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Entries by Sterling Vernon

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Wine & Wheels – Friday 7/28 at the Audrain

Friday, July 28, 2017 | 6:00PM – 8:00PM Vickers’ Liquors is organizing a spectacular selection of wines for a one of a kind tasting at the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport RI! Don’t worry we will not let you leave hungry! There will be a variety of artisan cheeses and light fair. Tickets: $40 | […]

Mixing Old and New School

How do you make a 55 year old car drive like new but retain it’s uber-cool look? Timeless Garage in Lisbon, Portugal took a swing with their “Outlaw White Walker” 1962 356B. It certainly looks like they were successful. Take a look >

Generation Gap

In an seemingly unlikely shootout, professional racing driver David Donohue, son of the legendary Mark Donohue (a Brown engineering graduate and author of required reading, “The Unfair Advantage”), pits a 1987 944 Turbo up against a 2017 Macan GTS at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Why exactly would you pair these two mismatched vehicles? The front-engine […]

Cars and Mansions

The day did not look stellar in forecast, weather-wise. But It turned out to be a phenomenal day to take in some beautiful cars, many of them from NER, down in Newport at the Rosecliff mansion – an event sponsored by the Audrain Automobile Museum. If you haven’t been to visit, you owe yourself a […]

Terror? Or Perfect Terroir? GT2 RS

We’ve waited quite a while for a new GT2 RS – 7 years, in fact! We last saw this version in the 997 generation. Once you understand the history of the RS versions, you see that these cars are exceeding rare. Porsche has still not yet confirmed the power output of this car, but most […]

Come to SoBo Cars and Coffee July 9

The next SoBo (South of Boston) Porsches & Coffee of the 2017 season will be on Sunday, July 9th, 10AM – noon at Sweet Berry Farm, 915 Mitchell’s Lane, Middletown, RI 02842.  A Porsche logo sign should be in place directing you to the parking area. Let us know you are coming!

Porsche – Fanatical Quality

Why do we love Porsches? I have to believe part of it is the experience I’ve had that most Porsche-philes are fanatical about something in their life – be it business, design, family, whatever. And a Porsche reflects that intense focus on quality right back to us in our daily lives. Enjoy the newest 9:11 […]