Martin Raffauf’s connection to Porsche doesn’t begin in the usual way. There was no teenage dream of a 911, no family heirloom passed down. Instead,...
Our Favorite Porsche Owner Stories
All about the experience of searching, buying, owning and enjoying Porsches, as told by actual owners
Not all cars are created equal and not all owners feel the same way about their cars. Porsche owners are a bit of a “crazy” bunch, especially the die hard fanatics. And in most cases they feel very strongly about their prized possessions. If you have an interesting true story about your Porsche and would like to share it with the world, write it down and submit it to our contact us page. If we like it, we will publish it here.
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Origins in Speed: A Childhood Fueled by Motorsport Glen Smale was born in East London, South Africa, a scenic coastal town that sparked his lifelong...
For Stuttcars contributor Kieron Fennelly, the Porsche story didn’t begin with a test drive or a lifelong dream. It began with his son. Watching him...
How Did Your Passion for Porsche Begin? My name is Aaron Tang and I am born and raised in Calgary, Alberta here in Canada. I...
Some people grow up obsessed with Porsche. Others, like Stuttcars contributor Terence Wah, take a different road. His journey into the world of Stuttgart came...
When you buy a Porsche, you’re getting a machine that offers a great level of performance from the factory. But for many owners, leaving it...
Photography courtesy of Road Scholars. No need to squint. That lump hanging out the back of this Meyers Manx is a genuine Fuhrmann four-cam engine....
Professor Fred Poordad is a doctor out of passion. The American is an expert and globally renowned in liver research. He is as ambitious and...
On display at the 20th annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, in Carmel Valley was a strange little car that caught my attention. The car...
In the past, we have covered a Type 964 911 Carrera 2 Speedster, a Type 986 Boxster spec race car, and even a 914/6 Restomod....
Let’s face it, the Porsche 914 was not the most iconic of sports cars in the storied history of the brand. A joint collaboration between...
If there is one thing that Porsche does better than pretty much any other car manufacturer, that is providing their customers with race cars thinly...
The Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0, which was produced for only 2 years in 1976 and 1977, is a very special version of the inimitable 911....
Note: Some images from this article provided by Roger Katz. The Type 964 Porsche 911 was a revolutionary car when it came to market in...
Porsche Classic recently completed a factory restoration of a very rare super sports car: the Porsche 959 S. The Porsche 959 is a known trump...
D.E. ( Driver Education) It’s a gateway drug. You are happily driving your Miata, Mustang, or Cayman on the street; you’re enjoying yourself, not a...
How our man, Richard Wiley, came to be the custodian of two Porsche 911s over a period of nearly nine months. Porsche Road & Race...
Yippee ki-yay Panamera This well known quote from the infamous John McClane* immediately popped into my mind the first time I put my foot down...
The survivor-look 911 Obsession, it can strike at any time. Unfortunately, mine struck about five years too late after the price of air-cooled 911s had...
One year later Using the Cayenne as a daily driver has been quite a ride, pun intended. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m...
I must be crazy Why on earth would someone sell a perfect color combination 911 Turbo with manual transmission and buy a Cayenne instead? Life...
The first day of the rest of your life Certain things/events/people define our lives, our beliefs and attitude. Most of these are somehow scheduled, but...
911 Carrera 3.0 “Arschloch” I have an Australian delivered 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0, which I purchased in 1985 from the car’s original owner. The...
A Porsche 911 Turbo “Barn Find” Having first driven a naturally aspirated 944 for seven years and then spending another five behind the wheel of...
For some Porsche enthusiasts, the road to ownership follows a course which perhaps starts as an interest back as a young child, followed by increasing...
If any two letters have encapsulated Porsche’s sporting prowess over the years, it is these – RS. It is now forty-seven years since the introduction...
It was Max Hoffman, the New York-based Porsche importer, who was instrumental in getting the factory to produce a lightweight sports car for local competition...
As I’ve explained on the few occasions I’ve burst into print in Porsche Road & Race, my enduring love affair with the Porsche brand was...
For many years now, the name ‘Carrera’ has been associated with Porsche sports cars. But the story of how the fledgling 356 first got its...
My journey (Chris Stretton) to Porsche ownership started when I was still a teenager in the 1960s. My father, Lionel Stretton, was a serious petrol-head...
Owning a sports car is a compromise: on the one hand, it doesn’t have the space of a family estate, and for some it is...
