east coast porschepollooza or how i learned to love the car and get some chilli

[steven0401]

Accuweather.com is a little more optimistic

[steven0401]

Are we rained out?

[karlusmagnus]

Well Steven, we have
accuweather which says Variable cloudiness; breezy with a shower or thunderstorm,High Temperature:62° F

and is the most optimistic, while

NOAA says: Showers likely before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Southwest wind between 6 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

and there is even a Fire Danger warning for tomorrow there due to excessive dry conditions and no rain for the last 2 weeks !!! and today being fabulous!!

Just our luck. and remember that I have a targa I need sunshine

Why don't we wait until tomorrow to get a better idea, but at the moment it looks "iffy"?

Thanks,

Karl

[karlusmagnus]

I believe we are rained out .... even accuweather concedes rain, and it was always the most optimistic of forecasters ...

If everyone concurs, can we start proposing another date.
Personally i am unavailable, Sunday, and i know that some others are as well.

Following weekend ... 2 weeks is Easter weekend ... 3 weeks time?

[Paul Schooley]

I hope it all works out for you fellas on the right coast. Danged weather is always the wildcard huh?

[giaz]

Since this meeting was not sure, some other engagements appeared and I will not be able to make it.

Happy to meet with you guys another time. And as soon as I have time I'll post pictures of my 1971 Albert Blue 911 2.2S.

Ciao

Giaz

[karlusmagnus]

Despite the weather, I will be there today ... with Paul Mitchell ... so we are two ... same bat-time .. same bat-place ...

11h00 - > 11h30

my cell is xxx_xxx_xxxx is anyone is trying to hook up with us ...

KO

[karlusmagnus]

Well, after much delay, i have resized the pics ... from our getogether .... and here goes ...

It was a mixture of sun and rain, and me with my targa was feeling rather foolhardy. Seeing that Paul was still up to go, I figured why not, and so i drove to Port Jervis parking exit to meet him at 11h30.
Here are some pics of the scenery, the roads, the twisties, and the rain, the action shots in the rain, and the mutual admiration shots at the end.

It was just easier to post them on flickr so that is where they are at ...

Next time we'll get more people out as the weather will be better. My targa did not melt. The rain was so much fun to drive in ... it was quite a scintillating experience, and the noise of the water slashing and beating off the front spoiler coupled with the engine growling ... there is something to be said for rain ... or perhaps i am too adapted to it, from 20+ years of growing up in ireland ... a great country if it had a roof !!

[karlusmagnus]

Some of the pics didn't come out too well .... i'll have to brush up on IrFanView