It’s Tuesday, March 14th here on Long Island, New York and Stella the winter storm is turning out to be a dud. Work is closed today and I can finally concentrate on my Porsche adventure which I experienced with friends from the Metro NY PCA. This is my third trip to this California show and it took place during the weekend of March 4th. …
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Behind The Scenes at The Porsche Design ANDIAL Limited Edition Watch Presentation
Sometimes, the coolest parties during events like Monterey Car Week go unnoticed by the masses. That's because, for the most part, they are private, intimate affairs intended for those few individuals lucky enough to be in attendance. The Porsche Zentrum at the Quail Lodge served as the setting for one such event in celebration of ANDIAL (a name …
Continue to the full articleDriving The Entire Porsche RS Lineage
We've always been of the opinion that there's a difference between an enthusiast and a collector. Enthusiasts tend to drive their Porsches while collectors tend to have garage queens. Obviously, that's an oversimplification, but it fits for most. Who it DOESN'T fit for, however, is Bob Ingram (the Ingram Collection) and his collection of …
Continue to the full articlePorsches Are Meant To Be Driven And Shared. The Ingram Family Explains Why.
It used to be a truism that only enthusiasts drove their cars and "collectors" simply collected; collector's cars tend to sit around as "garage queens". Lately, the family behind the Ingram Collection (one of the nicest Porsche collections in private hands that we know of) has been turning that old idea on its head. When I first met the Ingrams …
Continue to the full articleThe World-Class Porsche 2015 Monterey Auction Preview
The major auctions in Monterey have slowly become the world standard for collector cars. Every year, more records are set during the Monterey car week auctions than any other, and this year will doubtless be more of the same. Some of the world's best cars are converging on the California coast in attempts to find new owners. Millions of dollars …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Carving Canyons In Longhoods With Nicolas Hunziker and Chad McQueen
There are very few experiences in the world that are more fun than a romp through the canyons with a good friend in vintage 911s. A pair of R Gruppe cars driven by a pair of reasonably capable drivers, one bright orange 2.2 liter 250-ish horsepower ST clone driven by none other than Chad McQueen, and one little "white mouse", the personal "Sports …
Continue to the full articleVisiting Patrick Long’s Luftgekühlt With Magnus Walker, Patrick Dempsey And Chad McQueen
What the heck is Luftgekühlt? For starters, that's the German word for "Air Cooled" (pronounced louft-guh-kewlt). In addition it's also the name of the Porsche world's coolest (pun intended) car shows. Last weekend Porsche factory racer (and one of the most dedicated Porsche enthusiasts, might I add) Patrick Long decided to host a gathering of the …
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