R Gruppe Bergmeister Tour: The Ultimate 911 Workout

July 7, 2010

From Hollywood A-listers to Big Brother contestants: it seems everyone who is anyone has done a fitness video. Now it’s my turn. I call it: “How to keep your 911 in proper shape”. Here’s five friends in Porsches – three drivers and two passengers – running their cars back to Monaco from the other side [...]

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Ready, Steady, Go on the Classic Porsche Euro Tour

July 2, 2010

Crazy day today, moving cars around and dragging my Carrera 3.0 out of storage, to give it a quick service before tomorrow’s departure on the RGruppe Bergmeister Tour, followed by Classic Le Mans. Today was the first time I had done valve clearances on a 911. I was using a standard feeler gauge and I [...]

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Porsche RGruppe Euro Tour: Get ready to rumble!

June 30, 2010

Things are absolutely flat out here, as I try to get two US features and a pair of magazine columns done, before readying my Orange 911 Carrera 3.0 for the 2010 RGruppe Bergmeister Tour, and our subsequent trip to Classic Le Mans; back to our beautiful gîte in Dissay-sous-Courcillon. The Dutch posse leaves Amsterdam at [...]

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Spa says ‘non’ to a Porsche 908

June 28, 2010

I’m following an interesting story on Twitter at the minute. Much-loved journo and classic Porsche enthusiast/owner Richard Meaden (@dickiemeaden) has taken a 911 GT3 down to Spa for the Goldtrack track days, to hook up with a beautiful white 908. Conditions are perfect for fast laps in the classic Porsche race car, but the old [...]

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Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS Part 2

June 24, 2010

I was at Tuthills last week, catching up on on some photos, when who should I spy but  John Watson: ex-McLaren driver, 5-time GP winner and Eurosport/Sky/Bernievision commentator (alongside the entertaining Ben Edwards). I got talking to John about his immaculate Beetle which was being serviced, as both of us are Irish we chatted a [...]

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Carrera 3.0 RS: ’round the Nürburgring with his Röhrlship

June 23, 2010

Sabine Schmitz… Sabine, Sabine. Show me a man who doesn’t dream of Sabine and I’ll show you Graham Norton. Sabine is Nürburgring Girl, brought to our screens by Top Gear. She’s easier on the eye than she is on the Golf in this great bit of Sabine Schmitz video. I’ll be honest: when I hear [...]

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