It seems that sometime in the late 1990s people that made skate videos split into two camps. One camp went down the rabbit hole of CKY and Jackass, while the rest wanted to show the world that what their parents dismissed as boorish and juvenile could be beautiful. We will probably reap the benefits of beleaguered skaters for decades, as the look …
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Why the Porsche 911 Remains Rear-Engined
It's a question that's befuddled many car lovers over the last half-century. Why, knowing what we now know about vehicle dynamics, does Porsche insist on keeping the 911's motor in the rear? Over the years, the recalcitrant behavior this layout was known to cause has been replaced with impeccable manners. Chalk it up to improved body control, …
Continue to the full articleA Winter Waltz in a Porsche 911
Sliding sideways on a snowy test course while listening to Strauss. It's something many a sophisticated Porschephile imagines themselves doing, but often, they either lack the hardware, the setting, or the skills to make it happen. Well, vicarious experience is the second-best solution here, and thanks to a classic soundtrack, a beautiful 911, some …
Continue to the full article9:11 Magazine’s Episode 5 Is Dedicated To Dreams
Porsche's video magazine is named for the 9 minutes and 11 seconds they dedicate to different aspects of the brand's contemporary and historic tales. This particular episode is cut up into five segments, each as interesting as the prior. Here's a bit of what you'll get to see when you click play. 1. Porsche brand ambassador Patrick Dempsey heads …
Continue to the full articleWatch this Drift-Specific 964 Go Very Sideways
Though it's not a common sight seeing a Porsche 911 go sideways in such a stylized fashion, this one does look fairly natural doing it. Tuned by KA-TUN, a Japanese racing outfit, this 964 is meant to slide gracefully at speed. To do so, it sports massive wheel spacers, Bride seats (drifters adore them), the toe and camber settings conducive to …
Continue to the full articleHow to Spin Donuts in a PDK-Equipped GT3
Though the 991 GT3 is a surgical scalpel when it needs to be, it can also play the hooligan. If the owner feels some tire smoke might add to the ambiance, he can follow these simple instructions on how to use all 475 horsepower to draw long, black stripes on the pavement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDis40oZurU It's fairly intuitive, and …
Continue to the full articleCrossed Up: Sideways in a GT3 RS
Porsche might not be a brand that normally comes to mind when talking about drifting, but Porsche drivers have been pitching their cars sideways for decades. From the 356, through to the most modern 918 Spyder drifting on ice, Porsches are no strangers to big angles. D. Rawberts takes being crossed up to a whole new level, however, with a wild …
Continue to the full articleWatch Walter Röhrl Drift The Cayenne GTS & Turbo S On Ice
Porsche is obviously putting a big push on for to show just how capable their entire model line-up is in the snow. We saw first hand at Camp4 Canada a few weeks ago how well the 911 and Cayman can do. Additionally, most of us know that the Cayenne handles as well off-road as it does on, but sometimes it's hard to translate that knowledge to the …
Continue to the full articleIce Drifting A Porsche 918 Spyder
I'm not sure I would have the cojones to do what this guy is doing in the video below. Granted it's a closed course in a controlled environment. However, that "controlled" environment is still an ice-track in the freezing cold temperatures of Finland. And, if I remember correctly, while carbon fiber itself doesn't get brittle in cold, the panels …
Continue to the full articleGymkhana 47: Drifting A Porsche Cayman S
If you're a car guy or girl, and you've been somewhere other than living under a rock since 2008, you will have no doubt at least heard of Ken Block and his "Gymkhana" videos on YouTube. The recipe is simple, take one modified car, drive it fast, make lots of handbrake turns, do donuts around cones, do wild lurid drifts, and generally act like a …
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