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MAUMEE VALLEY REGION Der RÜCKSPIEGEL NOVEMBER 2011
MAUMEE VALLEY REGION
Der RÜCKSPIEGEL NOVEMBER 2011
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November 2011
Published monthly by the Maumee Valley Region, Porsche Club of America.
Tom and Deb Isley 2847 Secretariat Rd. Toledo, Ohio 43615 419-535-8688 [email protected]
VOLUME 38 ISSUE 11
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Der RÜCKSPIEGEL is the official publication of the Maumee Valley Region, Porsche Club of America. Opinions stated are those of the au-thors and do not necessarily represent the position of the Maumee Valley Region or Porsche Club of America.
Vorschall! 3
Officers & Chairs 4
From the Driver’s Seat 5
Calendar of Events 7
MVR Membership News 8
Ad from the past 11
In the Zone 14
MVR Mart 20
the Checkered Flag! 22
Random Thoughts 15
Pictures from the Browns 18
Vorschall! Looking Ahead!
NOVEMBER 18 Holiday Party at the Toledo
Museum of Art Glass Pavilion
DECEMBER 10 Dinner in Findlay
Photo on cover: Harbor springs Michigan Photo by Deb MacDonald
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Michael Soriano 419-215-3333 [email protected]
Diane Schoen 419-367-4836 [email protected]
Jeff Vollmar 586-739-1636 [email protected]
Tony Calabrese 419-340-8759 [email protected]
Todd Mierzwiak
Ron Carr 7000 Green Mill Rd Johnstown, OH 43031
740-967-6027 [email protected]
http://zone4.pca.org
Greg Herr 419-833-9696 [email protected]
Jim Wilson 419-784-1641 [email protected]
Tony Calabrese 419-340-8759 [email protected]
Bill Bauman 419-475-1336 [email protected]
Barney Stewart 419-829-2882 [email protected]
Bob Harris 419-861-0745 [email protected]
Tom & Deb Isley 419-535-8688 [email protected]
Todd Mierzwiak 419-283-5593
Alan Kinker 419-385-8610 [email protected]
Jeanne Krauser 419-841-7984 [email protected]
Lisa Soriano 419-215-3333 [email protected]
Alan Kinker 419-385-8610 [email protected]
Jeff Vollmar 586-739-1636
Janet Sternfeld
http://zone4.pca.org
Pl ease dr op Barney St ewar t([email protected]) our Membership Chairman, or myself a note with your old & new address so you don’t miss an issue of Der RÜCKSPIEGEL.
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By Michael Soriano
While the autumn season is underway, the cool, brisk air and majestic color changes of the leaves inevitably means that the time to put our beloved vehicles into storage will soon be near. Thankfully, au-tumn has cooperated and
given us many wonderful days to en-joy our cars, and a number of events have given us great opportunities to take advantage of this wonderful weather. At the beginning of the last month, Vin Devers hosted their 2nd annual European Car Show, and I am pleased to report that once again the Porsche club had the most impressive turnout.
On the beautiful day of October 8 a large number of Maumee Valley members assembled at the Michigan Technical Resource Park, the former Dana Test Track, and took advantage of a very unique opportunity to spend a Saturday morning driving on both an Autocross course and a speedway. For those of us that arrived bright and early, we were able to take 1 practice plus 3 runs on the Autocross course followed by 3 laps on the speedway and then had the option to do it again taking an additional 3 runs and an ad-ditional 3 laps. From there, a large group of Porsches set out to enjoy lunch in Archibold at The Barn fol-lowed by a Fall Color Tour which went from Fort Defiance to Fort Meigs hosted by Rally Sport Region. The great weather continued into the next
day which happened to be Cars and Coffee, and our members turned out in force, with over 25 PCA members in attendance.
On October 22, Rich and Susan Brown hosted our second fundraiser of the year, a Card Party; their son-in-law Anthony and I served as dealers for the event. Those in attendance had a fantastic time playing Blackjack, Texas Hold’em, and Pai Gow. I want to thank the Browns for organizing such a wonderful event. Congratula-tions to Chris Krauser who had the most chips at the end of the evening and to Marshall Bellman who won the signed bottle of Adobe Road wine the Isley’s generously donated to raffle off.
Our Holiday party is very near on Fri-day, November 18. The Holiday Party is one of our premier social events and by popular demand will again be held at the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art. Everyone who at-tended last year’s event had a marvel-ous time, and the Social Committee and I have gone to great measures to try to provide an equally spectacular event this year.
The December Social Event will be held on Saturday, December 10 at Restaurante` de Mexico in Findlay. Please refer to DER Ruckspiegel and our website http://mm.pca.org for more information. Also, if you are not receiving the e-mail reminders and updates, please notify Lisa at
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[email protected]. It is always great to have a large num-ber of our members attending events and enjoying the camaraderie of PCA. So I am again extending a personal invitation to everyone to become in-volved in this wonderful organization; your participation is vital to our con-tinuing success.
(Continued from page 5) The Annual Planning meeting will once again take place at the end of January. I encourage everyone to at-tend and help us form a calendar filled with unique and exciting events.
Thanks, Michael Remember to Keep the Blink Alive!!!!!!!!!
MAUMEE VALLEY PCA DEMBER SOCIAL EVENt
Dinner in Findlay
Saturday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Restaurante' el Mexicano 806 N Main Street
Findlay, OH
RSVP Jeanne (419) 841-7984 or [email protected]
OR
Lisa (419) 215-3333 or
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Check our web site at www.mm.pca.org for the latest event informa-tion.
NOVEMBER 18 Holiday Party at the Toledo Mu-
seum of Art Glass Pavilion
DECEMBER 10 Dinner in Findlay 2012
JANUARY TBD Planning meeting
FEBRUARY TBD
MARCH TBD
APRIL TBD
MAUMEE VALLEY REGION HOLIDAY DINNER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011 Toledo Museum of Art
Glass Pavilion
2445 Monroe St Toledo, 43620
COCKTAILS 6:00 PM CASH BAR
DINNER 7:30 PM
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Mark and Marie Pendleton from Bowling Green
Driving a 1979 911SC
Bill Burkle from Bowling Green Driving a 1985 Black 911 (transferred in from NOR)
John and Janice Burchfield
43 Years
George Reiser 14 Years
Daniel Shepherd 12 Years
Davif and Caroline Bartoo
11 Years
Steven and Mimi Spitler 7 Years
Jeff and Susan Diehr 5 Years
Joanie and Michael Barrett
4 Years
Greg Germain 4 Years
Charles Roan 4 Years
Alan and Cheryl Summers
3 Years
Christopher Combs 2 Years
Brian and Kim Reece 2 Years
Tom and Debi DeHaven 2 Years
Chris and Mary Heidenreich
1 Year
MVR members can earn points as part of the activities program as follows. All activities must be confirmed to the MVR Secretary via Sign Up Sheets, Event Chairs, Notice of Participation at Zone 4 event outside MVR or Newsletter Editor.
1 point for attending a MVR event
1 Point for attending any Zone 4 event outside of MVR
2 points for organizing and hosting a MVR event
1 point for assisting in a significant manner at a MVR or Zone 4 event
1 point for any article of at least 250 words (about one page) published in the MVR Newsletter
If you are not currently receiving Social Event e-mail updates, please
contact Lisa at [email protected]
The Region has a name badge avail-able for purchase. The cost is $10 per badge. Contact Tom Isley at [email protected] to place your order. Badges will be delivered at the next event.
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Mohamad Almasri 1
Greg Armstrong 1
Gene Aufderhaar 3
Kathleen Aufderhaar
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Bill Bauman 4
Mark Baker 2
Paula Baker 2
Judy Bellman 7
Marshall Bellman 7
Susan Brown 5
Rich Brown 5
Sue Burrow 1
Mark Burrow 2
Diane Butcher 5
Bruce Butcher 7
Aaron Byram 2
Tom Cable 1
Becky Cable 1
Michael Calabrese 4
Deb Calabrese 3
Tony Calabrese 18
Pete Callaghan 1
Mike Carson 2
Clifton Ching 3
Deb DeHaven 6
Tom DeHaven 6
Billy Edwards 2
Larry Erd 2
Sally Erd 2
Keith Franklin 2
Sharon Gargasz 9
Ron Gargasz 9
Greg Germain 1
Shirley Gobba 12
Dick Gobba 12
Ruth Gulliford 7
Ron Gulliford 7
Kim Harris 9
Bob Harris 15
Greg Herr 1
Chris Heidenreich 2
Michael Hitch 2
Roger Holliday 4
Claudia Holliday 4
Chip Holst 1
Andy Holst 1
Mark Hopkins 2
Lorie Hopkins 2
Deb Isley 24
Tom Isley 27
John Jennens 9
Suzanne Jennens 6
Sandra Kinker 7
Alan Kinker 9
Pat Kjoller 1
Jay Kjoller 1
Jeanne Krauser 15
Chris Krauser 17
Patty Krncevic 9
Tony Krncevic 10
John Laube 2
Barb Lederman 7
Rick Lederman 12
Michael Levison 1
Pete McDonald 1
Deb McDonald 1
Gloria McAlean 1
Linda Mechel 11
Jack Mechel 13
Todd Mierzwiak 14
Sarah Mierzwiak 10
Michael Murray 1
Bobby Gore 2
Shanda Gore 3
Barb Nolen 2
Richard Nolen 2
Jason Perry 2
Greg Runion 3
Lisa Runion 3
Linda Roan 7
Bill Roan 7
Sam Scamardo 1
Chuck Schaub 3
Kristine Schaub 2
James Schenk 10
Diane Schoen 17
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Missy Walsh 4
Marcia Woolf 1
Leighton Woolf 1
Millie Woodruff 2
Tom Woodruff 4
Marc Woodward 1
Kathy Woodward 1
Zach Zacharias 2
Kathy Zacharias 1
Brian Walsh 5
Ahmad Zakeri 2
Laila Zenil 5
Craig Zenil 7
Jim Schoen 25
Chris Sim 2
Tony Smith 2
Lisa Soriano 32
Michael Soriano 35
Janet Sternfeld 1
Bill Sternfeld 1
Beth Stewart 10
Barney Stewart 21
Steven Uhlman 1
Jeff Uhlman 2
Teri Vollmar 1
Jeff Vollmar 6
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I found the add for Koni’s in an old issue of VWAutoist which was the newsletter for the VW Club of America. It caught my eye because of the use of a 968 and the tag line.
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By Ron Carr Zone 4 Representative
November and December are tra-ditionally a time when the regions slow down and reflect upon the great times that were had during the past driving season, and begin to put into place
the people and event planning that will make next year even better! Don’t forget to participate in your region’s holiday festivities, annual meeting, planning sessions, and selection of officers for the upcoming term. Also, don’t be shy about stepping forward to volunteer to help out with your Club’s activities- your skills are needed to make PCA work for everyone. If the weather interferes with travelling any distance to your local region event, you may find an event closer in an adjoining region- here are a few sug-gestions for your holiday celebrations In the Zone. Check your local re-gion’s website and newsletter for the latest details on events close to you, and check the Zone 4 Website for other regions events.
On October 28-30, Central Indiana Region will hold their annual Pump-kin Run Performance Drivers Edu-cation event at Putnam Park Road Course in Mt. Meridian, IN. Details and registration information can be found on the CIR website.
The last BIG Hurrah of the season is upon us- Ohio Valley Region 50th
Anniversary—October 29 & 30, 2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Come and celebrate!!! See the OVR website for details, and Clubregistration.net to sign up- there are still openings.
The Western Michigan Region will host their Annual Planning Dinner on Monday, November 7th at Bistro Bella Vita downtown Grand Rapids, MI. See website for details.
The Mid-Ohio Region resumes its Trickle-Charged Saturday Tech Sessions at KRAFTWERKS in Ma-rengo OH on November 12th. See the MOR website or newsletter for de-tails.
Porsche Prom- Sock Hop is the last event of the Allegheny Regions 50th anniversary celebrations, to be held on November 12th at the Teutonia Mannerchor German Club in Pitts-burgh, PA. German food, beer, and 50’s dress will prevail. For registra-tion, see the ARPCA.com website.
Also on Saturday, November 12th will be the Northern Ohio Region Annual Meeting/Elections at Stoddard Parts in Highland Heights, OH. Carry-in side dishes and NOR provides the main dish and bever-ages. See the website for details.
The Central Indiana Region will host their Annual Banquet on November 19th at the Hollyhock Hill Restaurant in Indianapolis, IN. Reservations are required- see the CIR website.
The Holiday Dinner Party for the (Continued on page 15)
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Maumee Valley Region will again be held at the Toledo Museum of Art, Glass Pavilion on November 18th. Details can be found in the re-gion newsletter and on the website.
SAVE THE DATE Saturday De-cember 10th - NOR Holiday Party, Marriott, Cleveland East, Warrens-ville Heights, OH Details to follow.
The Southeast Michigan Region
(Continued from page 14) General Membership Dinner Meet-ing will be held Friday, November 11th. Additional details are available on the website.
SAVE THE DATE Saturday De-cember 10th – SEM Holiday Party. Details to follow.
If you have any questions or com-ments, please contact me at [email protected] . Hope to see you at an event soon!
By Pete MacDonald
A few weekends ago, Deb and I took off for Houghton Lake Michigan (about 230 miles north) in the Boxster. The temperature was about 75 the sun shining and clear. So naturally, we dropped the top, cranked up the radio, rolled up the windows and cruised down the road. At 75 mph I was the slowest car on the road! And, every time I started to move with the traffic, which there was plenty of, Deb would say to me: “You know… if three cars are speeding past a policeman, he’s
going to ticket the sports car.” Know-ing that she’s right, I would reluctantly slow down.
Traffic in Michigan always amazes me. Everyone and I mean everyone, drives in the left lane! It doesn’t mat-ter if there’s no other car on the road; they stay in the left lane! What hap-pened to the “olden days” of passing on the left? Sorry, I digress…
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We spent the night in Prudenville (Houghton Lake) got up the next day to a beautiful sunrise over the lake and headed north to Petoskey.
Houghton Lake is the largest lake in Michigan. A natural spring fed clear water lake is a favorite of boaters and people who love to Ice Fish. They have one of the most celebrated Tip-Up-Town’s in the USA. However, we’re there and it’s a perfect 75 de-grees and not a cloud in the sky. That evening was spectacular! The sun was setting behind us and the moon was coming up over the trees in front. As the full moon rose over the lake, it created a white sidewalk like reflec-tion all the way across the lake. Fan-tastic! We sat there mesmerized.
The next morning was cool and clear, about 40 degrees but warming fast. We Jumped into the Boxster and headed North...
The weather by then was fantastic! About 100 miles north of Houghton Lake is Petoskey Michigan, gateway to the Boynes, 50 miles west is Trav-erse City, another great vacation area. This was the best time of the year to drive up north. The colors were fantas-tic the Month of October, Again, no Porsches! We drove to Harbor Springs and had lunch at the Stafford’s Pier Restaurant overlooking beautiful boats! 50-60 footers! We jumped back into the car and drove the “Tunnel of Trees” along the Little Traverse Bay. Colors, colors and more colors. The trees actually make a tunnel over the road so thick your GPS won’t work. We stopped at the Pleasant View Win-ery, Harbor Springs Winery and when I was headed to the next one, Deb said “enough wine!”
exit, is “Tony’s” an oober bacon res-taurant on I-75. A must stop if you like bacon. We do, we did on the way home! Also, if you like chicken, Fran-kenmuth is just down the road... If you’ve never stopped there, you must try it the next time you head north. Our objective was to do a “Wine” tour of Michigan. First stop, St Julian’s in Frankenmuth, a Very nice winery. Did I mention “free Tasting”? They let you pick from a great many wines from dry to sweet. Not bad at all, at least as well as I can remember after too many sips. They make Vodka from grapes. Also, not bad! Remember I said “free” tasting? $50 later, we took our packages and had lunch at the Bavar-ian Inn Restaurant. Afterwards, we slowly walked back to the Boxster and On to Houghton Lake.
We took the back roads to Bay City (because I missed the turn to I-75) and really enjoyed the colors and quiet. Once we got through and past Bay City and over the Zilwaulkee Bridge, there was less traffic and clean air. As I get closer to 80 mph I hear “remember what I said earlier?” Yes Dear however…! The Boxster is at the top of her game around 80. Smooth and making just the right ex-haust sound. Note: up to this point, no other Porsches have been seen on the road??? Around Westbranch you are now in rolling hills and hardwood trees as far as you can see. Westbranch also has “The Dream” and the “Nightmare” some of my favorite golf courses, but alas, we cruise by. You should have seen the color!!! We’ve been going north for over 20 years and never hit it at its peak until this year. Wow!!! Reds, Yellows, Golden Browns, Greens etc… it was fantastic!
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I have never seen more motorcycles in one area in my life! I’m talking about the big beautiful cruisers. Everyone was enjoying the fantastic weather. We dropped the top again and started back to our cottage enjoying the fresh clean air along the way. So we headed back to Petoskey and stopped by the Odawa Indian Casino. I was surprised to see that it’s now a big resort casino. We hadn’t been there since the new casino opened. It’s very nice, clean and friendly. Back in the car, back on the road, and we’re heading back to Houghton Lake. As the sun was get-ting lower the trees were changing colors right in front of us. What a sight!!! We took 27 back to the lake; less traffic and different views.
The next morning, we got up, cleaned the cottage and hit the road. We try to be on I-75 before 10am because later, the traffic is awful. About 1 ½ hours later we were at the Birch Run exit and pulled into “Tony’s” for lunch. If you’ve never been there, you’re miss-ing it. Can you imagine a BLT on thick sliced bread and 1 pound of ba-con? A 12 egg omelet? Only at Tony’s.
Back on the road the traffic picks up,
but the weather is fantastic!
The top goes down, the music goes up. After about an hour or so, traffic is locked into the passing lane again!
As we cruise back to Toledo, we can smell the flowers, grass and morning rain. Soon, clouds, snow and cold air will replace these wonderful scents and the Boxster will be covered up for a long winter nap. However, right now, all is well. We blow past Ann Arbor and roll into the Toledo area. The Boxster did her job well. We av-eraged 28 miles per gallon at 75- 80 miles/hour and it was a pleasure driv-ing.
We finally did see another Porsche around Sylvania. Funny, we traveled about 700 + miles and saw only one other???
We wish for you many more pleasur-able miles such as ours, in your Por-sche. If you can, get it on the road, open it up and enjoy the music it makes.
Pete and Deb MacDonald
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By Deb and Tom Isley
The dealers: Michael Soriano
and Tony Mastraieni
Chris Krauser and Barney Stewart seem to be compet-ing at the Texas Hold um table.
Deb Isley and Sarah Mierzwiak
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The evenings winners. Mar-shall and Judy Bellman took home the bottle of wine from the 50-50 raffle with Chris Krauser and Diane Schoen winning at the ta-bles.
Marshall and Judy with their prize.
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: Items for sale can also be sent to our webmaster at [email protected] for those interested in putting their ad on the MVR web site.
Clean out your garage. Advertise here.
1990 911 C2 62,000 miles excellent condition no accidents black / black contact Doug Eggleston 517-438-6976 days. Asking $18,500.00
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe, Red with Black Interior, 87,000 Miles. Excellent Condition Inside and Out! Only driven in Summer since purchased in 1994. Vin # WP0AB0917HS121277 Asking $23,000 or Offer 419-265-5130 or [email protected]
Porsche 914 '72 yellow very nice condition. Many, many upgrades. Runs strong. $ 6800 Marc Woodward 419-874-1027 [email protected]
1985 Porsche 944, Kalihari Beige Metallic (Gold), 2.5L NA, 5 speed, 91K miles, factory optional 7 & 8” Fuchs wheels, cruise, new paint, interior and carpet in good condition. NEW PARTS: Clutch kit, clutch slave cylinder, rear main seal, motor mounts, timing belt and rollers, front engine and oil cooler seals, head gasket, shift lever, O2 sensor, 15” Goodyear Eagle GT tires. All maintenance up to date. $5750.00. John Jennens, 419.356.3960, or [email protected].
2000 Boxster S. 65K mi, one owner. Rain Forest Green Metallic (2000 only year this color was available), blk top/interior. 6 speed. Sport pkg. Heated seats. Clamp on extended roll bar. Maintained by Stoddards and Steinels. All maintenance re-cords. Clean. Great car! Extra set of wheels and tires (not pristine). $17K OBO. Roberta [email protected] or 216.310.2734
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1986 Porsche 944 Turbo, 5 Speed, Red with Beige leather interior,138,675 miles. 16" Borbet wheels. New parts: Clutch Kit, flywheel, clutch accessory kit. DME & DME relay, track rebuild-able front ball joints, front control arms, hood lift sup-ports, rear deck lid lift supports, 4 brake rotors machined. Coolant reservoir, refer-ence sensor and speed sensor and bracket. 6500.00 obo. Jerry Gorman, European AutoWerkes 419 475 5211
1997 Porsche Boxster; Arctic silver/ black w/ Boxster red full leather interior; 5 speed; picked up at the factory (Zuffenhausen) in May ’97; one owner w/ 14,600 miles; 100% original; absolutely no leaks; 5 services since new/ all at dealerships; always garaged; very clean well cared for Porsche – 9+/ 9+ - $18,900; Bill Straley 419-238-9733; call – will email photos -
Catalytic convertor 997, like new condition. 750.00 obo Jerry Gorman, European AutoWerkes 419 475 5211
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The Porsche’s have been put up for the winter. Boo!!!
There are still plenty of MVR events to think about. The Holiday party will have been held by the time you get this. That will be fol-lowed up by a December dinner meet-ing in Findlay that is being arranged by Ruth Gulliford. January will bring the 2012 planning meeting.
Remember that 2012 will be Maumee Valley’s 40th anniversary. Jeff Voll-mar is busy working on the details of the events for the celebration to be held in October. If you have any ideas or are willing to help in some way you should let him know.
Thanks to Pete and Deb MacDonald for the great story on their trip to northern Michigan.
When you need car service, laundry service, legal help, a new or used car, insurance, or eye glasses, Remember the advertisers you see in the der Ruckspiegel. They are the ones that are supporting our Region.
Flash your headlights at a fellow Por-sche owner on the road!! Keep the kindred spirit alive!!
…..the editor
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