March / April 2016
30
A
long time ago, in a bank
account not so far, far
away... out came a not
insignificant amount of mon-
ey. I had just bought my first
Porsche. It was beautiful.
As the proud owner of a
2001 Boxster, I got busy
checking and performing
all the usual maintenance
items. I had owned several
BMW's, but never a Porsche
and literally didn't know a
soul who owned one either.
I joined the PCA and
looked forward to meeting
fellow enthusiasts. I got fa-
miliar with parts suppliers
and websites and had filters,
oil and miscellaneous odds
and ends headed my way. I
went for drives and tinkered
and really found the experi-
ence enjoyable.
In an effort to get more
in tune with owners of the
marque, I went to the KCRP-
CA website and decided to
call a few folks up and intro-
duce myself. One of the first
calls I made was to Bob Way-
man. Picked at random real-
ly from a page in Der Sport-
wagen. I introduced myself
and he proceeded to tell me
about the club and how he
had just gotten back from a
track event. "Sounds inter-
esting," I thought mildly, but
