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We drove our new Cayman into our driveway in New Jersey driveway for the first time last night. We drove a total of about 1400 miles from the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta. All is well and the car is dirty but home safe.
For the most part we had a good time except for one problem: my wife slipped and broke a wrist bone two days ago in Wilmington, NC. Luckily the emergency room folks did a great job. They X-rayed her and got her fixed up with a temporary cast in a couple of hours. The break was “clean” and “non-displaced” so it should heal fairly quick. We felt bad seeing some of the other, needy folks in the emergency room. Thank goodness we have good health care and I wish everyone had the type of coverage that I have. It’s hard for me to believe that saying this is considered “political” in some circles.
Anyway, my wife is a real trooper so we drove on to visit the Outer Banks for a couple of days before heading home. She gets a new cast from our local doc tomorrow.
All in all we were in Atlanta, GA, Savannah, GA, Beufort, SC, Charleston, SC, Myrtle Beach, Wilmington, NC, Nags Head and Kitty Hawk (OBX), NC, and Virginia Beach. We did the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel on the way home.
Most the driving was fine. Charleston has some bumpy roads in the historic district and I wasn’t crazy about parking in a public parking deck. But we survived.
As I said in another thread, the track driving experience was a hoot. Some of the PEC sessions involve driving on their race track (which is pretty small, narrow and with lots of guard rails). There may be other cars on the track and there are two approved passing zones.
Other parts of the sessions involved an autocross, a drag race start, wet skid pad and the "kick plate". You drive over the kick plate at about 30 mph and when the rear wheels are on the plate, it suddenly kicks the entire rear of the car to the right or left (you never know which way it will kick). This will cause the car to spin out. Since the track surface is soaked with water, it's very hard to straighten the car out, and "correct" it, but it can be done if you have quick reactions.
We both were able to correct for the spin after some trial and error, but my wife was better at it because she instinctively put the brakes on and didn't try to outsmart the computerized on-board stability system. I tried to correct with throttle which is what I've been doing with my MG for 40 years. Old habits die slow. One of the attached photos show my wife’s first try at the kick plate.
For the most part we had a good time except for one problem: my wife slipped and broke a wrist bone two days ago in Wilmington, NC. Luckily the emergency room folks did a great job. They X-rayed her and got her fixed up with a temporary cast in a couple of hours. The break was “clean” and “non-displaced” so it should heal fairly quick. We felt bad seeing some of the other, needy folks in the emergency room. Thank goodness we have good health care and I wish everyone had the type of coverage that I have. It’s hard for me to believe that saying this is considered “political” in some circles.
Anyway, my wife is a real trooper so we drove on to visit the Outer Banks for a couple of days before heading home. She gets a new cast from our local doc tomorrow.
All in all we were in Atlanta, GA, Savannah, GA, Beufort, SC, Charleston, SC, Myrtle Beach, Wilmington, NC, Nags Head and Kitty Hawk (OBX), NC, and Virginia Beach. We did the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel on the way home.
Most the driving was fine. Charleston has some bumpy roads in the historic district and I wasn’t crazy about parking in a public parking deck. But we survived.
As I said in another thread, the track driving experience was a hoot. Some of the PEC sessions involve driving on their race track (which is pretty small, narrow and with lots of guard rails). There may be other cars on the track and there are two approved passing zones.
Other parts of the sessions involved an autocross, a drag race start, wet skid pad and the "kick plate". You drive over the kick plate at about 30 mph and when the rear wheels are on the plate, it suddenly kicks the entire rear of the car to the right or left (you never know which way it will kick). This will cause the car to spin out. Since the track surface is soaked with water, it's very hard to straighten the car out, and "correct" it, but it can be done if you have quick reactions.
We both were able to correct for the spin after some trial and error, but my wife was better at it because she instinctively put the brakes on and didn't try to outsmart the computerized on-board stability system. I tried to correct with throttle which is what I've been doing with my MG for 40 years. Old habits die slow. One of the attached photos show my wife’s first try at the kick plate.
