Drive Your Own Race Car on the Spanish Grand Prix Track

Now, how great is this drive -- get behind the wheel of a super-fast Porsche and do five laps on a world-class racetrack in Spain. Just sign up for the F1 Racing Package from Cassanova Hotel in Barcelona.

The program starts with a classroom session on driving and safety, incuding how to find the line around a tight curve without losing speed or control. Then, you strap yourself into a Porsche Cayman and see if you can throttle up to its 295 hp max. You get five tries around the Montmelo Formula 1 race track, home to the Spanish Grand Prix.

The program includes two nights at the elegant and luxurious Casanova Hotel, daily breakfast, transportation between the airport and hotel, and between hotel and racetrack. The F1 Racing package starts at 1185 Euros, which is approximately $1860 USD. /div>

Or, spend a bit more and vroom around the track in a Ferrari, Lamborghini or even a Formula 1. Just don't reserve the red one -- that's mine.

After your racetrack experience, you can slow down at the Casanova's Stone Spa, or its rooftop pool.

Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Formula 1. Great drives all of them.

Sharing Your Ferrari, Bentley, Mercedes McLaren, Lamborghini, Etc.

The newest way to drive a beauty named Maserati, Aston Marton, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, and similar expensive exotic cars, is by joining a luxury car club.

It is certainly one of life’s great pleasures -- and luxuries, too -- to enjoy the throaty roar powerful purr, of a finely engineered, elegantly appointed performance car, which just might be the street-legal version of a racecar. Aah, but which one to buy, or even just daydream about?

Can't decide? Own a piece of many, instead.

Fractional ownership of a home or condo in a favorite resort or destination is a popular way to to take a vacation. The concept has spread to legendary vehicles.

Classic Car Club invented the luxury ride-share concept in London more than a decade ago; there are branches in several cities in Britain and Scotland. The New York City location stables more than 40 rare classics and modern muscle cars including a ‘72 deTomasso Pantera, a ’67 Chevelle Supersport, the “Steve McQueen” ’68 Porsche 911, and a current model Aston Martin DB9. Locations in Los Angeles Miami have different droolers.

Club Sportiva members include legendary race driver Mario Andretti. Like him, you can choose among a classic Morgan Plus 8 in British Racing Green and a 580hp V12 Lamborghini Murcielago. There are weekend track sessions at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with the chance to drive an authentic Formula One race car, and road rallies to Napa’s Wine Country. Club Sportiva’s main location is downtown San Francisco, with branches in Silicon Valley, Las Vegas and Munich. Have your car delivered to one location and picked up in another, so you can spend, say, a week wandering between Zurich and Geneva.

How much? Prices vary, depending on how many driving days you want with your annual membership. Rent-a-Wreck this is not.