Porsche Goes to Hollywood

September 24, 2008

We started the week by asking what Porsches you would choose to fill your dream garage given an unlimited budget. If we’re dreaming, we might as well dream big! From their it wasn’t a big leap to this post. Read more

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The Women of Rennlist and Project Rennwish

September 19, 2008

In 1998 John Dunkle, and his wife Jennifer, founded Rennlist. Through their hard work and dedication Rennlist grew into a close-knit group of Porsche owners and enthusiasts. Today, Rennlist is one of the top Porsche destinations online. The RL forums are used to share ideas, meet new friends, swap technical information and generally get to know more about your Porsche car and community.

With the success of Rennlist (the site enjoys daily visits from hundreds of thousands of users) John and Jennifer wanted to channel some of that success into their charitable and philanthropic pursuits. Enter Project Rennwish.

Project Rennwish

is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to changing the lives of children and families in need by providing food, shelter, clothing, education and medical assistance. Worldwide in scope, their purpose is to make available programs and assistance that directly impacts and positively reinforces personal and family values regardless of race, color, nationality or financial means. Project Rennwish provides an improved way of life and value based lifestyle to impoverished regions which positively influences the greater society.

Over the years, many of the members at Rennlist have donated to Rennwish through financial contributions and donation of their own personal time and efforts. Recently, a dedicated group of female Rennlisters gathered together to create a calendar that showcases stunning Porsche cars, and even better looking women, with all proceeds benefiting Project Rennwish. Introducing….

The Women of Rennlist

These are all REAL women who are dedicated and active on Rennlist as well as within the Porsche community. These are the women you meet at the track, who can talk shop and can handle themselves behind the wheel or under the car. Each of these beautiful ladies has generously dedicated their time and hard work to ensure that the calendar is a success - and all of them should be applauded.

Information About the Calendar

It is printed in a 16-month format, beginning with January 2009 and ending with April 2010. Sized at 9″W x 12″H closed, and 9″W x 24″H open it will make the perfect addition to your garage and or track trailer. The calendar has been custom designed and printed at a commercial print shop to ensure a professional grade quality and durability.

The cost for this unique, beautiful, for-charity calendar is only $25.00, which includes all shipping and handling costs!

How to Order

Simply visit the Women of Rennlist web-site and place your order. If you wish to donate money above and beyond the cost of a calendar please purchase your calendar using the “Buy Now” button, and donate the additional money via the “Donate” button. This helps to keep things separate for the shippers.

If you wish to donate money INSTEAD of purchasing a calendar, feel free to make all donations using the “Donate” button. As Project Rennwish is a 501 (c) (3) charity any donation above and beyond the calendar amount may be tax deductible.

Our calendar is on order and we ask each of you to please share this post and information with the other forums you are on, with your friends, with your local and national car groups, or anyone else you can think of! The calendar is available for purchase by EVERYONE!

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Creating Digital Videos of Your Favorite Drive Re-Run

September 3, 2008

Don’t be alarmed, you’re not seeing things. Yes, we are re-running the same post. We decided to do so, because we were looking for additional feedback from you on what you currently use to create your Porsche videos. We were able to speak with the makers of a few different in-car video systems today and they all agreed to forward samples of their products for us to review. The systems should start arriving next week and we’ll start posting reviews immediately.

While we’re waiting, please read through the post below and let us know what you’re using in your Porsche. As a reminder, if you haven’t yet voted, don’t forget about our current poll regarding the type of Porsche(s) you own. We’ll close out the poll at the end of the week, tally the results and focus our content appropriately.

Friday’s post will feature another reader’s ride. In this instance the owner of a 1977 911S is looking to do some restoration and modifications and would love some input on the best bang for the buck. Next week look for a review on Kevin Gosselin’s Hunt for 901 (the first work of fiction centered completely around a Porsche) and a two or three part series on Porsche etiquette/greetings.

The Re-Run

Recently we posted about Reaching Driving Nirvana in Your Porsche. The idea was conceptualized by a friend in our ever growing Porsche network on facebook. The notion was simple, anytime in the month of August take your Porsche out for a ride on your favorite road and document the experience in order to share it with others. A lot of people participated and there are some great Porsche stories, pictures and videos as a result. Hats off to Dede for the coming up with the idea, promoting it and making it such a success amongst a diverse group of virtual friends.

As a participant in this event our eyes were opened to a great new activity (and part of the reason for today’s post) that can be enjoyed along with driving the Porsche(s); video-taping the rides, editing the footage and creating short clips of our driving experiences. Below is our FIRST attempt at creating a video:

We learned two things while making this video:

We don’t have the proper camera equipment or software to do things correctly.
The people that do this and do it well have a very special skill and they should be commended.

Digital Video Equipment for Motorsports

We made the little video above using an older, hand-held, Sony Cyber-shot (the model is a DSC-T1) and the standard video editing software (Windows Movie Maker) that comes with Vista. We know there must be better equipment and software specifically for automotive applications and we’d like to try some out and report back to you. So, if you have any experience, please do let us know.

Some people tape their experiences at driver’s education events, races or just for fun. Are you one of them? If so, what equipment are you using? What type of camera? How is it mounted? What are you using for software to edit?

Based on the research we’ve done so far, the GoPro Motorsports HERO 3 Quick Release 3MP Camcorder seems like the best bang for the buck, but we have yet to use one. Have you?

We’re hoping that of the 12,000 or so people that see this post, during the month of September at least a few of you will have some video experience. Please let us know by commenting below or using the contact page.

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