Porsche Siting

mark090852
mark090852 Posts: 996
edited July 2013 in The Clubhouse
I thought some of you might enjoy seeing this and find this interesting. I was on vacation last week in Colorado and we were up at the summit of Mount Evans a couple of times at 14,265 ft in elevation. One day there was a caravan of Porsches parked up there. Three of them were 2014 Porsche 918 Spyders. I spoke with one of the Porsche engineers/drivers and he said they were in Colorado for high altitude testing. The sticker price on those things is just under $1,000,000! Here is a poor quality photo I quickly took with my phone as they drove away.

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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited July 2013
    What a job, test driving Porsches in the Rockies.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,399
    edited July 2013
    That pic is awesome. I have not yet seen one in person, but I suspect soon enough, given that this is the Land of Shakes and Flakes.
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited July 2013
    strider wrote: »
    What a job, test driving Porsches in the Rockies.

    I know. Really sucks doesn't it?!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited July 2013
    14,265 ft in elevation

    :eek:

    I have been to 12,900 ft, in the Routt National Forest near Steamboat Springs, and that was unreal.
    I got drunk off 1 shot of whiskey, and giggled as I damn near killed myself skiing back down.:lol:

    Beautiful car, if I had John's money I would order one!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,958
    edited July 2013
    Maybe my wife can get up close and personal with one. All you boys down south are going to have an influx of Porsche cars and people. The wife is moving their corporate HQ from here to Atlanta. The new HQ will have a track going threw the building and a Porsche logo that shines into the clouds like the Bat signal. Should be awesome. Some of you guys looking for a job down there should also apply now, they will be hiring and they are a decent company to work for.

    Btw- if you had John's money maybe you could get the steering wheel.....maybe. If you want the rest of the car you need F1nut's money.
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  • oldmodman
    oldmodman Posts: 740
    edited July 2013
    Just the battery charger costs more than a lot of people spend on their entire car.

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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited July 2013
    Btw- if you had John's money maybe you could get the steering wheel.....maybe. If you want the rest of the car you need F1nut's money.

    If I had Jesse's money, I would have a Bentley Continental GT, 4 wheel drive with a 12" lift kit JUST for my hunting rig!:cheesygrin:
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited July 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Btw- if you had John's money maybe you could get the steering wheel.....maybe. If you want the rest of the car you need F1nut's money.

    HA! Now I need to clean Diet MD off my monitor...

    In other news I need sleep as for the past day and a half I have read this thread's title as "Porsche sitting" as in "baby-sitting".....
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited July 2013
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    That pic is awesome. I have not yet seen one in person, but I suspect soon enough, given that this is the Land of Shakes and Flakes.

    Shakes and Flakes, as in people that spend enormous amounts of money on cars?
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited July 2013
    A hybrid supercar should do great with altitute testing as less of its power requires atmosphere, compared to its competition.
    Jake
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