As the sun sets on the orange groves surrounding Audi’s forays at Sebring, Daytona has marked the start of a new dawn. Those who were there will recall this one was a damned foggy day break, with a pit lane no longer visible from the suite. Apollo’s chariot with a little help of additional chariots out of Neckarsulm consisting of four R8 racecars and a R8 pace car nevertheless burnt it off.

No word on Sebring yet but if you have an interest make sure that you contact Andy Sattler and let him know. All announcements will be channeled through him.

February 2nd will see another round of Cars and Coffee at Reeves and Suncoast then the BoD meeting at Buddy Freddy’s on Saturday February 23. Among topics to be discussed will be the recently completed survey and some of the initiatives, which will be realized from the respondents’ feedback.

We continue to work on a Citrus Region in the Orlando area, which will coincide, with the new Audi dealership. As things develop, we will post here and ACNA members in the region can expect separate emails. If you have, an interest in helping getting things organized and off the ground, drop either mebob@audiclubfl.org or Pat patalexander@msn.com a line.

Table of Contents 

Event Listing 

Other Items in the News

Classifieds

Gulf Coast Region 
bob@audiclubfl.org 

February 2, Cars and Coffee, 7:00 am 
Reeves Motorsports facility Tampa, FL

February 2, Cars and Coffee, 8:00 am 
Suncoast Audi Sarasota, FL 

March 14, Crown Audi 
History of Progress and Crown Audi Customer Appreciation Event 
Stay tuned for details on this event. 


Citrus Region (Orlando) 

February/March period first meet at North Orlando Audi, stay tuned. 


Audi Club of Florida 

February 23, BoD Meeting, Buddy Freddy’s in Plant City 
Open to all ACNA members. Lunch starts at 11:00 am, meeting starts at noon. RSVP to Bob Grevingbob@audiclubfl.org by noon, February 22, 2013. 

Buddy Freddy's 
1101 Goldfinch Dr 
Plant City, FL 33563 
(813) 754-5120 

March 13-16 12 Hours of Sebring 
Contact Andy Sattler at  for additional information 

Our man in Munich has recently returned from his adventure on the ice at Seefeld and tours of numerous museums and restaurants in Munich. A full report will be given at the BoD meeting. Remember, you too could be heading off to Seefeld Austria next year if you win one of the membership drives. It is simple, explain the value of joining the ACNA, and have your name and ACNA number placed on their membership application. If your name is one of those picked you will be headed off to the Tyrol in January 2014 for the driving experience of a lifetime.

Welcome to our new ACNA members. If you have, any questions feel free to drop me a line atbob@audiclubfl.org. I also suggest that if you have not had a chance yet check out both the ACNA websitehttp://www.audiclubna.org/, and the Audi Club of Florida website http://www.audiclubfl.org/. There is a great deal of good information to be gleaned from both sites. 

If you have a little time on your hands click on the following http://tv.audi.com/#/05 and go to the Life and style TV vignettes. All are both interesting and informative including drives and cultural events organized and or sponsored by Audi. Check out the tour of Tuscany in the Q3.

Could a four-door hatch that can sprint 0 to 62 in 3.9 seconds be a halo car? Read and you can decide. 
http://audiusanews.com/pressrelease/3320/93/dynamics-most-beautiful...

Finally, a little bit of trivia from the home of Audi. There have been many things launched in Ingolstadt, including Bavaria’s first medical school before there was a Germany as we now know it. Also, of course, many different Audis and this from 1942: transported on the autobahn from Kiel and launched into the Donau on its way into service in the Black Sea. 
http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a134... 

As Spiegel puts it: "Es war eine der bizarrsten Operationen des Zweiten Weltkriegs."

For ACNA members only, if you have a special Audi such as one of the S or RS models or a pre 2000 that you would like to sell, we will list it once in the newsletter. I will need the year, model, color over interior color, and your email address. Longer postings can be placed in the website. We will also list DKW and Wanderer motorcycles.

Example: 1995 S6 Avant Alpine White/Ecru bob@audiclubfl.org 

You can also use the Classifieds Forum on the Audi Club of Florida web site. 


One More Thought

It is not too early to make lodging reservations for Sebring just in case all the stars align and there is one final Sebring Audi motorsport experience. 



Cheers and Safe Motoring, 


Bob Greving