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ROADRUNNER Ramblings PCA award winning newsletter 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 Region First Runner Up Ferry Porsche Award 2017 October 2019 2020 718 Cayman GT4 Porsche of Albuquerque 8900 Pan American Alb, NM 87113 505-821-4000 www.porscheabq.com Showroom hours M-F 8:30AM – 7:00PM, S 9:00AM – 6:00PM ©2017 Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Porsche recommends seat belt usage and observance of traffic laws at all times. Roadrunner Ramblings October 2019 2 2019 Board of Directors ROADRUNNER PCA Roadrunner Region Vance Bass President [email protected] Ramblings The Magazine of the Roadrunner Region Porsche Club of America George Watkins Vice President, Safety Chair Volume 52, No. 10 October 2019 [email protected], [email protected] UPCOMING EVENTS COLUMNS Cathie Tardy Treasurer 8 Porsche 911 v992 unveiling, Chile Cook Off, 5 Top Down Red River Tour [email protected] 6 5th Gear 15 In the Zone Sean Simpson FEATURES & REVIEWS Secretary 32 Membership Report 9 Roadrunner Chile Cookoff Info [email protected] 10 Corrales Roundup Recap 16 Rocky Mountain Thunder Info Paul Teske Member-at-Large 18 2020 Election Member Bios [email protected] 26 2020 Election Board of Directors Ballot Marc Schwartz 26 Fall Colors Drivout Info Membership Chair, Member-at-Large [email protected] 28 Porsche, The Electrical Pioneer 34 Pedro’s Garage - It’s a Dirty Job Jules Doty Social Media Chair, Member-at-Large [email protected] Damian Kemm Member-at-Large The Roadrunner Region, Porsche Club of America (RRR) publishes the Ramblings monthly for its members. Written [email protected] contributions and photos are welcome and should be e-mailed to the editor. The deadline for material is on the first of the month of publication. We credit all members for their submissions. All material in this newsletter is protected by copyright. However, the newsletter editors of other regions chartered by Porsche Club of America may reprint any article Larry Knippel provided that credit is given to the author and Roadrunner Region and that the Ramblings is cited as the source. Member-at-Large [email protected] Region mailing address: RRRPCA Evelyn Watkins PO BOX 92113 Autocross Chair, Member-at-Large ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87199 [email protected] Mike Suttle Other Regional Contacts Past President Rich Sanders Ann Mulhern Waller Zone 9 Representative Webmaster [email protected] [email protected] Steve Waller ROADRUNNER Larry Bost Editor of Ramblings Insurance Chair [email protected] [email protected] Ramblings Carrie Rowland J. Garton 2020 Fiesta Co-Chair PCA award winning newsletter 2019, 2018, Chief Driving Instructor 2017, 2016, 2015 [email protected] Kelly Raab Region First Runner Up Ferry Porsche 2020 Fiesta Co-Chair Award 2017 www.rrrpca.com 3 Roadrunner Ramblings October 2019 Cover Photo: by Alan Mitchell ROADRUNNER Ramblings Index of Advertisers Porsche of Albuquerque .................. Inside Front Cover 2 Veritas .................................................14 Performance MotorCar Investments ........................14 ROADRUNNER Petroglyph Home Organizing Solutions ......................17 Ramblings Owl Cafe ...............................................17 Team Steve Waller Jim’s Fine Car Service ....................................27 Editor [email protected] Positive Energy Solar .....................................30 Ann Mulhern Waller Butterfield’s Jewelers .....................................31 Managing editor [email protected] OsteoStrong .............................................33 Vance Bass Hans Wittler Automotive ..................................37 Proofing Pedro’s Garage ..........................................37 Myriah Williams Design & Production Chet’s Wheel Alignment ...................................37 All articles and photos are contributed by members of Four Seasons Cleaning ....................................38 the club. Porsche of Albuquerque ....................... Back Cover 39 Ramblings is an award winning newsletter. Visit our website: www.rrrpca.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ groups/292039689250/ Roadrunner Ramblings October 2019 4 Top Down Vance Bass Region President Ah, change is in the air! The balloons are up, the accommodate us (and our requirements). The more of temperatures are down, and we can finally really put us there are, the fewer places we find that can seat us all, the top down and enjoy having a cabriolet. In case you that serve alcohol, and that will give a large group like have ever considered one, let me tell you that “fun in the ours separate checks, all of which we have insisted on summer sun” is not a working concept in New Mexico. since the club began. But in the spring, and now … aaahhh! As the group grows and the number of venues shrinks, There are other changes afoot as well. Soon we’ll be there are several ways we could deal with the situation. voting on a new slate of officers for the club. My time as We could give up holding Meet & Greet dinners president is drawing to a close and soon it will be time to altogether – but who wants that? Or we could hold them pass the ceremonial claw hammer on to George Watkins. every two months, so we don’t go through the available I’ve enjoyed being vice-president and then president, but restaurants so fast. (Some bigger regions only do them it hasn’t been without challenges and waking up in the once a quarter.) We could limit the number of people morning wondering about the same thing I laid awake who can sign up. We could go to restaurants or hotels last night wondering about (see below). I’ll be ready for that have big banquet rooms and a fixed-price, catered a little time off, come January, and the club will be in menu. We could hold potluck or bring-your-own-bag- good hands. lunch dinners at public picnic grounds. Another wind is blowing, one which may or may not Yep, they all have their drawbacks in addition to solving bring a change. We have been growing steadily over the some part of our problem, but we really can’t go back last four or five years, which is a wonderful blessing, but to the old days and old ways. Nor do we want to – who also comes with some challenges. For example, when wants the region to shrink down to 100 members again, we passed 400 primary members we were “bumped up” just so we can all cram into a small restaurant? to a Class IV Region, which means that as soon as we get 401 members, we still are compared to regions with We’ve already started making some changes to the many more members. Nevertheless, The Ramblings Meet & Greet schedule, and they’ve been met with continues to win awards competing with much larger enthusiasm. The Saturday luncheons give the chance regions, a sign of real success. That’s a good thing! to eat with the club to a lot of people who work on weekday evenings, or who live too far away to drive Unfortunately, we are also running up against some in and drive home on Thursday. When we meet on at problems larger regions have to deal with. The most Saturday noon, we get a more diverse (and usually pressing one is with our social events. We seem to considerably larger) group. Making the social events be victims of our own success, in that our Meet & more available to people from northern New Mexico and Greet groups are getting too large to find places to southern Colorado is really successful, so that’s a great 5 Roadrunner Ramblings October 2019 result from a seemingly small change (even though it And finally, I want to repeat my gratitude to Marsha pushed the size problem back to the front). MenNe, who has kept the Meet & Greets rolling along for the last six years, and to Dennis Chamberlain before In any case, change will come – the seeds are already her, who set such a high standard for our social events. planted by our growth – and we just have to wait to Please help me (and the next Social Chair) figure out see what the flowers look like. I would like to hear how to carry on their great traditions. from you about your preferences for Meet & Greets, or suggestions for how to make them work better with a Vance Bass larger club. Region President Vance Bass Your soon-to-be Past President’s Bio I joined in 2013, when I bought my first Porsche (a 2002 Boxster). I had had friends with Porsches, so I just thought joining PCA was part of ownership, which seemed like a great idea. I’m retired, after 29 years as a computer systems engineer, with a second career as a church music director. I’ve had a slew of air-cooled VWs (and a couple of cheater diesels) before buying a Porsche. We now have a black 997 cabrio, my daily driver. (Give me the “Porsche wave” if you see me around Albuquerque.) I like to do all activities -- social, autocross, drive- outs, tech sessions. As past president, I have considerable experience Photo by Margo Milleret serving on the board, and in the leadership of the board. Roadrunner Ramblings October 2019 6 Fifth Gear Steve Waller Editor What an exciting time to be a Porschephile. At the time Who knows, maybe next year at the Corrales Roundup we you are reading this Porsche of Albuquerque will be hosting will have these new Porsches to marvel at. For this year’s the unveiling of the new 911 Carrera this coming Saturday 49th annual Roundup the Roadrunner Region was treated night. Now in its eighth generation the 911 v992 is still the to a concourse like day at the home of Bruce Phillips and centerpiece of the Porsche sports car line up. The new 911 Debra Burns. Clear blue skies, green grass, tent shade and will include Carrera 4 and 4S and available in a Cabriolet. a palate of colors from over 100 cars. I can’t think of a They continue to be powered by a twin turbo 3.0 flat six more relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon.