Porsche Club of America

But he also has some other passions.

But without further ado, our guest today is... is Vu, and he has held the awesome position of executive director of the Porsche Club of America since 2005.

Vu originally became a member of PCA back in 2003 with his 1987 911 M491 Cabriolet, which he still owns.

And as executive director, he manages daily operations of the club in their Columbia, Maryland headquarters.

with over 6,000 square feet of space.

They also produce podcasts, videos, Panorama magazine.

And he has a staff of over 20 working together to deal with Porsches.

PCA is 170,000 members.

Yes.

Vice President of Porsche Club of America, San Diego region.

Correct.

One more.

Did you know Patrick and Tiffany Bodine? Because Michael did.

I do not.

They are former Porsche Club members, and that's who I got the Macan from.

Oh, okay.

I'd rather sell it to enthusiasts.

I'm going to put my ad up on say the PCA Mart, or I'm going to list it on Facebook marketplace or Craigslist or wherever you might want to list the car.

There's, A whole other layer of resellers that are monitoring all those sites literally 24 hours a day, both in live person or using an AI bot or a scraping tool.

And the moment an ad goes up, they're reaching out to that private seller, oftentimes posing as an enthusiast.

And they'll literally make an offer on that car right on the spot.

They'll ask a few questions and they'll say, you know what, I'll buy it.

And what ends up happening is now let's say they put it on the PCA Mart and a nice little enthusiast from San Francisco calls and it gets Manny on the phone and Manny's telling him about his car.

And next thing you know, Manny gets another text and the dealer's like, Hey, I can wire you the $80,000 now.

He always managed to keep cars somewhere in the background, so he has been involved with wheel-to-wheel racing.

He's involved with the Porsche Club of America.

He became a fairly capable home and roadside mechanic.

Mm, mm.

[engine revving] Welcome to the Porsche Club Insider, your one stop for all things Porsche and PCA.

Here's your host, Vu Nguyen, and the Insider crew.

[upbeat music] [engine revving]

Damon is at the controls.

And to my left, a returning guest, um, a Porsche book author, uh, Porsche Decades, Gulf 917 and Secret Spider, The Porsche 936 Story.

But I think most importantly, the reason why you're here, uh, at PCA National Office is because you are PCA's national historian.

So Jay Gillotti, welcome sir.

Welcome back.

Well, over the next 81 days, we will be taking a look at some reading material that you may want to get the gearhead in your life.

And we'll start today with the third book that's out from Porsche Club of America's resident historian, Jay Gelati.

It's a very interesting look at what many feel is the unsung Porsche prototype, the 936.

Joining us now on Historic Racing News is Jay Gelati, who is a renowned Porsche author who has three titles to his credit.

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And with that, we're at the top of the hour.

Anything else, Manny, before we close out? Damon, Igor?

I think both myself and Craig, we were like literally wondering, "What on earth has just happened here?" But it's, that, that's the beauty about sim racing that, yeah, there's the, there's the stigmatism of the phrase, "Yeah, but they're just going around.

It's just a game" But there's a series that I'm now calling on, um, RaceSpot TV called the Porsche Club of America, and it says Sim Racing Series.

And they have this fantastic strap line which says, "The cars aren't real, but the racing is." And it doesn't matter what series you call on in the world of sim racing, I still go into it with exactly the same, uh, passion, the same enthusiasm.

But also, over the years, my commentary style was a little bit, let's say, in my first two years of doing karting commentary, my style was a little bit, um, let's just say a little bit brash.