IcemanG17

Just got home from the Norcal Napa fun drive.....12 928's showed up...one of our best turnout so far.....Thanks to Bill for organizing everything!! The drive was great...nice weather (a touch hot but not bad in the afternoon)....smooth scenic roads....we did get stuck behind a couple morons on Harleys....then a moron in an RV and truck towing a boat...but once we were clear of them the pace was spirited and fun!! It was good to see everyone.....& I don't know what it is...but Bill RMB otherwise stock 928 just sounds SO mean....way better than my stock RMB.....its intoxicating driving behind him....only RichS & DennisK's cars sound better!! Good news is Sharky is running super smooth after the fuel pump change....much smoother on the throttle and WAY smoother at idle..it was a touch lumpy before

Enough talk..onto the pics!!

jorj7

Sounds like you had a good time. Sorry I couldn't make it.

Bill Ball

Brian: Thanks for the pics. The new Napa wine country route had a LOT of tight twisties. Despite the slowpokes, the traffic was rather light for a holiday weekend.

George: You and Dennis will not miss the next ride! Both of you should be running well again by then.

Fabio421

I miss living in that area. Great scenic views are everywhere. I would love to take a trip with a bunch of 928's and go through Northern CA. There are some great roads there in the trinity alps and through the redwood forests. As long as you can keep from hitting a sasquatch.

It looks like the car with the bra has some major issues with paint. If so, why the bra?

gersar928

Looks and sounds like a good time was had by all!! Sorry we were not able to make it!

GUMBALL

Once again, it was a great day. Thanks to Bill for the organizing. Enjoyed the twisties, even with the "moving chicanes"...and my navigators were the best..!

Andre Hedrick

You guys with the S4/GT/GTS really made my OB work hard to keep up! I went through some rubber and pushing it hard in the turns to not be a slow poke.

Bill how does the snake fit?

Cheers,
Andre

Andre Hedrick

Cause it is worse under the bra! That is the clear coat peeling off of my OB. The money is not in the paint, but in the mechanicals of the car. I was able to hang with the big blocks and stop on a dime with the my red big blacks.

Cheers,

Bill Ball

Starr and Gumball came up with a great route. Here it is.

Fabio421

I was just thinkling that if the paint is already toast, why bother with the bra. Thats all.

Andre Hedrick

The paint started crapping out on the hood and fender post bra. With a Euro plate on the front, the bra does not come off any more.

Jim Morton

Well... today did not go anywhere close to planned. Joe and I got a slightly late start as I wanted to make sure the heater valve on "Bruce" was closed. I did not want us to be forced to run the A/C simply to keep the cabin at a decent temp with such a wonderful sunny yet mild summer day.

We got to Napa around 10:15 thinking we were late, but went to the wrong Target store (Trancas / Redwood), oops !

Thinking we were late we headed out 121 towards Lake Berryessa. Great twisties, but Joe (my son) got car sick as we motored along. Ugh... I felt real bad for him ! After getting him comforted, we took this picture on Wooden Valley Road.



What a great day for a drive. We feel bad that we missed you guys.

Bill Ball

Yeah, Jim, were were driving around each other!

Jim Morton

Yeah Bill. When Joe and I stopped, we looked up for Seagulls thinking that where ever they would be circling, there would be a Sharkfest !

No luck for us... good twisties though ;^)

Nicole

You talking about me? Sorry, I did not mean to lead a pack on narrow roads I don't know... didn't mean to turn this into a "parade"...