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Author Archives: BlowDog
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
I seriously have no idea. There’s a rumour abound that this game was literally an april fools joke – except…
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Tagged Blood Dragon, Far Cry 3, postmodernist, Retro, review
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Bioshock Infinite
I was properly smitten by the first Bioshock. It was a defining genre smasher with an original concept that many…
Evil Dead (2013)
What compels a grown man such as I to inflict such visions of horror and violence upon not only myself,…
Ducati Panigale 1199S Tricolore for sale :(
My mood is so conflicted. I’m both mildly upset and also somewhat relieved. As my experience on the bike increases,…
Posted in Ducati Panigale 1199S Tricolor, motors
Tagged 1199, detail, ducati, For Sale, immaculate, metropolis, motorcycles, panigale, tricolore, valet
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Crysis 3
Hark the arrival of first in a string of ‘next-gen’ titles. Crysis looks amazing. I’m playing this on a PC…
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Robot and Frank
Just how awesome is this film? A low-key movie set in a not too distant future, robots are part of…
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Tagged care home, compassion, Frank Langella, jewel thief, love, robot, Robot & Frank
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Flight
I can’t quite figure out if Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) is a total dude or a douche in this film….
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Dragon’s Dogma
Yup. Add me to the list of “Play me again in a year” games…. Bored, at home, sick with flu…
Life of Pi
You can watch a hundred movies over the course of the year but I can guarantee it would only be…
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Battlefield 3
I have a habit of picking games up, sometimes years after I last played them, only to inject into it…
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
Under no regular circumstances would I normally find myself playing such a game as this. I always thought about simulation…
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Tomb Raider
It’s now been 17 years since Lara Croft was catapulted into popular culture as a household name. Back in 1996,…
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Cloud Atlas
I tell thee, I do not envy the job of the editor on this movie. The Wachowskis are not known…
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Tagged cloud atlas, halle berry, matrix, Seoul, tom hanks, Wachowski
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Number plate stolen – what to do
Biowidge. I’ve been happy with people calling me that for 10 years now. Because for that long, it’s been the…
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS
Tagged b10wdg, dvla, Green, GT3, number plate, Porsche, richard baldwin, RS, stolen, theft
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Wreck it Ralph
This is what life’s about. Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks – enough to get any adult excited. Strange given the films are…
Total Recall
What is it about reminiscing about these films of the 80′s and 90′s that trigger such fantastic memories? Arnold is…
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Tagged 2012, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Total Recall
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Zero Dark Thirty
I literally had no idea what this film was about when I sat down. Avoided any trailers and only absorbed…
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Black Hawk Down, bush, CIA, Jessica Chastai, obama, Osama Bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty
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The Master
Tell me to watch a contemporary movie and expect Philip Seymour Hoffman to be out-acted by someone else on screen…
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Tagged Amy Adams, Film, Joaquin Phoenix, Movie review, performances, philip seymour hoffman, the master
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Homeworld 2 Review – PC
Wow – what an earth am I doing reviewing a game from 2003? Ten years old this year, Homeworld 2,…
Proteus Review – PC
There’s a fantastic revival going on at the moment around 8 bit gaming. The past few years I have enjoyed…
Spectrasoul: Delay No More
The more I dig deeper into Drum and Bass, the further enriched I become. I don’t know of any other…
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Tagged delay no more, drum and bass, hospital records, london elektricity, spectrasoul
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Drive
Have seen this film many times and I have to say, for me it’s my film of 2011. I’ve decided…
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Rewriting the rules
It dawned on me last night why I’m so hooked on motorbikes. As I rolled home from another insane, blurred…
Posted in Ducati Panigale 1199S Tricolor, motors
Tagged 1199S, adrenalin, awesome, cold weather, ducati, panigale, tricolore
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Skyrim (360)
It’s been a year now since Bethesda released its highly anticipated follow up to the excellent Oblivion. So why am…
Where does one go from here? Ducati Panigale 1199S Tricolore
This is what it’s all about really. In less than 5 months from passing my motorbike test, I’d already reached…
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Then I entered the Matrix with my Ducati 848 Evo Corse SE
Because you see, when I watched the Matrix Reloaded for the first time in 2003, I needed a Ducati. NEEDED….
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Fisher Price my first bike – Triumph Daytona 675R
Now something I’m not is an expert on motorbikes. I can dissect a car down to its core values and…
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Quick AMG Romance – C63
Early this year I had an opportunity to fill a car sized spot in my garage. I didn’t want to…
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Because a car just isn’t fast enough
Back in January 2012, I made a rather last minute decision to take my motorbike test. There really wasn’t much…
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New site for 2013
What better motivation to kickstart this site back into life than a total redesign? Hope it’s to everyones liking. I’ve…
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Ahhhhhhh, Peter Jackson. I feel like I know you so well. When you first graced my consciousness with your divinity,…
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Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb
So, I’m sat here scratching my bearded chin and I’m thinking to myself, how on earth have I managed to…
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Tagged binding of isaac, Edmund McMillen, Florian Himsl, review
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Something for the weekend? I went supercar shopping
I waste a perfectly good day doing nothing other than wondering the showrooms of Ferrari and Lamborghini in central London. I feel such a bum.
Posted in Lamborghini Galardo LP560, motors
Tagged 458, Blancpain, Ferrari, Ferrari FF, Gallardo, GTO, italia, Lamborghini, Louis walsh, LP550, LP570, maserati, Performante, Superleggera
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Alpina Restoration Complete
So a year has passed and not much has really changed. LOL seriously. A fuck load has changed, but there’s…
I get to play with a 2011 Nissan GTR for the weekend.
Nissan give me a 2011 GTR to play with – it’s cat amongst the pigeons as we mix it up with supercar exotica.
Tales of a stolen iPhone
I lose an iPhone and then end up chasing it across half of London. I kung-fu’d a few people, hospitalised many and stopped an alien invasion.
LP560 Gone – woe is me
Angels cry, virgins sacrifice their first borns and mothers cry over war torn sons. Meanwhile, I shed a tear for over an emotional experience with an unforgettable car. LP560 I salute you.
LP560 to Spa and the Nurburgring
The LP560 is more than a competent track tool, despite wrapping you in a world of leather and air con. Although not its main strength, it’s still a strong proposition. However, put it in context and it suddenly becomes a simply brilliant all rounder that has you smiling at every use.
Date with the devil – LP560 bought
I walk into a Lamborghini dealership on a whim and walk out £120K lighter. But oh god what an exchange.
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RS Sold
A fitting eulogy to a car still in service, but retired from my employ. I pass the reign of the RS onto the next person.
Buy me – I will make you happy! (RS for sale)
Biting the bullet and I’ll regret it NO DOUBT, but the car wants a new home. My GT3RS is for sale.
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Tagged 997, Bad ass, For Sale, Green, GT3, Porsche, RS
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Boredom and the car enthusiast – a dangerous combination
Stay out of trouble and trouble won’t find you. Of course, that mantra is not part of my vocabulary, instead I look at ways of blowing an additional £30k.
Why the GT3 rocks my wor……oh shut up, please.
I ponder the options and alternatives of a world without the sanctimonious delirium of Porsche GT3RS ownership. I am pleasantly greeted by a number of choices.
So THAT’S why people buy the turbo cab…!
I never really understood the 911 Turbo in either of its forms. After 10 days with the car, it takes one particularly spectacular day to gain that insight that has entitled it the worlds most useable supercar. 200MPH scalp massage anyone?
911 Turbo Cab – Average speed, 700MPH
I ponder the likelihood of Porsche having installed the improbability drive as we end up launching a 911 Turbo into next week. (read: yeah, it’s fast).
The perfect holiday?
We take two GTR’s and two GT3RS’s across Europe to visit both the Nurburgring and Spa. All in the name of research, of course.
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS
Tagged 997, belgium, Germany, GT3, GTR, nurburgring, Porsche, RS, Spa, Trackdays
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Something for the weekend? Z4 sDrive30i
I hire a Z4 for the weekend and the inevitable Boxster comparisons come up.
What’s up dawg?
By way of a semi apology, I try to justify my absence with a digest of the past three weeks.
Posted in Alpina C2 2.7, Audi Q7, motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
A fabulously atmospheric and realistic depiction of life in the nuclear fall out jungle of Pripyat as a PC FPS game.
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Tagged Game, PC, review, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Shadow of Chernobyl
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The Lovely Bones
Tragedy and Joy mixed with Peter Jacksons trademark concoction of special effects and character development.
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Tagged Film, Mark Wahlberg, Peter Jackson, Rachel Weisz, review, The Lovely Bones
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Green Zone
Matt Damon in war consipiracy thriller, revolving around the fake Iraqi war.
GT3 RS Gen 2 Driven
At last I’m given free reign with a GT3 RS gen 2 on the race track. I’m desperate to love it, I’m looking for a major reason to buy one – looks alone could define that decision. Are the sum of it’s parts greater than the whole?
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS mk2
Tagged 997, Centre, Experience, Gen 2, GT3, Porsche, RS, Silverstone
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Oulton Park, wavey landscapes and tyres, tyres, tyres…..
A disappointing day at Oulton Park, ends on a high note after an easy, albeit expensive, modification to a key component.
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS
Tagged Corsa R, GT3, Michelin, Oulton Park, Pagid RS29, Pilot Sport Cup, Pirelli, Porsche, RS
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Q7 due to go soon – what next?
As the Q7 lives out its twilight years with us, I ponder its replacement – a harder decision than any Porsche I may buy.
Test drive lined up at Silverstone for RS.2
I’m invited to drive the GT3RS.2 this Monday. As somebody who is currently in denial, will this brief encounter spark my interest again, or enforce the notion that a 997 RS.1 is good enough?
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS mk2
Tagged 997, Gen 2, GT3, Porsche, RS, Silverstone
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Mass Effect 2
This is me here telling you guys to buy this freaking kickin’ rad game of epic proportions. I played it and it ripped a hole in the fabric of my space time continuum.
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44 Inch Chest
Ray Winstone leads a pack of rogues in a case of revenge and redemption. Not first without parting with 400 C bombs.
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Tagged 44 Inch Chest, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Ray Winstone
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An automotive Menage a Trois
The wettest track day ever, combined with a rear engined, rear wheel drive car on Michelin Pilot Sport Cups = many 50 pence, 5 pence moments. Still doesn’t detract from the sheer awesomeness of the GT3RS.
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS
Tagged 997, drift, GT3, GTR, Porsche, raining, RS, Snetterton, wet
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As I am hugged by a GT3 carbon bucket, I relax in relief
The Green RS springs on me familiar feelings of comfort through competence and excellence.
LOL good one England, nice joke.
Snow owns the shit out of me.
Dragon Age: Origins (Xbox360 + PC)
As the 360 version demonstrates the ‘dumbing down’ culture of video games, it’s a beautiful show of support by Bioware by providing us PC die-hards with a better looking, more intelligent version of a stellar game.
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Tagged 360, Balders Gate, Bioware, Dragon Age Origins, PC, Xbox 360
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Enough visual spectacle to ensure it remains your BluRay demo disc for at least a decade.
What’s new pussycat?
Whilst telling Porsche GB that they would benefit mostly from a reach-around, I decide to take matters into my own hand and buy myself a replacement car.
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Waltz with Bashir
A beautiful, stirring, originally made, acoustically brilliant take on the Lebanon Wars and the folly of man.
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Tagged Israel, Lebanon War, Sabra Masacres, Waltz with Bashir
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Moon
I applaud one of the greatest films of 2009 as Moon wraps up a decade of spectacular film.
Society 1 – Cem 0, Focus RS leaves the house
My face is awash with tears of short term nostalgia as I reminisce old days with the Focus RS on its day of departure. Read: Thieves desperate to steal my car, so Focus RS is now sold.
Posted in Ford Focus RS, motors
Tagged arches, build quality, Focus, Ford, recall, RS, sat nav, Sold, torque steer, trim, wheel, white
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Porsche GT3RS.2 Preview Event at Silverstone
Porsche officially launch the new GT3 RS in the UK. Screw the recession, this I gotta get.
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 RS mk2
Tagged 997, Andreas Preuninger, Geoff Turral, GT3, Porsche, RS, Silverstone
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It all goes downhill from here…
As I extend my delusions of grandeur to a new plane of existence, I decide that getting a proper race license is somehow a good idea.
Paranormal Activity
One of the greatest horror movies I’ve ever seen makes me shit my pants for 4 days solid.
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Tagged Blair Witch Project, Horror, Paranormal Activity, Shit myself
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Alpina rebuild well on the way….at last
Alpina gets a major part of it’s restoration complete, as it comes out of the bodyshop sparking with newfound youth and vigour.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Who wouldn’t want to be the Fantastic Mr. Fox?
Hurts – Wonderful Life
Knockout – just what my tired ears have been waiting for. I want to, nay, need to hear more of this.
Cinematic Orchestra – Man with a Movie Camera
Haunting sounds and beautiful soundscapes
Forza 3 (Xbox 360)
I enjoy the greatest driving game ever made. Well, apart from Hard Drivin’ and Race Drivin’.
Modern Warfare 2 (PC)
Modern Warfare 2 is perhaps the worlds first Hollywood style franchise action game – bigger, louder, more expensive – but is it better?
Argh, Porsche, you break my heart.
I’ve been running around like a headless chicken, jumping from car to car, all in good faith, mind. However, I end up a loner as Porsche do a dirty on me.
Posted in Porsche 997 GT3, Porsche 997 GT3 mk2, Porsche 997 GT3 RS mk2, thoughts
Tagged 997, GT3, Porsche, Reading, RS
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Focus RS on track, 100% for effort
As the Focus RS rips its own backside to shreds in a valiant demonstration of capability and merit, a dawning realisation is thrust upon me.
Posted in Ford Focus RS, motors, Porsche 997 GT3
Tagged 997, Focus RS, GT3, Porsche, Silverstone
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Winter toy – Ford Focus RS
I treat myself to an RS, although probably not the type you’re thinking of!
Whirlwind romance ends
GT3 is sold in a frenzied panic of commerce and sensibility, whilst Bdog ponders his decisions over a late mug of coffee during a game of Forza 3
Allow me to elaborate on the state of this nation (put the kettle on)
I express an epic monologue of a rant to reverberate across the walls of parliament and council.
Midnight Run returns?
3000bhp prowls the streets of London, taking pictures and posing for some too, courtesy of Metropolitan Police.
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Tagged 997, AMG, Black, GT3, Lamborghini, London, Mercedes, Murcielago, Porsche
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First day on track – Snetterton
Another super duper day at the wonderful Snetterton, this time in the new GT3. “What are the differences?”, I hear you all ask in a chorus of poetic voice.
Actually wait…this thing is mental
Further exposure gives the GT3 more time to shine as I explore some of its further territories, closing in on limits as much as one can on the road. In the name of educating others, of course.
170 miles later in the red GT3
So now I gotta call the car ‘red’ to differentiate between the new and old GT3. Don’t think of it as a name. Anyone who names their car needs mental help. They suck.
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 mk2
Tagged 997, delivery, GT3, guards, new, Porsche, red
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And it’s landed….
First picture of the new GT3 arrives bathed in the sexiest clothes possible for a car.
Frankfurt Motorshow (Read: I travelled 2000 miles to see the new GT3 RS)
Frankfurt motorshow launches the new Porsche GT3 RS, I need no further excuse to pop over.
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman in ‘I’m gonna git you Joker’ shocker. Cue, lots of bone breaking and flesh pounding. Bats is back.
District 9
An incredibly absorbing tale of racial intollerance, set in a sci-fi genre, using top grade acting and improv.
Inglorious Basterds
Jolly nazi romp that intimidates and tickles in equal measure.
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Tagged Brad Pitt, Inglorious Basterds, Movie review, Tarantino
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Hurt Locker
Iraqi war drama surrounding the gung-ho exploits of U.S. Army bomb disposal experts.
RS deliberations
Porsche responsible for causing mass confusion and hysteria (but seriously, how hot does this look?)
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3 mk2, Porsche 997 GT3 RS mk2
Tagged 997, GT3, Porsche, RS
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A quick video of my final GT3 huzzah
A great little go-kart track allows us a bit of farewell drifting in the GT3.
Posted in motors, Porsche 997 GT3
Tagged 997, Circuit des Ecuyers, Drifting, France, GT3, Porsche
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GT3 for Sale (yeah yeah, the herald angels sing) EDIT – SOLD, 180709
After two and a half years of awesome love / love relationships, I have put the car up for sale. Time has flown with this car, but imminent arrival of the new car means this must go. Good price too.
The most important thing to happen to the human race since consciousness.
I know it’s not car related but this really needs a mention. I am quivvering with excitement and am having difficulties containing myself. Tron Legacy (or as it used to be called, TR2N) is coming.
Photo with Mr. GT3
Andreas Preuninger posing in awesome summer wear in front of the new GT3
GTR plagues the mind
Two GT3′s flank a new GTR in a failed attempt to grab some decent photos.
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers 2 is, as promised, bigger, louder, crisper, sharper and more demented than any movie has any right to be.
Terminator: Salvation
Terminator Salvation reignites one of the best movie franchises to ever exist with style and verve. This is a 400g rare fillet steak.
GT3 Mk2 preview event at Silverstone.
GT3 Mk2 Preview event at Silverstone showed the one and only RHD GT3 in the world, together with a technical breakdown of the new car. Oh and some juicy information about the new GT3 RS.
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Tagged 997, Andreas Preuninger, GT3, Porsche, Silverstone
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Colour choices send me tripping
Really didn’t think colour would be such a difficult choice with the Gen2 GT3. At first, white looked a suitable…