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What’s The Next Best Thing to Visiting the High Museum of Art? The Allure of the Automobile!

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For those of you unable to make the journey to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta for the Allure of The Automobile (between March 21 and June 20, 2010) it's possible the show's official catalog might be the next best thing. Most hi-profile art exhibits print a catalog of the show's featured pieces for visitors, and admirers alike, to read …

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14 Porsche Acronyms Explained

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When it comes to acronyms Porsche is probably the only car company in the world that could compete with the US Army when it comes to their use. We receive emails on an almost daily basis asking us for information/help on one Porsche acronym/system or another. Instead of continuing to answer each email as a one-off we decided to create a post …

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Three Things at Sebring More Exciting Than the Race

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Sebring is arguably one of the most important races of the Motorsport season for Porsche. Not only does it kick off the 2010 ALMS series, it's the venue where Porsche has more wins than any other manufacturer and home of their first long-distance, endurance race win in 1960 by Hans Herrmann. Rather than cover the ins and outs of the race, we'll …

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Top 5 Reasons for a Porsche Fan to use Twitter

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By now, if you haven't heard of Twitter, then you probably never will and you should skip this post and go back to making tools out of stone, keeping your fire burning or looking for a bigger cave. For everyone else, read on... First a primer. Twitter is a social networking tool that allows people to share what they are doing right now, with …

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How a Porsche Can Help You Get Well After an Accident

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By now, I'm sure most of you are aware of Sir Stirling Moss's "lift incident" where he stepped into the elevator (made out of Carbon Fiber no less) in his home only to find himself suddenly and surprisingly falling three floors to the bottom after the lift itself decided to stop on the floor above. As gracious and in good humor as ever, Sir Moss …

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Who Wants A Private, Behind the Scenes Tour of the Flying Lizard Paddock?

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UPDATE: THIS POST IS FROM 2010. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A CHANCE FOR SEBRING 2011 THEN SEE OUR POST WITH 3 GREAT OFFERS FROM FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORT. Some of you may remember an article we published last December where we announced that FlatSixes.com entered into an agreement with Flying Lizard Motorsports naming our site as the first U.S. based …

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iRacing, It’s so Good, it Stinks!

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That was the subject line of an email sent by a friend of ours just the other day. Some of you may remember Mike from his help reviewing the Fanatec Turbo Wheel and his amazing home set-up. If not, be sure to take a minute and read that post to come up to speed. Anyway, Mike decided to sign up for a month of iRacing and the email below are his …

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