I’ve written a few posts lately on products developed or designed by “Porsche Design”, “Design by F.A. Porsche”, “Porsche Design Studio”, etc. Lately, a few people have written to me asking for some additional information on this subject. Specifically, what are all these companies? How do they relate to Porsche? Why are there so many different …
Continue to the full articleWanted: Porsche Fan(s) to Guest Post
Are you a Porsche owner or do you aspire to own a Porsche? Are you a Porsche enthusiast or fan? If you answered yes to either of those questions and you enjoy writing then please read on. FLATSIXES.com needs a few guest posts and I’m hoping that some of you, as readers, might have something Porsche related you want to write about and share with …
Continue to the full article1955 Porsche 356 A `Silver Bullet` Custom Hot Rod
I'm a bit of a "Porsche Purist", what others may call a snob. For the most part, I like my Porsches to be original, true to what the manufacturer intended with little to no modifications. As an example, my 1973 911T was all original (including paint and interior) with no modifications. My current 1997 993 C4S is exactly the same, all original, …
Continue to the full articleThe Blogger’s Choice Awards = My Opportunity for Shameless Self Promotion
The World Wide Web is vast; some even say its size is infinite. So, in an infinite universe, how does one stand out? It’s difficult to do in the best of circumstance and even harder for a new blog like 993C4S.com. Besides the obvious of good design, interesting, original and quality content, one still needs to market. My blog is doing well, in …
Continue to the full articleToo Pretty to Fly (I Mean Drive)?
If you’ve watched the news over the last week or so I’m sure you’ve seen the coverage on the two USF Students (Nisreen Swedberg and Sarah Williams) who were escorted off a Southwest Airlines plane. They claim, according to Williams, they were discriminated against because “we were young, decent-looking girls. I mean nobody else on the plane …
Continue to the full articleIs Flat Black the new Black for Porsche?
In 2006 you may have started to hear a car referred to as being “murdered out”. I say "may have" because if you’re not in your late teens, or early 20’s and/or have some kids at home, you may not be familiar with the term. As a general rule of thumb, if you are over the age of 30, you probably shouldn’t be walking around using phrases like “that …
Continue to the full articleIf You’re Going to Drive Fast in a Porsche…
In yesterday’s post I talked about driving a Porsche at 150 Mph. What I didn’t talk about were the risks involved with that, to both myself and others. So, if today’s post comes off a little bit preachy, I apologize in advance. It’s not meant to be that way. Prior to my drive up Rte 9 in Canada the fastest I had ever been in a car was 137 …
Continue to the full articleTime for a Change!
I’ve been writing this blog now for two months. In that time I’ve made new friends, met new people, had interesting conversations with readers through email and from commenting here on the site. In addition, I’ve learned quite a bit more about Porsche the brand and the people that associate themselves with it, and most importantly, learned what I …
Continue to the full articleBeautiful Women + Porsche + Russia + Crime don’t mix. A tragic loss.
In a tragic story from late last week, Russia's most well known female bodyguard, Anna Loginova, was killed trying to thwart the carjacking of her own Porsche Cayenne. According to the various reports and anonymous quotes from those at the scene, "she suffered serious injuries and died at the scene". Witness's say she was seen clinging to …
Continue to the full articleResults of the “Best Upgrades for the Money Poll”
On January 15th I asked you to tell me what's the Best upgrade for the Money for my 993. 22 of you responded and the overwhelming majority voted for the Headlight Update (HIDs). Here are the complete results: Headlight Updates - 14 Votes = 64% of all votes PSS9s - 2 Votes = 9% of all votes New Wheels (MY 02, etc.) - 1 Vote = 5% of …
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