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Classic Le Mans: Porsche Parking Hero

July 17, 2010

Classic Le Mans was HOT. Too hot! As we were so busy with shooting a Total 911 piece and sorting bits for Jamie’s uber-cool Renault 8S, I didn’t get much time to wander around the car park either. Thankfully, I can count on some stalwart Porsche pals to help me out with keeping an eye [...]

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Le Mans Classic: All the Fun of the Fair

July 11, 2010

As I write, the 2010 Le Mans Classic is in full swing. The weather here is incredibly hot: Porsche restaurant tent temperatures hit a reported 45 degrees yesterday and Arnage lunch was taken in similar heat. Not all that comfortable, unless you went to McDonalds for the air conditioning and free wifi, like myself and [...]

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The Grand Porsche Tour Continues

July 7, 2010

Today was the last day in Monaco for the 2010 RGruppe Bergmeister Tour. With no group plan for the day, I was up at 7.30 and out in the Orange 911 Carrera 3.0, to repeat yesterday’s drive up the Col De Turini, and the amazing road from Turini to Sospel. Col de Turini is the [...]

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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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