[How much would you pay to puke in a Porsche 997 Turbo?
For Bruce McDonnell, the tab came to $4,990, plus airfare and hotel. He said he'd gladly do it again. "I tossed my cookies," said the 50-year-old computer salesman from Arlington Heights, Ill. "But what an amazing car."
This month, McConnell joined a group of exotic car enthusiasts at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana to participate in Supercar Life, the latest -- and fanciest -- in a growing group of four-wheeled fantasy camps that put drivers behind the wheels of cars that mere mortals cannot afford.
Under an overcast sky, he and several others steered Porsches, Ferrari F430s, Lamborghini Gallardos, Mercedes CLK AMG63 Blacks and Aston Martin DB9s (collective horsepower: 2,439) around the track. They flirted with 140 mph, then staggered out with legs trembling and grins on their mugs.
For just under five grand, clients get breakfast, a brief class in high-speed driving, and then buckle in and put pedal to metal. Throughout an eight-hour session, interrupted only by a lunch of beef medallions and chicken monterrey, they drive each car multiple times, trying 0-60 acceleration and braking, slaloms and open-track acceleration.]-LAT
Funny I just saw a burgundy version of this Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano its meeaannnn!!
