Saffron is beautiful, suble, exotic. And incredibly difficult to produce. As this video points out, it takes the stamen from 10,000 flowers to produce about 2 ounces (your standard size spice bottle) of saffron for cooking. And it has to be harvested by hand due to the inherent delicacy. So when Porsche names a new […]
In a new collaboration, Porschenet and one of our newer members, Niket Anjaria, and his company, VR Motion Labs, have teamed up to help us all understand the latest on the topic of full-motion simulators. We hope you will enjoy it. Top-tier simulation technology has long been an exclusive, ‘members-only’ experience that is reserved for […]
On Sunday, October 22, members of the club congregated at University Place, the new retail property in Westwood MA for a cars-and-coffee-and-car-show event to benefit our club charity, Homes For Our Troops. The weather was spectacular (due, of course, to Glenn!) and the turnout was tremendous. It was great fun to see families stroll through […]
I truly love driver-focused Porsches. My cars wear scars from the road proudly. I love patina. It’s funny to have to make a distinction between Porsches because most people might say that all Porsches are driver-focused. And I wouldn’t completely disagree. But the legends in the Porsche world still raise their heads above and beyond […]
October 14, 2017 – story: Chris Ryan – photos: Richard Viard (unless otherwise noted) SPONSORED BY PORSCHE NORWELL NER’s fifth and final Autocross event of the 2017 season was run on Saturday October 14th at Moore Airfield at Devens (results). The event was sponsored by Porsche Norwell to whom we extend our thanks for their […]
NER had a big weekend this past Saturday and Sunday. Sunday was strong in Rhode Island. Sweet Berry Farm in Middletown hosted the SoBo (South of Boston) contingent of our club for a cars and coffee event. It was a bit misty and foggy but spirits were high and there was a strong turnout. The […]
On Saturday, October 7th, some impressive cars gathered in Northboro to enjoy each other’s company and also to collect food supplies for the Worcester Veteran’s Inc. Food Bank. Our NER Treasurer, Robert Jacobsen, was the driving force behind this event and many local businesses came together to make it happen. This instance capped off a […]
Our last tech session of the 2017 season was hosted by NER member, master technician, and driving instructor Justin Becker of South Shore Autoworks of Kingston, MA. Comprised of 36 NER and a few NCR members, the meeting room was standing-room-only. For over two hours, Justin fielded questions from the group and never wavered or […]