Ok, ok... enough of the castles, Mom! Let's go check out some really fast cars at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart!
The Porsche Museum is very kid friendly. In fact, kids under 14 are free with an adult. Adult ticket prices are 8 Euro. They actually have a family ticket for 20 Euro, which is a better deal when you consider that includes parking in the garage and the kids got cool Porsche hard cover work books. Audio guides are also free! When you first enter the exhibition, you get to see the VERY FIRST Porsche 356 Number 1 Roadster from 1948! It was the original, very first vehicle every made by Porsche!
They have a really big race car exhibition right now called, "70 Years of the Porsche Sportscar." In total, there's about 80 cars in the entire museum.
As you move through the exhibit, you are taken through the history of the Porsche sports car. Some cars are actual race cars, others are street legal. Did you know that the Volkswagen Beetle was actually developed and first made by Ferdinand Porsche!?
"What model is your tractor?" "Oh, I've got the Porsche! It goes 0 to 30 in only 36 seconds!"
I decided I want to race this one on the Autobahn.
The above car didn't have the classic Porsche plaque. Instead, it had a sticker because that made it more aerodynamic.
This looks like Thor's helmet. Interestingly, 70% of all Porsche's ever made still have the ability to be driven due to the care that Porsche enthusiasts put into their cars.
Who put the kid on the ceiling?
My very favorite movie of all time is Real Genius. This Porsche reminded me of Kent's car in that movie - even though I know he really drove a yellow Citroen!
Am I right? Am I right?
About halfway around the floor, they have little bean bag chairs that we all insisted on sitting in.
Grant looks really serious here, checking out this 2000 era Porsche.
EEEEK! My favorite car in all of the land! It's Sally Carrera from Cars, Lightning McQueen's girlfriend!
The best part of this, which I hadn't known, is that Sally has a "tramp stamp" tattoo on the back of her spoiler! Even though I've seen the Cars movies a dozen times with Grant, I totally didn't remember this.
The Porsche museum is very interactive. Here they got to choose their virtual car and listen to various aspects of that particular car, such as revving the engine, listening to sounds of the doors closing, and turning on the blinkers.
You even get a chance to sit in a Porsche (or three). I chose the 718 Boxter S. The leather is SO soft. This one retails for about $75,000.
They even have a VR game you can play for free! Todd and the kids all played (I just watched.)
Who was the best driver of the group? Naturally it was Grant. All those video games are paying off!
Meanwhile, Todd struggled a bit. He said he kept getting dizzy! It was so funny watching them crash!
Mommy, we're just gonna take the Porsche for a spin. That's cool, right?
Grant, driving along, the wind in his hair.
The architecture of the Porsche Museum, which was opened in 2009, is really something else. It looks like it's hovering over the ground!
As we were leaving the museum, we saw these Porsche's being launched into space! Up, up and away!
Until next time Porsche Museum!
Hey Colleen and fam: This is really cool! We have a Porsche Experience Center right down the street from our work. The link to see it is https://www.porschedriving.com/porsche-experience-center-atlanta/experiences/opd-tour---general?searchParticipants=1 . You can test drive any of their Porches on their various race tracks for 90 minutes for a fee and there is a tour for $16 a person of the Porsche facility including the history of Porsche in America. For those with limited budgets (i.e., us!) there are simulators that feel like the real thing you can use for an hour. Haven't gone but now I want to for the tour! Regarding last comment, my pleasure and yes time goes by so fast! Hope everyone is well, hugs again as the holidays approach and excited about your future adventures! Best, G and clan
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