We stopped halfway round to take some pictures, it would have been rude not to. The grins on everyone’s faces said it all. I asked Andrew how he was coping with the driving, after all it was his first car tour and even though he looked to be doing fine from the view in my mirror, he is still relatively inexperienced. Erm, “Ruddy fast but I hung on for dear life!” I know how he feels, I did a tour of North Wales around 10 years ago just after getting my first Porsche.

With the reservoir out of the way we headed up the Devil’s Staircase, a series of very steep hairpin bends. I love this bit but I must say that the 924 handbrake really doesn’t work well enough for these hairpins, Paddy Hopkirk in his Mini would have done the job so much better.

We then headed south through Llanddewi Brefi, at which point young Andrew came across the radio doing his best Matt Lucas impression (I do worry about the lad you know), then on to Llandovery for a spot of lunch.

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After lunch we had some wonderful scenic runs over the Beacons, first heading South on the A4069 where we stopped for more photos, then back North on the A4067 and across to Beacon where we picked up the B4520. This is another great road, very long with great dips and bends but most importantly, and just like the roads before, they were almost empty.

We arrived back at the Metropole around five pm, sadly a little too late to make used of the spa facilities before dinner, but not late to enjoy another well deserved cold beer.

We started day three with a trip up the A470 and towards the Llyn Clywedog reservoir. This is another gem of a road, much more of a proper A road, mostly dual carriageway, with long fast sweeping bends and some great views. The viewpoint at the reservoir is high up and a great spot to take some more photos. We were joined on this leg by my other half in the Boxster that I picked up on the Friday, which did ruin the ‘all red cars in the photos’ a wee bit. From here we started to head back to Oxford services, a long route that was almost a reverse of Friday’s and every bit as enjoyable.

So what can we say about the cars? After all it was sort of the reason for the trip. Andrew is even more in love with his first Porsche than he was before and the 924S exceeded all expectations. I had previously done a Wales tour in mine when it still had the 2.5 engine, and I expected it to be off the pace a little. In reality, other than accelerating on long straights and the odd overtake, the 924S held its own. In fact there was very little between any of these great cars. All four of them small and nimble enough to be thrown around some very tight and twisty sections of Saturday’s run and all well poised on the longer, faster sweeping bends. Perhaps the 968 was more at home on these with its stiffer suspension. Richard did say it felt a little too stiff at times on the tight and undulating roads of the mountain pass. So maybe it was Glenn’s S2 that was the pick of the cars … but if you’re in the market for any of these, whatever your budget you won’t be disappointed.

We will be back next year with another trip or two to Wales, maybe another transaxle trip and possibly a topless weekend too. Details will appear on the forum nearer the time for anyone wishing to join us.

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I had done one of Jason's ‘Welsh Weekends’ before so I had a good idea of the sort of roads we’d be covering.

I debated whether to take my road-legal 944 2.7 trackday car, with its modified suspension, or stick with my (more or less) stock 944 S2. Despite thinking the track car might be more fun around some of the twisty mountain roads I eventually decided on the S2, concluding that spending several hours at a time in a stripped interior and fixed race seat would be just a bit too ‘hardcore’. I also thought that the S2 would have a useful bit of extra power for overtaking.

The 944 S2 performed flawlessly and in retrospect its more compliant and forgiving suspension did a better job with the uneven surfaces on those twisty roads than the track car’s would have. It seems Porsche knew what they were doing all those years ago.

– Glenn Summerbell

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PORSCHES, WATER & WINE TOUR 2016 Author Sean Smallman / Photography Sean Smallman

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Ever had a conversation that starts with “wouldn’t it be great if …”? Well, I did in 2015 at our monthly meeting, just after a driving trip to Germany with a number of Kent & South East London region members. We spent five days driving on largely quiet roads that swept across the vineyards of Mosel and the Eifel Mountains, including a blast down an autobahn … The trip was a great success. I’ve never had so much fun in a car before, including doing a sat-nav recorded 154 mph which thrilled the little boy in me.

Back to the evening where I said, “wouldn’t it be great if … we could do a driving trip to the Italian Lakes?” I was talking to Sean at the time (he had organised the German trip) and he came back with “We did something like that a couple of years ago and I’m up for a longer trip to the Lakes. Leave it to me.” Roll the clock forward 12 months and eight sparklingly clean Porsches set off from the Eurotunnel terminal on 24th September. A 2,300 mile trip, on some of the best driving roads in Europe. Let’s get it out there now, we had a ball!

It was even better than our 2015 trip.

For those of you that enjoy detail on where we went etc, here it is. We started by driving on largely deserted roads through France and Belgium, to the Eifel region and its sweeping open roads and tight bends to our first night at Lake Rursee. The following day more of the fantastic Eifel region, and forest roads into Alsace via the Vosges, stopping for tiffin at Little Venice, the canal area of Colmar. On day three we had a beautiful scenic drive through the South German Forest, around Lake Badensee (also known as Lake Constance), a vast lake bounded on one side by mountains, then on to the Austrian Tyroll and breathtaking panoramic views. Our hotel for the night was in Pfunds, a cute, immaculate town on a fast running river, nestling in the shadow of the Alps. We had our first free day to explore and most of us headed up to the Kaunertal Glacier on smooth, fast, empty roads with tight bends between varying lengths of road. That meant first gear, foot to floor, second gear, hard braking, foot to the floor … Amazing.

We continued on great, fast, roads through stunning Italian Alpine and lower level countryside that had us arrive early evening at a grand hotel on the shore of Lake Maggiore. This turned out to be the best day’s driving of the trip for me.

After a free day exploring the beautiful three small islands on Lake Maggoire we assembled outside the hotel for the next leg of our journey, past Lake Orta, across the mountains that separate Italy and France to Juan les Pins on the Cote d’Azur, and another free day exploring the area, which is lovely in parts (Old Antibes) but overcrowded and a bit tacky in others.

Our trip was nothing if it wasn’t a mix of contrasts; driving, roads, water, countryside hotels, food and wines.

On the subject of wines, the next day we set off north on the last leg home driving the Route de Napoleon, which climbs up and away from the coast. We shared the road with other groups of cars and motorbikes, some of whom engaged with us in a bit of cat and mouse playing. The route continued over the Cols along the wine region through pretty villages following the Loire to our hotel at St Etienne. Next day a fast, and pretty much direct, route on motorways to put miles under the wheels for a lunch and wine tasting at the Eric Louis Sancerre vineyard, the day before they were due to harvest the grapes. A great, simple, lunch tasting delicious white and red wines had us reluctantly leave for our last hotel at Orleans on the bank of the river Loire. By now a number of people were beginning to feel the affect of 10 days driving, the cars had collected huge quantities of dead bugs on their noses and our wheels looked like they were anthracite instead of polished alloy. Last day was a run to Honfleur for a lazy lunch and a run up the motorway to Calais and home.

“Highlights? Many, and they

include driving demanding Alpine passes at eight-tenths of the car’s ability and ten-tenths of my own.

Next morning started with great excitement for those of us who hadn’t done the Stelvio Pass. Today was the day we descended and the climbed the pass, as we headed for Lake Maggiore via Lake Como and Lugano. The Stelvio Pass is a beautiful road to look at as it snakes down (and up) the mountain. With 48 sharp, mostly hairpin, bends which will (and did) scrape the 996 Turbo chin spoiler when I didn’t take a corner properly. Again, lots of first gear, foot to the floor to the next hairpin, hit the brakes hard and repeat … 48 times.

The road surface was appalling and local traffic, cyclists (!) and slower traffic added to the challenge and excitement when overtaking.

All fantastic, except that in my opinion the Umbrail Pass on the Swiss side of the mountain, which leads up to the top of Stelvio, is an even better road. I know it’s sacrilege to say such a thing but the roads on the Austrian side of the Alps are quieter and more varied, with many hairpin bends, more road between them and blind corners hugging the side of the Alps. In many ways more challenging and exciting.

Highlights? Many, and they include driving demanding Alpine passes at eight-tenths of the car’s capability and tentenths of my own. A sat-nav ‘guided’ trip off road; more chin spoiler scraping, spending time with like-minded friends, fabulous countryside, beautiful lakes in Germany and Italy, visiting the Sancerre vineyard and experiencing great food and wine. All shared with friends we knew and got to know even better, and new people who became friends.

We all returned safe and sound (well, we almost didn’t as I stopped within centimetres of the back of a 964, with ABS shimmying through the car, after a lorry rounded a blind bend on a mountain road on our side of a road wide enough for one car!) We had the odd water leak from a 996 and a large puff of blue smoke from another 996 which never occurred again. A couple of us had the odd PSM, ABS and temperature warning dashboard lights come on a couple of times. Oh, and one friend had 60 euro less in his wallet, due to enjoying his car just a little too much. In addition to the different coloured wheels all the cars had matt and mottled paintwork by now, from all the dust and dirt. All symbols of a great time.

Our last night together was reflective and over a glass of wine a familiar conversation started with “Wouldn’t it be great if we could do another trip like this?” To which Sean replied, “I was thinking about ferrying to Northern Spain and driving the length of the Pyrenees …”

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NURBURGRING MADE EASY? Author Richard Scholl / Photography Richard Scholl

You fancy organising a trip to Europe for your Porsche friends but don't know where to start?

Take a few pointers from the North West region, veterans of the ‘Euro Road Trip’ and head to the Nurburgring in the beautiful German Eifel region.* *Just don’t take this article too seriously.

As the organiser you have the luxury of choosing the dates for your European road trip. Decide when you want to go, but take a look at the 'Ring website to see what's on. Best to avoid the big rock music weekends … Be aware that there aren't many ‘tourist days’ during the week now so your best bet for doing a lap or two yourself is on a Sunday or weekday evening.

Choose your hotel: websites like booking.com are really useful as are the specialist forums on websites like 911UK and Pistonheads. The forums let you ask lots of people you don't know for their recommendations. It's up to you whether you trust them.

The most important thing is to find somewhere with Porsche friendly parking – you want somewhere decent to park your car.

Once you've chosen your dates and hotel you can let your region’s members know the plan via, say, email, club meeting and regional Facebook group. Make it clear that they need to book the hotel rooms that they want (and that they need to book in good time to avoid disappointment).

The next important thing to consider is how to cross the Channel. Not surprisingly there’s a choice of tunnel or ferry if you’re taking your Porsche (and you should be). Book whichever you prefer and, again, let your people know the crossing or train times and encourage them to book for themselves (again, in good time to avoid disappointment).

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It is quite important to consider some ‘touring essentials’ that may be worth having whilst on the Continent. Here are a few suggestions, in no particular order, to consider: • Passport (useful at the ferry), • EHIC European health insurance card (useful if you’re taken poorly), • Travel insurance (see above), • European breakdown insurance (not that you want to need it, but you may want someone to repatriate your car if that gets poorly), • Check that your normal car insurance covers you in Europe (some policies may be reduced to third party cover only). Take a copy of your insurance, license, V5, and MOT certificate, • A toothbrush (oral hygiene is important on the road: all that strong European coffee, see?)

• Hi-viz vests (one for each occupant of your car, and they need to be inside the car when in France), • A change of underwear (just in case), • Spare bulb kit (legal requirement in many European countries), • A sat-nav with European mapping (check before you go. I know people who have been caught out before now), • A credit card and a few euros in cash, • Mobile phone.

For added excitement it's worth organising a convoy to the ferry or tunnel on the day your adventure starts. That way you get to learn who is going to struggle to keep up in the traffic, how often you’re going to have to plan coffee stops and err, ‘comfort breaks’ and who is always short of fuel.

Talking of fuel, it’s worth suggesting to your travelling companions that they fill-up before leaving England. That way, once you're abroad, you can crack on with ‘the trip’.

If you have anyone with you who doesn’t get out much, it may be worth mentioning to them that Europeans tend to drive ‘on the wrong side of the road’ …

Once you’ve disembarked, set your sat-nav to your chosen hotel and away you go! You’ll find that there are plenty of motorway services en-route to The ’Ring for fuel and refreshments.

There are several ways to get there, but beware the Brussels ring-road at peak times unless you enjoy traffic jams.

If you see a ‘foreign’ traffic policeman, be respectful. Once you’re on the German autobahns remember that not many of them are unrestricted like the good old days.

However, on the sections that are, keep a careful eye open for bahn-stormers catching you at an alarming rate.

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The accompanying photos are from the TIPEC North West Annual Nurburgring Trip 2016. This year we took seven cars and 13 people.

We sailed overnight from Hull to Rotterdam via P&O Ferries.

Our accommodation was at the Hotel an der Nordschleife in Adenau where you can view the Nurburgring from many of the rooms (and the car park is Porsche friendly). There are plenty of good value restaurants available in both Adenau and the village of Nurburg.

We found many wonderful villages and small towns to explore in the surrounding area and the North West region loves to take a country drive to Cochem, on the river Mosel, which is just 40 minutes from the ’Ring at a gentle touring gait. From there you can choose to follow the river all the way to Trier if you want to visit the oldest German city and its famous Roman architecture.

More locally of course you can visit the modern Grand Prix circuit and its myriad souvenir shops.

Useful websites: www.nuerburgring.de/en www.booking.com www.hotel-an-der-nordschleife.de www.911uk.com/forum.php www.dfdsseaways.co.uk www.pistonheads.com www.eurotunnel.com www.nurburgring.org.uk

The most important thing is to find Porsche-friendly parking – you want somewhere decent to park your car.

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Scotland RO Neil Fraser 07946 616 782 ARO West John Davidson ARO East Scott Allan Group email scotland@tipec.net Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 7:30pm for an 8pm start in the 007 bar, upstairs at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk Search Facebook for ‘TIPEC Scotland’ The dark nights are definitely here with the clocks now back. The club’s regions are down on activity and some Porkers are already tucked away for the winter. However it is not all doom and darkness, the Scottish region tried a something different at the October meeting and our ARO John Davidson organised a night out at Skidz (www.skidz.co.uk), specialists in alloy wheels, car audio and security systems.

We enjoyed an informative night and a nice wee buffet (always appealing) with a good turnout of 20 plus including a couple of guests from PCGB.

for the day was as always to get our cars in the wind, enjoy some good food, and see some beautiful places, enjoying the banter from the group along the way. I am pleased to report that we managed all of the above.

We met in Tyndrum at the famous Green Welly and then drove through the stunning sights of Glencoe, Ballachulish and Connel with a final destination of Inveraray Castle and some VIP treatment. We were invited to park in front of the castle for photographs and entry to the castle was also discounted. The Inveraray Castle staff also took some amazing pictures of the club and the cars to feature on their own website and Facebook page. A massive thanks to John Davidson for hosting and organising the day.

We will have had the November meeting, quiz, and ten pin bowling night by the time this magazine reaches you, so details of the winners etc in the next edition. It has been a fantastic season for many different reasons: new members, new venues for shows, days out, and a bunch of people that really come together and enjoy what the club/region has to offer. A season very high on activity and we would not have it any other way. It is your club and your ideas and

participation make it what it is. Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year from John, Scott and myself. We look forward to seeing you all again soon and we will do it all again in 2017.

December 10th (Saturday) Christmas bash at Dirlton Hotel in East Lothian May I remind all members who require work on their Porsche to contact Brian Miller Motors in Edinburgh (0131 443 7806). Brian is a Porsche trained mechanic with over 45 years experience.

In Stirling we have SP Autobahn (07973 385 463 or www.spautobahn.com). Owner Stuart Paterson has been a Porsche specialist for over 15 years.

Neil’s Boxster as the Angelwax demo car

Also in October we were treated to a detailing demo day out by Angelwax (www.angelwax. co.uk). My Boxster was the demo car and I have to say I drove away with a different looking car, wow. A huge thanks to Craig from Angelwax who took us through the various stages and processes of keeping the car looking tip-top from glass to tailpipes. A fabby day out and very informative.

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The Clan at Inverary Castle

Elaine recruiting new members

North West RO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 • n22rks@googlemail.com ARO Simon Kendal 07833 446 336 • s.kendal@sky.com ARO Colin Hammerton 07500 908 091 • col.hamm@hotmail.co.uk Due to The Boatyard being closed for refurbishment, our monthly meeting for December is temporarily held on the second Monday of the month from 7pm at The Railway, 35 Wigan Road, Euxton PR7 6LA (01254 209841).

Another couple of busy months have passed for the North West region since my last report. This time I’m limited to 500 words, so best crack on.

North East Region members on the rainy run home from Specialist Cars of Malton

North East RO Mike Williamson 07940 738 692 mike.williamson@volkswagen.co.uk ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 • andy44s70@gmail.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 7:30pm at The Anson Farm, just off the A19.

As another summer season comes to an end and the nights draw in it really only remains for me to thank the members, new and old, of the North East for their continued support and attendance of all the events we have enjoyed.

It’s not the end of the year yet and we still have the boisterous club nights in the Anson to attend and the now legendary tradition that has become the ‘TIPEC Christmas Curry Night’.

This year I, like many club members who only use their cherished motors during the summer, have been able to take advantage of taxing the car monthly. This has allowed members to attend early and late shows during the year.

Towards the end of October the club attended Specialist Cars of Malton’s Big Breakfast and Ryhope Pumping Station Classic Car Show. Both events were well worth the effort. After meeting at the usual car park our procession of Porsches set off for a spirited run over the moors to Malton.

There was the usual ‘you go first’ conversation resulting in my old 944S being briefly at the front until the boys had warmed up their tyres in the cold morning air. I was soon passed by a 928 and 996! While looking at a price list of approved cars I was asked by a club member “Approved by who and why”. I was able to point out in the bodyshop when underneath one of the soon to be approved 911s that they were approved

by Specialist Cars and it was obvious why. The drive back was led out by ‘drive like you stole it’ Timmy. He was in sensible mode and his superior

knowledge of the roads over Fylingdales moors was evident with stunning views and clear roads before the fog descended.

The finial run out was to Ryhope Pumping Station Classic Car Show. With most of the guys electing to take a classic car of a non-Porsche description I decided to take the 944 out for its last run before tucking her up for winter and the usual maintenance. Yet again I was surprised to find my 944 was the only one there. They used to be so common but are now regularly outnumbered

by E-Type Jags. It was well worth the visit and I found myself slipping in to Fred Dibnah mode as I looked round the stunning 1836 beam engines and array of classic cars and bikes.

The Facebook page for the North East is growing, with more members requesting to join. It is a closed group so if you do request to join you will not be bombarded with nuisance posts or ads.

If you would like to be added search for ‘The Independent Porsche Enthusiast Club Northeast’.

The page is used for events, gatherings, tech advice and general Porsche chit chat.

Our Annual Regional Road Trip to the Nurburgring took place mid-September and for the first time we sailed from Hull on the overnight ferry to Rotterdam. The first stop, about an hour after leaving Rotterdam, was at Porsche Classic Center Gelderland. We were warmly welcomed and given a guided tour of the owner’s private car collection (as seen in a recent issue of 911 & Porsche World magazine).

I think most of us got something out of that!

We then continued to Adenau in the heart of Germany’s Eifel region which is nestled within the perimeter of the world-famous Nordschleife circuit. After visiting the circuit, touring the local area, eating too much and perhaps drinking a little too much, it was time to head home via Spa Francorchamps circuit for most of our party, or to continue to Switzerland and Italy for four of us. Thanks to all who joined in – it was great fun.

Early October found us doing the TIPEC North West Annual Treasure Hunt, this time running through the Ribble Valley and finishing somewhere near the Fylde Coast. We were blessed with beautiful weather and a huge

December 4th (Sunday) Anson Farm club night December 16th (Friday) Christmas curry night, Raj Bari Yarm Please contact Andy or Mike to book your place

Nort West Region members on tour …

Chippy tea run to Banny’s

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turnout, with several participants coming over from our neighbouring Cheshire and Staffs Region. This year Diane, who devised the route and wrote the clues, introduced a new twist to proceedings: competitors were tasked with taking ‘selfie’ pictures of their teams (and sometimes their car) at various points along the way. I must thank my parents-in-law for letting Diane and I start the Hunt from their house and also the talented Mr Aldridge for creating the best Treasure Hunt trophy this region has ever seen! Volunteers are now being sought to organise next year’s event …

On Friday 21st October we enjoyed another ‘Chippy Tea Run’ and found ourselves eating at Banny’s at the very end of the M65. These Friday Feast/Chippy Tea events are always informal and fun and we try to do one each month.

Please do join in if you fancy it, and if you have a suggestion for somewhere to visit, please let me know.

Thanks to all of you who get involved with what we do and special thanks to ARO Colin Hammerton for his continued efforts on our region’s web page. If you don’t get the occasional club related email from me (Richard), please let me know. Find us on Facebook by searching for ‘The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club North West’. Until next time, happy Porsche motoring!

December 11th (Sunday) Christmas Tea at The Garden Kitchen, Holden Clough December 12th (Monday) Club night at The Railway (due to refurbishments at The Boatyard) January 8th (Sunday) Proposed New Year Drive Please note that future monthly meeting dates are not yet available due to ongoing building work at The Boatyard at the time of writing.

Cheshire & Staffs RO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 • watson_david@btinternet.com ARO Gareth Aldridge 07881 228 944 • gj.aldridge@yahoo.co.uk Cheshire & Staffs on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/TIPEC.CS Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX. On the 5th of September Cheshire & Staffs and North West Regions joined together to support the Gallway blind and visually impaired charity trackday. Six Porsches gave passenger rides to the visually impaired. We were humbled by sharing our love of Porsches with those who have never had, or no longer have, enough sight to drive. We all had an enjoyable day both on and off the track.

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A full day’s work at Gareth & Stef’s ‘Burgers & Spanners’ day for the Cheshire & Staffs Region

progressed and now has the track bug! Looking forward to the regions supporting this worthy event next year.

Eight Porsches, a Renault Alpine and a Mini all took to the road on the 11th September for a beautiful scenic drive around the Peak District. The weather was in our favour with the sun shining bright in clear skies. Adventures were had with wrong turns and missed junctions, though waiting to regroup did make for a spectacular photo opportunity.

A pit stop for ice cream and refreshments was enjoyed in the quaint village of Monyash, followed by more scenic countryside before lunch.

A few region members went to the Classic Motor show at Event City on the 17–18th September.

Porsche Centre Bolton had their fully restored 924 Carerra GT taking pride of place on the 924 Owners Club stand along with six more 924s, including Chris’s 924 Rothmans. There were many more classic cars on display, including a Delorean.

Gareth & Stef hosted a ‘Burgers & Spanners’ day at their workshop on the 25th September. 10 Porsches came to play and their owners enjoyed a BBQ which was thankfully taken over by master chef Mart, otherwise it would have been cremated

by Stef! All hands were tooled up working through lists of jobs to be done. Ian & Stef managed to reduce her 928s list a little, Craig & John worked on Craig’s 924. It was comical watching John T, Rob & Mart in the boot of Mart’s 944 Cab whilst Gareth was driving it round the yard, to try and diagnose the cause of a judder (diagnosed a few weeks later as a cracked bellhousing).

Diane & Richard Sholl (North West RO) organised a ‘selfie’ treasure hunt for the 2nd October, some of our members joined in the fun. An enjoyable day was had around Lancashire finding the answers to the clues. The Ogden family were the winners and took home the bespoke walnut trophy with a 924 piston, Porsche badge and car springs, handcrafted by Gareth in his workshop. Watch this

Master chef Mart takes over the BBQ

space; we might host an Easter treasure hunt.

Our spooky drive for Halloween turned out to be a transaxle owners drive (obviously all of the 911s have been put to bed for winter). The weather was misty and foggy which added to the spookiness of the Peak District moors. A photo opportunity was had at Weaver Hills with Porsches, a Mini, witches and cows! This is most likely going to be our last drive of 2016. Watch out for next year’s drives out.

December 19th (Monday) Day out to RAF Cosford with a photo opportunity on the runway with a jet aircraft. Please confirm attendance with either Gareth or Stefanie December 20th (Tuesday) Club night and annual Christmas meal at the Whipping Stocks. Please confirm attendance for the meal and menu choice with Gareth or Stefanie January 8th (Sunday) Our annual New Year drive (details TBC) January 17th (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks February 19th (Sunday) Dubfreeze show (club stand TBC) February 21st (Tuesday) Club night at the Whipping Stocks

Central tipeccentral@outlook.com Joint RO Lindsay Brown 07768 442 050 Joint RO Steve Jones 07775 581 044 Joint RO Stuart Wakeman 07912 620 181 Stuart Bradley’s 911E, Pride of Ownership first place

Steve & Karen’s 911SC Special, second place

Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at The Bull’s Head, Birmingham Rd, Shenstone, Lichfield WS14 0JR. www.vintageinn.co.uk/thebullsheadshenstone Well here we are at the end of 2016. It’s true what they say, as you get older the time seems to go quicker.

Val’s Boxster, third place

The SYNNers at Hotel van Dyk

On October 1st SYNN Dining had a night out at the Hotel van Dyk, Clowne. First visit here for some of us and first impressions were very good, with various rooms taken up with lots of people milling about (they had two weddings the same evening).

Ray with Car SOS’s Fuzz Townshend

South Yorkshire & North Notts.

Joint RO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 • dean@tachart.com Joint RO Ray Waite 07831 106 086 • waite696@aol.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month at 7pm for 7:30pm start at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS Our annual Pride of Ownership/Concours event at the start of September had a change of venue this year. As the Old Bell couldn’t accommodate us, the Elms Hotel at Retford stepped into the breach.

The forecast wasn’t good with rain all day clearing later. Luckily the rain eased off for setting up, but as the time to start judging approached the large car park was decidedly sparse of Porsches. After a flurry of late arrivals though, we had enough to make it interesting. The rain had indeed put off the fairweather participants but nonetheless we enjoyed ourselves.

First Place went to Stuart Bradley (911E), second to Steve & Karen (911SC Special) and third to Val (Boxster). Well done to the winners and thank you to all that entered.

By the time you read this you may have attended The Classic and Sports Car Show at the NEC, if you did I hope you popped onto the TIPEC stand to say hello, it’s nice to put faces to names.

The 2017 events list is not fully finalized yet as I am still waiting for some dates to be confirmed, but early in the year we will have a Saturday morning visit to an OPC and a trip out to Ashbourne. We also intend to attend three Gemini events again, the dates and venues have yet to be released.

The shock of the first round bill almost made Ray teetotal, drinks were expensive, but hey it’s only now and again and the company made up for it.

We did have to wait quite a while after we were seated for our orders being taken but we put that down to the weddings being catered for.

On the whole the meal went well with positive noises being made and the company top notch.

Some old favourites will return: the May Bank holiday run to The Ace Café, and the Plum Festival in August, and we have some new ideas for events.

Again I am waiting for dates to be confirmed.

Our October club night at the Old Bell only had a small turnout but we did get to meet new members Guy Shenton and his wife Pam, who have been put into the East Midlands region but decided to give us a go. I think they will be back.

December 12th (Monday) Christmas meal at The Bull’s Head

Just three SYNNers made the trip to the Restoration Show in Stoneleigh at the end of October, but well worth the trip as there were three halls full of ‘stuff’. Five and a half hours flew by and Ray still didn’t get his four post lift.

As instructed by Katharine, Ray managed to get a photo with Fuzz Townshend from Car SOS, what a nice man.

February 13th (Monday) Monthly meet at The Bull’s Head

Between writing and publication you missed the November club night, planning the 2017 calendar and putting names forward for RO/ARO positions, and the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in mid-November.

December 10th (Saturday) SYNN Christmas night away, this year to Leeds.

Please note there will be no club night in January, resumes again in February.

Keep up to date with latest news of events at www.synn.org.uk

Our meetings will continue on the second Monday of the month at The Bull’s Head, hopefully see you there.

January 9th (Monday) Monthly meet at The Bull’s Head

Yorkshire RO & ARO wanted Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:30pm at The Arabian Horse, Main Street, Aberford, LS25 3AA (Tel 0113 281 3312). Just off the A1/A64.

East Midlands New RO & ARO wanted urgently!

Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 7pm for food (meeting proper begins 8:00pm) at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS.

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Anglia & North Essex

The following weekend is Bonfire Night, a great many of us will be descending upon Ipswich, being the home of the Foxhall Stadium for their Gala Night which features 2.0l Saloon Stock Cars, bangers and fireworks!

Steering group: Ian Jones • izzy.spyder@sky.com Steve Burgess • info@sbprinting.co.uk Lorna Ward • info@sbprinting.co.uk John Briggs • john.briggs@charcoal.uk.com Yvonne King • yvonneking@hotmail.com

Our Christmas meal has been booked in the Woolpack for Sunday 4th December at 1:30pm.

We need confirmed numbers ASAP, please reply to Yvonne directly if you are interested.

Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at The Woolpack, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP31 1SW. 01284 753 380

We are on the hunt for more family type of events, a number have been identified which we shall follow up next year. Once we have firmed up on these events we shall present them to the members at the regular meetings and via newsletter and Facebook.

Bowler Wildcat at The Goat

www.facebook.com/groups/618348854957396 Firstly, our last meeting at the Woolpack was attended by 16 members.

It was the last coffee morning of the year at PIE Performance, A few of us attended first thing in the morning, to grab some coffee and donuts and to seek out techie advice from Chris and his band of merry men. I dropped off the Mad Pig for a service plus those little extras!

Some interesting cars in attendance, including a 700hp 997 Turbo, a 964 Turbo S race prepped car, plus a brand new 991 911R in Coral Red.

We are also considering a few other activities such as long weekends away and drives out, a Wales weekend being one of them. Spa Classic is all booked for May 2017, with four cars going.

Our last full club meeting will be held at the Woolpack in November. Chris (aka Bernie Ecclestone) will be setting up a Scalextric circuit in the club room for a race night for all to participate. Please feel free to dust off any treasured cars which may have been consigned to the attic. This promises to be a great night to wrap up our last meeting of the year.

We shall not be holding a meeting in December as the Christmas meal is intended to replace our normal meet.

The next scheduled club meeting after Christmas will be January, same place and same time. If there are any weather issues early next year which may prevent us from holding a meeting, updates will be posted on Facebook.

Coral Red 911R hiding behind a GT4 at PIE Performance

December 4th (Sunday) Christmas dinner, now taking bookings

928 meeting at the Barley Mow in October

North London, Herts & South Essex RO Vince Dallimore 07798 630 649 • NLHSE@tipec.net ARO Peter Musk 07734 769 953 • NLHSE@tipec.net Four informal monthly meetings: First Sunday 10:30am (open marque) at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath, SG13 7RT. Third Sunday 11am (open marque) at the King & Tinker, Whitewebbs Lane, Enfield, EN2 9HJ. Last Monday 6pm (Porsches only) at The ACE Café, Ace Corner, off the A406, Stonebridge, London, NW10 7UD. September and October were regular months in respect of our region gatherings at the Goat and ACE Café; the meetings were well attended with good weather for showing cars!

For meetings at the Goat, we are now arriving early on the Sunday morning, around 10:30am, to secure good parking spaces where we can group some cars before the main body of visitors arrive. We avoid the pub car park as this tends to become congested and difficult to exit once full!

Whilst we are regular visitors amongst others, the Goat always throws up some surprises, whether it is a vintage model or a modern supercar, the variety of cars is always appealing for any car enthusiast.

The ANglie & North Essex group at PIE Performance AT / 120

The ACE Café Porsche Night meetings on the last Monday of each month are always well attended, unless it is raining; the historic café venue has its own character and hosts car clubs and motorcycle groups on many days every month. The food is varied and reasonably priced, so makes for a cheap night out.

Kent & South East London Joint RO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 • prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Joint RO Martin Jackson 07942 485 094 • martinjackson911@yahoo.co.uk A very local new event at the King & Tinker pub

Meetings are held first Monday of the month from 7:30pm at The Carpenters Arms, Three Elm Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge TN11 0AD. www.carpentersarms.net It has been a busy couple of months for the Kent & South-East London region; here are a few of the highlights.

At the end of August a group of us visited the Carr Taylor vinyard at Hastings for a wine tasting session, vinyard tour and a delicious cream tea.

A wide variety of cars at the Pistonheads breakfast

Porsche Night attracts club members and independent owners, with cars ranging from the 356, through all the 911 variants, 914 and all the front-engined transaxle variants.

Meeting other owners always offers the chance to chat and compare notes on keeping our cars in good order and of course it is great to see so many older cars kept in fine fettle.

On the 1st October I attended the 928 meeting at the Barley Mow pub, Tilford in Surrey; the location is very picturesque and for a small donation to the cricket club cars are allowed to park on the green in front of the pub. 48 cars were registered to attend, but with a massive downpour midmorning, the actual number was 28 cars on the day. Some of us meet just off the A3/M25 at Ockham bites for breakfast then cruise in a loose convoy for the journey to the pub. The weather cleared by late morning and we all enjoyed sunshine for the rest of the day.

Well done all for a thoroughly enjoyable day and a definite date in the 2017 diary.

On 25th September a group of us met at Maidstone services for a pleasant drive through the Kent countryside to Dungeness for Fish & Chips and a walk along the beach.

On Saturday 15th October we met at Clacket Lane Services for breakfast before a spirited drive to Goodwood for the Club Carrera charity event.

There was a great selection of Porsches to see and a bonus was a parade lap of the circuit.

The following weekend 23 of us headed to the Secret Garden near Ashford for a delicious Sunday brunch. We couldn’t have asked for a better day; bright sunshine and a perfect day for a drive.

December 5th (Monday) Club Night at Porsche Centre Tonbridge

On September 18th 12 cars from the region met early at a Toby for breakfast before a short convoy to the St Christopher’s Classic Car Show which is fast becoming a well attended event for the St Christopher’s Children’s Hospice.

December 10th (Saturday) Christmas Dinner at Brands Hatch

With an eclectic selection of over 200 cars and side stands we had a great day, including a parade lap in the main show ring with our own Sean Smallman giving his version of an informative running commentary on the cars displayed!

February 18–19th (Saturday–Sunday) Spa Weekend at London Beach Hotel

This was followed with our own Show & Shine with Nick Seager just winning with his gleaming 997 Turbo and Dave Cooper coming a close second with his C4S.

January 29th (Sunday) Ten-pin bowling at Medway Valley Leisure Park

If you have any questions about any of these diary dates, please phone or email Martin or Paul. We look forward to seeing lots of members, old and new, at these events or at one of our club nights, held on the first Monday of every month.

Local members Nick & Edwina Beaumont kindly hosted a post-show BBQ with John & Pat Cordingly providing the entertainment and butler services (that’s another story altogether!)

The next 928 gathering is on November 26th at the Merry Miller, Cothill, just South of Oxford near the A34. Cars from across the country meet from 10:30am, taking lunch and meeting friends.

I have tried two new car meetings, one very local at the King & Tinker pub, White Webbs near Enfield, held on the 3rd Sunday at 11:00am, and the other a nice early drive out to Bicknacre, near Danbury in Essex, for the Pistonheads breakfast meeting on the 2nd Saturday from 8:30am, meeting in the car park of a local Garden Centre.

These are not TIPEC events, but the organisers welcome all car enthusiasts and owners of classic vehicles.

By the time you read this I will have attended the NEC Classic Car show on Friday 11th November.

If you were there I hope you dropped in to the TIPEC stand and said hello to the team!

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South Central RO Gary Howard Twitter: @ Porsche_TIPECSC Facebook: South Central TIPEC 07856 723 196 • south.central@tipec.net Meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month, throughout the year, from 10:00 to 12:00 at The Red Lion, Evenley, Nr Brackley, Northants, NN13 5SH, and on the third Tuesday of the month, between March and October, at The Betsey Wynn, 21 Mursley Road, Swanbourne, Milton Keynes, MK17 0SH. Please check for updates via email, Facebook and Twitter pages.

Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 • peter_blackler@sky.com

914s on display at the 911 & Porsche World show, Mapledurham House

Meetings are held third Thursday of every month from 8:15pm at The Bucks Head, Meonstoke, Hampshire SO32 3NA. www.thebuckshead.co.uk The Bucks Head is just off the A32. Meonstoke lies just North of Fareham, only 15 mins from the M3.

RO WANTED – Pete will be standing down as RO at the end of December. If you think you could help organise regional events and club meetings, contact Jason Gibson on jason.gibson@tipec.net

Thames Valley RO Andrew Harris 07812 146 999 • thames.valley@tipec.net ARO Graham Driver 07799 625 279 • thames.valley@tipec.net Meetings are held second Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX. Following on from our summer of themed evenings, our September meeting at the Novello was another successful one with it being our Porsche & Friends night; we had a good number of Porsches turn out along with the regular faces and a few new ones too. Our ‘friends’ brought along a very rare Panther, two Lotus Esprits, a 1960s Ford Mustang, a couple of Corvettes, an Aston Martin DB7, a Mercedes C63 AMG and an MGB to name but a few.

We were more than lucky with the weather, it being one of the warmest September days on record! Another very enjoyable evening at the Novello and a big thank you to everyone for coming along.

911 & Porsche World magazine put on another fantastic show at Mapledurham House near Reading on Sunday 25th September. A 12th Century family house and farming estate being Grade 1 listed and set in the heart of a unique AT / 120

‘Outlaw’ style 356 at the 911 & Porsche World show

English village, an oasis of peace and tranquillity … that was until all the Porsches turned up! A very laid back and relaxed affair, lots of grass parking and the opportunity to look around the beautiful house and grounds. This has proved to be a popular event, we all seem to love Porsches and picnics, they just go together so well!

Our region’s ARO, Graham Driver, with his wife Sharon, led the drive from the Novello with a few of our regional members in convoy, meeting up with Barry, Nick and Paul at Mapledurham House. A good turnout from the Thames Valley region. A big well done goes to Glenn Summerbell whose lovely red 944 was awarded one of the ‘Editors Choice’ plates.

With evenings now starting to draw in earlier and earlier, our October meeting at the Novello was as busy as ever with some new faces joining us.

We enjoyed a good turnout of air-cooled cars along with the very popular and affordable 986 and 987 Boxster. Our ARO, Graham, brought along his 996 C4S having just had his headlights refurbished by his very own hands and what a fabulous job he has made of them too, they look like new! If anyone is interested in how he has achieved this and what kit to buy then please send us an email or give us a call.

On the breakfast run out to Blackbushe Café

We had a fabulous breakfast run out to Blackbushe Café on Sunday 23rd October, meeting up at the Novello for 8am in readiness for an 8.15am departure. Unfortunately the weather was a little gloomy with thick fog in places. A good number of cars in attendance making for a very enjoyable morning out and one we will definitely do again. The journey time was about 35 minutes with 19 miles covered, it wasn’t one of our longest drives out but it sure was fun …

December 2nd (Friday) Thames Valley Christmas party at the Calcot Hotel in Reading December 13th (Tuesday) Monthly Meeting at the Novello January 10th (Tuesday) Monthly Meeting at the Novello We will have a good number of events lined up throughout 2017 so please keep an eye on the diary page of our website at: www.tipec.net/ regions/thames-valley or our Facebook page (search for ‘TIPEC – Thames Valley Region’).

It would be great to see you.

If you are unable to attend the events, please feel free to pop along to our monthly meeting at The Novello, it is always an enjoyable evening with lots of friendly and knowledgeable people.

Surrey & Sussex RO Robert Stephens 07548 306 803 ARO Eben Hugo 07952 862 769 ARO James Garrard 07837 701 011 Group email surrey.sussex@tipec.net Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, 10 miles south of Crawley off the A23. www.facebook.com/groups/tipecsurreyandsussex For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly club night or TIPEC regional event, we always welcome new members and prospective members. We’re a friendly bunch no matter what car you own or desire, you don’t even have to own a Porsche to be a member and you will be guaranteed to receive a hearty welcome and make some new friends. You also have the opportunity of winning our regional lotto with all Surrey & Sussex Region members going into the hat each month, but you have to be at the meeting to win if your name is drawn out.

If you want to get the most from TIPEC membership, please remember to interact with other regions, you will be very surprised at what you might find. Why not take a look at our Facebook page and main TIPEC.net web page to keep up to date with the very latest news from the club and the Surrey & Sussex region.

December 14th (Wednesday) Club night & Christmas party at Porsche Centre Mid Sussex. You could win a ‘Porsche for the weekend’ in our chairty raffle. You need to book in advance so please contact Bob Stephens for details (note change of venue).

January 1st (Friday) New Years Day Gathering at Brooklands Brooklands Museum January 11th (Wednesday) Club Night at the Bolney Stage Inn May 19th–22nd (Friday–Monday) Our 2017 Weekend of the Year will be a return to the Isle of Wight. Please contact Bob Stephens for booking details.

All details of regional and national events are under the Events & Regional sections on the main TIPEC.net website

Cornwall & Devon RO & ARO urgently wanted For now, contact Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 • sue.simmons1@gmail.com Merged with Bristol, South West & South Wales until a local RO is found.

Southern Region’s cars parked up on their visit to the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum

Outside at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum

Outside at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum

Southern RO Andy Fenwick 0776 720 1220 • andy.fenwick@tipec.net ARO Jim Tarrant 0120 260 1886 • jim.tarrant@consequia.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Old Thatch, 285 Wimborne Road West, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7NW. Southern Region recently visited the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum in the New Forest.

Many thanks to Nick for organising a very popular event and laying on the sunshine.

Nick's satnav went into ‘magical mystery tour’ mode and forced us to make an impromptu about turn when the lane got too narrow – much to the amusement of the local residents.

Jim’s starter motor needed a bump start by the Police!

December 6th (Tuesday) Christmas Dinner at The Old Thatch, Wimborne.

Contact us if you would like to join in.

January 3rd (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne February 7th (Tuesday) Club Night, The Old Thatch, Wimborne

Someone will have won a bottle of champagne at the November Club Night Quiz by now - well done whoever you are!

Please visit our website at www.tipec.net/regions/southern as we are continuously updating our events page.

Christmas is upon us – if you are quick, you might still be in time to join us for our celebrations at the Old Thatch.

Members will also receive email notifications of upcoming items.

Here's to lots more fun in 2017!

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Bristol, South West & South Wales RO Sue Simmons 07530 312 700 • sue.simmons1@gmail.com ARO Debs Bradshaw 07423 436 503 • debbradshaw@sytner.co.uk ARO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 • mjs019@gmail.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 6:30pm at The Plough, Pilning, Nr Bristol BS35 4JJ. www.theploughpilning.co.uk Hi all. As I am writing this it is a grey, gloomy, autumnal day and most of our year’s outings have been and gone. Thanks to all of you that have made this year fun and special thanks to those that have helped organise events and trips.

A big group of us had a fabulous trip over to Ireland in September and we were blessed with ‘roof down’ weather on many of the days, enabling enjoyment of the many Coastal routes, Wicklow Mountains and Mountains of Mourne to the full.

I know more people are doing this trip next year and it comes highly recommended.

We had a good turnout for our club area at Castle Combes’ Autumn Classic where we were joined by some faces from other regions – always welcome at anything I organise. Despite the torrential rain, gorgeous rainbows, and a really weatherproof gazebo the racing was still a spectacle – as was my face-first slip in the mud!

As well as putting the final touches to our big Christmas Lunch and annual Grand Charity Raffle I am starting to think about 2017. We already have a trip to Spa Classic in May booked and I am hoping to add a trip ‘up North’ in Scotland to the diary.

There will hopefully be more day trips, rallies and weekends away for shows and events.

Thanks to those of you that have offered to help with the planning.

Out in the mountains over Ireland

May TBC Spa Classic June 4th (Sunday) TIPEC Annual Show at Beaulieu

I hope that 2017 continues to bring new friends, great cars, and good fun for all of us.

September TBC Annual trip (possibly Scotland or Lake District)

December 6th (Tuesday) Club night at The Plough

Please contact me for any info you need on sue.simmons@tipec.net or 07530 312 700.

December 11th (Sunday) Christmas Lunch and Grand Charity Raffle

See our regional page on tipec.net and see our Facebook page for details of more things to do.

April TBC North Devon & Somerset drive (see regional page on tipec.net for exact time and date)

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