Nathan's and my trip to the Porsche dealer.

Sorry it has been a while since I posted anything. A couple of my friends were giving me grief about not having posted for a while, so here it goes... I figure the middle of my International Law class, the last week of classes, is the perfect time to work on my blog.

My friend, Nathan who I believe I have mentioned on this blog before, came to visit for Thanksgiving. I got up to pick him up from the airport at 6am, and we decided that there was no better time to go see a Fayence Yellow Carrera GT than then...plus it was only an hour drive out of our way. So off we went to Paramount Porsche in Hickory, North Carolina. Pictures from our journey are posted below.

The car was absolutely gorgeous: sleek, low, short, wide, and very sexy. The single hub wheels were very trick (see picture below), and the "negligee" (as Porsche calls it) over the engine compartment was very cool as well. The shifter was on the dash (much like the current-generation Honda Civic Si). It was very cool to see a $480,000 (asking price) car up close and in person.

Another car we found there was a customer car that apparently was there for service or some other reason. It was a 911 Turbo. However, the owner had inexplicably put a badge on the back that says "Turbo GT". Now, you know how I feel about misnomer automobile badges (see earlier Post). I think it is almost unforgivable on a Porsche. In my opinion, a Porsche has two options: (1) the badge that comes on the car from the factory, or (2) the "model designation delete" option from the factory (no badge). The owner had done some interesting things to the car, however: first, he had a GT2 rear wing on it; second, he had a roll bar inside it--interestingly, he had a camera mount on the rollbar, so he can take movies with his camcorder on track days...I'd love to see those; he had some sort of aftermarket front end; he had a Recaro seat (driver's side only); and lastly he had the PCCB (Porsche's carbon-metallic brakes). This was a pretty cool car. I'd be interested to know if he had done anything to the engine. Nathan and I actually had a little trouble figuring out if it was a Turbo or a GT2. We tried to look under the car's front end to see if the front wheels were being driven (thus making it a Turbo), but the car was too low to see. Finally, I noticed that there were "back seats", conclusively showing it was a Turbo and not a GT2. But it was really difficult to know with the GT2 rear spoiler and the PCCB.

Well there you have it. Our trip this last November 21 to Paramount Porsche. Quite an enjoyable experience. Don't forget to look at the pictures below.

Here is a customer car we saw at the dealer. Although it looks like a GT2, it was actually a Turbo. The owner apparently thought it would be cool to put a GT badge on the car. You know how I feel about badges that don't belong on cars... 

It has an aftermarket front end.

Here is the view most cars will ever see of this Porsche. 

As you can see, the car has single lug wheels. I know of only three other cars that did this...the Enzo, the F1, and the 959. 

Here I am with a Fayence Yellow Porsche Carrera GT. The car is absolutely gorgeous in person.