Your PCA e-Brake News November 2018 Recap

Published: Sat, 12/01/18

December 1, 2018

Dear e-Brake subscriber,

As you know, Porsche Club of America delivers e-Brake News to your inbox every Tuesday. This is the November monthly recap.

To the left, check out the October issue of Porsche Panorama. Scroll down to find a recap of the top five e-Brake News articles of the month.

As always, scroll to the bottom to vote for the Porsche of the Month, and to see October's winning photo.

1. Video: 2020 Porsche 911 world premiere livestream

PCA—The first Porsche 911 came to the market in 1964, and after seven generations of evolutionary change, Porsche is set to announce the eighth generation of the rear-engined sports car in Los Angeles tonight, Nov. 27, at 8 PM local time (11 PM EST). Instead of waiting until the auto show opens to the press to introduce the new car, the automaker will livestream the world premiere from the home of Porsche Motorsport North America and LA Experience Center in Carson, CA.

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2. Video: The Super-Secret White Porsche Collection

PCA—In the hyperactive/hyper-competitive Porsche world, it can seem like there’s nothing truly new under the sun — no car undiscovered, no collection so obscure as to be unknown, and no collecting theme unexplored. Having said that, walking into one of the largest and most secretive Porsche collections in the world is a surreal enough experience, until the realization that nearly everything in it is white. It may be the closest vision of the ideal Porsche afterlife extant — the cars are white, the building is white, the walls are white, the floors are white, the furniture is white. If you make it past the front door — a feat in itself — you’re given two options: Wear socks, or cover your shoes in protective booties (white, of course). You’ll also have to drop your cell phone in a bucket until you leave; that’s white too, by the way.

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3. PCA Spotlight: Porsche 996 Turbo weathers winter

PCA—In this month’s issue of Porsche Panorama, you can read about our 1,400-mile winter road trip in a 2002 Porsche 911 Turbo, which started in Easton, Pennsylvania, paused in Québec City, and ended in Ann Arbor, Michigan. While reporting on that story, Nathan Merz takes a moment in this video to give us his take on the all-wheel-drive 996 Turbo, a worthy companion, even in snowy weather.

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4. Video: I Will Tire of This Video Approximately Three Seconds After Earth Is Consumed by The Sun

Jalopnik—There will be a time when I get bored of watching Roman Caresani slide his 1965 Porsche 911 around Spa, and I assume that time will be roughly after the dying sun swallows Earth. I don’t think it will be before then.

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5. Porsche explains every generation of the 911 [w/video]

PCA—The sports car that took the reigns from Porsche’s stalwart 356 in 1964, the 911, was an improvement in almost every way. Yet the basic formula to which the 911 adhered — engine at the rear, rear-wheel drive, sporting pretentions — were all present in the 356. And so it goes at Porsche, an automaker obsessed with finesse and fine-tuning rather than radical change.

PCA—We are excited to announce a new partnership with METROVAC for our Porsche Photo of the Week contest. 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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