OT: Auf Wiedersehen.....
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Its pretty bad when you pass by every year coming up the A7 from the Alps to hit the A8 to Karlsruhe without stopping in Stuttgart.
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But I did run into your test and development center back in 2008. Security let me keep this pic...
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The story behind the pic...
June 30, 2008 - Porsche Entwicklungszentrum, Weissach, Germany.
With a whole day to get to the Heidleberg area from Agathazell, I was in no rush and decided to forget the map and just head NW using the GPS pointer. As I got close to Stuttgart, I veered to the west to avoid traffic and ended up in Weissach. Hey wait a minute, I know that town name and glancing down at my GPS, sure enough "Porsche Test Track".
I drove up to the main entrance, parked my BMW and as I was getting my camera out, a voice from behind me noted that I was from Canada. He worked there and was about to head to his motorcycle parked in the lot when I asked if he could take a pic of me in front of the above sign. Within seconds security was out and instructed me that photos were not allowed. After viewing the photo I had taken, the security guard allowed me to keep it.
The employee parking lot was filled with every Porsche imaginable. Pure heaven!
GPS
N48° 51.088' E008° 54.098'
Little did I know at the time that less than fifteen months later, I'd own my first Porsche. Little did I know at that time that less than twelve months later, I and my BMW motorcycle would be taken out by an idiot in a car. Fate!!!
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