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June
10, 2002
Norcal928.org
is Up and Running!!
NORCAL928 now has its own domain - norcal928.org.
So, change your bookmarks and weblinks to go directly to http://norcal928.org
(http://www.norcal928.org works as
well). If per chance you get a dead webpage, it is likely that your
ISP has not been updated yet with the address to our new website. It
can take a week or so for URLs to resolve on all the domain servers
scattered around the Web. At this point you won't see any
changes to the NORCAL928 website but VERY SHORTLY (this week) we will have
a number of enhancements in place. The first will be a subscriber
based mail list that will replace email communication. NORCAL928
communications should flow a lot better as you can elect how you want to
send and receive messages in the group and we can avoid email
spamming. Secondly, we will be offering yourname@norcal928.org email
boxes and yourname.norcal928.org subdomains - your own NORCAL928
website! We will have one last email flood when all this becomes
active later this week.
June
07, 2002
Give Open
Road Racing a Closer Look
The 928 was designed by Porsche to be The King of the open road. However, in the US there is essentially no opportunity to legally drive the car in the way it was intended. Actually there is, but few people know about it or consider it too exotic or dangerous, only for experienced racers and specialized cars with lots of expensive mods. Put these pre-conceived notions aside and take a few minutes to explore the topic of open road racing. You will find you have the car and almost everything else you need for an exhilarating, safe and legal high-speed driving experience. Here is a page assembled with George Suennen that introduces you to open road racing. George has taken his stock 928 S4 to several of these events in the past two years and has entered the up-coming Bonneville
100 and Pony
Express. Consider this great opportunity to exercise your 928 as Herr Doktor intended. If there is enough interest, we will schedule a pre-race briefing and preparation session. Click
here to read more. If you would like to learn more leave a message on the Event Forum or contact George.
May, 2002
May
21, 2002
Special
Event - Tech Session - Limited Space Available
Dan
Brindle, "The Pod Guy", and tech session leader on paint
care at Sharks in the Park 2002, has offered to host a tech session series
at his residence and 928 workshop in Kentfield. Dan can only accommodate
6 (SIX) NORCAL928 members, so we will have to limit this
based on first RSVP, first served. The first tech session
will be held on Saturday, June 8th. Dan will demonstrate timing
belt replacement. This is a major service procedure that is best
left to professionals, but if you are comfortable with wrenching on cars
and have a good set of tools, such a demonstration can be invaluable
to you if you are considering doing this procedure yourself. The
workshop manual only goes so far, and despite a number of good online supplementary
resources,
nothing beats seeing it done first-hand. This will be an all-day
session, and bring some gloves as your hands are likely to get into the
job with Dan. Topics and dates for future tech sessions by Dan will be
posted soon. Sorry about the space limitations for these
sessions. We will be organizing larger, open attendance tech
sessions in the near future as well. Thanks goes to Dan for
volunteering to serve the NORCAL928 membership in this way. If
you are interested in attending Dan Brindle's tech session on timing belt
replacement on June 8th, please click here
and send an email to that effect. The submissions will be taken in
order, getting back to you quickly letting you know if space is
available. Attendance will be confirmed one week prior to the
session.
P.S.:
Dan is the photographer of the scariest 928 picture ever taken.
This picture is not for the faint of heart! All who
attended Sharks in the Park 2002 got a close look at Dan's beautifully
finished 928 cabriolet. After viewing this photo, taken of the same
car mid-restoration, you will understand that Dan has intimate knowledge
of a 928 as few others do. Here it is, the
scariest 928 picture ever taken.
May
19, 2002
The
NORCAL928 Forum is Up!
Click on the Forum menu
selection to the left to visit the NORCAL928 Event Forum. You may have to
register with EZBoard to login to the Forum, but that should be pretty
painless. Also, the ads you see on the Forum and any pop-ups
will disappear in about 2 days, and we will have an commercial-free forum from
then on. The Forum should run more quickly then as
well. At this point the only forum is an event forum, but we can
add others as the need arises. The NORCAL928 Forum is not intended to
cover more general 928 topics, as there are already many fine 928 message
boards and mail lists (see the Resources page). Use this forum to announce
any events of interest to NORCAL928 membership, to arrange informal
get-togethers, set-up meeting places, or provide any details you want on
future events and report on past events. New events that appear here
or are sent in via email will be added to the Event Schedule.
May
18,
2002
Local
Club Links Added
There are a number of other
organizations in the NORCAL area that have events of interest to our
members. Some have been added to the Resources page. May 17,
2002
Unintentional
Email Spam
Email
messages with club news sent to NORCAL928 members and affiliates have been
going out bulk email without limiting the "reply to" box.
Sorry about that. Inadvertently, some who have replied to these messages,
intending their replies to go only to the sender, have had these replies sent to
EVERYONE on the mail list. From now on, email will be sent out so this
will not happen, and email will be limited as much as possible by using the
NEWS section here and a NORCAL928 Forum that is almost ready to go live
(probably this weekend). Other members should send in NEWS items or
use the Forum once it is live to communicate with the group so we don't
trip everyone's spam filters. THANKS!
May 16,
2002
Welcome
to the NORCAL928 Home
The
NORCAL928 website is officially open for business!
The event calendar is filling up. Keep submitting event
information. Right now the format is a bit clunky, but it's a
start. There will be additional communications in the news here
about specific events, especially organized rides, tech days and other
"formal" club events. However, the event calendar will include all
928, Porsche and other auto-related events that would be of interest to 928
owners in the area. So, I have a lot of PCA-type events to add as
well as links to PCA websites, for example. Stay tuned and check
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