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Welcome Our New Mavericks!
by Becky and Tom Gomer, Region Membership Chairs
New Members October 2020
Scott Baird Flower Mound 2019 718 Boxster GTS
Bryan Black (Kelly) Mansfield 2020 Panamera 4
Stephen Butterworth Euless 2018 Macan S
Andres Calvo Plano 2019 911 Carrera T
Kevin Dicken Dallas 2020 Taycan 4S
Asier Espel Dallas 2013 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet
Christopher Foskey Keller 2012 Cayenne
William Hayes Dallas 2016 911 GT3 RS
Todd Hilts Prosper 2019 911 Carrera T
Courtney Kirsch Rockwall 2016 Cayman
(Hoai Khanh Nguyen)
Jackie Knittle The Colony 2018 Macan
Tom Krieger Dallas 2018 Macan
Evan Mar (Bryan) Murphy 2020 Macan S
Michael McHorse Dallas 2016 Boxster Spyder
Lynn Murray Southlake 2018 Panamera 4
Ron Naiser Granbury 2006 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet
Kenneth Reimer Dallas 2016 Cayman GT4
Alan Reza Euless 1999 911 Carrera
Ryan Scheid Stephenville 2002 Boxster S
Owen Stewart Plano 1999 911 Carrera Cabriolet
Peter Stricker Dallas 1987 911 Carrera
Jamauh Winston Fort Worth 2006 911 Carrera S Cabriolet
Transfers In
Andres Calvo Plano 2019 911 Carrera T
Transfer From: Llano Estacado (LLE)
Kevin & Nancy Eshbaugh Prosper 2008 Cayman S
Transfer From: Oregon (OR)
Please give a Maverick Welcome to these new members when you meet them
If you have any changes that
you would like to make to the
MRPCA membership guide, contact Tom or
Becky at membership@mavpca.org
Member Moment: Jon Drake
I was destined to own a Porsche when my first car
purchased in high school was a 1973 VW Beetle –
essentially a 1969 Porsche 912 with a different body
and smaller engine with a two-barrel carburetor.
In my early years, I owned numerous sports cars,
preferring DE events to really push the limits. It
seemed I was always comparing my times and
performance to Porsches on track. When my cars
would run hot, or their brakes would fade, the
Porsches kept on going and going.
I finally had enough, sold my Corvette C6 Z06, and
bought the Guards Red 2004 GT3. It took about 10
seconds in the driver’s seat to realize I had finally
reached heaven, and I have never looked back. The
GT3, essentially stock, does everything I tried to do
in all my other cars through countless modifications.
It is so reliable that I can run it hard at the track and
then drive home afterward. I love the fact that it is
THE last Porsche model with zero electronic driver
assists, save for anti-lock brakes. I love to actually
drive the car, be better than other drivers with my
heel-toe shifting, and feel on the edge of control
through my seat, controlling everything through
steering, throttle, and brake.
I was perfectly happy with just one Porsche until I
found myself following a wide-body 993 Carrera
4S on a road trip to Eureka Springs. Even my wife
commented on how aggressive and good that
wide-body looked. By the end of the trip I was so
obsessed with the look that I was determined to find
a perfect representation of that particular model.
After a year of looking at 964 Carrera 4s and 993
wide-bodies, I finally found THE ONE. It is a 1998
Carrera S, all of which are wide-bodies. It is THE VERY
LAST run of the air-cooled era. I was particularly
excited as I viewed it as having book-end models:
the last air-cooled 993 and the first water-cooled
996 GT3.
The similarities are many. Neither one has electronic
driver assists, save for anti-lock brakes. Both have
yellow calipers, color-coordinat ed seat belts, white
gauges, GT3 sport seats with external-color-painted
seat backs, and GT3 steering wheels. My 993 has the
Turbo II Aero Package, and I converted the bumpers
to Euro-spec by removing those ugly bumperettes.
The GT3 has a nice aggressive rear wing.
The 993 drives totally differently from the GT3. The
handling and feel is more cart-like than the GT3.
It obviously is much slower, but the driver feels
more engaged. The GT3 was a beast of a machine
in its day. I am constantly blown away by how much
had changed from the 993 models to the 996, and
especially the GT3. I can’t begin to describe the thrill
in feel and sound of the Mezger engine revving up
to 7500 rpm before shifting!!! The only things they
have in common are that the engine is in the rear,
and both models have managed to maintain almost
perfect 360-degree visibility in the cockpit. Yet,
while I am driving either one, I am thinking “This
one is my favorite!”
If I buy another, it might be a Type 356 for my
wife, who absolutely loves the Karmann Ghia body
style. Personally, I would tend to lean today to
the new Targa, as that body style has always been
my favorite. Who knows? One thing though: I
simply cannot envision ever getting rid of my two
book-ends.
AUSTIN | DALLAS | FORT WORTH | HOUSTON | SAN ANTONIO
Maverick Membership Statistics as of November 1
Primary Members: 2179 Affiliate Members: 1059 Total Membership: 3238
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