Stuttgart content inside. (100+ pics)

[SampaGuy]

So I rented a car (fuck trains, I miss driving ) to go visit a friend in Freiburg, decided to stop in Stuttgart along the way to check out Porsche and Mercedes.


I wanted to rent a Smart (haven't driven one yet) but they were all booked, but they offered me a Fiat 500 which is also pretty cool. Come saturday morning I get there and they say they made a mistake blah blah, had to give me a lame ass Opel Corsa It did have a higher top speed than the other 2 cars though.



Highlights of the autobahn drive was seeing a Morgan Aero and an 80s Renault Alpine for the first time (sorry no pics), and couple of Panameras.




Anyways first I go to the Mercedes museum. Saw two Ferrari's in the parking lot.

















































They had a dealership downstairs that had some older models in perfect condition for sale, including one of my favorite cars (190E Evo) for 42k EUR









I run out of time so I go to Freiburg to meet with my friends, decide to go to the Porsche museum on sunday on my way back. Had an awesome night of partying in Freiburg, little college town similar to what Athens is in Georgia I guess.

I get to the Porsche parking deck and holy **** !!!






I walk outside a bit before going in






Inside. This is the original Boxster concept car that was in the 1993 Detroit Auto show, pretty cool








































































Every generation 911 turbo





Anyways other than that, the city itself was nothing special, I am glad I live in Munich instead (and no im not a BMW guy).

[Atlblkz06]

Wie sagt man "Holy shit!" auf Deutch?

Vielen danke!

[SampaGuy]

Wie sagt man "Holy shit!" auf Deutch?

Vielen danke!

Hmm heilige scheisse? Haha leider weiss ich nicht!

[G.C]

nice pics. thanks for sharing.

[BobbyFresco]

Nice coverage.

[oneSLOWex]

VERY nice!

[EJ25RUN]

I see you finally took the time to go.

Is there any way to see the tornado inside the Mercedes Museum?

I doubt they turn it on unless its a fire test, but do they have videos of it?

[MongolPup]

Is there any way to see the tornado inside the Mercedes Museum?

Explain the who what when where why and how on that?

[EJ25RUN]

Explain the who what when where why and how on that?

What he said ^

+ this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79XVdJRKhE0

[jcbe34]

Awesome post.. So many beautiful cars, I love the Posrche GT1's, that's one of the only actual pictures I've seen of the road car. I was on the back straight at Road Atlanta in '98 when this happened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM4guvo6Ifo

[SLOWR/T]

Forget the Ferrari. Check out the M wagon back there!

Nice coverage!

[SampaGuy]

Forget the Ferrari. Check out the M wagon back there!

I see those daily dude!

[The Green Monster]

some sexy cars...that porsche motor with the twins that's just sitting there....i want lol

[EJ25RUN]

some sexy cars...that porsche motor with the twins that's just sitting there....i want lol

You mean the TAG branded F1 engine from Lauda/Prost?

Those were the days when they were getting 1,000+ hp in quailfing trim from 1.5 L V6 Turbos.


But if you really want one.....

http://www.motorsportcollector.com/TAGEngine.html

[Atlblkz06]

The Mercedes-Benz Museum is now officially home to the "strongest artificially generated tornado in the world". The attempted record was confirmed in the presence of Guinness Book of Records representative Olaf Kuchenbecker. The 34.4-metre-high artificial tornado serves to eliminate smoke from the museum in the event of a fire. "We are delighted that the Mercedes-Benz Museum is now also featured in the Guinness Book of Records," said Michael Bock, manager of Mercedes-Benz Museum GmbH. "By successfully achieving the world record as 'strongest artificially generated tornado in the world', the Mercedes-Benz Museum has once again underlined its outstanding position in the world of museums also in terms of architecture."

The architecture of the Mercedes-Benz Museum placed particular demands on construction planners, architects and engineers with regard to smoke elimination. The provisions of the approving authority and fire protection regulations require all areas outside the fire level to be smoke-free in the event of smoke emission. However, due to the open-plan structure of the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the various exhibition areas are connected to each other without any fire zones via an interior courtyard and ramps. From the perspective of smoke elimination this presented a challenging task that could not be implemented through conventional fluid mechanics.

It was necessary to take a new approach, and so a globally unique smoke elimination system was developed especially for the Mercedes-Benz Museum. In the event of fire, 144 outlets located along the core walls inject air into the interior courtyard of the Mercedes-Benz Museum. This generates an artificial tornado, and the smoke collected is then discharged into the outside air via a smoke elimination ventilator located in the upper part of the building.

This procedure uses the principle of the tornado force, which has a devastating effect under natural conditions, to create a controlled life-saving form of fluid mechanics that opens up new architectural possibilities.

The Mercedes-Benz Museum with its unique smoke elimination system was selected from among some 800 applications that are submitted each week to the Guinness Book of Records. With 110 million copies in circulation, the Guinness Book of Records has been one of the world's most successful reference works since the 1950s, and is now distributed in 20 languages and 100 countries. Since 2006, the German version of the Guinness Book of Records has been published by Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG.



VIDEO

[SampaGuy]

Thats the main lobby, I bought my ticket and went in, forgot to check if there's anything about the tornado. I know that there's one that is about 10ft tall in the Fernbank museum in Atlanta though, that is "running" constantly.

[NAIZBST]

very nice

[Elbow]

I'm jealous.

[SampaGuy]

I'm jealous.

Just wait for pics of the upcoming weekend

[Brian*]

awesome pics!!