Slipstream - January 2013

Porsches, I’ve been a lifelong car
enthusiast. I’ve actively collected
vintage American performance cars
for over 30 years, though I don’t
own any at the moment. While the
vintage cars hold a tremendous
amount of nostalgia and memories
for me, the new Porsche is a car I
can drive on a daily basis as well as
participate in club driving events.
Earlier this year when I heard a new
retro style of Targa would likely be
released in the 991 model, I bought
Frank Briggs and grandson
Nathan enjoying the only
item on the menu that day
the 2008 Targa to see if I’d like the
whole 911 concept. Would it be too
Barbara Geiger, a Maverick
since 1987, with her 911
small? Too finicky? No. None of
that. I thoroughly enjoy it and so
does Susan. It is very important to
The Winkelmans on one of the
roads for which Porsches were made
have her on board with this hobby
too; it’s an activity we both can
enjoy together. We’ve found all of
the people we’ve met this year in
the Maverick Region (and at the
Porsche Escape in the Ozarks) to
be very friendly, down-to-earth
folks. People who are easy to relate
to and visit with. If we’d known
Porsche ownership and clubbing
was this much fun, we would have
done it years earlier.
January 11