Porsche Experience Center – July 29, 2017
The club went to the PEC in Atlanta using PCAR Touring Group with a number of other folks from around the zone. Many of us travelled down Friday, then on Saturday we all met at the PEC for a fun day of Things Porsche. Our visit included:
- Time on their driving simulator
- Lunch at 356 Club
- Shopping!!
- A guided tour of One Porsche Center, including the historic collection and the classic service facility
- And Hot Laps!!!
A good time was had by all… in spite of the Atlanta traffic!
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- Look who greeted us!
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- Some friends beat us here
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- Bling
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- “It’s only a model…”
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- And quite the model it is!
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- New GT3RS
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- The even make their own trickle chargers
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- Zoom
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- Zoom-Zoom
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- You too can have a Porsche Hookah
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- Jamie sizes up his next Porsche
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- The Model Timeline… Part One
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- Hot Lap cars lining up!
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- Hot Lap Spot
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- Very close to the airport
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- GT3RS making laps
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- Start of our tour
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- Stand right under this sculpture, and it’s a 918
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- Otherwise, notsomuch
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- Hand stitching available
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- The Classic Service Facility
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- Grill Art
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- A customer Speedster
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- And 1965 911
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- And NEW 911R… the 911 you’ll never be able to buy.
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- Customer 914
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- And Carrera GT
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- Off to the Historic Collection
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- The Indy car… that did not fair well.
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- 356 ‘America Roadster’
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- Sigh…
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- Hurley’s 959
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- A totally intact, not race-stripped 550
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- Prototype 911 Speedster
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- Ray gives the run down on the historic collection
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- Brutus
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- Entry to your Hot Lap
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- $200,000 Donut Machine
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- Drift it!!
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- Targas can drift, too?
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- Launch Control
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- This cost extra
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- The Mad Australian was the Hit Driver today
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- Note the post-lap grin
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- Bob appoved
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- Grin and…
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- “We’re not worthy!”
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- Miami Blue
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- The Stable
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- Lunch at the 3556 Club
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- Then off to the simulators
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- “DAMN YOU, GREEN CAR!!”
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- Sigh… truly we do not stink this bad.
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- More laps in the afternoon
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- On the way out, found some gems in the garage
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- Was great fun!! Highly recommend it!!
