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Porsche 944 Celebrates 30 Years in the U.S.

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Porsche, Video
Porsche 944

Today is “May Day” and this month marks 30 years of the Porsche 944 being available in the U.S. The Porsche 944 was available for sale in the U.S. starting in May of 1982 as a model year 1983 in the U.S. (it was available in 1981 as a Model Year 1982 in European markets). [...]


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Combating Gasoline Containing Ethanol

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, News
Porsche 914

Recently, I wrote a post about the EPA raising the allowed level of ethanol in gasoline to 15% for regular cars and what we can do about it (you can read the original post here). After getting a lot of feedback from many people about the post and many have suggested starting a petition to [...]


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What a Porsche Owner Needs to Know About 15% Ethanol Gasoline

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, News, Porsche
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Not very long ago the EPA OK’d 15% ethanol in gasoline. They originally OK’d it in 2010, but a class action law suite delayed this. Unfortunately, they ultimately have been able to get it OK’d. It is debatable if adding ethanol in gasoline does more good than harm to both the environment and to your [...]


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Porsche 959 – The Most Advanced Car Of The 80′s

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Porsche
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Over at Jolapnik they have put together a list of the ten most advanced cars for their times. According to their list the Porsche 959 is the most advanced car of the 1980′s. The post points out that the Porsche 959 with its advanced all wheel drive and composite body panels was so advanced that [...]


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Was the Porsche 924 4-cylinder one of the 10 Worst Engines Ever Made?

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Porsche
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Update: The list is actually of the worst high performance engines, but the question still remains if the Porsche 924 engine is one of the worst ever made. Jalopnik has a list of the 10 worst engines ever made and the Porsche 924 4-cylinder engine (the one from Audi, not the one in the Porsche [...]


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It Is Better to Give than to Receive

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Porsche
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This Holiday season is a great time to give back to those that are less fortunate. Whether you own a Porsche 911 GT2 RS or an old Porsche 924, as owners of one of the greatest marques ever made we are very blessed. Even if you have been hit hard by the recent economic down [...]


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My Halloween Treat

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Blast from the Past, Commentary, Porsche, Video, Video of the Day
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Yesterday was Halloween and the wife and I took our two little ones Trick or Treating. At one of the houses just down the street from where we live was an nice older gentleman that spoke with an European accent (I believe it was Irish, but could be wrong). This gentleman was wearing a Porsche [...]


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Top 10 Reasons to go to Rennsport Reunion IV

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, News
2012 Porsche 911

Rennsport Reunion IV is coming up very fast (it starts on October 14th)! The event promises to be one of the few chances that you have to see legendary cars and the men that drove them. If you are still on the fence about going then I’m putting together a quick list of the top [...]


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Porsche 911 Carrera GTS VS Porsche 911 GT3

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary

Recently, the new 2012 Porsche 911 and the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 have been getting most of the headlines. However, Porsche has a few models in their current stable that are pretty good cars. I’m talking about the standard Porsche GT3 and the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS. At first thought the the Porsche 911 [...]


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Prep, Prep and More Prep – Can You Paint Your Porsche in Your Garage

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary

As you may remember I am slowly painting my 1983 Porsche 944 in my Garage (you can read my first post here). The car is being painted panel by panel over time and I’m chronicling the process here. Today is one of the most important topics when it comes to painting a car, prep. Prepping [...]


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