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In “Iron Man,” Tony Stark drives the Audi R8, one of the hottest cars ever made, but what would his super-savvy assistant, Pepper Potts, do if Tony left her with the car keys for a weekend? In order to make the story as realistic as possible, I decided to put myself in Pepper’s shoes and create an R8 weekend. Wow, my job is rough! The underappreciated Pepper first would sneak the car out for a pre-weekend night on the town with her gal pals. Pepper would revel in the attention the car got on the way to meet her friends. Men would follow her and propose marriage, and on the highway other drivers would circle the R8 to peek into its exhibitionist clear rear-engine compartment, which houses a powerful V-8. The savvy Pepper would choose a swank restaurant with a kind valet willing to take pictures of people’s reactions to the car for Pepper’s scrapbook while she chatted with the girls (you know — men, marriage, babies and lip gloss, of course). The next day, Pepper would pick up her sweet, overworked, not-seen-enough date for a weekend getaway (when you work for Tony Stark, your personal life goes down the drain). She’d choose a twisty mountain road to put her nerves of steel and the vehicle’s cornering abilities to the test. In my case, a drive down Independence Pass on the way to Aspen, Colo., did the trick (after all, Audi is a sponsor of the U.S. Ski Team in Aspen). Once in Aspen, Pepper would turn her attention away from the car and to her date. She’d spend the weekend walking hand-in-hand through town, shopping and dining at local hot spots, then return to the five-star St. Regis Aspen Resort for romance under the stars. Before returning to her real life, Pepper’s date would treat her to a morning at the amazing Remede Spa in the St. Regis, enjoying champagne and truffles, a relaxing massage and a lingering soak in a waterfall pool. On her return to the real world, Pepper would have one last hurrah at the top of a mountain pass, watching as passers-by gawk at an amazing supercar in an awe-inspiring location. As all good things must come to an end, Pepper would dutifully return the car and re-enter her role as Stark’s assistant. So too must I end my dreamy weekend. Real life sucks!
