July 6, there will be the usual and always enjoyable early morning eye openers at Reeves Motorsports in Tampa and Suncoast Audi in Sarasota. At Reeves, that strong cup of Joe along with a sugary beignets help clear the view of the great collection of cars that gather shortly after sunrise. 

July 13, Breakfasting at the Barrel in Clearwater on Ulmerton, as we plan additional events for the fall 

September 7, Our fifth annual tour of the Audi Technical Center in Clearwater. In the past, and as those who have attended can attest, this has always been a very informative experience, often with guest speakers and always an opportunity to see first hand, some of Audi’s behind the scenes operations. Once again, we have plans for a guest speaker and presentation from AoA. 

Gulf Coast Region 
bob@audiclubfl.org  

July 6, 2013, Cars and Coffee 
Reeves Motorsport, Tampa 7:00AM 

July 6, 2013, Cars and Coffee 
Audi of Sarasota, Sarasota 8:00AM 

July 13, 2013, Breakfast at the Barrel 
Clearwater 8:00AM Cracker Barrel Ulmerton-road 

August is open at this point.

September 7, 2013, Audi Technical Center Tour 
Clearwater FL 9:00 AM, Audi Technical Center

Palm Beach Region 
david@audiclubfl.org  


Citrus Region (Orlando) 
patrick@audiclubfl.org 

September 28, 2013, 12:00 PM, luncheon Golden Lion’s top deck, Flagler Beach 
http://www.goldenlioncafe.us/location.asp 

Other Car Events in Florida 

July 6, 2013, Coffee and Cars Ferrari/Maserati Palm Beach   
RSVP here:  http://www.ferrarimaseratipalmbeach.com/coffee-and-cars 

Driving Events with Performance Driving Group 

July 6 – Palm Beach International Raceway 
July 27 – Homestead Miami Speedway

Contact David Loppert for details: david@audiclubfl.org

  
Elections for the Board of Directors, Audi Club of Florida 

If you are presently, and have been active member of the ACNA for over a year, and wish to serve, we are looking forward to your involvement and expertise. At present, we are in need folks who will work on the monthly newsletter, in addition to helping plan and execute events. Should you be so inclined drop me a line at  bob@audiclubfl.org 


ACNA S5 Raffle

If you have been an ACNA member in good standing for six months, you will be eligible for a 6% discount from MSRP on the purchase of certain Audi models. Yes, a few of the usual suspects have been excluded, the R8, RS5, TTRS, and a few others, but check out the details at ACNA Membership Benefits. If you plan to be in the market for a new Audi, it literally pays and saves to be an active member of the ACNA. Just do the math on the Audi of your dreams. 


Welcome Aboard

Welcome to our new ACNA members. Our membership numbers are once again growing which means additional critical mass in different regions of the state and hopefully more events and participation. Those of you who are new to the ACNA will receive an on boarding note from David Loppert, if you have; any questions feel free to drop either David david@audiclubfl.org or me bob@audiclubfl.org a line. I also suggest that if you have not had a chance yet check out both the ACNA website, and the Audi Club of Florida website. There is a great deal of good information plus some excellent photos of member’s cars. 

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 and non-member postings can be placed in the website. We will also list DKW, NSU, and Wanderer motorcycles. If you are looking for a particular car, once again S, RS or pre 2000 model plus a bike, we will also try to accommodate you here.

For Example: Wanted: Wanderer or DKW motorcycle of motorbike pre 1950 bob@audiclubfl.org   

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

Looking never cost anything 

Here is a good array of Old-Timers, both cars and motorcycles, Auto Union and otherwise, which can be purchased with your extra father’s day funds.  Prewar German cars 

Want to know the specs of your first Audi? 

This site is unbelievable, check it out, and keep it as a favorite for research on almost any car, not just Audis. http://www.automobile-catalog.com/ 


The Best for last 

Could be considered finding the Holly Grail of all Audis, 1985 Audi Sport Quattro (SWB), 1 of 164 manufactured.  AudiSport Quattro 

  
Fashionably late to the party? 

The official announcement has finally been made, in a few months one will be able to purchase an A6, A7, or Q5 TDI. The A3 and Q7 TDI have successfully acquitted themselves on these shores for a number of years. Who can forget that iconic Green Police or when translated to German Grüne Polizei ( Ordnungspolizei) Super Bowel advertisement of a few years back and all of the double ententes associated with it, Green Police Super Bowel Controversy. Clearly, the folks who made that ad were either insensitive to or ignorant of 20^th Century German history or are still laughing at the “dog whistlers” and “PC groupies.” Those folk’s furor over that ad even caused Audi to remove it from the internet for a few days. Now the A8L TDI was just recently introduced and the new A3 is on it way in the TDI variant. So what took Audi so long on the others? Frankly, I am not sure that question is even worth asking as the obfuscating prattling of the talking heads in marketing could probably give as many reasons as days in the year. 

On this side of the pond, the boys from Stuttgart have been selling diesel sedans on and off for years now, GM took disastrous hand at it during the early 80’s and even Lincoln, and for one year only, had a diesel with a BMW engine. One can only wonder how ultimate that driving machine was. I am sure the latter two are some of the reasons diesels have had such a bad name. Ah, but let us not forget, there was also an Audi 5000 diesel, Audi 5000 S dieselwith the nose bleeding acceleration of null to sixty two in 18 seconds. When it became a turbo with a three-speed automatic, it was a little faster but not by much. 

It took the EPA, an always forward thinking branch of the government some time to catch up with Europe and mandate low sulfur fuel. You may remember that the V10 VW diesel Toureg burned the high sulfur type. So where has Audi been? Of course, they have been producing diesels for Europe and the rest of the world for years. They have also been producing diesel engines, which need to run on low sulfur fuel, which would explain some of the delay associated with the need for low sulfur fuel. 

A few years back, one particularly egregious excuse for no A7 diesels and this was in one of those auto magazines, and I am paraphrasing here, the A7 represents sportiness and would never be considered an appropriate platform for a diesel. Once again, all those marketing folks needed to do was look at the top of the line A7 diesel available in Germany with 313 HP. According to the sales brochure, it is also faster than the 310 HP 3.0 TFSI to 100 K/m by a couple of tenths of a second. Not sure, I understand why a diesel is less sporty. The ones we will see in the A6, A7, and Q5 have 245 hp so they are a little slower than the 3.0 TFSI. Is there a need to keep an artificial pecking order for diesel engines? Cannot the market handle a TDI, which is actually faster than its equivalent TFSI in a particular auto? Who knows but thankfully, diesels will be here to give MB a run for its money and BMW as they expand their diesel presence. We also need the government to look at the extra $ 0.06 a gallon diesel tax as compared to 18.3 cents tax per gallon for gas to level the playing field. Gov’t fuel taxes 

So where are the A4’s, A5’s, and now that we are dreaming, the A1 2.0 TDI 6 speed? Who knows, but at least three of the new Audi luminaries finally will have made it to the party.