Porsche Club of America, Shenandoah Region / APRil 2010

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from the PRESIDENT Spring is here and the cars run great! The battery tenders did their jobs……both cars started right up after a long winter’s nap and were ready to go for a ride. And surprise, surprise, there was no oil drippage beneath the 928! I had to check just to see if it was out of oil or not!. We have a full calendar of events coming. Our first Pastrami and Porsche’s of the year was held on March 7th at Durty Nelly’s and was a great success. This was the one-year anniversary of this event and we look forward to many more. Thanks again to Gary Hagar, proprietor, for having us and providing some great food. While pulling in the parking lot at Durty Nelly’s, the 928 was almost backed into by a minivan whose driver couldn’t see me because her view was blocked. Jill was horrified speechless and couldn’t say a word so I just stood on the brakes, not having seen the errant minivan driver right away. As we all know, Porsche brakes are the best, but I found that I was also stepping on the edge of the gas pedal at the same time, so I was fully stopped, but felt a bit of rear tire slippage from a partially pressed accelerator pedal. I backed off the gas and brake and all was well….no damage and Jill finally was able to breathe. The 928 has an accelerator cable, which is more of an oddity these days with so many cars having drive-by-wire systems. I got to thinking about these new electronic control systems as they have been in the news recently. I’ve also noticed that my gas pedal is fastened and hinged at the floor and won’t be susceptible to floor mats holding it down either. We take some of these systems for granted, but I’d venture to say the engineers at Zuffenhausen have carefully considered real world Bill Sanders driving and have designed the physical and electronic controls so they won’t fail. My first car, a 1971 VW Super Beetle had an accelerator cable that ran from the gas pedal to the carburetor through a tube that ran through the interior hump. I remember that a spot-weld holding the tube in place broke and the tube itself would rise when the accelerator was pressed. I then remember the fun of trying to spot weld the tube back in place, keeping in mind that the fuel lines also ran nearby. And the electronic controls of that car! It had maybe 6 or eight fuses for its 12-volt system. There was no ABS, fuel injection or computers. Just ignition, lights and a radio. So simple to use and so simple to keep alive. The once-a-year carburetor rebuild, adjust the valve lash every three thousand miles. Ah the good old days! Would I want to go back to that again Not really. I like the new technology. Who could have imagined the possibility of the horsepower we have today with good fuel economy without electronic controls. And the computer systems we have in our cars now have more computing power than the first astronauts had in the Apollo program. Don’t forget to register for the 14th Annual Richmond Porsche Meet. RPM will again be held at the beautiful James River estate of Howard & Leeanne Faunce on June 5th, followed by autocross on the 6th at Southside Speedway. Let’s see if we can top last year’s event that had 80 cars displayed. Go to our website and register online. Go for a nice long drive and I’ll see you at the next event! www.foreignaffairs.us 108 Kerry Lane, Staunton, VA 24401 5
MEMBERSHIP Report April 2010 Rhonda Dunbrack Primary Members................................ 192 Affiliate Members................................ 149 Total Members..................................... 341 Welcome to the following new members Karl Stoltzfus Weyers Cave, VA 1987, 944 Check it Out! Great Gift Ideas http://shnpca.webstore.us.com Men & Women’s Apparel Kids Wear Racewear Luggage & Bags Accessories & More CALENDAR of Events April 03 Potomac Founders Region PCA High Performance Driving Clinic Summit Point, West Virginia 10-11 Mr. Jefferson’s Journey Joint Driving Tour with the Blue Ridge Region PCA To Poplar Forest & Peaks of Otter Start: Crozet, VA 18 Autocross at Augusta Government Center Verona, VA 23-25 Bosch Engineering 250 Grand-Am Race at VIR Danville, VA 24 Central PA Region Porsche-only Swap Meet Hershey, PA May 02 Porsches & Pastrami Charlottesville, VA 15 Autocross at Augusta Government Center Verona, VA 18 Social/Business Dinner Meeting Richmond, VA Details Coming Soon 21-23 First Settlers Region PCA DE & PCA National Instructor Clinic at VIR Danville, VA June 4-6 Richmond Porsche Meet (RPM) Richmond, VA 25-27 Zone 2 PCA Club Race & Advanced DE at VIR Danville, VA July 3-9 Porsche Parade St. Charles, IL 02 11th Annual British & European Car Show Richmond, VA 08 Montpelier to Bavarian Chef Drive & Dine Montpelier Station, VA visit SHN.PCA.ORG for details & updates HEAT EXCHANGER 4.2010 6
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