Potomac Cars & Coffee

We are very fortunate to live in a region with many cars & coffee gatherings. Perhaps for this reason I had never attended the Potomac C&C at 10220 River Road, Potomac, MD. Also, it’s a bit further out of our region than some of the other local meets. A friend of mine who just joined PCA had never attended any C&C and heard about Potomac from a customer of his. So we decided to venture there on Sunday the 21st , the 2nd day of spring, which was a sunny but slightly chilly morning. We ended up leaving in time to arrive by 8:15AM, well before the listed 9AM start, this was a smart move as we got great parking spots. On the way over we spotted a few other cars heading that direction (older VW/Infiniti/Honda) and my friend was worried he would be disappointed, I assured him these weren’t locals and the Potomac guys

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would show in force. Well, I don’t think either of us expected the large display of Italian and British exotic super cars that we witnessed. To say we saw around 50 Lamborghini/McLaren/Ferrari’s is no joke, there were more of these than Mustang/Corvette/ Camaro/Charger combined and interestingly not a single C8 or modern NSX to be found, but at least a few GT-R’s were there as well as those representing the Mercedes Car Club with their AMG models. There was also a sizable contingent of off-road truck guys with the Ford Raptor club showing off what a $100K+ pickup looks like. By 9AM the main parking lot was nearly full and cars started pouring into the lot across the street both front and back of that shopping center, which as an active retail center meant event cars were mixed with grocery shoppers cars. The crowd of people and

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cars was quite large with 150 or so cars throughout. The best vantage point was to stand near the main entrance and watch the cars as they drove in as many couldn’t find parking and would drive off or to the lot across the street. There was one police car/officer on site for safety purposes. There was a good Porsche presence at the event almost exclusively of the 911 variety. I was the only Boxster and I spotted one Cayman and a Cayenne. There were 3 or 4 992 generation 911’s including 2 of the Turbo S variety, one of which was a beautiful cabriolet with garnet red interior. A 992 911 CS parked

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beside us showing off Porsche’s new Gentian Blue color. I think this color like Midnight Blue/ Blue Metallic previously will end up as the preferred color for those ordering a real color, in other words it will likely be the 5th or 6th most popular color among Porsche buyers. One of my favorite colors on a Porsche is Yellow and fortunately there was a 993 Turbo and 997 Turbo present to represent this standout color. The light blue late 1960’s 911E was a beautiful sight and one of the very few historical cars at Potomac C&C. If you’ve never been to Potomac C&C, now you know what you have been missing.