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Old 10-23-2023 | 11:59 AM
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I will be there in my GT4. Group 2. I have done other higher-profile rallies where it is just "go" with no assigned groups, so curious how this will compare since it is broken into groups of 15 cars with a leader. Those also had all meals and hotels included, so this is a bit different since everything other than a dinner and some photos is on the driver to plan. But yes, I think the old white guy with new balances contingent will be out in force in the cruising group. Not that I have anything against them, but they typically show up at Pcar events especially if it is a Porsche Club event.
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I will be there in my GT4. Group 2. I have done other higher-profile rallies where it is just "go" with no assigned groups, so curious how this will compare since it is broken into groups of 15 cars with a leader. Those also had all meals and hotels included, so this is a bit different since everything other than a dinner and some photos is on the driver to plan. But yes, I think the old white guy with new balances contingent will be out in force in the cruising group. Not that I have anything against them, but they typically show up at Pcar events especially if it is a Porsche Club event.
I would venture a guess that OWGWNB crowd is probably stronger in the event that they do for air cooled only.

I'm trying to figure out how to dress for the weather as I plan to be top down all day. Looks like it will be starting chilly and warming up.

Too bad there is no threat of rain as that will keep the Harley crowd at home. Those guys will hog the road, never pull off, and get angry at any passing attempt.


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Also, if someone is interested in what a full Kline inconel exhaust including headers sounds like, feel free to ask for a ride along.
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Been here all week and its been pants/ light jacket weather.
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Lots of Porsches here and on the surrounding roads.





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WOW 😲
How's the driving with all those cars? Lots of run groups?
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Originally Posted by AdamIsAdam
WOW 😲
How's the driving with all those cars? Lots of run groups?
I believe there are 250 cars. I think about 20 run groups. Starts tomorrow at 8:30am. Got in and decided to explore the area and check out my FitcamX videos. Discovered my sound was off and I need some electric tape on that chrome ring. I was doing a pretty good pace and I still had a 992 GTS on my ***. I pulled over to let him by. Ill have sound on tomorrow.

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Not sure if your dash cam has this feature, but see if you can set the exposure settings to manual, vs. auto. You can see in the video where it gets clearer, then fades out to blurrier quality - setting it to a fixed exposure will clear most of the blurred footage.

Looks like a great turnout, enjoy, and let us know your opinions on the event.
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Not sure if your dash cam has this feature, but see if you can set the exposure settings to manual, vs. auto. You can see in the video where it gets clearer, then fades out to blurrier quality - setting it to a fixed exposure will clear most of the blurred footage.

Looks like a great turnout, enjoy, and let us know your opinions on the event.
Good point. Let me play with it. This was my first time using it. I went in to the options and increased the resolution and turned on the sound. Let me see if I can set it to manual.
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I may have some video of your car if you ended up on the tail this afternoon. I was sitting up on a bench filming cars.
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Originally Posted by mikedee
I may have some video of your car if you ended up on the tail this afternoon. I was sitting up on a bench filming cars.
Nope, not me. There are at least four Shark Spyders here today.
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Originally Posted by MaddMike
Good point. Let me play with it. This was my first time using it. I went in to the options and increased the resolution and turned on the sound. Let me see if I can set it to manual.
I installed mine tonight. Resolution in 4K is good but a little hard to understand how the software works. The 4k resolution uses up a lot of memory and seems to run in either 1 minute or 3 minute loops. Glad I upgraded from the 64GB to 128GB card for the extra $4.
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Originally Posted by mikedee
I may have some video of your car if you ended up on the tail this afternoon. I was sitting up on a bench filming cars.

could have been me


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