Audi Club Florida Newsletter November 2019
Annual Yalaha Bakery with First Coast Region and Central Florida Audi Group
This past month there were luncheons in Jacksonville, Gainesville, and Pensacola, as well as Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Pensacola, attended Cars and Coffees in their respective regions. Audi Gainesville hosted an Oktoberfest, the Gator Region, First Coast, Gulf Coast, and Gold Coast regions were represented in attendance. Emerald Coast had multiple representatives in attendance at the Audi Club National Event.
This month we will have FixxFest in Bradenton, and we looking forward to our first time participating and seeing some of our members in our corral, participating in the Show & Shine competition and having a good time. More in the Gulf Coast Region section.
Gerry Simms
President and BoD Member
Chapter Regional Reports
First Coast Region- Jacksonville
There are INCREDIBLY HUGE SAVINGS based on availability at their two local Audi dealerships. If you are looking for something, call it may be on the lot, being inspected and prepped before being listed for sale. Visit our Prestige Partner for your automotive needs.
November Audi Sales Special:
Purchase Incentives:
$5000 – RS 3 plus ACNA Discount (Limited Time Exclusive Offer by AudiJax)
$5000 – RS 5 plus ACNA Discount (Limited Time Exclusive Offer by AudiJax)
$5000 – TT RS plus ACNA Discount (Limited Time Exclusive Offer by AudiJax)
$4000 – A3, A4, S4 plus ACNA Discount
$3000 – A5 Sportback plus ACNA Discount
$6000 – A6 plus ACNA Discount
$5000 – A7 plus ACNA Discount
$4000 – SQ5, Q5 plus ACNA Discount
$6000 – Q7 plus ACNA Discount
$2000 – Q8 plus ACNA Discount
November -December Audi Club Special:
There will be a drawing for an Audi bicycle. Drawing will be held on December 24 as a Christmas gift. To qualify, an individual must spend a minimum of $200 on apparel to qualify, and be an Audi club member to enter the raffle. The name will be picked at random on the 24th for 1 bicycle.
Also, 10% off all apparel and 10% off APR through December 31, 2019.
All purchases for the raffle must be paid in full by the 23rd of December.
November Luncheon
The First Coast Region October Monthly Luncheon after the Automotive Addict Cars and Coffee at the Avenues Mall 9 November will be at the Wicked Barley Brewery 4100 Baymeadows Rd Jacksonville, Florida 32217 at 11:00 am. RSVP to the JaxRings Facebook page or email me by Thursday 7 November if you are planning to attend so we can be seated together as a group.
First Coast Region (Jacksonville)
Leslie de la Serna First Coast Region Lead
UroTuning Report –
As the fall season rolls in, a ton of Black Friday and thanksgiving sales are starting to happen at UroTuning! Take advantage of these great fall deals from brands including fifteen52, AirLift Performance, Powerflex, FS Performance Engineering, and HPA Motorsport!
Fifteen52 Sale – UroTuning is excited to be running a HUGE sale from fifteen52 through the entire month of November! Buy 3 get 1 free on a ton of wheel options from fifteen52! Take advantage of this sale to roll on those wheels you’ve always had your eye on!
Airlift Performance Sale – Have you been holding out for a great deal to finally put your Audi on air suspension? Now is the time! From November 1st through December 8th save 25% on Airlift Performance products, with FREE SHIPPING on orders over $1000!
Powerflex Sale – Has your car’s suspension and steering feel gotten sloppy from years of use? From November 1st through the end of the month you can save 15% across the board on high-performance poly bushing kits, tunable engine mounts, and more! Tighten up your ride just in time for boost weather with performance parts from Powerflex.
FS Performance Engineering Sale – In celebration of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, FSPE is slashing prices by 15% across the board on performance aero parts like splitters, diffusers, spoiler extensions, and more! From November 1st through the end of the month head to the UroTuning site and save on a wide range of FSPE parts that will give your Audi that aggressive look and performance!
HPA Motorsport Sale – The Black Friday sale from HPA Motorsport this year starts on November 1st and is an awesome opportunity to save big on a huge range of parts from tunes to turbochargers! Every Friday between now and Thanksgiving, HPA will be adding a slew of new products to the sale! Check back at UroTuning every week to see what parts have been added to this ongoing Thanksgiving/Black Friday sale from HPA!
THE TIME IS FINALLY HERE! FixxFest #16 is THIS MONTH! Come out on November 16th to the Bradenton Motorsports Park for the biggest European car show in the southeast! Tons of vendors, raffles, prizes and of course cars! Plus, for only $10 you can hit the drag strip ALL DAY! See you there! Head to www.FixxFest.com for more info!
**UROTUNING PRESENTS** The 16th Annual FixxFest!
FixxFest is a full-fledged car show for European car enthusiasts who are addicted to European Cars. Get your FIXX at THE biggest European auto event in Florida. The show is not only a GTG but also fully judged Best of the Class show and a track event where anyone can make runs down the 1/4 mile drag strip for an additional fee. The drag strip will be available from 11 am – 4 pm for as many runs as you want to get in! The GTG portion of the show will have room for 3000+ cars to be displayed.
Purchase General Admission Tickets here: https://tickets.thefoat.com/fixxfest/FixxFest+%2316/tickets/event-35829/
Pre-Register for Best of Show here: https://tickets.thefoat.com/fixxfest/FixxFest+%2316/tickets/event-35829/
Best of Class voting is participant judged and all winners will receive a trophy. This year we are currently expecting 2000+ cars and hope that this number may reach 2500+. The show will be held at a familiar location for those of you who frequent the only 1/4 mile drag strip in the Gulf Coast area, Bradenton Motorsports Park.
The OFFICIAL After Party for FIXXFEST will be hosted by UroTuning at the Hofbräuhaus St Petersburg. Click here for more details https://www.facebook.com/events/2436805553261349/
FixxFest is hosted and promoted by UroTuning owners Justin and Ali Welty and their staff.
Gulf Coast Region October Report
FixxFest
Join us at FixxFest on Saturday November 16th being held at the Bradenton Motorsport Park. Activities start at 10:00 am, with the ACFL sponsoring a Corral for Members. As a special treat for participants, there will be an Audi “Old Timer”. The German term used for cars such as the 1935 Audi Cabrio joining us thanks to the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum. Their completed restoration below recently graced the lawns of Amelia Island.
photo: Tampa Bay Automobile Museum
Some may remember when a decade ago we celebrated the 100th Birthday party for Audi in 2009 held at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum and first we saw this car. It had recently been acquired, literally from just down the interstate in its un-restored state below. What an unbelievable in-house executed transformation and the rebirth of this exquisite classic.
This speaks volumes to the skill in literally combining engineering that becomes progress that eventually transforms into art, perseverance; commitment and specifically one individual’s vision and drive as exemplified and realized in the collection of the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum of truly significant and unique iterations of the automobile.
photo: Tampa Bay Automobile Museum
If you plan to participate & park in the ACFL corral, I will need your name, ACNA number and car description no later than November 9th. This will allow us to plan appropriately for parking. Please email Bob Greving [email protected] with that information.
The club will be firing up a communal 22” Webber type charcoal grill from 11:30 to 2:00 for folks to cook their brats, burgers, and franks but be sure to bring your cooking utensils.
photos: UroTuning
A special Show and Shine Competition open to all Audis will be run with the First Prize Trophy Compliments of Audi Clearwater, second and third place also to be awarded to competition participants.
The competition is open to all Audis, owned by both ACFL members and non-members. The entry fee for non-members is $15 per car but if you join ACNA by November 1st the entry fee will be waived. For ACFL members the entry fee will be $10. Contestants will need to send a check, or pay via Pay Pal to Gerry Simms [email protected] or snail mail to the following address so he can verify membership. Please include a short note with your name, address, ACNA member, model and year of your Audi, with your email address for registration confirmation
Checks will need to be payable to Audi Club of Florida and mailed to:
Audi Club of Florida
C/O Gerald Simms
207 Muskogee Court
Saint Mary, GA 31558
First Place for the ACFL Show and Shine will be an Audi Ital designed metal bowl constructed with polished rhombuses and the Red Audi Sports Logo, a stunning and rather expensive piece of modern art compliments of our Prestige Partner, Clearwater Audi plus $150 in UroTuning Gift Certificates (photo of trophy below). Second and third place will be $100 and $50 gift certificates respectively from our Prestige Partner UroTuning.
Those who enter the Show and Shine will be sent a copy of the judging sheets ahead of time so that they will know what the judges will be looking at and scoring on. You will have needed to have paid and registered by November 8th to participate in the Show and Shine.
First Place Trophy ACFL 2019 FixxFest Show and Shine
compliments of Audi Clearwater
This competition will be spirited. Frankly, we are looking for the best of the best so make sure your engine is detailed, door sills are cleaned, inside wheel rims are polished and tail piles sparkle if they are chromed. All contestants’ cars must have at least 5,000 miles on the odometer.
The ACFL will have our tent erected and will be selling and renewing memberships to ACNA. Also, it is planned that one will be able to purchase sweepstake tickets for ACNA’s car; rumor has it that it will be the winner’s choice, either an e-tron SUV or an Audi RS 5 Coupe or Sportback. Of course, we will have our black chapter license plate holders for sale. We are looking forward to your participation in this fun event.
Audi Clearwater Report
photo: Bob Greving
Join JB and his team of Audi Brand Specialists at Audi Clearwater in their pursuit of an excellent buying experience for their customer in the following offerings:
RS Models in stock $10,000 off of MSRP
RS 3: There are three in stock
RS 5: There are two in stock
All A8 Models in stock $16,000 off of MSRP
Presently there are four in stock
The above sales must be cash or financed, no leases available through AFS.
Q7 $10,000 off of MSRP must be cash or financed
A6 $10,000 off of MSRP must be cash or financed
A7 $10,000 off of MSRP must be cash or financed
1.99% on e-tron AFS financing and up to 10% off of MSRP
1.99% and up to 66 months when going with AFS financing on Q5 and Q8
Clearly, Audi is back in the business of buying your business and wants to sell some cars by offering such fantastic deals on the above in stock atuomobiles.
Once again, the above is quite frankly some exceptional values from our Prestige Partner, Audi Clearwater and are for recipients of the ACFL newsletter. To ensure you receive these specific savings when you go to purchase your next new Audi, make sure to contact JB directly at 407-470-3718 and he will get you squared away. By going through JB, this also helps us in tracking the value of the Prestige Partnership program and how many vehicles the ACFL helps the dealership sell when we try to recruit other dealerships in different geographic regions of the state.
Do not forget that Todd Emery who manages the operations, service, and parts departments at Audi Clearwater is offering a 15% discount to all readers of this newsletter on Parts and Service for your Audis. This discount cannot be combined with any other discounts or offers but is available and all that is required is that when you are writing up your service order that you mention the ACFL newsletter the code 1119 for November to your service writer. It is all that simple to start saving money on needed parts and service.
Down the Road
Cars and Coffee Saturday, November 2nd, 6:30-8:00 AM Reeves Motorsports
11333 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33612
The Audi Club Show & Shine at FixxFest
For those of us who find enjoyment in keeping our Audi immaculately clean and polished before taking them out of the garage and take pride in its ownership, here is an opportunity to show off the results of your efforts. We know there is the occasional chip on the front hood or fascia and for those that are daily drives this cannot be avoided but the swirls of automated car washes certainly can. Yes, we keep the engine bay, door jambs, trunk all spotless and sparkling just as she came from Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm and or now many of the facilities where Audis are now produced all over the world be in Hungary, Belgium, Slovakia and even south of our border Mexico.
Our cars are an investment, many times a very significant one; they are of course Audis, clearly a reflection of us, who we are, how we want folks to see us and we want them to look their best so we not only take care of their mechanics, we spend time cleaning them and making them look their sharpest. Ensuring that spiders and tiny scratches are at a minimum, protect them from sea gull’s bombing runs and wipe them off after summer showers before the paint becomes watermarked under the Florida sun. If you count yourself as one of that crew who finds relaxation in detailing their car, then stepping back and viewing one’s accomplishment, make sure you sign up for the ACFL’s Show and Shine competition. This event is tailored for you. It is for Audis only and is open to both members and non-members of the ACFL. Additional registration details are above under the FixxFest article. The first prize is rather significant, pictured above and well worth the effort as is second and third. Be sure to join the fun and competition,
The Auto both Sits and Moves on a Continuum
Has Audi read some of our lips concerning the American market? Or even better some tea leaves? With all the pressure and winds blowing that the future is going electric and the plethora of EVs, CUVs and SUVs, then sales not in lockstep reflecting that trend, followed by suddenly seeing the debut of the RS 6 Avant and on its heels the A6 allroad, what can one say but WOW!!!. Now we know if you sit down and think of it, the automobile sits on a continuum that can range from that of an appliance at one end to a collector’s item at the other as exemplified above in the 1935 Audi and eventually when that appliance gets old enough someone will also collect it. Some folks do collect old toasters. A car is also treated differently and used as such by all of us as a means of not only transportation, work, trolling, sport, but also enjoyment, status, self-identification plus aggrandizement and for positive, productive and on occasion nefarious ends. I am talking about such things as running moonshine here as in the past, clean it up. So it was a long overdue marketing Hail Mary to finally bring these two European and popular iterations into the stateside mix considering both the present sales landscape and also that the TT, unfortunately, is not selling well here. It will not be continued after this model. In Europe, wagons, or estates as they are called in England are extremely popular.
Some will recall a little research we did about 18 months ago, the results were that 2% of our ACFL member would probably purchase an RS Avant and if that were to hold for the entire membership of ACNA that means most likely 200 have already been reserved by the 10,000 club members. Talk about a shot of adrenalin, too bad we will have to wait until next year, It will not be reflected in next month’ s sales but certainly in the wireless traffic in the ether.
Despite all the hype, high powered rather efficient fast cars still have a spot in the future for the auto market and Audi. In a recent close to a 390-mile trip back from Hilton Head, the RS 5 did it in one tank of gas, averaged close to 70 mph at just about 34 MPG. A high priced, high powered 2 door “economy car”. Remember the fresh egg on the gas pedal from high school driver’s education, it works. To digress a bit, I also vividly recall that the 58 slush box Ford driver’s education car had a brake pedal for the teacher, which he used on occasion. I spent a lot of time looking at the cheerleader in the back seat through the review mirror. So with a little effort and a lot more concentration then I spent back in the day, I would imagine the new RS 6 Avant’s numbers might be close considering that it is a mild hybrid and though wagons are heavy they are rather real-world aerodynamic.
As for the possibility in the future of EV’ being rammed down our throats like geese being prepped for the upcoming holiday seasonal feasts, some may prefer being one of those free-range hard to catch fast running capons and will have nothing to do with that forced fed program. I will let you epicureans out there debate the merits of goose schmaltz versus rendered chicken fat and onions on seasoned crostini.
That continuum within which the automobile rests, including the high horsepower, fossil-fueled iterations of the breed seem to be what some still pine for, all kids seem to love, and folks have yet to switch from and with regards to Audi can still be driven economically at speed on the highway. As a bit of schadenfreude, I look forward to the day when I return to the Gettysburg visitor’s center and park the RS 5 in that specially marked parking spot “Reserved for Economy Cars Only”. Just what is an economy car anyway?
Now for Some Fun and a Little Contest
We have not had a contest since there was some sleuthing on photo of a German training vessel, the sister ship to the USCG Eagle sitting in a Baltic port a few years back so now it is about time for another one. To the first four readers who send the correct answers to me at [email protected] you will receive one of our ACFL logo windows stickers pictured below:
Electronic postmark of the first four correct e-mailed answers will determine the four winners. Photographed below is a yellow/cream on blue 1935 Audi 225 Gläser Cabrio displayed in a German museum. The car is the same model as the one that is owned by the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, which they will be displaying at FixxFest on November 16th at the ACFL venue.
The car is owned by Audi AG but is neither displayed at the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt nor stored in building H at the Ingolstadt plant site, so those two places are not the correct answers. That should be a big hint. What is the name of the museum it is displayed in and where is the museum located. I need both for you to be one of our four winners. Four rings, four winners, it makes a lot of sense, right?
The first 4 correct answers receive one of the ACFL window stickers. Good luck and good researching.
photo: Bob Greving on location somewhere in Germany
But then, there is more….
Below is a great photo from one of our former BOD members and longtime ACFL members. It captures his R8 in front of the Washington Monument taken early one morning before being inundated with tourists, devoid of anyone, amazing how David managed that. Check out not only David’s report below but the story of the monument above and the geographic history of the area below. The monument was originally built near a landfill that in part bordered the Tiber creek long since gone and filled in along with the tidal flats and was probably a pretty swampy area along with what is now the National Mall.
David’s report:
The above is one of two Audis Margaret and I presently own. This 2010 V8 R8 MT has been to more 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring than I can quickly recall, in addition to being tracked many times all over Florida and Georgia in our early years of ownership. It is also our daily driver, although we don’t do much daily driving these days. With almost 50,000 miles on the clock, its heart is still strong, with runs cross country to the 2018 ACNA Nationals in Tacoma WA, and a recent trip to run some twisty roads with the Audi Club of the Carolinas, before driving up to our Nation’s Capital. Like all of us, as we age, we do get a few replacement parts like joints (suspension), intestinal work (new transmission and clutch), but this R8 is a keeper.
David Loppert, October 2019
Looking forward to seeing many of you at FixxFest
Cheers and Safe Motoring
Bob Greving
Gator Region – Gainesville
We would like to say thank you to everyone who came out to our 3rd Annual Authentic German Oktoberfest! You guys made it the best one yet! We would love to see your pictures from the event! Please post them on our Facebook page on our post or tag us in it when you post it on yours.
Audi Gainesville – Cars and ‘Que
The 3rd Saturday of each month we host a friendly gathering of automotive enthusiasts! We will have free brats, drinks and plenty of great music.
Gator Region (Gainesville)
Thomas Brinkmann
Emerald Coast Region – Panhandle
Audi Pensacola is hosting the second Car Care Clinic on November 7th 4-7. Bring your cars and questions to the team for answers on how to maintain your car for maximum dependability and resale value.
Destin C&C is November 2nd at the Target in Destin. 10am-12pm Target
Meet up at John Beasley Park at 9:30. Roll out 9:45.
Pensacola C&C is November 23rd, 8 am-10 am at Gander Outdoors of Pensacola
Meet up at McGuire’s at 7:30 am. Roll out 7:45 am.
Emerald Coast Region – Audi Club Florida
Bobby Hopp and Melisa Wilcox Region Leads
Gold Coast Region (Key West to WPB)
https://abt-america.com/tuning/
Our Prestige Partner ABT is offering a 10% discount to Audi Club Florida members.
ABT America
c/o F355 Miami
16560 NW 10th Ave
Miami, FL 33169
[email protected]
November 9th @ 8:00am-10:30 AM Cars and Coffee – Miami @ Casavana
Andreas Regalado the Gold Coast Region Lead will be attending Cars and Coffee Miami, 8202 Mills Drive Miami, FL 33183 at Casavana Cuban Cuisine. He will be there as well as other Audi owners also. He would be glad to see you there.
Gold Coast Region (Key West to WPB)
Andreas Regalado Region Lead and BoD Member
Lastly, please thank our Prestige Partners below by visiting their places of business or websites and see what they have for you. That does it for now, looking forward to seeing and meeting as many of you as possible.
Gerry Simms President and BoD Member
