After Porsche Parade 2027 in Boise, I’m taking the long way home to Texas. Six days, roughly 2,200 miles, five Colorado mountain passes, and some of America’s best driving roads. Here’s the plan. I’d love some advice from those who’ve driven them.
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Peak Color, Light Throttle: 64 Miles of Mountain Madness on US 250
17,133 feet of climbing, four mountain crossings over 3,600 feet and almost no other cars between Staunton and Elkins. The best road I’ve driven in a long time, and I drove it like I had a wedding cake in the passenger seat.
The One That Passed (And the Buyer Who Didn’t)
I came awfully close to buying Silvio’s gorgeous Lagoon Blue 2009 Boxster S from S Collective. A test drive, a favorable PPI at RAC Performance, and a car practically begging to be driven at Eagles Canyon. So why did I walk away? Apparently, I have commitment issues.
Climax Before Breakfast
Maverick PCA turned a 23-mile straight shot from Fairview to Desert into 54 wet miles of North Texas back roads. We even went through Climax with 15½ miles still to go.
My Warranty Is in Limp Mode
Porsche AG blocked my CPO 911’s warranty over a DME modification made in 2021, four years before I bought it. Arbitration found nothing. The block stayed.
Racing Yellow, Now Literally
A 2:16.55 at Eagles Canyon, a promotion to Yellow, and video proof I’d been building the lap and then losing it.
Forty-Two Meters of Guessing Every Single Lap
My brake point at Turn 1 moved forty-two meters lap to lap. That’s nine-tenths of a second of pure guessing, and it explains almost everything else the data told me about Saturday at Eagles Canyon.
Brake Late, Turn In, Try Not to Screw It Up
I ran 31 laps at Motorsport Ranch, found a 1:31.87, and discovered I’ve already driven a 1:28.54. Just not during the same lap. Apparently the Skipper is ready. The loose nut behind the wheel still needs some tightening.
The Long Way Home: Eureka Springs to Talimena
We could have pointed the Porsches toward Dallas and gone home. Instead, Shane and I left Eureka Springs at 6:00 a.m., headed south for Mena and followed the Talimena Scenic Byway across the Ouachita Mountains. The pavement wasn’t always pretty. The views absolutely were.
Aged in Oak, Ridden Hard: 245 Miles Through the Ozarks
We skipped every brewery and winery on a route built around them, climbed almost 12,000 feet without noticing, and let a Porsche app pick a better road than we could.