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JFJ914
I found this message from Jon Lowe on the RennList 914 site. It occured to me that we have a resident German translator (Sir Andy?) on this site and could blow the 911's off. Any takers?

John Jentz


All,

I got the following from a member of the German 914/6 Club, Udo Frey. Like
PCNA, Porsche AG is having a contest on Porsche stories. His letter tells the
rest. I have some software that sort of kinda translates German to English,
but things in my personal life do not allow time to do so, plus the cleanup.
If someone out there would help him, he and I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

Jon Lowe
PCA Tech Committee, 914
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Hello Jon!

I´m sure that you heard about the votings concerning the best story about the
Porsche 911 on the Porsche Website.

Our member Oliver Mathai placed his story about the start at the last Tour
Auto Rally in France 2003 with his superfast 914-6 GT among all the 911 stories.
Up to now the story is on 3rd place overall. (By the way: On race events
normaly his 914-6 is placed better!).

Do you know anybody who could translate this story into english so that your 914
members in the states could vote too? It would be very nice if the American
914 enthusiasts could help us to win this race! Look link:
Porsche DE


Udo
Jenny
I beat you to it! I emailed it directly to Andy already. bootyshake.gif wink.gif

Jen
JFJ914
Thanks. Nice Butt! smilie_pokal.gif

Anybody know how to fix the link?
JFJ914
Yes. The story is on page 6, titled "Kein echter 911, aber der geht auf der Tour Auto
" .
SirAndy
QUOTE(Jenny @ Aug 20 2003, 11:07 AM)
I beat you to it! I emailed it directly to Andy already. bootyshake.gif wink.gif

i would but the site want's me to register before i can read the complete article. huh?
anyone here has a copy of the complete article?
otherwise, i guess i have to sign up mad.gif

Andy
JFJ914
I guess you'll have to join, Andy. The honor of the 914 world is at stake! Will we have to join to vote?
Brad Roberts
Jon has time for Rennlist... but cant visit us "over here".. laugh.gif

I refuse to look at the link until Jon signs up here.

B
SirAndy
QUOTE(John Jentz @ Aug 20 2003, 11:54 AM)
I guess you'll have to join, Andy. The honor of the 914 world is at stake! Will we have to join to vote?

hahahaha, those suckers !!!

excuse my english, but i build web-sites for a living (besides a ton of other stuff i do) ...

ok, here's HOW TO get into their site without sign-up:

on the main page on the right where it says "Login"
leave both input fields BLANK and just hit the "Anmelden" button.

voila! you're in ...

ok, now to the translation ...
Andy
VegasRacer
"Ein 906 fängt nach geplatztem Motor Feuer und brennt völlig aus."

I hate when that happens.

translation - the Porsche 906 caught fire and burned completely.
SirAndy
ok, first the original german text:
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Kein echter 911, aber der geht auf der Tour Auto

Die vielen Berichte in der Clubzeitung und im Internet über
die Tour Auto hatten mein Interesse geweckt und mich früh
meine Nennung nach Paris schicken lassen. Zu meiner Freude
waren noch zwei weitere 914/6 GT in Paris am Trocadero am
Start.
Ein tolles Feld mit allein 6 x 906,1x 910, 4 x Ford GT 40, ein
Ferrari 250 LM und Jean Ragnotti in der Gruppe 4, Renault
Alpine A 110, werksseitig von Renault unterstützt. Viele gute
Fahrer mit AC Cobras, 911er und Ferraris sollten es für uns
nicht einfach machen.Meine erste Sonderprüfung:
ich habe ja schon einiges an Erfahrung auf der Rundstrecke
gesammelt, aber die erste Bergetappe war doch "Neuland" für
mich. Ein schmaler Feldweg den Berg rauf und durch eine
Ortschaft wieder zurück, ein GT 40 vor uns war schon im Feld
pflügen gegangen, der Winterweizen stand so hoch, dass er Mühe
hatte die Strasse wieder zu finden. Wir blieben auf der
Strecke und mein Adrenalinpuls war ganz oben, als Kersten mir
die Kurven ansagte und ich versuchte auf der engen Strasse zu
bleiben.
Das macht richtig Spaß und wir pendeln uns um den 15. Platz
auf der ersten Prüfung ein, und alles war ganz geblieben, also
auf nach Dijon.Stehender Start, das geht auf die Kupplung, ich
komme nicht so super weg und der RSR und der 250 LM gehen an
mir vorbei, ich bleibe dran und habe ein tolles Duell mit
Danny, leider muss ich noch den GT 40 auf der Geraden an mir
vorbei fliegen lassen und werde insgesamt Fünfter. Alle sind
begeistert vom Porsche 914/6 GT, die beiden anderen 914 kommen
auch im vorderen Drittel an. Einziger Wermutstropfen: ein 906
fängt nach geplatztem Motor Feuer und brennt völlig aus. Als
gesamt 4. nach dem ersten Tag mit 12.00 Sekunden Rückstand
sind wir sehr zufrieden. Der nächste Tag erwartet uns mit drei
Bergsonderprüfungen. Die erste Prüfung gehen wir zügig an und
nach meiner ersten Bremsspitzkehre merke ich, dass die
Kupplung weich wird, wir schaffen es bis zum Ende der Prüfung,
dann lässt sich kein Gang mehr einlegen. Die Zeit läuft und
die komplette Demontage des Getriebes und die Reparatur der
gelösten Schraube der Schaltgabel kosten uns zwei Stunden. Ein
technisches Problem, welches selten bis nie auftritt - diese
blöde Schraube.
Hiernach sollte uns unser 914er nicht mehr im Stich lassen,
auch die beiden anderen Autos laufen problemlos, wir fangen
uns leider eine Strafzeit in Höhe von 1.05,00 Stunden ein,
damit sind wir bei den vorderen Plätzen natürlich raus. Aber
wir wollen ja Erfahrung sammeln. Wir geben richtig Gas und
absolvieren die beiden restlichen Wertungsprüfungen im Feld
der Gleichmäßigkeitsfahrer. Mann waren das viele
Überholmanöver. Donnerstag morgens wartet die Rennstrecke
Charade auf uns. Diese bin ich noch nie gefahren, vor allen
Dingen nicht auf feuchter Strecke. Ich lasse die Yokohama A032
drauf und nehme das Rennen, nach dem Rennergebnis von Dijon,
als 5. auf. Mit einer gehörigen Portion Wut im Bauch kämpfe
ich mich am GT 40 und Ferrari 250 LM vorbei und werde hinter
Danny Sullivan im Rennen 2. , der orange 914er hat sich
inzwischen auf Platz 12 nach vorne gearbeitet und unser Team
strahlt.Morgen geht es in die Alpen.Start um 7.00 Uhr am
Freitag. Nächste Etappe nach Nimes: heute geht es nur durch
die Berge. Die erste Sonderprüfung geht hoch auf 1.700m, zum
Teil sind die Strassen überfroren und extrem rutschig, wir
riskieren nicht zu viel und kommen auf einem verschneiten Berg
an und müssen nun mit unseren Yokohama Slicks über die
festgefahrene Schneedecke wieder nach unten in Tal, das pure
Abenteuer.Kompliment an Porsche für die erstaunlich robuste
Konstruktion des 914/6er. Tour Auto ist wirklich eine
unglaubliche Veranstaltung, im nächsten Jahr sind wir sicher
wieder am Start.
Oliver
SirAndy
and here's my english translation:
========================

someone needs to proof read this, as my english is not that good wink.gif
also, a few things where i wasn't sure about the exact terminologie are marked with "NOTE" ...

========================

No a real 911, but it'll do for the "Tour Auto" ...

The plentiful reports in the Club-Newspaper and on the Internet about
the "Tour Auto" caught my eye and inspired me to send my nomination
to Paris early. I was pleased to see that there were two additional
914/6 GT at the start line at Trocadero in Paris.
A impressive field of 6 x 906, 1 x 910, 4 x Ford GT 40, one Ferrari
250 LM and Jean Ragnotti in Group 4 with a Factory Supported Renault
Alpine A 110. A lot of good drivers with AC Cobras, 911's and Ferrari's
meant that this was not going to be easy for us.

My first "Special Run":
I have collected some experience on road-racing tracks in the past,
but the first hill climbing portion was "virgin soil" for me.
A narrow dirt road uphill through a little village and back,
a GT 40 in front of us had already plowed into a field where the
crops were so high that he had problems finding his way out.
We managed to stay on track and my adrenaline level was at its max.
while Kersten was announcing the corners and i tried to stay on the road.
This was a lot of fun and we finished 15th after this first run,
nothing broke on the car and we moved on to Dijon.

"Standing Start":
is hard on the clutch, i didn't get away quick enough and the RSR and
the 250 LM pass me, i manage to keep up with them and got into a nice
"duel" with Danny. unfortunately, i had to let the GT 40 pass on
the straight and ended up 5th for this run.
Everyone is enthusiastic about the Porsche 914/6 GT and the 2 others
manage to place in the upper 3rd of the field.
The only drawback: a 906 blows up the engine, catches on fire and burns
down to the ground.

After this first day, we end up in 4th place overall with 12 sec to
the leader, which we are very pleased with.


The next day consisted of 3 Hill-Climbing "Special Run's".
We get a good start on the first run and after my first
hairpin i notice that my clutch is getting spongy.
We make it to the end of the run, but by then i can't get
into any gear anymore. The clock is ticking and the complete
disassembly of the Transmission and the loose screw on the
gear-fork costs us 2 hours. A technical problem that normally
never occurs - f***ing Screw!
After this, our 914 was running without problems as did the 2
other as well. but we got a penalty time of 1:05 hours which
threw us out of the top ranks.
But we're here to accumulate experience. We haul ass and finish
the last two runs side by side with the leading cars.
We did a lot of passing.

thursday morning we went to the Charade racetrack.
i have never been to this track before and on top of that it
was wet. I leave the Yokohama A032 on the wheels and start
as 5th (after the race from Dijon). With a fair amount of
anger in my stomach, i fight my way past the GT 40 and the
Ferrari 250 LM and finish 2nd after Danny Sullivan.
The orange 914 has fought his way up to position 12 and
our team is happy. tomorrow, we'll go for the alps.

Start is a 7:00 am on Friday. The first part goes to Nimes
and is all Mountain and Valleys only. the first "Special Run"
is at 1700m altitude (5577 feet) and the roads are partially
iced over and extremely slippery. we don't risk too much and
arrive at a snowed in hill-top. We have to go downhill over
the snow (on our Yokohama Slicks) which was a real adventure.

My compliments to Porsche for the surprisingly robust design
of the 914/6. "Tour Auto" is truly a amazing event and we will
be there again next year for sure.

Oliver
ArtechnikA
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Aug 20 2003, 12:06 PM)
someone needs to proof read this...

...my adrenaline level was at it's max.

"Standing Start": (*NOTE: what is the proper automotive term for this?)

its max (possesive)

'Standing Start' is correct

the rest all looked great ! thanks!
SirAndy
QUOTE(ArtechnikA @ Aug 20 2003, 01:30 PM)
its max (possesive)

fixed it, thanks ...

Andy
VegasRacer
Thanks Andy. Your translation is great.

Deine English ist viel besser als mein Deutsch.
Manche technische Wörter sind nicht zu mir verständlich.
JFJ914
Thanks, Andy. Great job smilie_pokal.gif and fast too. Now, how do we vote? I tried poking around but nothing highlighted. What's German for vote?
SirAndy
QUOTE(John Jentz @ Aug 20 2003, 01:45 PM)
I tried poking around but nothing highlighted. What's German for vote?

for voting, you have to be loged in with a valid account.
if you don't have one yet, you need to sign up ...

Andy
Jenny
Way to go Andy!! aktion035.gif clap56.gif aktion035.gif clap56.gif

Jen
Andyrew
Jeder wählen! Sein nicht das hartes. Sie müssen germain zum sighn nur innen kennen!!
laugh.gif If anyone needs a translator use Dictionary.com's translator

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SirAndy
QUOTE(Andyrew @ Aug 20 2003, 03:20 PM)
Jeder wählen! Sein nicht das hartes. Sie müssen germain zum sighn nur innen kennen!!

huh?
confused24.gif
Andyrew
Alright forget it....

What I said and what they made me say was much different..

I said. Everyone vote! Its not that hard. You just have know german to sign in!

And it made me say
Everyone select! Its not that hard. They must know germain to sighn only inside!!

Lol laugh.gif
Oh well!
redshift
Andyrew.. that sounded like a bad Scorpions song.... thanks!

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M
jonlowe
QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Aug 20 2003, 10:55 AM)
Jon has time for Rennlist... but cant visit us "over here".. :lol:

I refuse to look at the link until Jon signs up here.

B

All right Brad, I'm here. My options of visiting many sites is limited these days. Jaenny got me over here!!

Jon Lowe
seanery
Jon,

this really is THE PLACE TO BE!

Welcome. All us guys & gals will appreciate your help & input here!!!
Jenny
mueba.gif mueba.gif Welcome Jon!! clap56.gif clap56.gif clap56.gif

Jen
Jeroen
Oliver Manthay raced that 914 GT at last years Classic LeMans
Wickedly fast! Only one 911 was faster than him (but it was a 2.8 RSR)
He also drove his car at the recent Oldtimer Grandprix at the Nurburgring (there was a thread about it just a couple a days ago)

cheers,

Jeroen
Jeroen
BTW... Welcome mr.Lowe!

cheers,

Jeroen
Brad Roberts
You cannot escape the wrath Jon.. my army of 914 people will conquer all !!!

Welcome...

How is the racing ?? GT car almost done ??


B
rhodyguy
a narrow dirt path, then plowed into a field? holy crap!!! "snitzel mit spatzzle und ein lager bitte" was as close as i got.

kevin
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