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With all this babble about engine reliability, whether a cab is better than a coupe, stupid drivers (sheesh...aren't all drivers stupid / poorly skilled except us Porsche pilots?! That being said, I'm feeling for ya, Little Green...ugh), not to say anything about a thread titled "delete", a number of RLers are heading out on Thursday (April 2) to see exactly how reliable the flat 6 is; the following is the intended route:
Leg 2 and 3 are tentative. We'll be taking a lunch break at Daviola in Geyserville and will re-evaluate based on time.
Participating: (4 x 997) + (1 x 993).
If any SF Bay Area Porsche (air or h20 cooled...they are all good to me!) pilots want to participate, raise your hand now or forever be stuck masturbating about the aforementioned subjects.
Last edited by david; 04-01-2015 at 10:13 PM.
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Joe, Jeremy ... It was great meeting both of you. Joe, Dan ... You missed a great ride. 289 miles on my trip meter as I pulled into my office in Petaluma this afternoon. Fantastic people, day, roads, views, driving, time. Joe ... Hope you feel better soon.
Take care everybody. Looking forward to next time.
Trying to add attachments but getting system crashes. Sometimes the pictures post and sometimes ... We'll see!
Joe: good to see you again; I know the next time will be more enjoyable...
Dan: very glad that you were able to breakaway and lead the first part of the drive! Did I mention that I could hear you loud and clear while playing sweeper?! As Joe suggested, looking forward to seeing the group pic...
Jeremy: great to meet you! It was great smelling burning oil of a real 911; it has been a while! And we won't bother making everyone envious by letting them know about the extra ~35 miles that we took down the coast and up/down Mt. Tam. (That said, I'm totally fried!)
Wayne: you said it all ("Fantastic people, day, roads, views, driving, time.") well maybe you almost said it all: how about those burgers?! YUM!!!
I'll need a few days to post pics...it is payback time now trying to catch up with work...
Thanks, guys. I may have been precipitous in cutting my drive short, but better safe than sorry. That very spirited driving on the first leg did aggravate the whiplash, but ibuprofen and heating pad calmed things down pretty quickly. Maybe, next time, I'll wear a neck brace!
Thanks, guys. I may have been precipitous in cutting my drive short, but better safe than sorry. That very spirited driving on the first leg did aggravate the whiplash, but ibuprofen and heating pad calmed things down pretty quickly. Maybe, next time, I'll wear a neck brace!
Yup I believe that you did the right thing, Joe, as the Annapolis and Stewart's Points roads would have put the real big hurt on you (although I suspect the burgers would have helped relieve some of that pain!)
I got up while it was dark and thought that I'd wash the C4S (there was some nasty road oil on the fat ****) and halfway through I sliced my finger on the spoiler and discovered that it is difficult to wash a car with one hand (and the other in dripping red bandages!), however it is done and to reward myself, I processed 2 pics: 1 from the very beginning and 1 from the end...
BTW, unsure if you noticed that during the run through Walker Canyon, Dan's brut woke up that herd of cows and they were high-tailing it up the hill! As Dan would say, "GOOD TIMES!!!"
David - Thanks again for coordinating this drive. It was a blast and just what I needed to get some distance from all the chaos going on in life. As you said at one point during the trip, driving at speed really forces the driver to focus on the moment and the present. There's something very zen about driving a Porsche at speed through winding country roads...
Dan and Joe - Good meeting you both and next time we'll certainly have to coax you into continuing further northward!
Wayne - It was a pleasure driving and talking with you. Those burgers were tasty! I hope your 997 didn't have too much of a burnt oil film on it from my old polluter. As for the last 35 miles, you only missed out on the most scenic view of the day (see David's photo a few posts above)
Rarely do they pull a car over for not having the plate. Often they will ticket the car when parked, but that depends on what area you are in and where you park. Some of us just live on the wild side like that.
Drove my 911 yesterday here in DC. 72 and sunny for the first time in a looooong time. Looking at your beautiful pics make me really look forward to the warm weather coming in May. I was in OC, CA for biz this week and seriously wondered why I am slogging it through the East Coast winters. Fun and thanks for sharing the pics!
04-01-2015, 09:11 PM
April 2 North SF Bay Area Excursion
