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Featuring an incident which threatened to ruin the whole adventure on day two, Rob reveals all from his Mexican adventure at one of the world’s toughest races.Elsewhere, the 9WERKS team discuss their respective winter project ideas.Find your dream Porsche on the 9WERKS Marketplace: 9werks.co.uk/marketplace Thanks to our friends heritagepartscentre.com for sponsoring this podcast, get up to 10% off your basket by entering the code ‘9WERKS10’ at the checkout on heritagepartscentre.com‘9WERKS Radio’ @9werks.radio is your dedicated Porsche and car podcast, taking you closer than ever to the world’s finest sports cars and the culture and history behind them.The show is brought to you by 9werks.co.uk, the innovative online platform for Porsche enthusiasts. Hosted by Porsche Journalist Lee Sibley @9werks_lee, and 911 owner and engineer Andy Brookes @993andy, with special input from friends and experts around the industry, including you, our valued listeners.If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us by joining the 9WERKS Driven Not Hidden Collective you can do so by hitting the link below, your support would be greatly appreciated.Support the show"},"annotations":[{"startTime":5.92,"endTime":13.4,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 356","url":"/cars/porsche/356","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Porsche_356_2014-09-07_13-51-26.jpg","quote":"...% off your basket for all manner of Porsches from 356 to 997 inclusive, plus the mid-engine and transax...","canonicalId":"car:porsche:356","priority":0.5,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"The Porsche 356 is a classic sports car that was produced from 1948 to 1965 and is significant for being Porsche's first production model. 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