Well today was the day. My dealer I bought my 996 from sponsored a track day in St Louis. They carted about 50 of us down in a bus that made me nearly seasick!
The weatherman called for rain and thunderstorms today, but thankfully they held off. Unfortunately it was 90 and fairly humid out. Thank god for fast cars with good AC!
We drove with a Porsche team driver as instructor. My group started off on the auto cross course driving the Cayman and Cayman S models. These cars are incredibly handling and the S model has tons of power. Here we never got out of second gear. After we drove they took us around to show us how to really drive! I was not ever scared, but damn these guys could drive these cars to the limit.
We then moved on to of all things the Cayenne SUV. I have to say that these are not like any SUV you have ever driven. The V6 model was sluggish power wise, but handled well, the turbo model was a beast! Rated at 500 hp 0-60 4.9 seconds! They handle better than most sports cars on the road today and in the hands of a professional they will really impress you.
We then moved on to the last stage driving a Boxter, 911 Cabriolet, Cayman, Carrera 4S, Cayman S and Carrera S. Again the Cayman S's were a blast to drive and the have plenty of power and handle well. The Carrera S4 all wheel drive was a beast! Want to take the curve at 50mph? No problem just mash your foot to the floor! The Carrera S (the yellow one) was also fun to drive and would give you some under steer if you pushed it hard enough. I never did because I was not exactly sure who would have to pay for it if I cracked it up.
As with the autocross the professional drivers took you for a hot lap. I chose to go in the S4 and it was definatly a wild ride!
All in all a very fun day and to add it was totally free!
The line up
Heading out onto the track.
Coming in to the pits
Auto cross course driving Cayman & Cayman S.