It is just crazy fun to give your Porsche some challenge. Same happens with this Porsche. It gives a chilling winter experience and is fit for adventures of every kind. It is the best vehicle ever made and is suited for obstacles that can range from one end to the other. It also proved its mettle in the test that was taken:-
Last weekend there was a test of Porsche in Lapland for a day on snow and ice and this earned a spot on the GTspirit Bucket List! Let me tell and show you what went down.
What is it all about?
Every year major car manufacturers and private companies build camps in the European Arctic for winter testing and driving experiences. Porsche is no exception and for a few years now they travel to the Finnish town of Levi where they host the Porsche Winter Driving Experience. Levi is a popular Finnish winter destination and ski resort. The slopes are not as dangerous as the Alps but enough for a few days of fun.
What makes Porsche different?
But enough about Levi, we are here to drift Porsches on ice! The Porsche Driving Experience is spread out over a huge area in the Finnish forests. Unlike many other ices driving events in the Arctic, Porsches tracks are not build on a frozen lake or river but on a sort of swamp land sprayed with water. This makes that the frozen race tracks over slight height differences and camber, something you won’t have on a lake.
The description
Porsche offers four different multiple-day driving events in Levi. The next level is Camp4S which is more about performance. Assuming you know the basics about driving on snow and ice Camp4S shows how to handle the car on its limit. Both Camp4 and Camp4S participants drive with the Porsche 911 Carrera S with spikes.
The next level is Porsche Ice-Force. Here participants learn to control a Porsche 911 Turbo by braking and accelerating. A combination of theory and driving on various handling tracks gives deeper insights in advanced vehicle control.
Upon arrival we realize how huge the area is, over 20 different ice tracks, drift circles and slalom courses are dotted around the area. Separated in a North and South area Porsche can accommodate up to 100 people per day. We arrive at a garage where 50 Porsche 911 Turbo S and Cayman GTS models are waiting for us.
The Cayenne is by far the hardest Porsche we have been trying to drift in Finland. You really have to trick it into a drift. Before setting out on the icy tracks we always switched to Sport Plus mode and disabled ESP. In the Cayman and the Turbo we switched back to the soft suspension setting to make the car a bit more forgiving. In the Cayenne however we chose to keep the suspension in sport to reduce body roll.
Thus, Porsche winter experience was the best when you took it. It was amazing to see such wonderful ride and that too with Porsche.
