Today I am boarding the plane at Manchester Airport for a direct flight to Atlanta this morning May 12th.
I am being met by Mike Thies - CEO of Globalwheels events and will be under taking 7 days of meetings, visits to car dealers and car shows in around Atlanta. In this blog I hope to chronicle my trip out lining my experiences , the car owners I meet and provide photos and video of some of the amazing vehicles i hope to see.
I hope to capture the essence of the American Car Culture.
So please keep logging in to see what has been happening and please pass comment as you see fit.
just about to board.
The flight was good and I soon got through immigration
Mike met me at arrivals . You cant miss him as he is a tall Guy well over 6 ft tall.
I got collected In Mikes White Porsche Boxster and we were soon speeding down the freeway with the roof down of course
We spotted a couple of interesting vehicles on route -- Only about 3 though -- A Dodge charger, and Jaguar XJ and a bike with a cool custom paint job.
I arrived at Mike House which was on a tree lined road. It was a large house and very tastefully decorated my Mikes wife Susan.. In the Garage Mike had 2 gorgeous red Porsche Speedsters
Mike is a Porsche enthusiast through and through and his office is full of Porsche collectibles
Day 1 --- We met up with Ken -- Mikes friend who is a car dealer . The brace of red Porsche's are being prepared ready for the Summit Racing car meet later in the day . The Porches on the right being for sale. Both red Porsche's are kits not originals.
The details of the reminder of the day will be uploaded tomorrow morning
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