It's time yet again for another Photo Caption Contest and this time it is sponsored by Porsche Design Driver's Selection. If your caption is picked as the winner you'll receive a Porsche Martini Racing Gift set that includes a: Martini Racing Beach Towel, Martini Racing Beach Chair, Martini Racing Volleyball and a Martini Racing Ice Cube Tray. Combined, these items are valued at over $225 and make a great addition to your trunk space for the beach, backyard or track.
PorchePurist Photo Caption Contest Rules
- Look at the picture above and then using the comment form at the end of this post let us know your idea for a caption (if you’re viewing this post via email simply click on the email title or the comment link at the bottom to visit the site and post your entry. Entries sent via email will be added to the site.)
- Submit your comment sometime between now and the 11:59 pm EST on August 18, 2011.
- Please limit your comments to three (3) per person (just to keep things fair).
- We (that’s John and I) will pick our favorite from among the entries and notify the winner via email and by adding a comment below. We'll give you 48 hours to respond. If we don't hear from you in that time we'll pick the next favorite comment.
- Offer is only good for residents of the US. Everyone can play, but if you're shipping address is not in the USA we can't send you the prize.
Win a Porsche Martini Racing Gift Set from Porsche Design Driver's Selection
Porsche Design Driver's Selection last sponsored our Mother's Day contest and a lucky reader won a $450 PDDS Handbag for their mom. This time, if you're caption is chosen as our winner, you'll receive a collection of gifts from the Martini Racing collection geared toward the beach.
This contest ends on August 18, 2011. If we pick you as the winner, we’ll notify you via email and/or by commenting below to arrange shipping (so be sure you give us a good email address and be sure to subscribe to comments).
Additional Ways to Win
We have lots more good stuff to give away, (e.g. Flying Lizard team gear, Gift Certificates for Service Work, RC Cars, Die-Cast Models, Books, etc., etc.). What we need are great pictures to use for future contests. If you have a funny or interesting Porsche related picture you think is a good fit for our caption contest send it along to us at captioncontest@flatsixes.com. If we use your photo we’ll send you a PorschePurist shirt just to say thanks.
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Wait till my wife finds out how much money I gave for the girl on the pole…
“No Hanz, some snot named Joan Claybrook says we have to do this.”
“Hey, man. Shouldn’t we be wearing white hoods?
“Down with the 917, and hoist the 924! But Boss, how will we tell the village when the clock strikes 10 o’clock?”
“Hanz, I don’t care how many fins you put on it, nobody’s going to believe it’s a tuna.”
Porsche experiments with LADA crash test equiptment.
you know that you have too much money when…
1. You’ve hooked it up to the wrong end dumpkoff!!
2.On the count of three, One, Two,Three, BUNGEE!!!
3.Are you really sure this is what the boss wanted?
Honey….I told you we should have taken a left instead of a right
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Doctor, I think I have this hangup about the Porsche 904…
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They hope to reverse engineer the process and turn VW’s into 904s
Now THAT would be a BEAUTIFUL thing !!
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“Porsche Pop!”
Herr Bott, is this the only way to shorten the wheelbase??
When they see these in China, we’ll have to double our production!
my son,I know I said to test the aerodynamics of the car……….but this is not exactly what I had in mind……….
you put air brakes on the car……and you want to test them??????
“Used as a wrecking ball, the new Porsche demonstrates its increased structural rigidity.”
Mr Hoffman “The” early Porsche car seller from the US tells Porsche to ” run some ideas up the flag pole to sell 904′s in the US” The Germans ever serious take his suggestion literally.
Thank you to everyone that participated making this our most successful caption contest yet! All of the entries were most entertaining and we enjoyed reading them as they came in.
When it came time to make a decision we narrowed the more than 140 entries down to five (5) and then eventually chose Robin Luke’s entry of,
“And you thought draining the oil on your Porsche was a challenge!”
Congratulations, Robin. Your prize package should be on the way from Porsche Design Driver’s Selection shortly.
Robin is the owner of a ’97 993 C4S and therefor really knows just how challenging oil changes can be…