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Confusing, middle car has Florida plates and white 2RS appears to have foreign plates?
Yeah, the white 2RS was a Euro Delivery. Plate starts with an S for Stuttgart or L for Leipzig depending on where you pick it up (I've done two EDs). The owner owns a restaurant chain here. He took delivery in Stuttgart solely so he could take it to the Nurburgring. He got some special training package at the ring where they broke up his training by focusing on sections of the track each over several days and then the final day, they were let loose. In person, the color was not chalk, looked like normal white to me.
The Turbo S Executive in the middle is owned by the newly elected PCA chapter President. He actually owns the place where we had our party and lives here but registered the car in FL. Sales tax in Louisiana is 9.5% which i believe is the highest in the country so people who buy high end cars here typically register them out of the state at their other residence or through an LLC (Florida, Montana, Alabama) to avoid or reduce sales tax. His car has a PTS color that was developed only for this car model. (He also owns and races a 908).
The other 2RS owner also owns a 918, a 911R and some other high end cars. I didn't talk to him so I am not sure what he does. That car also has Florida plates. He lives in Miami but bought the car from our NOLA dealership and took delivery yesterday. The color is a PTS and not standard. Not sure what it is.
I also sat next to a guy during dinner who owns a 996 Cup Car. He races it regularly. I was absolutely shocked that there was such a concentration of people who owned high end Porsches here. Not many of us at the Christmas party but everyone I talked to had a GT car of some type.
Amazing to have these three cars in one place at a small Christmas party.
Last edited by subshooter; 12-08-2018 at 10:30 AM.
I took delivery of my GT3 on 10/12 and drove it down to Nola with my wife that same day for my birthday weekend. Everyone at our dealership thought I was nuts but everything went great. My most memorable birthday to date. The car got a LOT of attention; can’t imagine what a 2RS would have been like.
This is a photo from the hotel manager’s phone with a message to his valet staff:
I took delivery of my GT3 on 10/12 and drove it down to Nola with my wife that same day for my birthday weekend. Everyone at our dealership thought I was nuts but everything went great. My most memorable birthday to date. The car got a LOT of attention; can’t imagine what a 2RS would have been like.
This is a photo from the hotel manager’s phone with a message to his valet staff:
I just pressed the PLAY button on your photo. Nothing happened. What gives? LOL :P
even with that message you are either brave (or not too smart) to valet your beautiful new car. As a former valet when I was a teen, I would never let a valet drive my Porsches. I have also heard many horror stories.
even with that message you are either brave (or not too smart) to valet your beautiful new car. As a former valet when I was a teen, I would never let a valet drive my Porsches. I have also heard many horror stories.
I never valet even my more mundane cars - would rather walk a few blocks...
even with that message you are either brave (or not too smart) to valet your beautiful new car. As a former valet when I was a teen, I would never let a valet drive my Porsches. I have also heard many horror stories.
Watched them park the car in the secured garage which was directly beside the front door of the hotel. Checked mileage before I gave them the keys. Checked that the car was still sitting in its same position each time we left and returned to the hotel. Watched them retrieve the car when we got the car to head home. Absolutely no issues.
Required neither bravery nor stupidity. If I had doubts I wouldn’t have valeted the car.
12-08-2018, 12:19 AM
Just another day in NOLA......
