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PCA—A popular PCA member benefit is The Mart, the club’s classifieds section online
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PCA—Celebrating 30 years of the 964—Porsche Club of America (PCA) welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to the third annual Werks Reunion Amelia Island on March 8, 2019, the Friday preceding the
Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. Membership in PCA is not required to participate in this celebration of Porsche automobiles. Expect to view a breathtaking array of Porsches at this free-to-spectators event, from rare classics to current models and everything in between. Display your own cherished car in model-specific Porsche Corrals or enter the Porsche Judged Field and compete to win in more than 20 prize categories.
| | Motor Trend—Money no object, which would you choose: the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, or the 911 GT3 Touring? Turbo and PDK versus naturally aspirated and six-speed stick shift; two different solutions to the same
challenge, each quintessentially 911. In truth, there's no wrong answer here. But, like medieval scholars arguing over angels dancing on the head of a pin, it's something on which few enthusiasts would choose not have an opinion. Here's mine ...
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| | PCA—Porsche drivers appreciate technical excellence, precision, and developing the skills to operate complex machines proficiently, which may explain why our favorite cars are popular among pilots. Read about six of them and their love for Stuttgart’s machines in our feature story, “Pilots and Porsches.” The 4 and 4S iterations of the 992-series 911 are out, and Editor Rob Sass drove
them in Valencia, Spain. The title of his article, "Superhero," might indicate how he feels about the car. Gerrit Wistrup paid $500 for a 944, intending to use it as a parts car. Years of labor and love have turned "The $500 Porsche" into a daily driver. About 20,000 miles into his ownership of a used 997, Carl Spencer discovered a major problem. See how he handled it in "Bore Score and Seven Years Ago." Connecticut Valley Region member Todd Pajonas started with track days, and now is a fully
committed racer at PCA events, constantly improving and upgrading his cars. Read about what led him down the "Slippery Slope."
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PCA—The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will compete in the 67th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts on Saturday, March 16th. That race will be preceded on Friday, March 15th, by the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) 1000 Miles of Sebring. The
doubleheader endurance race weekend brings together the world’s two leading sports car racing championships at North America’s oldest and most historic road racing facility. The Porscheplatz will be the hub of activity for PCA members and Porsche owners during the races. There will be presentations by Porsche Motorsports North America and Porsche GT team drivers.
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PCA—Are YOU ready to Boca?
Important Dates to Remember:
- Parade: July 21-27, 2019 in Boca Raton, Florida
- Phase 2 Registration: April 15, 2019 at 12 PM EST. You will select events and activities at this time.
Some registration tips:
- Please visit our website and view the registration guide.
- Do not call the hotel directly regarding reservations.
- If you have questions regarding housing registration, or need help making reservations, please contact Porsche Parade Housing Bureau at porscheparade@conferencedirect.com
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| | Autocar via YouTube—I know the Porsche 914 is, to many of the worst kind of Porsche snobs, not a real Porsche. It was even branded in Europe as a “VW-Porsche,” and, more galling, it had a Volkswagen engine. But, there was another version, the 914/6, that had the flat-six out of the 911. This is the version everyone seems to agree is the respectable 914, but when you actually look at
the numbers, I’m not so sure.
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Road & Track—Porsche's IndyCar attempt was probably too ambitious. In the late 1980s, when the German marque entered, most teams bought their chassis from March or Lola and engines from Cosworth—proven hardware from experienced manufacturers. Porsche decided to do everything in-house, which turned out to be a poor
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| | The Drive—If there's one annoying automotive enthusiast tic that needs to stop, it's all the fussing and hum-hawing over auction results. Every time there's a nearly perfect low-mileage example of an everyman's car that nabs an absurd amount at auction, the internet comes to a halt in outrage.
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Drivetribe via YouTube—The V4 engine is such a rare layout in a road car, being found predominantly instead in motorcycles.
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| | Carfection via YouTube—Henry Catchpole takes the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo to Wales for a full road review.
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| | PCARMARKET—The all-Porsche 24/7 online auction, will be launching at the end of February. The feedback from the Porsche community has been tremendous. In order to prepare users for an effective bidding experience, a Public Preview of the initial launch vehicles will be available online beginning February 22.
PcarMarket invites you to be part of the excitement. Registration is open and consignments are being accepted.
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Petrolicious—Zef Eisenberg already holds speed records on two wheels, including the fastest motorbike on sand, and has survived Britain’s fastest-ever (230mph) motorcycle crash. Now he wants to become the first person to achieve a British land speed record on bike and car within a year, aiming to exceed 200mph on sand in a
modified 1200hp road-legal Porsche 911 Turbo S. The plan is to attempt the record on the weekend of 6-7 April 2019 at Pendine Sands in South Wales, home to famous historic speed record attempts, including Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 174mph driving Bluebird in 1927.
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| | Motor1—Top Gear challenges don't have to be high-minded international affairs to be fun. This particular challenge has everything we've come to expect: risk, reward, danger, competition, entertainment, and just a sliver of educational value.
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Oversteer by Autotrader—I recently discovered something surprising: Porsche once made a Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. More importantly, Porsche actually made a Murano CrossCabriolet before there even was a Murano CrossCabriolet -- and I think Porsche made it uglier.
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| | Carscoops—Located in the town of Nürburg, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the Nurburgring is considered by enthusiasts as being the world’s greatest race track. It is also considered by auto manufactures as the ultimate test ground for new cars. (Ed.: Click here to visit the official Nürburgring
website webcam page.)
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Road & Track—Porsche kept the underpinnings of the original 911 largely the same for 30 years, so owners often take advantage by swapping parts like suspension, engines, and even body panels around to make their ideal 911.
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| | Motor1—While Porsche will no longer be racing at Le Mans, they leave behind an amazing record of 19 overall wins. Porsche has always been keen to preserve their heritage, and now, they will be commemorating those 19 victories in a very clever way.
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Carscoops—Lego Technic has been sending model car fans wild in recent months by launching scale models of some of the industry’s most beloved vehicles. From the Corvette ZR1 to the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Bugatti Chiron, and Aston Martin DB5, we thought we’d seen it all. We were wrong.
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Roadshow by CNET—J.D. Power polled nearly 33,000 owners of 2016 model-year vehicles about their three-year ownership experience, and some very familiar names have ended up atop the resulting ranks.
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| | Action News by ABC6—A Porsche owner was left with an expensive problem after a jet ski launch gone wrong left one of the luxury sedans partially submerged in a Western Australia harbor.
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Bloomberg—Porsche’s U.K. unit told customers they might have to pay as much as 10 percent more than expected if the country makes a hard Brexit and their imported car arrives after March 29.
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Carscoops—The third generation Toyota MR2’s front end already kind of reminded people of Porsche, thanks to those large bulging headlights and how they mesh with the front wings and the hood.
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SEMA Action Network—At the request of the SEMA Action Network (SAN), a resolution (H. Res. 108) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize July 12, 2019, as Collector Car Appreciation Day (CCAD). H. Res. 108 is sponsored by Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus House Co-Chairs
Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) and Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA). The date marks the 10th commemoration in what has become an annual event to celebrate and raise awareness of the vital role automotive restoration and collection plays in American society.
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| | The Drive—It's always striking to me how much fewer electric vehicles I see when I leave major cities. The problem always seems to come down to an infrastructure one: EVs are more common in places where there are ample charging spots, and not so much elsewhere. Yet even when I've had a plug-in test car in Austin, the infrastructure to charge it seems barely adequate even in a major
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PCA—To celebrate 70 years of Porsche, the world’s greatest sports car, Porsche Design has created a timepiece exclusively for Porsche Club of America (PCA) members: the Chronograph 70Y Sportwagen PCA Edition. Strictly limited to only 70 timepieces worldwide, this masterpiece pays tribute to the passion, commitment and
camaraderie of PCA members, as well as the legendary Chronograph I, the first-ever timepiece developed by Porsche Design.
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PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at damonl@pca.org with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as
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Griot's Garage partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest
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Winners will receive a Griot's Garage Concours Lawn Kit, a $99.99 value. We will also randomly award a PotW voter each month a PFM Speed Shine Kit, a $28.99 value. All you have to do is cast a vote for your favorite Porsche photo.
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Photo by Stephen Restelli. Green Mountain Region. "Porsche was celebrating its 70th year, and 70 has a special meaning to me as I bought my 1961 356 Karmann Sports Coupe (aka, notchback) in 1970.
"In 1961, Porsche sent 1,048 cabriolet bodies to Karmann where a special hardtop was welded onto them. Only about 100 are thought to have survived to this day. I purchased it in Costa Mesa, California from Don Burns Volkswagen in 1970, when I was 19, and drove it past 131,000 miles in 1973 shortly before I sold the car.
"For a full 40 years, I regretted selling this car, and then in 2013 it appeared on eBay. I bought the car back, and in all that time it had only traveled about 10,000 miles — confirmed by the seller's log book, which also contained all my original receipts.
"This photograph was taken in Marshfield, Vermont in the fall a few years ago. I think the car is smiling, happy to have come back home to me."
Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to potw@pca.org. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
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e-Brake News
I hope you enjoyed this issue of Porsche Club of America's e-Brake News. If you have any
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