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Originally Posted by Won (Post 9593836)

Quite right, you are. I've been there a few times but haven't driven it yet either. I would much rather pop the cherry on a proper track day. Watching some of the Schumi-wannabe's on Touristenfahrten was scary enough. Maybe you can just stop for a coffee break and watch others crash.

Even Frank has a bad day...
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PS 1300km in a day is like a trip to the Moon by normal European standard, isn't it? And you're not even Dutch :D

PPS Did I see somewhere that you are indeed Dutch who lives in Belgium...?

Nononoo, I'm a Belgian, living in Belgium
But back in the days i was Belgian, living in Holland 2001-2007, had my 911S in those days..

1300 is a lot, especially just for a day trip.
But the Merc has to get more mileage, as i need to get it end of lease before BMW changes the 1 serie to a FWD car in the 2019 model year. 50 000 km left on the Merc, so i have to put in an effort...

I got it from a previous employee who left, and i hate FWD, Always had the BMW 1 serie before as it is RWD and a fun chassis, with budget left for options. so i really will not accept another FWD, which means i have to get those 50 000 km's done asap
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Bit miffed as i realy wanted to drive to Zuffenhausen with the Porsche, but that would take to much mileage away from the Merc (and set me back 200 bucks in gas out of my own pocket).. I may end up bringing that battub home (i have no GF to stop me from bringing home such things) :)

1300 km is just over 800 miles. Long drive but I have done several 900+ mile drives in a day. OKC to Flagstaff, AZ going west or to Maryville, TN. Several other long drives on our interstates that are much straighter than your drive.
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This is the oldest 356 sold new in the USA. 1952 model.

Rally Fighter - you give them $99K; you and they build it in their factory over one work week. Looked like a lot of fun - and was apparently in the move Transformers.

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just got back, including detours for closed high ways through the Eiffel
it was 1380 kms. 857 miles, averaged 77 miles an hour.

Debrief

- Nothing at Porsche is for free
Except taking a dump

- Everything has Porsche logo/branding on it
Except the TP, you will not wipe your ass with their logo.

- The Type 360 Cesitalia is gorgeous, it is the proto F1 car

- The 356's don't really do much for me
Except the Abarth, that one looks badass

- The newer models just don't do it for me, to much plastic edgy gimmicks..

- The Carrera GT is not a good looking car

- The 918 for the most part is, on the outside
Except for that Oil filler cap, Why the F is that visible on the outside???

- The 918 has a hideous Dashboard behind the steering wheel..

- The 919 deserves to be put on fire. That car is beyond ugly.

- The Piech Racing cars may be technologically amazing.
and look bad ass on pictures
They are not pretty in person..
In fact they look crude, almost done in a hurry, like cheap kit cars.
The museum cleaned em all up and got them painted glossy, which makes it worse. Should have left em with war paint & patina.

- The Butzi Porsches all look amazing on picture
And even better in real life.

- So do the open wheel racers Type 360, 804, 918 and the silver spyders..

- The 904 GTS is the most beautiful car ever designed.
Inside and out.. clean lines, no gimmicks or nonsense.
The Miura and Dino are copycats and can't rival the original.

- Overall the Porsche Museum is a bit underwhelming.
Ok if you are around tho

- To much empasis on the design of the body
They don't show enough of the mechanicals, only a few new things i found : Bergspyder fueltank/pump & 917 Turbo injectors spray against the airflow (???!!!)

- The Simulator was a lap around Spa
Which i have done about 10000 with various F1 race games
Queue, one try only.. No warm up no nothing.
Everybody wiped out, seat to far, couldn't brake or hold it straight
I sat seat forward, slammed the brake like an old 911, and managed to overtake the demo car
The hostess girl was screaming, "keep pushing you almost have it." Which when coming from a fit German girl, means you are doing something right.

- Don't go to Germany for food
No really, even McDonalds burgers are greasy and bland over there.

- The Drive on the Autobahn and through the Eiffel made it worth it.

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Porsche Museum Shop suckered me in

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That stuff does nothing for me, i'm better off whacking my pinky toe with a mallet to take pain away from knee, back, hip or shoulder..it does nothing for me not even the 2% version..

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Lobster in a bucket
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Originally Posted by daepp (Post 9597438)

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Now that's a piece of the action!

Very cool! Where did you see this?

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Originally Posted by legion (Post 9597460)

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Dang, I got this exact vibe walking through the Palladio open air mall headed to the movie theater yesterday. Listening to the packs of yutes yammering on about the latest and greatest iPhone and how the BMW is so like last week and mummy and daddy will give them whenever they ask. They seemed high school age too

The wife and I looked at each other and had a non-verbal head nod thinking the same thing. "We are so screwed if this the next gen of future leaders"..... [emoji849]

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