Have you ever wanted to know how a fast an F1 car is? Or, better yet, how a stock 911 would do in a race with an F1 car. This video, while quite old, is still very amusing and entertaining. It pits an early to mid 90's Carrera versus a Peugot306 S16 versus a McLaren F1 car (all driven by professional F1 drivers). Could the Porsche Possibly …
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Video of Porsche Police Chase
>We spend a good portion of our days here at FLATSIXES.com surfing the web and looking for Porsche related subjects and ideas. As a result, we have a fairly intricate system of automated alerts that let us know when there is something new going on in the world of Porsche. New Porsche Video So, last week when an alert popped up announcing a …
Continue to the full articleNorth American Sales of Porsche 911 Fall in the Face of Hard Economic Times
Porsche holds its ground in North America! That's the official headline of today's Press Release out of Stuttgart. Despite there best attempt at spin, there is no denying that sales are a little off, at least for the 911 model. According to today's announcement, sales in North America are down 11% as compared to last year. However, the bigger …
Continue to the full articleIs a Porsche Cayenne Diesel in the Works for 2009?
According to reports coming out of Europe, Porsche may be considering a diesel alternative for the Cayenne line-up as early as mid 2009. It is rumored that Porsche has selected Audi’s 3.0L V6, delivering over 300hp. This is a marked turn around for Porsche and Porsche chief Wendelin Wiedeking who until now has always steered clear of diesel …
Continue to the full articlePorsche eBay Find of the Month
Ok, so we've already posted our eBay Find of the Month for February. Truth be told, we never know what we're going to find or when we are going to find it, so the title is simply a place holder. Anyway, we enjoy spending time on eBay finding rare, odd and one-of-a-kind Porsche objects. If you ever see something you think belongs here be sure to …
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 article993C4S.com Continues to Expand and Improve
Additional Resources Added A few weeks ago we announced that we were adopting a new look for 993C4S.com. As the site continues to grow and more and more readers send emails and comments with feedback, we're doing our best to incorporate those changes that make sense on a timely basis. Over the next couple of weeks we will be making some changes …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Magazines: What’s Available for the Porsche Fan.
I’m a pretty voracious reader. I have fairly eclectic tastes and tend to read all sorts of different genres when it comes to books. However, when it comes to my Porsche, I don’t have a huge amount of choices. Today’s post is a listing of the resources, I'm aware of, (in Magazine format) for the Porsche fan. What I’m hoping is that you, loyal …
Continue to the full articleRun Forrest Run! How to Avoid the Most Common Car Related Scams.
There has been a lot of discussion on various Porsche forums and other car centric blogs regarding possible scams that buyers and sellers of Porsche cars and products can get caught up in. Most of this is common sense, but a little refresher never hurts. It may be a scam if… If it’s too good to be true - it probably is. We all want to …
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