We headed over to Silverstone, which is where they do Formula One racing. Porsche has their own tracks there for people to drive on. They do it for entertainment and to teach people how to better control their Porsche.
After first arriving, we walked around the display room where we got to jump inside all the cars and check them out.
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| Lee's dream car |
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| Annnnd I'll take this car |
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| and I bet we couldn't even afford a bike |
Soon we decided to head up to have a three course lunch which was a part of the experience. And it was a fantastic lunch! But in my opinion, anything that has to do with Porsche has to be good.
After finishing lunch, our driver guide for the day met us. We walked own to the track where they keep the driving cars and we found the first car that Lee would be driving.
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| some good looking backsides... |
I waited for Lee to finish then headed down to meet them as I got to be in the next car. It went off-roading and was slightly terrifying. We went straight up hills and straight back down them. Going downhill, the driver pressed a "downhill" button and then took his feet off both pedals. The car did the rest of the work! This car did tons of crazy things, it was so much fun to be inside of!
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| going up! |
The next car I was inside of too. This was more speed oriented. He put the pedal to the metal and showed us what the car could do! He also emergency breaked the car and swerved "around a kid" and kept in complete control. He was going so fast around turns and straightaways, it was epic!
I hopped out after some stomach turning fun and Lee got to drive his last car. Apparently, he did some crazy fast things too!
Going back inside, Lee did NOT want to leave. He has never really been a huge car guy but apparently a Porsche is a whole other level as he was a kid in a candy shop. There were so many smiles!
And the rest of the two hour car ride home I got to hear "I want a Porsche" over and over and over and over...
Lee here, figured I had to add in a couple things because as she said she wasn't with me the entire time. First off let me say, I want a Porsche. Now about my first car driving experience. Steve (my "instructor") had me warm up to the car a little bit by driving a few laps around one of their small tracks. After like 4 or 5 laps he decided it was time to test my driving abilities. So what he did was had me drive over to a set of sprinklers that were spraying the concrete. I was told to drive between 2 little curbs where a "kickplate" would send the car into a fishtail. He told me to give it a go to see how I would do and then correct my mistakes afterward. I failed that time, however he said that I did everything correctly just since I wasn't sure how it would feel when it happened I was slow to react. After I did it the next 3 times flawlessly he let me know that I've done the best at it that he has ever seen (other than the professional drivers like himself, of course).
After that the next car was like a small SUV, which we took off roading. Since Madison already talked about the off-roading part I'll move on, passing over that and the next car where Steve went launching the car and emergency braking. We did learn that Porsche has an awesome theory: you should be able to brake in half the time you can accelerate. So if you go 0-60mph in 4 seconds, then you should go 60pmh-0 in 2 seconds. And they sure did that.
The last car that I drove I got to do the launching and emergency braking. So apparently this car and the one before had a luxury, sport, and sport plus settings, all so that you could get a little more power out of the car albeit it made you feel when the car shifted gears. So once again he had me do a couple laps to warm up to this car before I got to launch the car. Apparently the car had a built in setting where it would get as much grip as possible and get all the power possible. When he explained how to do it I was apprehensive until I launched it. I had to use my left foot and hold the brake, and then stomp on the gas, all the way to the floor. The first time I tried to stomp the gas I didn't press the pedal fast enough so Steve had me stop and redo it. After holding both of the pedals for a second I had to get off the brake while still holding the gas completely down. When the cars launched they really sat you back into your seat. Basically, it was an amazing day. Oh, and by the way.....
I WANT A PORSCHE!!!!!!
