Good on you for the lunch effort. Sounds like it required military operation level planning.
It sounds like you pulled it off and it was a lot of fun!
Good job.

It certainly felt that way.

The tricky bit comes because there are hidden checkpoints where the organizers check to see if you are ahead or behind schedule; to the second! So there’s a lot of pressure on the navigator to keep the crew on course and on time.

It felt that way

Since Sno*Drift (aka PooDrift) we've been using our Cayenne mostly for daily driving duties and posing next to our other cars to make them look smaller.

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We did do one fairly major repair however. We replaced the starter. On a normal car this would be a simple few tools in the parking lot in the middle of the night job but not on a Cayenne. The starter is under the intake manifold because of course it is. What a job.

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Starts with confidence now, thankfully.

Ouch!!! Good opportunity to change the intake gaskets at least :D

We did, and we got them from you along with the starter and a few other gems :)

TEAM ILLUMINATA MOTORSPORT 2024 FLEET REVIEW

2005 CAYENNE https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/timsyberia
Our Cayenne "AKA Timsyberia" has done sterling work as our daily drive and occasional parts hauler but it started 2024 off having fun in the snow. In January, we let it do the Son of Sno*Drift TSD rally then in February it helped feed the workers at the actual Sno*Drift rally disguised as an ice cream truck. Well, it had the chimes anyway. Service-wise it got a new starter (royal PITA) and an oil change (POC).

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89 944 TURBO https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/89-944-turbo
The 944 got a new suit and is now looking like the real race car it always has been. However, that didn't cure its shyness and it has fought us all year with what seemed like fuel starvation issues but clearly wasn't. We finally fixed it in time for the American Speed Festival but it missed the Empire Hill Climb. Towards the end of the year, it got called up for a photoshoot and video with Cruis'in Media. Look for that this spring. Statically speaking it showed well at quite a few events such as Woodward Dream Show, American Speed Festival and a few local cars and coffee events. Mechanically it got new engine mounts, new ECU and plates. Yes, it's now road legal!

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2015 SPRINTER (RALIVAN) https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/ralivan2
Nothing exciting to report. Just works and continues to drag cars around the mid-west with aplomb.

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85 QUATTRO https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/85-ur-quattro
The 85 Quattro continued to keep us busy in the workshop this year. Although it was driving nearly perfectly it still had us fix its handbrake lever boot, window regulator (finally), and a loose dip stick before finally giving up completely in September. We have tried to getting running yet as it never goes out till May but we did send out the passenger seat to be partially re-covered.

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84 911 RALLY CAR https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/84-porsche-911
Our little 911 rally car was quite popular this year. Lots of cars and coffee events, M1's Woodward Dream show and American Speed Festival, Northville Concours d'Elegance, and an impromptu hill climb because our 944 got shy at the last minute. The only repairs were a new fan belt and a replacement heater blower.

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83 QUATTRO RALLY BUILD https://teamilluminata.com/blogs/quattro-rally-build
The Quattro rally build was away most of the year getting wired. Wouldn't we all want to do that! It should be back when you read this so, once again, we can say we're going to finish it this year!

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