Trip to Germany (Porsche Heaven)--PICS!

[Jon@WrightAgency]

TST,

So as many of you know, I travel a good bit in search of cool cars - and the latest trip was one for the record books. Stuttgart Germany!

Went over with a good friend and fellow Porsche nut and WOW what a trek it was. If you are thinking about going - JUST GO - you wont regret it.

Ok, on to the pictures.....


Almost there

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The hotel lobby (where many beers were killed!)

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AMG World Headquarters deep in the hills of Germany

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Spotted a Panamera the first night!

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Party time!

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[Jon@WrightAgency]

Ok, off to the museum....

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Then we walked around the museum, the factory area (didnt go on the tour) and the HUGE main dealership right there in Suttgart. What a selection of Porsches!

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Ok, now the fun begins - we scoop up the rental car - 2009 997.2 Cab with PDK :D

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Some more fun at Porscheplatz 1

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Then off to Bentley/Lambo Stuttgart........not a bad inventory :D

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[Jon@WrightAgency]

The next day we set off on another adventure......

Nice 996 C4S we spotted in a random parking lot

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First stop of the day, private tour of TECHART :D

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Next stop - guided tour of GEMBALLA!

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[CHAOS]

AMG ESTATE! ZONDA! :drool:

looks like an awesome time jon.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

Our car (right) was one of many Porsches in the parking lot of our hotel each night. Very cool indeed!

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Then to the Hockenheimring - what a drive!!!!!!!......and what a place to watch racing. I cant imagine this place jam-packed for a race. Must be electric.

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Then to Heidleburg (sp?) for THE drive of the trip. For those of you not faimliar with this place, its magical. Right out of a story book, old school German village like place that seems almost to beautiful to be real. The river runs right downtown, the mountains dominate the otherside, and inbetween is a sweet little mixture of Starbucks and mountain twisties that would make any of you reading this cry - pics dont do it justice but lets just say that 65 degrees, top down, music cranked rolling up the side of a mountain overlooking this town/river/mountain was EPIC to say the least. Enjoy.....

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Thanks for looking :D .................until the next adventure, drive safe and enjoy your Porsches everyone!

Jon

[doug]

holy zonda..

[MANLYmiata]

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:jawdrop: :inlove:

[Jon@WrightAgency]

LOL....i knew the Zonda would cause quite a stir. The car was insane in person. The pressance it had in the room (that was filled with Lambos and Bentleys) was incredible.

[MANLYmiata]

LOL....i knew the Zonda would cause quite a stir. The car was insane in person. The pressance it had in the room (that was filled with Lambos and Bentleys) was incredible.

lets trade lives.

[97TurboDSM]

Looks like a super awesome time Jon, thanks for sharing.

[Nater]

pretty freaking awesome next time let me know im coming with :lol:

[cszakolczai]

Ok, off to the museum....

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Excuse my Porsche ignorance... what is that one called? The Porsche dealership that is local to me has one and they want like 500,000 for it so it must be incredible.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

Excuse my Porsche ignorance... what is that one called? The Porsche dealership that is local to me has one and they want like 500,000 for it so it must be incredible.

Its a 959. Super car (think CGT or Enzo of its day) What dealership has one? what color? maybe ill come look at it someday...


Thanks for all the kind words guys -- it was a great time! :cool:

[Elliott18t]

nice, I definately want to goto germany asap.

[JST2KWIK]

looks like a sick trip... how'd you set up all of those tours and find all of the dealers to visit?

[Jon@WrightAgency]

looks like a sick trip... how'd you set up all of those tours and find all of the dealers to visit?

I researched a lot before i went. Scouted out local dealers/car companies/etc.

I actually have a few contacts in Germany so i had them make some calls (in German) for me so the people and places were expecting me.

It all worked out really well. If ANYONE is interested in this, please PM or email and ill help you out.


Thanks again for the kind words! :)

[pitbull592]

Vroom vroom da party starta
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Picks look sick, I was over in the service a wee bit, and can't wait to go back. My grandparents came over from Munich, and I want to travel bavaria & wolfsburg, etc... on my next trip there. I'm jealous *shakes fist*:mrgreen:

[Menacing_Gc8]

omg I am sooo jealous. Jon looks like you had a blast!

[karl]

damn... my trip to germany involved lots of family bs... let alone it was in the middle of the black forest in some old ass village... looks like u had actual fun there. makes that 9 hour flight worth it.

[djb5118]

that is a badass trip...i actually was literally watching the museum video and surfing the site 2 minutes before i read this thread!

[Jon@WrightAgency]

Yea guys it was blast! I encourage any of you who like German cars (or just like cars in general) to get over there if you can ---- no speed limit is FTW!!! :)

[Bsaint]

I need to get my camera from Joey and check out the footage ASAP!

[00RegalGSX]

You went to Germany and didn't go for a lap on the Nurburgring?! What is wrong with you!!!!!!!!! Other than that it looked like a sick trip. Nice pics.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

I need to get my camera from Joey and check out the footage ASAP!

Yea you do! I think some of it will be AWESOME! Thanks again for loaning me that camera :mrgreen:



You went to Germany and didn't go for a lap on the Nurburgring?! What is wrong with you!!!!!!!!! Other than that it looked like a sick trip. Nice pics.

Yea, didnt do the ring this trip - and didnt tour the factory either - but that gives me two things to do when i go back for Octoberfest in late September :)

[01bb6er]

Wow, how did you hook up a guided tour? Looks like a lot of fun. I've heard those Pagani's before. They sound absolutely rediculous.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

Wow, how did you hook up a guided tour? Looks like a lot of fun. I've heard those Pagani's before. They sound absolutely rediculous.

I love TechArt - prob my fav tuner of any type of car in the world so when i knew i was going to Germany i called a friend that lives over there and had him tell them i was coming and wanted a guided tour (in English haha).

The guy was extremely friendly and took over and hour of his time to show us every room in the place - gave us TechArt stuff at the end and let us sit in/take pictures of everything we wanted. Super cool!

If you want to do the same - PM me and ill help you out.

Thanks again for looking! :cool:

[tranceporter]

awesome

jealous

[00RegalGSX]

Yea, didnt do the ring this trip - and didnt tour the factory either - but that gives me two things to do when i go back for Octoberfest in late September :)

Nice, get a video of that if you do. And rent another Porsche for it lol.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

awesome

jealous

Thank you :mrgreen:


Nice, get a video of that if you do. And rent another Porsche for it lol.

LOL :cool:

[Renegade_]

You mother****ing sonofabitch - thats my hometown, why wasn't I invited!!! :mad:

I wasn't reading the text and started scrolling down and saw the first picture of Heidelberg and recognized the street without reading... And the Hockenheimring was 20 minute drive from the town I used to live in. You picked some of the best parts of germany to go visit; then again I'm biased.

Please tell me that you hit up the nightlife in Heidelberg... those university students over there know how to party.

By the way, when you go to Germany again for a trip round the ring, ask a car guy over there to check the events/forums. Every now and then there are GT-R/BMW/Porsche, etc gatherings and you'll be lapping the ring with all the right kinds of cars...

[Jon@WrightAgency]

You mother****ing sonofabitch - thats my hometown, why wasn't I invited!!! :mad:

I wasn't reading the text and started scrolling down and saw the first picture of Heidelberg and recognized the street without reading... And the Hockenheimring was 20 minute drive from the town I used to live in. You picked some of the best parts of germany to go visit; then again I'm biased.

Please tell me that you hit up the nightlife in Heidelberg... those university students over there know how to party.

By the way, when you go to Germany again for a trip round the ring, ask a car guy over there to check the events/forums. Every now and then there are GT-R/BMW/Porsche, etc gatherings and you'll be lapping the ring with all the right kinds of cars...

No need to yell at me :mrgreen: JK JK

Thanks man - I thought we did a decent job of hitting some great spots in the short amount of time we had.

A few of my buddies over there def told me about some cool events to go back for - so that is on my list of things to do :)

Thanks for looking! :cool:

[Jon@WrightAgency]

UPDATE: Planning to go back to Germany for Octoberfest in September/October........if anyone is interested (seriously) in going along PM me. :)

[jordanretro1223]

Awesome pics. Germany is soo nice. I went there last summer and had a great time.

BTW, I know your friend in the pics. I got to school with him.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

Awesome pics. Germany is soo nice. I went there last summer and had a great time.

BTW, I know your friend in the pics. I got to school with him.


Yea man Germany is a great place. Where did you go?

You know Joe? Small world.....:mrgreen:

[jordanretro1223]

Yea man Germany is a great place. Where did you go?

You know Joe? Small world.....:mrgreen:

Yeah I've talked to him a couple times on campus. His Porsche is real clean.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

Yeah I've talked to him a couple times on campus. His Porsche is real clean.

Yes it is. Always cleaner than mine! LOL :-p