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May 2012 Advocate Is Now Available
The May 2012 issue of The devil's Advocate is now available for download - just click here. Highlights include:
  • Diablo's annual Wash & Shine, Memorial Day Weekend
  • Reports from the Mallya Auto Collection, Rally School, and Russian River Tour
  • Online registration for events, online ordering for nametags
  • Flyers for upcoming events
Download your copy today!
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Wine Tasting, Bocce Ball & Dinner, May 19th
Diablo's Best Social Event of 2010 has become a regular feature of our calendar, and in 2012 it's a doozy! (click here for flyer; click here to register online) It begins in the afternoon on May 19th with a private room wine tasting at Ruby Hill Winery, followed by a little... Read more...
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Order Your Diablo Nametag Online
Diablo members can now order their official region name tags online! These name tags are a big help at any car-related event. If you have an account on MotorsportReg.com, click here; if not you'll need to use these instructions to create an account on that site.
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Diablo Wash & Shine, May 27th PDF Print E-mail
Written by Newsletter Editor   
Wednesday, May 02 2012 16:39

Diablo will once again hold it's annual Wash & Shine with Peoples Choice contest at the Danville Livery, hosted by The Paddock, on Sunday, May 27th. Click here for the flyer. Click here to register online; if you need instructions on creating an account, click here. Charity raffle drawings throughout the day will support the Sentinels of Freedom Foundation.

Members are invited to enter any of 12 judged categories, defined by model and year, or choose one of five fun categories and let the audience decide! Judged cars must be pre-registered by the deadline of May 20th. Entry fees are $20 for pre-registration, or $25 the day of the show. There is no fee to see the show or vote for the Peoples Choice.

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 02 2012 17:03
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Driver Education, May 2012 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike Roberts   
Sunday, May 06 2012 20:10

 

Today, I saw a Cayman. It seems a million miles away…not just 5,300. I’m in the UK, the country I lived in until just under 14 years ago.  The weather is grey  – nothing new there. And in the small market town where I grew up, on the borders of Wales, little has changed.

But, the cars - they have changed. Picking up my Hertz rental at the airport, the guy at the counter explained that it was a Mitsubishi ASX. Oh really? What’s that? He didn’t know the color, telling me to ‘press the remote and look for the lights to flash’. Not so easy, because when I emerged into the (unmanned) rental car lot, there were three long lines of cars, of many makes and colors yet very similar looking models. It was raining very hard and I was dragging a suitcase across the wet asphalt. Tired, jet lagged, hungry and increasingly desperate, I walked the lines clicking the remote like a lost Star Trek character when his ‘beam me up’ fails.

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, May 08 2012 01:24
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Diablo Adopts Online Event Registration PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kathy Soler   
Friday, April 27 2012 20:19

Diablo's Driver Education Program has been using MotorsportReg.com as its main registration, payment collection and reporting tool for quite some time now with great success. The Board has decided to extend this tool to our Events and Tours.

Beginning in April, we are asking our members to create a MotorsportReg.com Account and register and pay on that website for all upcoming events and tours. If you already have an account make sure you have listed Diablo as your Region under club memberships so you’ll see all of our events on your online dashboard. Account creation instructions are available by clicking here.

Last Updated on Tuesday, May 01 2012 11:36
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Porsches and the People Who Drive Them #4 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Newsletter Editor   
Sunday, May 06 2012 19:47

Meet Kelly Guglielmo

1. What first interested you in Porsche?

After I drove a friend’s 911 Targa when I was 19.

2. What was your first Porsche and why did you purchase it?

1970 914 with some minor mods...so I knew it would be a little extra performance. I was only 21, but determined to have it.

3. What are your interests (hobbies)?

Friends, family, cars, motorcycles, skydiving, crafts/creating, shopping, spa days & other girlie stuff.

Last Updated on Tuesday, May 08 2012 01:20
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Driver Education, April 2012 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike Roberts   
Tuesday, April 10 2012 19:37

So, we have this huge, open parking lot at a premier US racetrack, a bunch of cones and some fast cars. Think we can have some fun with that??? At Infineon…Thursday, May 17th, we team up with Hooked On Driving who are running their HPDE event on the track that day…David Ray and his team have graciously offered us the opportunity of a Car Control and Track Experience event in the paddock while their event is in progress. [Editor: Sorry, that event was canceled by Infineon.]

You will be able to (urged to) turn the traction control (PSM) off! Even if you run on track, you may not know what happens when you brake so hard the ABS kicks in, or corner so hard that the back end breaks away, or you try and turn a fast left/right/left. It’s useful to find out. You never know when someone will do the unexpected in front of you on the freeway, or on any other road – and that’s not the time to learn!

Last Updated on Friday, April 27 2012 20:17
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