Category: Blue Ridge Blogger

Membership Welcome to John Davidson of Tazewell, Virginia. John has an awesome 2021 718 Cayman GT4! Trading Post No activity this week. Activities Cars and Coffee Cars and Coffee – March 22 ALERT LUNCH NEW NEW NEW All Blue Ridge Region PCA members are invited and encouraged to attend Cars N Coffee on Wednesday March 22, 2023 starting at 11:30am.  Come for great cars and food, but most importantly to socialize with other club members!  What an awesome way to connect with club members at this week day special event.   This is a limited capacity event so register early.  A waitlist will be maintained once the event…

Membership No new members this week. Old/New Member I had the occasion to sit next to Harry Ridenour at the Open Board meeting this past week. Harry and Carolyn moved down here to Brandon Oaks from Gaithersburg, Md a short time ago. Harry has been a member of PCA since August 1969, which is some 53 years ago. Interesting, Dick and Caryl Hatch joined one month before Harry and Carolyn. That gives us four of the oldest members in the club! Like Dick, Harry has retained his original Porsche, in his case, a 1967 911 Targa along with an assortment…

Membership Welcome to John Cox from Roanoke, Virginia. John drives a 1985 Porsche 944.   Activities Open Board Meeting – March 8 You are invited to the Board Meeting on March 8, 2023 at Shakers Restaurant – Roanoke starting at 5:30PM. Please register on the website so we have a count. You are invited for dinner as well. Shaker’s Restaurant, Valley View Mall 1909 Valley Blvd. NW Roanoke, VA Here is the Agenda:                                                                                    Reports                  Membership – There are 199 Primary members and 121 Affiliate members for a total of 320 members.  1 new member this months and…

Membership Welcome to Samuel Lionberger of Roanoke, Virginia. He drives a 1989 Porsche 944 S2. Trading Post No interest in a trading post? Activities Cars and Coffee All Blue Ridge Region PCA members are invited and encouraged to attend Cars N Coffee on Saturday March 11, 2023 starting at 9:30am.  Come for great cars and food, but most importantly to socialize with other club members!  What an awesome way to connect with club members and to fill the cool days. There is no club cost to attend this event, but members are responsible for their meals and beverages.  Registration is limited to members of the Blue Ridge…

Membership No new members this week. Trading Post We are experimenting with a Trading Post for our members. If you have something you want to sell or swap, write up a description of it and send it to the blogger@brr-pca.org. 1974 914-6 GT outlaw. 3.2 injected, chip /headers, 901, 911 F brakes / 914-6 rear brakes, Fiberglass fares, custom rear spoiler, Carrera White. Consider Boxster / Cayman trades. Click Here for more information. Activities Cars and Coffee All Blue Ridge Region PCA members are invited and encouraged to attend Cars N Coffee on Saturday March 11, 2023 starting at 9:30am.  Come for great cars and…

Membership No new members this week. Trading Post I am considering adding a trading post for our membership. You can trade stuff like a set of fuchs rims or your car for money etc. I have limited resources but would consider your thoughts on this idea. Contact the Blogger Activities Cars and Coffee This month we combined the C&C with our Annual Planning Meeting. About 30 folks showed up to help guide the club for the 2023 season. First, we had an excellent meal put on by our hosts, The Green Goat. The breakfast was to die for. The best…

Just returned from a trip to Florida. 85 and sunny. Just in time for a warm spell here. Glad to be home! Membership Welcome to Jim Jones from Lexington, Virginia. Jim drives a Porsche: 2021 Macan. Sorry to have to announce that a long time member, Sam Reefe, passed away last week. Dr. William Reefe was 98 years old. He was Chief of Medicine at the VA Medical Center for a long time. Sharon Stanley stated that “he was a dear man”. Charlie Schleupner reported that he was section chief in Infectious Diseases under Bill for years until Bill retired.…

Membership Well, no new members to report this week. The real reason is that I am in Florida, enjoying the sun! Hope it is warm back home, but, whatever! Just wanted to make sure you are kept informed of the upcoming activities. Activities Cars and Coffee The next Cars and Coffee is at the Green Goat at 9:30AM on February 11th. The Green Goat is located at: 802 Wiley Dr SW,Roanoke, VA 24015(540) 904-6091greengoat2015@brradmin It will be followed by the Annual Planning Meeting. Spring Street Survival on the Schedule We are planning to schedule a Street Survival School this spring.…

Membership Welcome to Igor Erceg from Roanoke, VA. He drives a beautiful 2014 911 Turbo. I had the pleasure of meeting Igor and his two young boys at our Cars & Coffee yesterday. Also, welcome David Johnson, III. David lives in Lewisburg, VA and drives a 2021 Porsche Macan. Activities Cars and Coffee We had our first Cars and Coffee under the management of our new Chairman, Ed Clowser. Although it was cold, we had good attendance, over 20 people. Famous Anthony’s put out a great spread. We had three new members, Sean Lynch, who is looking for a Cayman,…

Membership SEAN LYNCH has joined PCA’s Test Drive program while searching for a Porsche to purchase. If you would like to connect with SEAN, contact information is: lynchdds@gmail.com; 540 521-8736. He lives in Ranoke, Virginia. Road trips with Don- Turkey, Texas – Steve Strickland The email from Don Salisbury came in late January- he was buying a ’53 Bug in need of assembly in Texas, and did I want in on a road trip to pick it up? Of course! I’m always up for a car fetching mission with Don- time to find my road warrior hat! The car was just…