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Porsche 944 Celebrates 30 Years in the U.S.

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

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 19…


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Combating Gasoline Containing Ethanol

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, News

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 …


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

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

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 m…


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It is Time for an American True Supercar!

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Ford GT, Video

As a U.S. citizen I would love to have a truly great supercar that is American build. Unfortunately, there aren’t many American cars that can really be called a supercar (or even a true sports car). There are three that more or less qualify (I’m not including one-off or virtually unknown car makers) as I [...]


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

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Porsche

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 a…


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What to do With a Tesla Roadster Paper Weight?

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, News, Tesla

Over at Jalopnik they have an interesting story about how someone (possibly Tesla motors) is trying to smear Max Drucker. Max is the whistle-blower that reported that the Tesla Roadster (and all new cars from the company) will become unusable if the batter is not charged for a relatively short period of time. With the [...]


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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

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…


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It Is Better to Give than to Receive

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, Porsche

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…


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My Halloween Treat

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Blast from the Past, Commentary, Porsche, Video, Video of the Day

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 wro…


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Top 10 Reasons to go to Rennsport Reunion IV

Posted by: David Hurth  /  Category: Commentary, News

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 toget…


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