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> Look what I "won"..., Porsche Driving School
siverson
post Jun 1 2016, 02:52 PM
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I have a bazillion Delta Skymiles from work, and won this auction today for the Porsche Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park.

I had been watching the auction for about 2 months - they post these things way in advance. Of course I didn't submit any bids until there was about 48 seconds left (312,000 miles). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Vrooom!

Has anyone been?

-Steve


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post Jun 1 2016, 02:55 PM
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post Jun 1 2016, 02:55 PM
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Awesome move, sounds like a great experience awaits!!

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post Jun 1 2016, 03:02 PM
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post Jun 1 2016, 03:14 PM
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This is going to spoil you for our old cars. You might start thinking it isn't fun to smell oil while you cut through the corners
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post Jun 1 2016, 05:27 PM
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QUOTE(PanelBilly @ Jun 1 2016, 02:14 PM) *

This is going to spoil you for our old cars. You might start thinking it isn't fun to smell oil while you cut through the corners


Ha, I doubt it.

I read this article about the new Boxster (they don't like it):

http://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/boxster/17792...n-t-always-turn

And when I saw this:

> If you, or a friend, ever owned an air-cooled VW Beetle you’ll immediately recognise the unsophisticated clatter when you hear a 2-litre Boxster for the first time.

It sounds like I might actually like it!

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post Jun 1 2016, 10:28 PM
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post Jun 1 2016, 10:55 PM
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Good for you. Take pictures and live the dream like most of us can't!
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post Jun 1 2016, 11:41 PM
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Congratulations! My wife and I spent about 6 hours in the Barber museum last week. If you are ever in the area it's a must. The museum will double in size next year going from 1,400 bikes to nearly 3,000. I also restore vintage BMW motorcycles so this was very special.

You can see the beautiful track from the museum. Nothing like it.
In the basement of the museum is a pristine 72 914 white over tan. The person who took me down to see the car told me that they brought it out to the track while the CEO of Porsche was visiting from Stuttgart. He made a couple of laps in the car and then moved on to the rest of the stable.

Fun place to visit and beautiful country.

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post Jun 2 2016, 04:16 AM
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post Jun 2 2016, 10:00 AM
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QUOTE(siverson @ Jun 1 2016, 03:52 PM) *

I have a bazillion Delta Skymiles from work, and won this auction today for the Porsche Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park.

I had been watching the auction for about 2 months - they post these things way in advance. Of course I didn't submit any bids until there was about 48 seconds left (312,000 miles). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Vrooom!

Has anyone been?

-Steve


Awesome place - I do track days there on my motorcycle. Super cool track. The place is like the best PGA golfer's paradise but for motor sports. Also, the best motorcycle musem in the world. Enjoy it
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post Jun 2 2016, 12:53 PM
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Congrats siverson!

I've been to the PSDS and believe me it was an unforgettable life changing experience. Barber Motorsports park is such a wonderful track.

I too won my trip, although it was through the Porsche Passion 60 year anniversary essay contest. Essentially Porsche sponsored this contest where people could write an essay describing their Porsche passion and where it came from etc.

There were 3500 entries that were pared down to the top 20 by a panel of judges within Porsche, those 20 went on to a week of public voting to find the top 3. I was lucky enough to be one of the top 3.

For winning, I received an all expense paid trip to the PSDS for me and one friend. We went through the 2 day course. We were both smitten. Before this trip, neither of us had ever owned a Porsche, only dreamed about it. Now my friend is on his second aircooled 911 and I've got my first Porsche, my 914.

My friend happens to be a professional photographer who had done several magazine shoots at the time, so he took a lot of photos and wrote a story and it's published in this issue of European car
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Highlight of the trip was being the only person in the class to get a ride in the first 997 GT2RS that came to the US, this one hadn't even been shown to the press yet.
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The museum is breathtaking as well.

More in depth story here.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?...ghlight=porsche

And here's a video he made.
http://vimeo.com/19588981
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post Jun 2 2016, 05:57 PM
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Book in 4-5 hours to tour the facility. It is incredible.

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post Jun 2 2016, 06:47 PM
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Cool Steve! I'm Jealous (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) . Hey I sent your trophies out this afternoon UPS ground. Should see them mid week I would think.
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post Jun 4 2016, 05:56 PM
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post Jun 4 2016, 05:57 PM
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post Jun 4 2016, 05:58 PM
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post Sep 27 2017, 04:38 PM
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Wow - life is busy and this took me forever to plan, but... I'm going this weekend. Vrooom! I will share some photos when back.

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I did ten laps recently here in a GT3 991. Insane car, and really, really fast.

Really good brakes, too. Really good.
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