Road Stories

928 and 911

I went to the Cleveland German Car Show last Sunday and just wanted to report in.

There were lots of really nice cars and they were all German!! There were only three of us 928s
there and we were in the parking lot. The other two were a '80 & '81 (I peeked at the VIN #s).
They were in nice shape and had less miles then mine.

I have to admit the fun of this show was driving there. It isn't often that Paul and I drive
separately in our own cars. Paul had the 911 and the kid, and I took the 928. We were almost
there and we found ourselves side by side at a red light in front. Anyone want to guess what
we did when the light turned green? Paul eased back as I hit 70mph, I'm guessing it's cause he
had the kid. Some day I'd like to try that again for real. I think I could beat him no problem.

I pulled into the parking lot and before I closed the door, someone offered to buy the car. A
group formed and they all seemed to know 928s pretty well, talking about what a classic grand
tourer it was and what a shame they don't make them any more.

The fun really started on the way home. We traded cars. Let me tell you, the best part about
driving the 911 is watching how beautiful the 928 is moving!! Don't tell Paul I said that. We ran
into quite a bit of construction on the way home and three time I tried to down-shift into 4th
only to hear this horrible grinding noise. Trust me, Paul heard that. He pulled up to me and
questioned what I was doing. I motioned that I couldn't get the car into 4th. He pulled ahead of
me and then after a moment had me pull up to him to inform me that I was actually trying to put
the car into reverse and would I please cut it out. I was so embarassed, I almost got out of the
car because I didn't deserve to drive it!! I can't help it if the 911 has the wrong shifting pattern!!


Paul seemed to have a throttle problem in my car. Next thing I knew he was going over 90 MPH !


The 911 is fine, another example of a well-designed, abuse-taking German car. Though every
day this week the car has been gone when I looked for it. I don't think Paul wants me driving it
any more!

Next week it's off to another driver's school. This time I'm going to see if I can get some speed
going.

Moira