It is that time again and we are looking for a member to work on the newsletter, gather and organize information about upcoming events and help get the word out to Andreas, who manages our web site and Shannon, who handles both our Twitter duties and the e-mailing of the newsletter. We are also looking for folks interested in being a little creative and writing an article or two. The newsletter, Facebook page and web site are critical venues to the club's communications and it is the window to our members and the world's window to the club and who we are. So if you have the desire and the skill let any of our board members listed below know, we all look forward to talking with you. We have about 400 members out there and I am sure we have a few who enjoy not only volunteering but also doing a little creative writing about, cars, drives, adventures behind the wheel or just some of their experiences on the open road that they would like to share with fellow Audi owners..  

Audi Club of Florida Board of Directors

Kerry Green kerryggreen@hotmail.com Kerry is also our First Coast Region Lead  
Shannon Tillman shannon.tillman@gmail.com Shannon also handles Twitter and the e-mailing of the newsletter  
Andreas Regalado andreas.r@audiclubfl.org, Andreas is also our Gold Coast Region Lead  
Frank Oliver oliwlthmgt@aol.com Frank is also Co-Treasurer  

October 1, 2016

Gulf Coast Region Cars and Coffee 6:30-8:30  
Oktoberfest  
Reeves Motor Sport Tampa  
11333 N Florida Ave , Tampa FL

October 7-9, 2016

Oktoberfest evenings at Curtis Hixon Park Tampa  
Authentic German Food, Music, Dancing, and Games  
For additional information and tickets, check out:  
http://www.oktoberfesttampa.com/audi 

October 8, 2016

First Coast Region Luncheon 12:00  
Schnitzel Haus German Restaurant  
13475 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville Email Kerry Green by Friday 12:00 PM  
greenkerry@att.net, to RSVP for a head count

October 9, 2016

Gold Coast Region  
Meet at ANSA Motorsports 10:00 AM Sunday for viewing the Pirelli World Challenge  
ansamotorsports.com 805 NW 159th Drive, Miami Gardens, FL 33169  
Join in on the fun and root on one of ANSA cars, it's a KTM x bows powered by Audi  
RSVP and for additional details contact andreas.r@audiclubfl.org 

November 5, 2016

Gulf Coast Region Cars and Coffee 6:30-8:30  
Reeves Motor Sport Tampa  
11333 N Florida Ave , Tampa FL

November 12, 2016

Gulf Coast Region Cars and Coffee 7:00-9:00  
Audi Clearwater  
18940 US Hwy 19 Clearwater, FL 

First Coast Region Luncheon 12:00  
Schnitzel Haus German Restaurant  
13475 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville Email Kerry Green by Friday 12:00 noon Nov 11  
greenkerry@att.net, to RSVP for a head count  

December 11-13 2016

Daytona International Speedway  
High Speed Driving Event  
For additional information on this event and registration  
contact Dave.Pierson@magnetworkwork.org.

Roar before the 24 at Daytona and ACFL Board of Directors Meeting  
Daytona, Florida  
Time and location to be announced. All ACFL members invited 

One last question, some final thoughts and a few links

Since atomic power plants are out of style and diesel unfortunately, has almost become a dirty word except for the trial lawyers where the sound is caching, is the future to be wind, sun, hydro and or coal fired race cars?  

Audi targets factory Formula E programme in 2017

In some circles, racing could be considered an affront to one's senses, the roar of un-muffled engines at times can hurt ones ears though even to the un-anointed race fan it is possible to tell the Porsches form the Corvettes just by their sound and so on. And then their was the sounds of silence those beautiful Audi turbo diesels. The acrid white clouds of Castrol along with the smell of burnt oil, but that was taken care of years ago by better engines and piston rings. It has become a cleaner and quieter sport. There is of course all those excess hydrocarbons being spewed into the atmosphere as part of entertainment. Now perhaps the future holds the real sound of silence along with no hydrocarbons, it will just be the whirr of tires and the low hum of wind farms. That drone possibly up to hundreds of miles away from the track, dotting the hills and dales of the landscapes and stretches of seascapes in such places as Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound and Monterey Bay. All needed in part for the electric grid to provide juice for those new e-powered race cars at Lime Rock and Laguna Seca, It was not all that long ago the NIMBYs were up in arms against wind farms on Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay as it would ruin their pristine views as they sat on white wicker front porch chairs looking out on the the water off Westport CT, the Vineyard or Hyannis. Unfortunately, everything in life, even powering race cars at some point becomes a trade off.

Now for a couple of good links:

For those of you lucky enough to be headed to München for Oktoberfest here are 10 words and phrases you'll need to survive,

10 words and phrases you'll need to survive Oktoberfest 

A bit of good news here, looks like the Brits will be getting the TT RS, hopefully we will be added to the list.

2016 Audi TT RS guns for Porsche Cayman S with £51,800 starting price 

And finally for those pining for either a hatch or an Avant, looks like the A5/S5 Sportbacks will be making their debut in 2017.

2018 Audi A5/S5 Sportback Hatches Coming to the U.S. for the First Time 

Cheers and Safe Motoring  
Bob Greving  
President, ACFL  
bob@audiclubfl.org