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Porsche HVAC by Tom Send Address Changes to Der Vorgänger , Neel 7600 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1010, Bethesda, MD 20814 The magazine of the Founders’ Region • Potomac, Porsche Club of America • November 2018 der Vorgänger 2• der Vorgänger • November 2018 www.pcapotomac.org der Vorgänger • November 2018 • 3 Table of contents der Vorgänger The monthly magazine 6 The editors’ column of the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club of America. 7 The president’s column November 2018 Volume 64, No. 10 Club officers and program der Vorgänger is the official magazine of the 8 Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club chairs of America, Inc. Contributions for der Vorgänger should be sent to the editor by the 7th of month preceding the month of publication, preferably via e-mail to dvedi - 9 Potomac’s 2018 calendar [email protected] . Please send digital images in their original sizes. 10 The 1975 Cannonball Run Publisher: Glenn Cowan 7600 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1010 and the Fastest Porsche Ever to Bethesda, MD 20814 Finish by John Truban [email protected] Co-Editor: Glenn Cowan 14 The European Festival and Co-Editor: Michael Sherman 14 [email protected] the Gathering of the Faithful Contributing photographers: Ken Marks, Join Forces for 2018 by John Tony Pagonis, Charlene Truban, John Truban Vrankovich, Mia Walsh. Contributing writers: Sydney Butler, Ken Harwood, Tom Neel, John Truban, John 16 Rennsport Reunion VI by Vrankovich, Mia Walsh. Hank Allen For questions about advertising rates and placement in der Vorgänger , please contact Glenn Cowan at [email protected] 20 A Cayenne Story by Casey der Vorgänger (ISSN 0199-0667) is pub - Parkin lished monthly except in January by the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club of America at 6726 Lucy Lane, McLean, VA 23 Summit Point: 22101. Subscription is limited to members of the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Consider It “Rocked” by Ken - Club of America. Annual PCA dues are $42 neth D’Angelo (includes $18 for der Vorgänger subscrip - tion). Application to Mail at Periodicals Postage Prices is Pending at McLean VA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: 27 Porsche HVAC by Tom Send address changes to der Vorgänger , Neel 7600 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1010, Bethesda, MD 20814. Statements appearing in der Vorgänger are those of the contribut - 16 ing authors and do not constitute the opin - 30 Readers and their cars ions or policy of the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club of America, its board of directors or the editors of the mag - Cover photo: The new 935 at azine. The Founders’ Region, Potomac, Rennsport Reunion VI. Photo Porsche Club of America neither endorses any advertisement nor warrants any product by Hank Allen. or services they may provide. Potomac Re - gion reserves the right to cancel advertise - ments at any time, for any reason, in its sole discretion. For information regarding com - mercial advertising and rates, contact the publisher listed above. Letters to the editor are welcome. They should be brief and may be edited for length. Please include a contact phone number for verification. To subscribe, join the Porsche Club of America. Details at www.pca.org . Visit the Potomac region website at www.pcapotomac.org . 23 4• der Vorgänger • November 2018 www.pcapotomac.org der Vorgänger • November 2018 • 5 The editors’ column ‘Til It’s Gone I have been in France and Spain the past ten days. My visit lane discipline if this is what drivers are saddled with. The car required a significant amount of driving, which I welcomed, as wandered around like the tires were all underinflated or the sus - it would afford me an opportunity to compare modern Euro - pension members unattached. The steering was so loose I had it pean driver skills against those I find incomprehensible at checked at a dealership – “Pas de probleme Monsieur.” home. Driving in the countries my work normally takes me to resembles a cross between bumper cars and Grand Theft Auto Well at least it had a modern navigation system. What a hoot! and I was looking forward to a more organized road regime in Input was accomplished by a wheel of mis-fortune that must modern Europe. have been designed by an Etch-a-Sketch engineer. The selection algorithms would have mystified Bletchley Park. The input is Well it wasn’t Mad Max and drivers are much better about through a combination of a spinning wheel and a push button keeping right, more or less, but their lane discipline is fre - device conveniently located between the front seats entirely out quently nonexistent. Signaling lane change intentions seems a of the driver’s line of sight. random act and drifting across lane markers at 140 KPH is stan - dard practice. Not so with trucks - but passing cars is way too Okay, so my car wouldn’t go in a straight line, which didn’t frequently close to a contact sport thus preventing relaxed driv - matter much because I never knew where I was going anyway, ing. but I was certain to have a spectacular German gear box. I wanted a manual but this specimen (I’m convinced by now it In any case, I was determined to enjoy my time on the road was experimental) only comes with an 8-speed automatic, and had rented a modern German luxury sedan to that pur - which is great if you could ever get the car into the desired gear pose. I knew it wouldn’t measure up to my Porsche but at least or Park or Reverse or whatever. Every non-cruising gear change it would provide a good driving experience. Not even close. I’m required pushing some button or another (sometime 2 – I never still wondering if they actually export this particular model or if did figure it out) in order to select the chosen option. Putting its especially made for the rental fleets. Somewhat suspiciously this car in Park required an advanced degree in nonlinear logic. there is no model name or number to be found – it’s a stealth model I guess. Joni Mitchell knew about missing things only after they were gone – wow do I miss my Porsche. I’ll take my example of Ger - Let’s start with straight line tracking. No wonder there’s no man engineering anytime – anywhere! – Glenn 6• der Vorgänger • November 2018 www.pcapotomac.org The president’s column Plan B The first weekend in October, I headed off to been smart enough to have as Plan A! I called one of Watkins Glen for a vintage race weekend. A few other my clients, and begged him to help me out with the Potomac members and I had agreed to meet up at the tires. After picking up the tires, driving to his shop, VRG event that was being held. For me, this was to be and removing, mounting, and re-installing six tires and the last race of the year. I was really looking forward to two spares (the tire that blew was actually the new the fall weekend in New York. spare that I had installed when I changed the previous tire), we were one again on our way. It was now 2:30. We left our house at 9:30 Thursday morning with We had only lost five hours; we were off to a great David Dean the goal of avoiding the morning traffic, travelling weekend at the track! through eastern Pennsylvania to pick up the race car, and arriving in Watkins Glen around 6:00 when the gates The next several hours were truly a test of patience and resolve opened. While we left at the planned time, nothing else that day in making it to Watkins Glen. Leaving at 2:30 meant that we got managed to go as planned. to enjoy afternoon traffic. Three different accidents along our route added to the delays. To top it off, there were several cases About 45 minutes in to our trip, on Interstate 66 just past Cen - of people trying to involve me in their accidents; pulling out in treville, was where I had a blow out of a trailer tire. I was able to front of me – requiring that I lock up the brakes to avoid them, get to the side of the road with no drama – and managed to get and changing lanes in front of me literally a foot off of the the tire changed with the spare. This is where I have to confess bumper of my truck. We arrived at Watkins Glen at 12:45 Friday my stupidity. On my last trip to the track, I had a flat on the morning – in time for a few hours of sleep before our driver’s trailer. I had ordered new tires for the trailer, but hadn’t made the meeting. time to get them mounted – deciding that since I still had a spare – it would be fine. Needless to say, since I now had no spare, and While there were times I was tempted to give up and turn still had the whole trip in front of me, it was time for Plan B. around, the weekend of racing, and more importantly hanging out with my friends, made it all worthwhile! Plan B involved me returning, to my house, picking up the tires I ordered, and getting them mounted and on the trailer for the trip to New York. Obviously something that I should have der Vorgänger • November 2018 • 7 Founders’ Region officers President : David Dean [email protected] Vice president : Mia Walsh [email protected] Treasurer : Michael Handelman [email protected] Mia Walsh Gary Baker Howard Hill Secretary : Gary Baker David Dean Michael Handelman [email protected] Programs Past president : Howard Hill Social, meetings : Pat Kaunitz [email protected] Autocross : Jim Musgrave, Steve Bobbitt Model Experts [email protected] [email protected] Cayenne : Ken Harwood Sponsor : Scott Bresnahan Drivers’ Education Drive & Dine : Ken Harwood, Glenn [email protected] Havinoviski [email protected] Drivers’ Education Chairs : Dirk Cayman : Chad Todd [email protected] Volunteer coordinator : Jonathan Van Dekker & Bob Mulligan [email protected] Club Race : Kenneth D'Angelo, Hise [email protected] 356 , 912 : Tim Berardelli Pat Kaunitz [email protected] Registrar : Diane Sullenberger, Chris [email protected] [email protected] Zone 2 Rep : Cheryl Taylor Mantzuranis 911 (older) : George Whitmore Concours : John Truban, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kevin Naughten Webmasters : Ken Harwood, Ron Flax Cashier : Roger McLeod, Jr.
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