This past weekend I did an Xtreme Xperience supercar drive at the Pittsburg International Racing Complex. I had a great time and thought it was well run.
I had signed up back in August for a Porsche GT3. You get three laps in the car of your choice. There was a Ferrari, two GT3s, two Lamborghini Huracans, a McLaren or two, a new Corvette and a Mustang GT I believe. Maybe another one or two that I don't remember. I have always loved Porsches going back to the Seventies. I had a 914 2.0 and a 911 back in the day (before being married), but that's a different story. So it is now 2020 and I'm 69 years old and figured this would be fun and possibly a last chance to do something like this .
They give you a half hour classroom before going out in a car, and they suggest that you go out in a drive-along ride in a Chevy sedan of some sort with a 450 hp. so that you get to see the track ahead of driving it. So I did that and got my wife to do that also, and she really liked it. (That was an extra $49 per person) Then I got to do my laps in the GT3. I was pretty excited. There is an instructor in the car with you and after what seemed like two laps he's telling me to pull in to the pits because that was three laps. I said something but he was sure it had been three laps. My wife had been taking pictures and watching so I asked her, and she said it had only been two laps also. Well now I'm starting to get a bad taste in my mouth about the whole thing. But luckily they give you some sort of memory stick to give to the driving instructor so that the laps can be sold to you later as a video. So at checkout I told the young lady that I was pretty sure that I had only gotten two laps. She brought up my video and confirmed that I had been shorted. She said she would go talk to the boss. She was only gone a few minutes. Meanwhile I'm thinking that they'll tell me I can have the video for free as consolation. The girl comes back and says I can have three laps in a Huracan. Holy crap. I hit the jackpot. So I got three laps in a Huracan with 602 hp. and AWD. I was in love. That car may have had aftermarket pipes on it because it just sounded like thunder when you put your foot down. What a fun ride.
We had a great weekend having spent Friday night in that area so that we wouldn't have to drive 4 or 5 hours to get there on Saturday morning. The trees were stunning on our drive out to Pittsburg on Friday. We had some good meals and really enjoyed ourselves.
Of course when I get home I have an email from Xtreme Xperience offering a discount if I pre-signup for a drive next year. I did it, so I'll be doing it again next year. And as much as I love Porsches, I'll be doing the Huracan again.
I had signed up back in August for a Porsche GT3. You get three laps in the car of your choice. There was a Ferrari, two GT3s, two Lamborghini Huracans, a McLaren or two, a new Corvette and a Mustang GT I believe. Maybe another one or two that I don't remember. I have always loved Porsches going back to the Seventies. I had a 914 2.0 and a 911 back in the day (before being married), but that's a different story. So it is now 2020 and I'm 69 years old and figured this would be fun and possibly a last chance to do something like this .
They give you a half hour classroom before going out in a car, and they suggest that you go out in a drive-along ride in a Chevy sedan of some sort with a 450 hp. so that you get to see the track ahead of driving it. So I did that and got my wife to do that also, and she really liked it. (That was an extra $49 per person) Then I got to do my laps in the GT3. I was pretty excited. There is an instructor in the car with you and after what seemed like two laps he's telling me to pull in to the pits because that was three laps. I said something but he was sure it had been three laps. My wife had been taking pictures and watching so I asked her, and she said it had only been two laps also. Well now I'm starting to get a bad taste in my mouth about the whole thing. But luckily they give you some sort of memory stick to give to the driving instructor so that the laps can be sold to you later as a video. So at checkout I told the young lady that I was pretty sure that I had only gotten two laps. She brought up my video and confirmed that I had been shorted. She said she would go talk to the boss. She was only gone a few minutes. Meanwhile I'm thinking that they'll tell me I can have the video for free as consolation. The girl comes back and says I can have three laps in a Huracan. Holy crap. I hit the jackpot. So I got three laps in a Huracan with 602 hp. and AWD. I was in love. That car may have had aftermarket pipes on it because it just sounded like thunder when you put your foot down. What a fun ride.
We had a great weekend having spent Friday night in that area so that we wouldn't have to drive 4 or 5 hours to get there on Saturday morning. The trees were stunning on our drive out to Pittsburg on Friday. We had some good meals and really enjoyed ourselves.
Of course when I get home I have an email from Xtreme Xperience offering a discount if I pre-signup for a drive next year. I did it, so I'll be doing it again next year. And as much as I love Porsches, I'll be doing the Huracan again.
