Okay, all the safety Nazi’s should stop reading at this point as I’m going to talk about a not so safe topic – breaking the speed limit (feel free to come back tomorrow when I explain a few precautionary pointers if you must drive fast). Yes, I admit it; I have driven faster than the posted speed limit. I have done so frequently and …
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With new Release Porsche Improves on the Already Great GT3 RSR
It's tough to improve on perfection, but Porsche seems to have done it again with the newest release of their already mighty GT3 RSR. Singificant Improvements include: Significant improvement to front-end aerodynamics Extensive Suspension upgrade to improve handling and grip New Transmission derived from the RS Spyder …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Culture. Good for the Brand? You Decide?
UPDATE: As it turns out, a number of you found this page to be fairly funny. As a result, it's been getting hit quite frequently. Thanks to everyone for visiting. The latest and final update in this little sidebar is available here. …
Continue to the full articleOwn a Piece of Rock History. Maybe? Ebay Find of the Month.
Imagine driving Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett's Porsche 911 C4 jamming to Metallica on the stereo he paid $20,000 for back in 1990. Kirk's car stereo was featured in one of the Car and Driver type magazines (I've not been able to track down the exact details and Kirk just doesn't remember.) This collectors dream is a direct descendent of the awe …
Continue to the full articleResults of This Week’s Poll: “What Was the Best Car Movie Ever?”
At the beginning of the week I asked you What was the Best Car Movie Ever Made? I gave you my criteria and 10 choices. The poll received a total of 94 votes and showed a very clear winner. The results are below. Not surprisingly (this is a Porsche site after all) Le Mans won quite easily with 39 votes or 41%. Pretty much tied for a very …
Continue to the full articleCompetition makes the Porsche 911 a Better Car
In a post last month we asked the question is Porsche the “Benchmark” for all Other Supercars? That particular post showcased a video of the GT-R facing off against a 997 Turbo and referenced a prior entry regarding a road test of the new Nissan GT-R vs. a Porsche 997 Turbo and the resulting debate about which car is better/faster. There was …
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 …
Continue to the full articleWhat was the Best Car Movie Ever Made?
Recently, I’ve been working on adding to my DVD collection. In doing so, I started looking through my collection of what I consider to be “car” movies. It got me to thinking: How do you determine what qualifies as a “car” movie and, more importantly, how do you determine the best “car” movie ever made? Determining what qualifies as a “car" …
Continue to the full articleNot Everything Porsche does is Worth Mentioning
I've noticed that Porsche has really picked up the amount of press releases they are sending out. What was once only a weak trickle has increased significantly over the past couple of weeks to more of torrent. The result of all this news is that it's really not that interesting. Take today's most recent press release: Porsche Sales in North …
Continue to the full articleResults of the “Best Upgrades for the Money Poll”
On January 15th I asked you to tell me what's the Best upgrade for the Money for my 993. 22 of you responded and the overwhelming majority voted for the Headlight Update (HIDs). Here are the complete results: Headlight Updates - 14 Votes = 64% of all votes PSS9s - 2 Votes = 9% of all votes New Wheels (MY 02, etc.) - 1 Vote = 5% of …
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