--by Capt. Mike Sherman, Membership Director
GGR Regional Summary--October 2012 Primary Members 1,482 Affiliate Members 975 Life Members 6 Total Members 2.458 Total Renewals 69 Transfers Out 3 Non-renewals 30 Motor News. Big news on the motor front was the announcement of the rebirth of two Dodge types - the Dodge Dart and the vaunted Dodge Viper - Lazarus-like the snake appears reconfigured and re-engineered to appease the power-crazed populace for the ultimate Detroit Iron! When last we saw it, it was an uncontrollable beast. The new SRT Viper (fathered by no other than the boys in Italy who do pretty good auto) features a new 8.4-liter all-aluminum, V-10 overhead-valve engine that delivers 640 HP and 600 lb-ft of torque. The Dart may not garner as many headlines, but it is essentially an Alfa Romeo Giulietta with new bodywork, 6-speeds, and a 3.6L engine. No, they'll never catch us - although some say the Viper is a valid competitor to the Porsche 911 Turbo - but it looks like the US is getting serious again with the help of Fiat! Forza Italia! Cheers and drive well my friends. Capt. Mike New Members/Transfers: 23 (+8 Affiliate/Family Members) Clifton Braun & Tanya Luthin (RED) 1971 914 Blue Miguel Diaz-Rios & Hector Diaz (DIA) 1983 944 Black & 1982 928 Arnau, & Mariseth Ferring (CCC) 2010 Panamera Blue Rick Hagan 2011 911 Silver Lorraine Jacobs & Dan Johnson 1959 356A Conv. D Silver Koichiro Kanda 1975 911 Blue Rishi Khaitan, 2006 Cayman S Silver Rick & Siri Kilduff 2006 911 Black Jay Kim (CCC) 1987 911 Red W Junwoo & Jiyeon Lee 2011 Carrera S Silver Bill & Tom Monroe 2007 Boxster Tyler Nielson 1985 911 Gray Gary Royce 2012 911 Gray Dana Spencer (CCC) 1999 Carrera Silver Hoang Tran 2009 Carrera Blue Michael Wittmann (CCC) 2012 911 4 GTS Gray Alice Yeh 2007 Cayman S Silver Tito Young (DIA) 1969 911T Guards Red Darryl Fong & Shannon Lee (LA) 1997 Carrera Mark Pitchford (DIA) 2006 911S Silver Andrew Spencer (SNV) 1990 964 C2 White Michael & Christine Tsang (DIA) 1998 911 C2S Arctic Silver Peter Vinsel (DIA) 1999 996 Silver September Anniversaries 40 Years - 1972 Steven Conston 1972 914 DianeGrimsman 35 Years - 1977 Richard Goerges 1965 356C 25 Years - 1987 Louise Frye Michael Mitchell 1995 993 Gordon Wolf 1980 911SC 20 Years - 1992 Jon Cox 1982 911SC George Morones 1984 911 GeorgeLazarus 1982 911SC 15 Years - 1997 Lisa Berry David Fujimoto 1968 912 Tariq Roomi 2000 Boxster Arno Ruben 10 Years - 2002 Meredith Cilker Debra Ervin Brandee Krzanich Holger Mishal 2002 Boxster S George Vaccaro 1967 912 5 Years - 2007 Larry Adams Rachel Bontempi Andrew Ferguson 2002 Boxster S Black Alan Rich 2007 Cayman S Grey Rebecca Rich Ken Salvail 1974 914 Marathon Blue MisatoTachibana Cliff Takemoto 2008 Boxster Blue Derek Tam-Scott Peter Vinsel 1999 996 Silver MarvinMendelsohn 2005 911 Silver Michael Moeser |