gota911

Wayne - yeah, I got my Pic Fix for today anyway. Bery nice pics. Looks and sounds like it was a lot of fun.e

VGM911

Some upcoming events that may or may not influence the selection of a date of our next event:

May 27 - Hemmings' Sports/Exotic Car Show - Lime Rock, Conn.
June 2/3 - Greenwich Concours
June 9 - Schattenbaum Region PCA Lobster Run to Cape May, NJ
June 17 - Connecticut Valley Region PCA Concours - Litchfield, Connecticut
June 23/24 - Le Belle Macchine d'Italia Concours and Track Day (see Italiancarsatpocono.com)

Wellardmac

Good. I was thinking of you as I was putting together the web page with all the pics. I figured you'd get a kick out of it.

ppashley

As promised here is a quick video of today's jaunt.

You tube loses some of the quality but it gives you a flavor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmx-5DsOKA



Cheers

Phil

'95 993 Coupe
(Stock)

Ramp

Well, I was planning on posting last night but crashed - drove a total of 320 miles in 24 hours - not a lot on a straight run but tiring enough.

We had a great time - route, cars and drivers were all terrific. Looking forward to another as soon as possible !

Wellardmac - once again, great meeting you (and all others), great work and thanks for all the effort. I'm also amazed at how fast you can post pics and video. I need to resize all mine - here's a few - will do so soon - any quick tricks ?

(Tony) On a side note, I can confirm my soon to be 3 year old son is a natural auto enthusiast. I was reviewing the pics last night with him sitting on my lap - When the following pic came up, I asked him - Which one do you want ? After a real look at the screen and a curious look on his face - he pointed and said this one daddy, I like this one - pointing to the '61 Roadster. In my view, that's the first and correct answer for a true enthusiast - my wife who was watching said "Oh my g-d" your creating a monster !!"

Anyway - if these don't come out I'll repost later.

Wellardmac

Nice stuff! Love the video!

Tony356993

Thanks again to eveyone.

Ramp - your son is on the right path!. It is sometimes more fun to drive a slow car fast then a fast car slow.

VGM - Thanks! When you are driving a 90hp car with all you guys and the speeds that we were going, it's all about momentum, NOT over braking & using as much of road (safely) as you can.

Looks like we picked the right day yesterday, eh?

DreamCarrera

+1 on the late July run or sooner if possible. Wellardmac let me know what I can do to help.


BTW, nice pics everyone.

Wellardmac

Excellent! Well, I'm thinking of one of two possibilities for the next run... a covered bridge tour... try to do as many of the 12 as possible, or a coal country drive --- nice hill climbs, more curvy roads and straights where we can have fun. Instead of bringing people down here again we would meet somewhere off of I-80.

As I said, this would mean making up a route from scratch, but it's doable. Any help that I can get would be gratefully received.

ppashley

I would be very much up for a covered bridge tour.

I also think the early start is essential. I had to be up at 5am to get there for yesterday's start, but its clearly a good idea to get open, clear roads.

If we can drive similar back country roads for a covered bridges tour, that would be awesome.



Cheers

Phil

'95 993 Coupe
(Stock)

VGM911

I agree whole heartedly with Phil. The early start made for a tour with very light traffic!

s14roller

The run looked like it was awesome! It would have been great meeting some of you guys but had things to take care of in NY...

grant911

I'm very much in support of a Covered Bridges tour as well. Any kind of tour will do. I didn't get many good shots, but I put a few up on my webshots. I'm going to attempt a pic here, and if it doesn't work, I'll just put a link to my webshots so you can enjoy even more Porsche pix.








For even more pix:
http://community.webshots.com/user/grant911

Wellardmac

Nice pics! I particularly like the one of the back end of Chris' GT3 when we were parked waiting for the trailer to get out of the way.

I've Jerry - I emailed Jay to ask him for a copy of his covered bridge tour - if I can get that I can use it as a basis for a modified tour for us.

Midnight Blue

Wayne - HUGE thanks to you and the team who organized this drive. I had an absolutely incredible time. Being my first drive of this nature, and my first real outing in my Cayman, I don't think I could have asked for anything more. I'm still feeling thrill even now. The route was sensational and really gave me a feel for what my Cayman S can do. I learned that the car makes me a much better driver than I probably am and that it can do so much more than I allowed. Being able to follow a group of veteran drivers encouraged me to push myself moreso than if I were driving the route alone. Now that I've had a taste, I want more. Paint chips be damned, it's about the drive not the gloss!

What a great group of people and what a beautiful collection of Porsches! Like others, I was amazed at what that gorgeous 356 cab was able to do. What a car and clearly a skilled driver.

Next time, I hope to convince my wife to come as a navigator. The GPS helps see upcoming street names but trying to grip the turn sheet, remember which line you're on, and reading it while driving at pace can be a little unnerving. I also need to invest in a better digital camera. Some of the shots folks have posted using a long lens are terrific.

Again, thanks for welcoming me and my Cayman. Looking forward to the next drive!

EDIT: Need to make sure I'm past the 2000 mile mark next time so I can actually rev the Croc past 4200rpm. Can't wait to experience the howl at 6500rpm.