Porsche experience, Carson,Ca Options

[sb914]

Went to check it out today,very cool, bunch of cool cars,very tidy grounds.
One could go broke really fast here.would love to try out the track sometime!

[lalee914]

I ran the Porsche Experience in Atlanta about a month ago. It was a blast! I ran a Cayman GTS in the morning and a Panamera Hybrid in the afternoon. Both were extremely impressive.

The way it worked for me went like this: I met my instructor in the morning and we talked about expectations and driver experience for both of us for a few minutes then headed out to the Cayman. This was a PDK car and was my first experience with PDK. We did about 5 laps or so on the track around the outside then pulled into the infield. The infield is a series of demonstrations for launch control, a slalom, a kick plate and a skid pad. We ran each of them in Sport Mode, Sport Plus and driver aids off. This is a real eye opener as to the performance advantages offered by all the electronic systems in modern Porsches. Then it was back out on the track for some more laps. After about an hour and a half I was worn out.

We had lunch and a good look around the Atlanta facility then met up again for the afternoon Panamera session. The Panamera was much faster and much better than I expected. It had the Tiptronic trans which is nice but nowhere near as good as the PDK in the Cayman. I loved PDK.

If you get the chance to do this, DO IT! You won't be sorry. Its a chance to take out any of the new Porsches and run them in a way that you could never do in a test drive at your local friendly Porsche dealer. Its certainly not cheap but it is very much worth it.

[clapeza]

I ran the Porsche Experience in Atlanta about a month ago. It was a blast! I ran a Cayman GTS in the morning and a Panamera Hybrid in the afternoon. Both were extremely impressive.

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If you get the chance to do this, DO IT! You won't be sorry. Its a chance to take out any of the new Porsches and run them in a way that you could never do in a test drive at your local friendly Porsche dealer. Its certainly not cheap but it is very much worth it.

Did you visit the Classic Center on the ground floor? Clean and as well-lit as a surgical suite! First time I was there, there was a midnight blue Speedster next to a '72 914 1.7. Also a Euro Turbo that the owner wanted worked on, but still grimy enough to look "untouched, almost barn-find"... If you saw a red '72 911 up on the lift, it was probably mine. Terrific group of experts at that shop. They really have a passion and genuine love for Porsche.

Next to the Classic Center is the Classic Gallery, where cars waiting to go into the shop wait, or where new customers can take delivery of their newly ordered Porsche. It's an alternative to the European Delivery, where they show you everything about your car then they let you drive one exactly like yours on the Experience track, so you can see what your new beauty can do...but using their car! You have the option of driving or shipping your car home from there.

[lalee914]

I ran the Porsche Experience in Atlanta about a month ago. It was a blast! I ran a Cayman GTS in the morning and a Panamera Hybrid in the afternoon. Both were extremely impressive.

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If you get the chance to do this, DO IT! You won't be sorry. Its a chance to take out any of the new Porsches and run them in a way that you could never do in a test drive at your local friendly Porsche dealer. Its certainly not cheap but it is very much worth it.

Did you visit the Classic Center on the ground floor? Clean and as well-lit as a surgical suite! First time I was there, there was a midnight blue Speedster next to a '72 914 1.7. Also a Euro Turbo that the owner wanted worked on, but still grimy enough to look "untouched, almost barn-find"... If you saw a red '72 911 up on the lift, it was probably mine. Terrific group of experts at that shop. They really have a passion and genuine love for Porsche.

Next to the Classic Center is the Classic Gallery, where cars waiting to go into the shop wait, or where new customers can take delivery of their newly ordered Porsche. It's an alternative to the European Delivery, where they show you everything about your car then they let you drive one exactly like yours on the Experience track, so you can see what your new beauty can do...but using their car! You have the option of driving or shipping your car home from there.

I did visit the classic center and on the Wednesday that we were there it was Guards Red 911 day. All the cars in the shop were red except for one.

My wife bought a voucher at our PCA region charity auction donated by a local Porsche dealer. She gave it to me for my birthday. That covered one of the cars I drove and I paid for the other. It cost about $500 for an hour and a half on track. The $500 included insurance which limited my liability to $2K if I were to damage a car.

They had just about everything that Porsche sells available to take out. Some cost more than others. As I recall the 911 GT3 RS was close to $1K while a base Boxster was something like $350.

Not cheap but definately worth it. I would love to go again.

My instructor was very good. Very experienced, had a good feel for my abilities. I was having trouble with one turn on the track so I asked him to drive for a few laps to see how he did it and in just a few laps I saw how he did it and things felt much better when I took the wheel again.