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Mark your calendars if you plan to attend the New Years Day drive. This is always a fun event and drive. Last year there was a good showing of over 100 cars and breakfast was hosted by Porsche of Livermore. Come for the breakfast or come for the breakfast and the drive. Last several years it has included a post breakfast drive up Mt. Hamilton from Livermore and dropping into San Jose. The roads on New Year's Day are always empty. We should be able to fill several 914 tables this year.
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Mike Bellis |
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My radiator hose split lengthwise in the front trunk during a high speed left hairpin turn. I spun out on the fluid, about 270°. The 911 behind me stopped in time. I was about 1/2 mile from the summit at the observatory. I drove it to the top and examined the damage. I decided to coast down the hill into San Jose. I made the 24 miles and coasted for 22 of them. I had to run the motor a couple times without water until I found a Carl's Jr restaurant and parked at 12pm. It's now 3:30pm and I made it home some 35 miles via a flat bed tow truck. Oddly enough, the car never overheated, even without water. Maybe because it was 47°F this morning. Now I need some Gates green stripe to get this POS fixed. I feel very lucky. I could have spun the car off a cliff or broken down in the middle of nowhere. I just hope no one else spun on my spilled G12 fluid. My group of 4 cars were the first to reach the top of the mountain; I was #2 of 4. I took off before the rest of 100 or so Porsche's made it to the top. Happy New Year! ![]() |
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