PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA • SUNCOAST REGION PORSCHE Profile
NOVEMBER 2017
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2017 Officers & Board of Directors
Officers President – Mike Mackenzie 727-510-5079, [email protected] Past President – Jill Perry 727-244-5137, [email protected] Vice President – John Vita 941-920-6698, [email protected] Secretary – Pamela Richard 16 727-385-6606, [email protected] Treasurer – Terry Richard 727-385-6605, [email protected] Elected Directors Social – Missy Teasley 727-480-0355, [email protected] Safety – Christian Rava 21 727-278-5991, [email protected] Competition – Danny Shields 813-681-5378, [email protected] Membership Chair – Larry Mendez 813-695-7093, [email protected] Board Members at Large 25 Tori Lewis 727-424-1686, [email protected] PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA • SUNCOAST REGION INSIDE THIS ISSUE Emad Sultanem PORSCHE 646-327-6202, [email protected] The President’s Message...... 5 Eric Rahenkamp Profile 813-294-3098, [email protected] In the Corners, Event Schedule...... 7 President Appointed The Membership Starting Line...... 9 Webmaster – Paul Bienick Tech Notes by Pedro...... 12 941-544-2775, [email protected] Marketing/Comm. Director – Rick Meyer Smoky Mt. Tour...... 16 813-417-9779, [email protected] Profile Editor & Publisher – Norm Sippel Drive Only As Fast...... 19 727-787-5929, [email protected] Frankfurt International Auto Show...... 21 Chief Track Instructor – Amy Riches
941-518-0004, [email protected] NOVEMBER 2017 Reeves Motorcars Social...... 25 DE Registrar – Denise Remus Photo of the Month...... 26 727-215-7452, [email protected] On the cover DE Tech – Peter Vosotas “Wo ist das?” Editor’s Notes...... 29 727-479-2090, [email protected] Photo by Mary Hill of her Charitable Endeavors – Dave Bassett 2018 Macan S at Schloss Marketplace...... 30 941-720-1964, [email protected] Stauffenberg, Durbach, Germany. 48 Hours at Sebring Co-Chair – Joshua Breckeen Do you have a photo you think is worthy PORSCHE 727-251-5289, [email protected] Profile of a Porsche Profile cover? Graphic Artist Photo Editor PCA Zone 12 Rep – Steve Kidd Send your high-res vertical images in PDF or JPEG format to: [email protected] Melissa Schneider George Wienhold 954-292-3915, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PORSCHE PROFILE • NOVEMBER 2017 3
President’s Message By MIKE MACKENZIE
It’s now officially fall, although it’s sometimes If you don’t participate in the autocross hard to tell the difference where we live. If you program, driver’s education events, and the were a participant on the Fall tour, I’m sure you Fall tour, you miss the one-on-one opportuni- got a good taste of cool weather and beautiful ties that these events offer. For those of us scenery. who have been doing some of these events for Now that I’m writing my penultimate col- many years, we go just as much to visit with old umn as your President, I find it remarkable how friends, have a beer together at the bar, enjoy a quickly the past two years have gone by. I’ve meal, or to just sit around chatting than we do enjoyed being in the leadership of this club for actually driving our cars. The cars got us there: many years (off and on), and I can honestly say, The people bring us back! I’ve gotten more out of it than I put into it. I want to thank the members of the Board When I joined PCA in 1993, the club looked of Directors for the past two years for their and acted much differently. We didn’t have hard work and support. It is not an easy task to Internet and iPhones and many of the other plan and organize as many events as our Region conveniences we now have, so things moved at hosts every year. The new Board of Directors a slower pace, but what we did have was more will take over on the first of January, led by personal communication. We met together, John Vita. The club is in excellent hands with talked on the phone, attended board meetings/ John and this Board! socials at people’s homes and really got to know Don’t forget to register for the Gala, which a bunch of people pretty well. Now, our com- will again be held at the beautiful Sarasota munication is certainly faster, but it is also less Yacht Club on December 3. Registration will personal and we don’t get to know each other as be through clubregistration.net. This is our pre- we did back then. To that extent, it is a shame! mier social event of the year, so don’t miss it!
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Cooler winds are blowing now and we notice the beautiful colors of the leaves as they EVENTS fall from the trees. Autumn has arrived. We begin to think of decorating for Thanksgiving and to plan our menu for the feast that we will serve Thanksgiving Day. I will be honest • Nov. 4: Wine Tasting and Dinner to benefit and say that I love the feast on Thanksgiving Day, but I also look forward to the next day Ready for Life, Mike Kwasin’s, Tampa when we have turkey sandwiches on white bread with mayo. If you are honest, you will • Nov. 5: Autocross, Brooksville Airport with- agree. One brings on the other. Yum—Yum. I have so much to be thankful for that if I start to list, Norm will have to add several BMW CCA pages to the Profile. I don’t think he wants to do that. So I will just say for the many • Nov. 15: Date Porsche Night, Pier 22, Bra- blessings I have, I am thankful. denton Canceled And talking about being thankful, I have to tell you about the end of this year’s deployment for our granddaughter Ensign Ryanne Moore, who is a member of Suncoast • Nov. 17-19: Instructors School/DE, Sebring Porsche Club. On Saturday morning, September 3, 2017, The USS Bataan arrived at the • Dec. 3: Suncoast PCA Holiday Gala, Sara- dock at the Norfolk Naval Base, after being away for seven months. That was her first sota Yacht Club deployment and the first time ever away from friends and family for such a long stretch of time. Needless to say, we were there to greet her. So happy that she had this experience • Dec. 9: Porsches in the Park, St. Armand’s and so happy that she is now back in the USA… I do not know where the time went but Circle, Sarasota I am sure she was just a baby a short time ago. It is true the older one gets the faster time RSVP to [email protected] passes. I know that for a fact. Moving on to the winding down for the year’s activities for Suncoast members. for wristband needed for entry. November 4, 2017, will be the Wine Tasting Dinner at Mike Kwasin home in Tampa. For • Dec. 12: Autocross, Brooksville Airport more information on this organization and their valuable work, go to pages 22 and 24 of the September Profile. Also check the Suncoast PCA Website and go to www.clubregis- • Feb. 17: The Gathering of the Faithfull Tour tration.net to rsvp. #2 to Howie-In-the Hills The 2017 Gala is December 3, 2017. Get those nice clothes out of the closet or, what the heck, go shopping and treat yourself to a new outfit and call it an early Christmas Check our website for sign-up information present. The Gala will be held at the Sarasota Yacht Club. A beautiful club, a great loca- for all events. Some require you register at: tion, delicious meal planned followed with great desserts. Probably some of the boats www.clubregistration.net docked there will be decorated for the Holidays. A site to see the marina all lit up for the holidays. Go to clubregistration.net for more details and to rsvp. Get on the list *Non-PCA Events; PCA insurance does not apply before November 25, 2017. This Gala will be a special one for me as it will end my term as Social for the Stay tuned! The Suncoast Region calendar is Suncoast Porsche Club. I have made a lot of friends, had a lot of fun and have updated monthly with new events and changes enjoyed the ride, but it is time for someone else to take the wheel of Social. I as they occur. For more info, contact: know you will support Jen Lane as you have supported me. I am not going away AX: Danny Shields, [email protected] for sure, I am just going to rsvp and attend with you all the fun things that Social Drivers Ed: Amy Riches, [email protected] has to offer. Thank you for your continued support and friendship. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
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PORSCHE PROFILE • NOVEMBER 2017 13 economy are true for properly inflated tires regardless of the • Racing teams strap nitrogen bottles onto their tents’ legs gas used to fill them. to hold them down. Then there’s the claim regarding the reduction of internal • Nitrogen tanks nearby allows them to fill or adjust tires tire oxidation because nitrogen is inert and oxygen is corro- and to run their pneumatic tools without the need for an air sive. I don’t think any of us have ever replaced a tire that had compressor which requires electric power (generator). internal rubber decay because of oxygen corrosion. Although Oh, I almost forgot. There are those that claim that since it is partly true –oxygen is corrosive, your tires will wear out nitrogen is lighter than air you’ll save weight and have bet- many times over before oxygen starts to damage the rubber ter performance. OK, so let’s analyze this one, I mean, less material. If this claim were true and oxygen causes rubber unsprung weight is good, no? The weight difference between corrosion that quickly, what about the outside of the tire? It oxygen and nitrogen is less than 3%, but let’s take the full 3%. is exposed to 22% oxygen even if you have pure nitrogen on the inside! One 255/40/17 summer tire holds approximately 13.88 liters (0.5 cu.ft.) of air at 2 bar (29.4 psi). One liter of air is roughly equal to 1 gram so there are roughly 13.88 grams of air per tire, 55.52 grams in all 4 tires. Nitrogen is 3% lighter than oxygen, but there’s only 22% oxy- gen in air, so the difference in weight from all 4 tires is 0.3664 grams, that’s a whopping one third of a gram! Here’s the math: 55.52 gr x 0.03 x 0.22 = 0.3664 gr To put it in perspective, one official ping pong ball weighs 2.7 grams. So, in essence, filling your tires with nitrogen won’t hurt Some people also will tell you that tires filled with nitro- anything and will provide some minimal benefits. gen don’t change pressure as much with heat as those filled But, is it worth it? with air, or that tires filled with nitrogen run cooler than those with air and that’s why most race cars including F1, Absolutely ... if you go to Costco or other shops where Indy and NASCAR all use it. it’s a free service with your new tires. But paying an average of $10 per tire is absolutely not worth it. Again, not true. At the temperature (150 – 250ºF) and pressure (25 – 45 psi), thresholds found in racing tires, both Furthermore it may give you a false sense of security air and nitrogen will act as “ideal gasses,” meaning that they where you won’t regularly inspect your tires. Remember, even will react exactly the same to temperature and pressure. filled with pure nitrogen your tires will lose pressure over time. The real reasons why most race teams use nitrogen gas in their tires are: For more information about tires, and how to fix them, fill them, and more, please visit my website at: www.Pedros- • Nitrogen is an inexpensive, nonflammable gas that can Garage.com. be transported safely in high-pressure bottles Happy Porsche-ing, • Nitrogen is dry (no water vapor)
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PORSCHE PROFILE • NOVEMBER 2017 15 “Porsches and People — Herding Cats, 2017 Group Shot,” Image by Mark Krekorian.
Contributors: Bill and Mary Caldwell PCA. One significant fact given by National in that call Images: Tom Briest, Mark Krekorian, rather astounded a number of us on the tour, and which and Ike Mihaelaras I believe you, as a Profile reader and Suncoast Region member, should be aware. The 2017 Smoky Mountains Tour had it all: river valley Regional road tours in a year now out-number all other and mountain peak roads, with switch-backs, off-camber events—combined, put on by PCA and its regions! That curves, short and long straights; great scenery; special being said, Mary and I feel fortunate to have taken part breakfasts, lunches, and dinners; the company of old and in the numerous iterations of Suncoast Region’s Smoky new friends; and uninterrupted time with our Porsches. Mountains Tour, which we truly believe is one of the pre- This year was the fourteenth annual rendition of the mier tours offered in PCA. Alumni made up the greater Smoky Mountains trip, all versions of which our Region’s part of this year’s group, but late in the tour we were Tourmeisters, Carl and Diane Bohall, stewarded. joined by new members, Stephen and Beth Reed (2017 Fourteen various Porsche models, from a 996 Silver black Porsche Macan), whom we hope will rejoin us in GT2, along with a 996 Purple Cabriolet Carrera, two Cay- up-coming events. mans, a Boxster, a slew of different vintages of 997s, a Thanks, Carl and Diane for your efforts and work in 991, a Cayenne, and a Macan, made up the field this year. making the Smoky Mountain Tour such a 2017 highlight. In the 2017 tour hand-out packet, the Bohalls related Photos help exhibit this year’s tour, so if you were not information from a PCA-wide conference call as to tours, there, have a look or two…. initiated earlier in the year by the National Office of
16 Visit SuncoastPCA.org for news, events and updates! “Our Tour Piper, Greg Nicolosi at Work, with an Operational Wine Glass in the Foreground,” Photo by Tom Briest.
“At right, Cat Bolles, Cayenne Navigator, Moving-in for the Evening (Ask Cat about Walmart Gray).” Photo by Bill Caldwell.
“A GT2 Tail (owned by Ike and Janette Mihaelaras) “Dan and Gayle Konkol, with their 991 Carrera, After a Day’s Run.” Photo by Bill Caldwell. at one of the Lunch Stops,” Image by Ike. Mihaelaras.
“One Tour Driver’s Mandatory Head- Gear (Blurred for Identity Protection).” “Our Fire Pit Gathering Place for Three Evenings.” Photo by Bill Caldwell. Photo by Bill Caldwell. PORSCHE PROFILE • NOVEMBER 2017 17 2017 Drivers
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18 Visit SuncoastPCA.org for news, events and updates! Only drive as fast as you can see MAINTAINING Road Safety
By Norm Sippel Older or poorly maintained cars and trucks tend to drop Cool temperatures have finally hit the Suncoast. Time for oil and anti-freeze on the road. With many days or weeks open-top or top-down drives once again. between rain storms, that liquid gets absorbed into the pave- Of course, some of our members have just spent a few ment. Then when it rains, it all comes to the surface making days in the Smoky Mountains enjoying the cool (almost the roadway very slippery. Not like snow or ice, but it can cold) air and the twisty mountain roads of NW North be pretty close. So, keep that in mind during these coming Carolina/Georgia and SE Tennessee. We did that drive a months. Be wary and occasionally “test” the road traction few years ago. That drive took me back to the days of VW, in rain, but only when it is safe to do so. If you brake hard, Porsche + Audi new-car introductions, many of which were do you activate your anti-lock brake system at a lower pedal held on and near the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville pressure than usual? If so, that means the road is slippery. and Charlottesville also in autumn. It was on one of those Be careful! trips that we shared a car with the auto writer for Town & “Only drive as fast as you can see” also applies for night Country magazine. He had a great philosophy for driving driving. When we bought our 1997 Targa, it had the original an unknown road with frequent limited sight lines—“Only Halogen headlight bulbs. Not only were they poorly aimed, drive as fast as you can see.” You can and should apply that but they were useless above 50 mph. That was in great to your normal day-to-day driving as well. At DE’s or when contrast to cars we owned in the 1970s and later when we racing, we have Flaggers at critical spots. So, that’s a very installed Cibie Z-Beams with high-wattage halogen bulbs. different environment. There are fond memories of illuminating highway signs a Think about it: If you can’t see around a curve, could mile ahead with those headlights. The solution was to install you stop in time if a deer were standing in the road around HID “bulbs” front and back. (See Pedro Bonilla’s Tech that bend and out of sight? Our Porsches have great brakes Notes in April 2017 Profile.) That made a big difference and and we keep good tires on our cars. However, at this time we can now see to drive I-75 at night at the prevailing speed. of year in areas where leaves cover parts of the road, you Another application of “Only drive as fast as you can simply can’t stop as fast, especially on wet leaves. Granted, see” applies to following trucks or big SUVs too closely. we don’t have very much of that here in Florida. However, If you can’t see the taillights of the vehicle in front of that we do have to deal with occasional rain during what is now truck, you are following too closely. Back off or change our “dry season.” lanes so you have better visibility. Stay safe and maximize your view of the road ahead.
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By JEREMY SWIGER On Thursday, we drove straight to the show from Orlando, 1989: Just shy of my 11th birthday, my dad Stuttgart, opting to check into our Airbnb afterward. We took me to an International Auto Show for the first time. A didn’t want to waste any time should we miss something. transformative experience which fortified my budding car Plus, we wanted to pace ourselves so as not to wear out too enthusiasm, it began an annual pilgrimage to see all the latest quickly. Once in the door, we devised a plan. We would and greatest new cars. Through the years, we often discussed intersperse Thursday in the BMW and Mercedes halls with going to see a “real” car show; one of the big ones with flashy breaks for half-liter refreshment. With any extra time, we world premieres you read about in magazines. would check out the outdoor exhibitions, which consisted of various ride-along demonstrations as well as gimmicky simulators and auto-polish vendors. We intentionally saved our visit to Porsche for Saturday as we had another Porsche- phile friend joining us midday Friday. We should have gone as soon as he arrived on Friday, a mistake I will discuss later.
Unfortunately, Dad didn’t come over for it, only the 3rd time over the last 28 years in which we didn’t make it to the car show together. While disappointing to not have my main sidekick with me, I didn’t have to go alone and learned the ins and outs of attending a show this big. We’ll have another opportunity to when the show occurs again in 2019, so hopefully he can come for that one. If you read my article on the Retro-Classics show in Stuttgart back in March, you may recall that I was accompanied by some fellow die-hard car guys: fellow ex- pats with a pretty unique fleet of vehicles. Two of them, Jimmy and Anthony, jumped at the opportunity to take in the Frankfurt show over a long weekend. We borrowed my wife Kate’s rusty but reliable BMW 5er wagon for the trip. It’s decidedly roomier than Jimmy’s M3 or Anthony’s Hellcat and we don’t worry about it getting dinged up in the parking garage.
The show, at least from a public perspective, has an appearance similar in many respects to any other new-car show. Many different car manufacturers have their latest and Continued on next page PORSCHE PROFILE • NOVEMBER 2017 21 Frankfurt Auto Show from page 21 greatest on display for the public to wear out the driver’s seat, leave finger prints on the chrome, and blast the radio in a vain attempt to blow the speakers. However, there are several key differences, not the least of which is the sheer magnitude of this show. More importantly are the “Weltpremieres” (world premieres) of new models during press and trade days leading up to the public opening. The slogan “Future Now” served to underscore the theme of this year’s show and paid homage to the vast digitization and automation occurring throughout the industry. To understand the size of this show, it’s helpful to have a comparison. According to the Frankfurt Messe’s website, it has 366,000 square meters of indoor and 96,000 square meters of outdoor exhibition space. Considering the indoor BMW had a track which wrapped around and outside space only, this is roughly 6.5 times bigger than theTampa of the presentation area, terminating on a giant stage with a Convention Center. This was evident to us immediately, massive LED backdrop screen. This allowed for an audience as we walked past the ticket stands into immediate sensory extending beyond the presentation stage and into the main overload in the BMW hall. According to a Mercedes-Benz hall. While the actual premieres of the new M5 and other insider, both BMW and Mercedes own their respective vehicles occurred during the press days, we did get to see a exhibition halls, avoiding exorbitant rent and allowing more couple of 7s making loops of the track...pretty neat. Over at freedom to build elaborate displays showcasing their vehicles. the Mercedes-Benz hall, a series of multi-story LED panels suspended from the ceiling became an integral part of various model presentations. Four of these panels were movable sideways, forming individual or one, single giant screen depending on the program.
In the next issue, I’ll share my experience of getting up close and personal with the three new model variants that Porsche premiered at Frankfurt this year as well as to discuss the consequence of waiting until Saturday to see the Porsche display. I hope you stay tuned.
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PORSCHE PROFILE • NOVEMBER 2017 29 Welcome to TheMarketplace Suncoast Florida PCA’s official free classified section Automobiles Parts • 1990 C2 Cabriolet, 5spd, black/linen. • 928 PARTS: passenger door, rear bumpers, 130K miles, 10K miles on 3.8L rebuild, many assorted interior pieces, $950 ALL. Anthony 2017 Advertising Rates upgrades. Owned since 2001, always garaged. Euro LoBalbo, Beverly Hills, FL. [email protected]. Contact Norm Sippel lights, custom badging & sound system, Cup wheels, (352)513-5058. (1117) restored interior, much more. Complete records. One- • Four (4) Alzor 18” x 9” rims suitable for [email protected] off beauty. $40K OBO. Email [email protected]. Cayenne or VW Tourig. No center caps. All offers (1017) considered. 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