Even with the price of oil dropping quickly, the prices at the pump reflect this change much more slowly. Premium gasoline (91 to 93 octane) in my part of the world is still well north of $4.00 per gallon. Imagine my surprise then after reading a NY Times article that it just might be that I've been wasting my money for a very long time. Sure, …
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One of the Many Benefits of the Porsche Club of America
UPDATE: One thing not mentioned in this post are the various PCA Registries. Most Porsche models now have PCA sanctioned registries where owners can sign up and interact with others who own like Porsches. If you need any more incentive to join the registry (or the PCA) for your particular Porsche model, check out this story on how 3 lucky …
Continue to the full articleImpressive North American Delivery Figures and New Management Appointed for Porsche
On Friday of last week Porsche announced their final figures (delivered units) for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2008. Besides posting record profit numbers that actually exceeded their revenue, Porsche shipped close to 34,000 units to the North American market (31,818 to the US and 1,874 to Canada.) This represents a very small drop from last …
Continue to the full articleA Simple Tip to Increase the Gas Mileage in Your Porsche
Today's post comes from guest blogger Andrew Granieri. You may remember Andrew from his great set of posts that outlined the detailing and transformation of the paint on his Porsche 944. As a refresher, Andrew is a student at Miami University, studying Technical & Scientific Communications with a double Minor in Marketing & Entrepreneurship. He …
Continue to the full articleHow did they do that? Porsche’s Profit Exceeds Revenue!!
Porsche's fiscal year ends on July 31st 2008 and if a report from Der Spiegel is to be believed, then it's been a very, very good year. Unlike most other car manufacturers, Porsche is not losing money. In fact, for all intents and purposes, they might as well be printing it. You see, expected numbers are to show that Porsche's profits actually …
Continue to the full articlePorsche N spec Approval. Understanding it when Choosing Tires
For those of you that have been long-term readers you’ll remember a post we did some time ago where we offered our research services to answer any Porsche related question. That post, “I’m not a Porsche Expert, but I Play one on the Internet” continues to generate a number of questions and we want to do our best to keep answering them for …
Continue to the full articlePricing for the Porsche Panamera Announced
This post was written before official Porsche pricing was announced. So, take a look at this post for 2010 Porsche Panamera Pricing (and feel free to read on too). I'm usually not one for making predictions. However, if the pricing for the upcoming Porsche Panamera, being reported by German car magazine Autobild, is to be believed then I'm …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 356: My First Porsche (Part II of II)
Last week I presented the first part of Porsche 356: My First Porsche by Wilhelm (Billy) Roedenbeck. Today's post is part II of that story. As a reminder, Billy was born in Lima, Peru. He bought his first Porsche in 1973 and never looked back. He resides in Miami, Fl. with his wife and her Boxster. My First Porsche 356: Part II It turned out the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Doppelkupplung (double clutch) or PDK Explained
If you can't pronounce the name of Porsche's new double clutch, seven speed transmission technology, you're not alone. Not to worry, the Porsche marketing folks were kind enough to add to the growing list of alphabet soup options by providing the Porsche Doppelkupplung with its very own acronym: PDK. Originally developed for Porsche Motorsports, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 356: My First Porsche (Part I of II)
Today's post was written by Wilhelm (Billy) Roedenbeck. Billy was born in Lima, Peru. He bought his first Porsche in 1973 and never looked back. He resides in Miami, Fl. with his wife and her Boxster. Back in the sixties Lima, the capital of Peru, was a city of perhaps 2 million people. It had beautiful boulevards and very little traffic. Cars …
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