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| | PCA—We hope you and your loved ones enjoy the holidays — and maybe a holiday Porsche drive! It's been a great year for PCA and Porsche; here's to an even better 2019.
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Jalopnik—Are you one of those last-minute shoppers? Have you experienced a Christmas tree mishap? Were you so busy with actually living life that you completely forgot to decorate for the holidays this year,
only to find that you’ll be having company? Well, folks, we’ve got the instructional how-to video for you!
| | PCA—It’s no holiday miracle, you read it correctly, an entire Porsche collection for just $25,000. Three great Porsches for the price of some options on a new 911. Technically, it’s $25,800, but hey, you’ll
probably negotiate a little, right? So, without further ado, here’s an entire readymade Porsche collection that we’d be happy to find under our tree.
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PCA—PCA's Spring 2019 Treffen will take place over Wednesday, April 3 through Saturday, April 6 in the beautiful central California coastal town of Santa Barbara. Join us for this four-day event as we tour, explore, and experience the American Riviera. Registration fee includes full breakfasts Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
themed dinner with entertainment on Thursday; themed social on Friday; and closing dinner on Saturday. Event apparel and Treffen bag are also included. Treffen Santa Barbara schedule and activities are now available on the Treffen North America website at treffen.pca.org. Registration for this event and room reservations at our host hotel will open on January 16, 2019, at 3:00 PM (EST). You
won't want to miss this breathtaking seaside town, its culture and history flanked by the Santa Ynez mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
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| | PCA—Save the date for Tech Tactics East 2019 - February 16 & 17, 2019. Registration will open on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 12:00 PM (EST). Tech Tactics East 2019 will once again be hosted at the PCNA Training facility in Easton, PA. This facility is used to train Porsche technicians on the intricacies of new Porsches while at the same time providing valuable training on the
Porsches of old. Tech Tactics East is for the casual information gatherer, the everyday Porsche mechanic and all Porsche enthusiasts in between. Attendees will be treated to a day of presentations by auto industry experts, including PCNA Field Specialists, PAG Project Managers, members of the PCA Technical Committee, and representatives from other companies such as Michelin, LN Engineering, and Driven Motor Oil.
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PCA—The 64th annual Porsche Parade is heading to Boca Raton, Florida, from July 21-27, 2019. Porsche Parade is a week of PCA & Porsche fun, with events and activities for all ages and interests. You do not want to miss out! Follow Porsche Parade on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for the latest Parade updates. Visit the Parade website and check out the ad on page 167 of the December Porsche Panorama for more info.
Mark your calendars! Parade Registration and Housing Reservations open February 4, 2019. We hope you'll join us - this Parade promises to make a splash!
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| | PCA—It's not too late to submit! We are currently accepting nominations for the following National Awards:
- The Glenn Lazar-Harry Blanchard Memorial Trophy - PCA Enthusiast of the Year
- The Ferry Porsche Trophy – PCA Region of the Year
- The Porsche (PCA) Family of the Year
- The PCA Public Service Awards
For details or to submit a nomination contact National Awards Chair Michael Soriano at Awards@pca.org
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PCA—Celebrating 30 years of the 964—Porsche Club of America (PCA) welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to the third annual Werks Reunion Amelia Island on March 8, 2019, the Friday preceding the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. Membership in PCA is not required to participate in this celebration of Porsche
automobiles. Expect to view a breathtaking array of Porsches at this free-to-spectators event, from rare classics to current models and everything in between. Display your own cherished car in model-specific Porsche Corrals or enter the Porsche Judged Field and compete to win in more than 20 prize categories.
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Motor Trend—By its very definition, no one wins when you compromise. This is especially true if you're a discerning car enthusiast looking for a one-size-fits-all approach to your family car. More often than not, the cars that are most practical aren't particularly fun to drive, but sportier options are neither roomy nor
efficient. That equation gets even more complicated once you bring efficiency, fuel costs, and climate change-causing emissions into the equation.
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| | Road & Track—Lots of people turn to forced induction for more power these days, but Porsche GT car fans swear by natural aspiration. If you're looking for big power out of your Cayman GT4, but don't want to go the turbo or supercharging route, this engine upgrade from DeMan Motorsport could be the way to go.
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Porsche Newsroom—For the fourth episode of the Top 5 series, Porsche welcomes a guest from the USA: Ilaria Urbanati. She is a fashion stylist from Hollywood, who dresses stars such as Ryan Reynolds, James Marsden and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Together with Ivo van Hulten, Head of the Interior Design Studio in Weissach, and
Cornelia Rosenbohm, a Colour and Trim expert for the Design Studio, she presents the Top 5 fancy seat patterns.
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| | Petrolicious—Six years can pass quickly. Time is a magical, relative, and marvelous unit of measurement for our lives.
In these past six years I have grown a lot, coming to understand several things in life that I had previously struggled to pay much attention to. Maybe you can call it a form of maturity, when the way people see things changes. We tend to become more pragmatic as we age, sometimes we get a bit more cynical towards the world too, but this isn’t the definition of growing up, this is how you lose your imagination and the will to have
fun with life.
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| | Popular Mechanics—I've always known the 911 was different, and the Cliff's Notes version of why: the famous shape, the engine in the back, the Porsche's practicality compared to other exotic cars. As a kid, I'd read enough magazines and played enough driving video games to understand that 911s were fast, precision vehicles that rewarded enthusiastic driving.
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Motor1—If you haven’t already heard the news, there’s a new king in the SUV segment. It’s called the Lamborghini Urus and is literally the fastest ICE-powered sport utility vehicle on the planet today. No other SUV can come close to the performance of the Urus or at least that’s what Lamborghini believes. But is it so? Ask
Porsche.
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| | Autoweek—The Cayenne is back for a third generation, and even though the concept of a Porsche SUV took a little while to get used to when the first-gen model debuted, it is now not only a big part of the family but makes up a big chunk of all Porsche sales. And the trend in this third generation, to riff on the title of an old Daft Punk tune, is "lighter, better, faster,
stronger."
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Jalopnik—We debate the best and worst race car liveries–the decorative schemes that make race cars look distinctive and give visibility to sponsors—to the point where punches are thrown and tears are shed. But how are they made? To answer that question, we asked graphic designer Andy Blackmore to take us through the
process.
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| | The Drive—Just because you've had a family doesn't mean it's time to give up that dream of owning a Porsche. The world's coolest people-carrier, which happens to be this Volkswagen Transporter Multivan, is here to help with a plethora of Porsche go-fast bits pre-installed. For the right price, this particular piece of German engineering can be yours to take home.
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- Unlimited Mileage? OK
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Porsche Newsroom—“Mama” was Julian’s first word. So far, so normal. But then his childhood somehow took a different path. Porsche was and is the guiding principle of his life. As soon as someone mentions the Zuffenhausen-based brand to the trained Porsche mechanic, the towering figure
lights up. No wonder that he has the magic number “911” tattooed on his upper right arm. Porsche is his life. Julian Klein is Lea Klein’s youngest son, and anyone who meets Lea immediately understands why Julian is the way he is. Lea Klein loves driving Porsche cars, loves driving fast, and has had a life not a million miles away from that of street racers. This has rubbed off on her three children – one daughter and two sons. “Well, on two out of three,” she winks. The third, oldest son Mario,
is not all that different, but he works in real estate – as did his mother for a couple of years.
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Motor1—A new Porsche 911 coupe begets a new 911 convertible, and our intrepid spy photographers got our best look yet at what the new soft-top sports car will look like. And predictably, it looks a lot like a 911 coupe with a cloth roof. That’s no bad thing given the all-new 992-series 911 wowed us with its fat haunches and
low-slung looks at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show.
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Roadshow by CNET—A lack of power steering isn't the end of the world, but it might make driving trickier at low speeds, which can increase the risk of injury. Hence, Porsche's got a fresh recall on its hands.
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| | The Drive—Porsche Classic hopes to solve the theft epidemic of vintage models with new tracking and anti-theft combination system known as ‘Hands Off!’ using autonomous GPS and hardware.
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Autoblog—eSports has grown so much that it's actually found its way onto the cover of ESPN the Magazine cover and SportsCenter Top 10 highlights. It's a growing wave and Porsche wants to catch it, establishing itself as a player in the industry throughout the past couple years. In 2017 it aligned itself with iRacing and for 2019, the
two are hosting the "Porsche iRacing World Championship Series."
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PCA—To celebrate 70 years of Porsche, the world’s greatest sports car, Porsche Design has created a timepiece exclusively for Porsche Club of America (PCA) members: the Chronograph 70Y Sportwagen PCA Edition. Strictly limited to only 70 timepieces worldwide, this masterpiece pays tribute to the passion, commitment and camaraderie of PCA members, as well as the legendary Chronograph I,
the first-ever timepiece developed by Porsche Design.
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PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at damonl@pca.org with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as
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METROVAC partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest |
| | PCA—PCA—We are excited to announce a new partnership with METROVAC for our Porsche Photo of the Week contest. Starting in October, winners will receive a VAC N BLO 500, a $152.99 value. We will also randomly award a PotW voter
each month an Air Force Blaster Sidekick Car and Motorcycle Dryer, a $119.99 value. All you have to do is cast a vote for your favorite Porsche photo!
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Photo by Jean-Francois Bulycz. Connecticut Valley Region. "My 2008 911 Carrera 4S, shot in an old winery in the New York State Finger Lakes Region."
Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to potw@pca.org. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
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e-Brake News
I hope you enjoyed this issue of Porsche Club of America's e-Brake News. If you have any
questions or comments, please contact:
Damon Lowney Digital Media Coordinator & e-Brake News Editor damonl@pca.org (410) 381-0911
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Ilko Nechev Advertising Director ilko@pca.org (212) 490-2079
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