2025 Cars & Coffee – Paint Chip Repair Clinic Photos January 27, 2025 by Vega Roecker The paint chip clinic held at Monterey Touring Vehicles was a big hit. Andrew from A Brilliant Shine in Carmel Valley came in and showed us how to tackle those nasty rock chips. After cleaning the work area with alcohol, he prefers to use paint from Dr Rockchip since it spreads more easily and dries […] Read more »
2024 Holiday Party Photos December 30, 2024 / December 30, 2024 by Richard Chew For a while, we thought our last event of the year, the Holiday Party, was going to be cancelled just like the first event of the year, the Annual Tour to Big Sur. A big storm had passed through the area Friday night through Saturday morning, knocking power out to many areas including Pebble Beach. […] Read more »
2024 Big Sur Taphouse 2 Photos October 15, 2024 by Vega Roecker We met in the Crossroads behind the Starbucks for a 10:00 start under clear blue skies. Steve Ponsi took the lead since Mark did it for the September tour. It took us a while to all get together, since after we stopped to consolidate, we took off into traffic. Heading south to Big Sur and beyond, […] Read more »
2024 Oktoberfest Photos September 29, 2024 / September 29, 2024 by Vega Roecker The Oktoberfest event on September 28th started for Monterey Bay Region at Chili’s in Seaside, where 9 cars left and headed north for Santa Cruz County. We rendezvoused with two other MBR members at the Summit Store on Skyline Drive, then continued on Skyline Drive to Highway 17, which we took to the Bear Creek […] Read more »
2024 Big Sur Taphouse 1 Photos September 11, 2024 / September 11, 2024 by Richard Chew It’s complicated! This event was a replacement for our Annual Tour to Big Sur originally scheduled for February but cancelled due to a huge storm which made the roads impassable. The Big Sur River Inn could not accommodate us – so Mark found the Big Sur Taphouse. Due to space limitations, the tour was divided […] Read more »
3rd Annual Porsche Pit Cru Photos August 21, 2024 / August 21, 2024 by Mike Raydo The August 13th Porsche Pit Cru event at VIN Bar in the Crossroads Shopping Center was a huge success, with our Club reserved 50 spaces being filled within the first 1/2 hour! VIN Bar was an excellent host, and music provided by the Casey Frazier band added to the enjoyment of a beautiful evening. As […] Read more »
2024 Concours in Paradise Photos July 23, 2024 / July 26, 2024 by Richard Chew It was a beautiful Sunday at the Carmel Valley Community Park for Monterey Bay Region’s Concours in Paradise – not too hot, not too cold. There were over 70 Porsches lined up in the park. What a nice way to spend the day: preparing your Porsche to be judged or displayed; chatting with old and […] Read more »
2024 Detail Clinic Photos July 17, 2024 by Vega Roecker On July 14, Porsche of Monterey hosted a detailing clinic for us at their shop. President Mark and another member volunteered their cars for demonstrations of how to spiff up a car by A Brilliant Shine, who explained what they were doing as they went along and had them take a stab at it as […] Read more »
2024 Elkhorn Slough Tour Photos June 25, 2024 / July 20, 2024 by Al Munoz-Flores We were blessed with overall great weather for our Driving Tour, Lunch, and boat tour of Elkhorn Slough. Approximately 28 members attended, with approximately 20 Porsche’s. Our Tour to Elkhorn Slough began at 10am at Chili’s restaurant in Seaside with our driver’s meeting at 10:15. We departed at 10:30, and had a beautiful drive north […] Read more »
2024 Paso Robles Overnight Tour Photos May 27, 2024 / May 27, 2024 by Mark McMahon The Wildflowers and Wineries Overnight Tour to Paso Robles was a great success. Despite some logistical challenges, we had fantastic drives, good weather and met some wonderful people. Many of the businesses we visited welcomed us with open arms and made us feel like family (even Hearst Castle!). Those who attended will have many great memories […] Read more »
