Porsche Experience in Atlanta review

"Obruni" (Obruni) 12/23/2016 at 09:23 • Filed to: Porsche, Road Atlanta, Boxster, Fun times, Drifting, Track day bro, Nausea

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Yesterday I had nearly 2 hours of track time with a 718 Boxster S (PDK) and an instructor. Cost is $350.

Holy Fucking Shit.

There were five modules total:

Track laps: 5 at the beginning to get used to the car

Dynamics: 0-60 runs, launch control (weeeeeeeeeeee!), braking, and slalom. I cleared 60 in 4 seconds, and managed to get up to 32 mph in the slalom (never did this before - instructor said I did well).

Kickplate: learning how to recover from skids (under 20 mph I was fine, over 25 I was a mess)

Low friction circle: skid-plate covered in water to simulate driving in snow. Drifting is hard!

Track laps: I ended up doing 7 more laps at the end to see how well my driving improved. The laps were not timed unfortunately. I felt much more confident and comfortable, and managed to overtake a couple of other drivers.

I could have done more laps, but I managed to make myself nauseous. After a few minutes rest I did one lap with the instructor driving (weeeeeeeeeeee!), but only one - if I did any more I would have thrown up.

My dad was driving as well, he didn’t even make it to the last set of laps. The drifting made him dry heave. :(

I wholeheartedly recommend doing this, but take something for motion sickness beforehand!

Tekamul > Obruni 12/23/2016 at 09:34

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That sounds awesome.

$350? Was that a special, or par for the course? It sounds pretty good.

Arrivederci > Tekamul 12/23/2016 at 09:35

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Seconded - I thought it was a lot more than $350. If that’s all it is, I’m signing up tomorrow, lol.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Tekamul 12/23/2016 at 09:42

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Thirded - If that’s the price, I’m making a point of doing this soon.

Obruni > Tekamul 12/23/2016 at 09:52

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Par for the course.

Non “S” Cayman and Boxster is $300.

vondon302 > Obruni 12/23/2016 at 09:57

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That’s a damn good price. Sounds fun. Thanks for sharing.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Obruni 12/23/2016 at 09:58

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Those motion sickness patches are the best. I believe they are doctor prescribed but they definitely work. I can barely keep my stomach contents in place on a ferry boat for a few minutes and yet with the patch I was able to go out to sea on a ship for a week without a single issue. Note that the ship was rocking enough that my food tray was sliding back and forth on the table but I was perfectly fine. That shit works wonders! People around me were occasionally using Dramamine but were getting rocked.

raspa > Obruni 12/23/2016 at 10:22

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I believe you mean the Porsche Experience Center track rather than “Road Atlanta” as the title suggests.

I hear they will be building a bigger track 2018-2019...will be back for that!

Joe6pack > Obruni 12/23/2016 at 10:40

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Was this through Porsche and how did you sign up? I didn’t know they did anything like this at RA. I figured they would do everything at the Experience Center down by the airport.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Obruni 12/23/2016 at 10:45

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What you described sounds like the “Experience” at the headquarters by Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, although you wrote in the headline that you were at Road Atlanta. For my future money-spending needs, I’ll leave this here:

https://www.porschedriving.com/porsche-experience-center-atlanta/experiences/driving-experiences

No dates available for the Cayman. Would therefore likely also do the Boxster S - not inclined to step all the way up to the Cayman GT4.

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention!

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Joe6pack 12/23/2016 at 10:48

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Note my recent comment. It looks like you are correct.

Obruni > Joe6pack 12/23/2016 at 11:03

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Headline changed. Thanks