The Prez Says… April 2008
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The Prez Says… April 2008 by John Lillian In This Issue Have you signed up yet? If you haven't, get a hold of Page 2 Glenn Pierce. If you are wondering, "Sign up for what?" Porsche Past New Website Link Well, we still need volunteers for the May 17th picnic. Porsche Tech So please see Glenn. We have a couple of great events coming up in Page 3 April. On April12th we have the Adam’s Auto Detailing Michael Porsche Ad Upcoming Events Event; you will learn how to detail your car. This will be at the Cal Motors in Clovis. On April 18th thru the 20th we have Paso Page 4 Robles Wine Tour again this year. It won Tour of the Year in 2007. Gas Pump Tips Name Badge Info Check with Chick Cherrington on this event. Contact Info This month our dinner meeting is at Richards Steak and Seafood PCA Podcasts Restaurant, located on Belmont and Blackstone Ave. Please call Chris PCA Region Focus Online or Evie for reservations. Be sure and bring two (2) raffle gifts, one for Page 5 the dinner and one for the picnic. Porsche Pantry If you want to read a good article, go to the PCA web page and Concours on Campus click on library, and then click on REGION FOCUS. The latest article SVR CRAB34 is called “What's HOT and What's Page 6 Photo of the Month NOT for 2008”. You can see the Sequoia Region Picnic direction the Regions are heading. They are going for smaller and Page 7 easier events: one day trips for Snake Eyes IV Porsche/Long Beach GP brunches and lunches; Car shows with no judging, just showing your Page 8 car. So, if you get a chance, pull Porsche in the News up this article and read it. It is very interesting. Go enjoy your Porsches. See you at the dinner… By: Glenn Pierce May POTM Submission John Deadline 4/23/08 For Zeitung Subscription Information, email: [email protected] Page 1 Porsche past… by Glenn Pierce The Year 1988... President : Gene Gilpin, Vice President, Glenn Pierce, & Mike Wickstrom, Treasurer. We ate at the Downtown Club and had CHIP Jim Taylor as our Speaker. It was our 30th anniversary year. Dinner was $16.00 and call Marilyn for your reserva- tions! It mentions our "87" Christmas Party at Fig Garden Clubhouse with 19 in atten- dance. WOW!!!!! Let's get our dinners up, Feburary dinner at Peppino's was a paltry $13.00. Crab 17 is April 29-30th and May 1st, at $90.00 per couple. We had 20 door prizes at January's meeting. We still don't get 20; Twenty years later, come on folks, and get with it! Wow! dinner "At the Thai" house for March is $8.00. Wow!, plus we had Harry Weber tell us of WWII and Dr. Porsche-Mercedes Benz and his early trips to the U.S.A. with his toolbox and a $20.00 bill when he arrived in N.Y.C.!! Also 1988 - the 1990 Parade has been secured at the Monterey Hyatt, Gene Gilpin is the Chairman and he pulled this off with a great Parade. April we ate at the Bear Club at $15.50 per person, what a great dinner. Also return to Poze, Slow Roads, Fast Roads, Winding Roads, Porsche Roads, good food, cold beer, prizes and fun. Call the Pierces/Goerlichs. Now!! The tour to Santa Cruz was a fun time had by all. We had $989.44 total according to Mike Wickstrom. The June dinner was at "Chibchas" in Cathys Valley, you must ask an older member about this place. Gone but not forgotten. Until next month, Glenn For up-to-the-minute information, Check out our website: PCA Sequoia Website Porsche tech by Dave Goerlich, Technical/Safety Chairman Reminder - Adams Polishing and Wax Co. of Los Angeles is coming to Fresno to put on a first class detail clinic for our Porsche club. They are well known in the per- formance automotive after market detail field. Wayne met these people last Septem- ber in Ventura at the German Autofest. "They know their business and their detail products are the best", says Wayne. The date is Saturday April 12, 2008, 10:00 A.M. The location is California Motoring Co. 1063 Brookhaven Dr. Clovis. Info: Glenn, 297-6120. This is an event you will not want to miss! Dave Page 2 Upcoming Sequoia Region Events April Mon 4/7 Board Meeting - Goerlich home. Tues 4/8 Dinner Meeting: Richard's Prime Rib & Seafood, 1609 Belmont Ave. $30.00 (tax & gratuity included. Social Hour: 6:30, Dinner 7:15. Reservations to Evie by 4/5/08 446-0400 or [email protected]. Sat 4/12 Detail Clinic: 10:00 A.M. at California Motoring Co., 1063 Brookhaven Dr., Clovis, Ca. Contact Glenn at 297-6120 for further information. Fri 4/18-20 Paso Robles Wine Tour: Details coming soon. Contact Chick Cherrington. May Mon 5/5 Board Meeting - Dias home. Tues 5/7 Dinner Meeting - No scheduled dinner meeting for the month of May. Sat 5/17 Sequoia Region 50th Anniversary Porsche Picnic at McNeilly Park - for informa- tion contact: Glenn Pierce (559) 281- 6442, Ken Brown (559) 237-2590, or Mel Dias (559) 446-0400. Sun 5/18 Tour to Zone 7 Concours #1 - brought to you by Yosemite Region, held at the San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton. Meet @ Starbucks Marks & Herndon. For tour info: call Mel or Glenn. For Concours info: Click Here, or contact Paul Czopek at (209) 531-1942 or [email protected] Dinner Meeting Reminder: Those who cancel their reservation after the deadline or fail to show up for the dinner will be billed for their meals. Sequoia Region Calendar of events: http://sqa.pca.org/events.htm Zone 7 Calendar: http://zone7.pca.org/index.php?page=calendar Page 3 Tips On Pumping Gas I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon. Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the after- noon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pump- ing on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money. One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature com- pensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount. Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money. PCA Region Focus Online (Monthly newsletter at the PCA website) The current and past issues of PCA's “Region Focus” can be downloaded here: https://www.pca.org/members/region_focus.html Thank you for wearing your name tag! Contact Information It makes it so much easier for getting acquainted. Board of Directors …………………………......…. List online Have you lost yours? Or just don’t have one yet? 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