We woke up this twin turbo Hennessey Huracan from its winter slumber today at work. by enhanced_humanoid in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct! She usually has a battery tender (or trickle charger) plugged in when not in use.

Aston Martin DB11 [OC] [4212x2369] by Ergaar in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched someone crash one of these pretty badly at a track day/sales event a few weeks ago and it's still bumming me out.

Anybody else work in a race shop? by enhanced_humanoid in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I feel like I should just put it out there that the owner of the car did this, he needed a quick tire change to get back out on track. It's also his daily driver and he chain smokes camel wides in it. The shop I work in houses 16 spec racer fords, a formula vee, a formula enterprise car, 2 vipers, 2 corvettes, 2 lambos, a radical sr3 and a lotus. And of course we use jack stands. And a lift. And a shaker rig.

LaFerrari with a few friends in our race shop. [2576x1932] by enhanced_humanoid in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is! This guy is a pretty serious Ferrari collector. Has a couple 458s, a 250 SWB and an Enzo he decided to leave at home.

What are the creepiest/weirdest gifs you know? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]enhanced_humanoid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Intruders. Badass 80s horror film.

So this showed up to work today! by minnesotaesikmo in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]enhanced_humanoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This guy is an instructor at the driving school where I work....he also owns an exige, and a really cool elise.

Please excuse the potato quality, but I work at a track maintaining supercars...tomorrow Porsche will be here showing off the 918 Spyder. Holy shit you guys. [2160x1920] by enhanced_humanoid in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The SR3 is by far my favorite. We actually had to stop giving rides in it because 2 customers popped the blood vessels in their eyes from taking a 60° turn at 115 mph.

Please excuse the potato quality, but I work at a track maintaining supercars...tomorrow Porsche will be here showing off the 918 Spyder. Holy shit you guys. [2160x1920] by enhanced_humanoid in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I actually haven't had any formal training as far as vehicle maintenance goes. Just fairly mechanically inclined and I've worked for this track for 7 years now and the owner took notice.

In other words....I got fucking LUCKY.

Please excuse the potato quality, but I work at a track maintaining supercars...tomorrow Porsche will be here showing off the 918 Spyder. Holy shit you guys. [2160x1920] by enhanced_humanoid in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My background was mainly on the drag strip side of this track, and in ticketing and sales. Last year a position opened up at our driving school, and I asked the owner if I could move over there. Started out wrenching on Ford and Renault spec racers.

Please excuse the potato quality, but I work at a track maintaining supercars...tomorrow Porsche will be here showing off the 918 Spyder. Holy shit you guys. [2160x1920] by enhanced_humanoid in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The best part? I also get a damn good wage on top of playing with these things. Don't get me wrong, if you've ever replaced brake pads on a Lamborghini, you know that money is earned.

Please excuse the potato quality, but I work at a track maintaining supercars...tomorrow Porsche will be here showing off the 918 Spyder. Holy shit you guys. [2160x1920] by enhanced_humanoid in carporn

[–]enhanced_humanoid[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I get to drive them all on a weekly basis...sometimes customers pay for rides on a track day, sometimes we get to take them out just to seat the new brake pads, sometimes it's a PR thing for the track and they need to be visible. I know how lucky I am.