Nine PH Porsches go for a bimble round Europe

[pikey]

I hope some of these might be of interest.

Last week nine PH Porkers (and some random stuff) went for a bit of a drive round some rather empty Spanish and French roads.

'Twas lots of fun























More here : http://www.pikeynet.com/p/09/09/02/index.html

[jeremyc]

A rare stop: Pork for lunch.

[M3RMS]

Looks superb fellas.

What was the route? I'm thinking of doing a European jaunt this coming year (as I do every year to no avail......) - so a bit of inspiration doesn't go amiss!

[Callughan]

Looks like a lot of fun, thanks for the pics. This is something I need to get round to organising!!!

[mark seeker]

Callughan said:

Looks like a lot of fun, thanks for the pics. This is something I need to get round to organising!!!

This does look amazing - haven't done a Eurohoon for a couple of years - let me know if plan anything Callughan

[Callughan]

mark seeker said:

Callughan said:

Looks like a lot of fun, thanks for the pics. This is something I need to get round to organising!!!

This does look amazing - haven't done a Eurohoon for a couple of years - let me know if plan anything Callughan

Will do, have had quite a few people ask me to sort something out

[jeremyc]

M3RMS said:

What was the route?

Start in Bilbao (get the ferry, or drive), then Cantabrian mountains, Picos Europa, more Cantabrian to Rioja and over the Pyrenees to France. Then meander eastwards through the Pyrenees, up through the Massif Central and Auvergne to Loire Valley and return through Northern France.

Allow 10 days and plenty of petrol.

[adycav]

pikey said:

I would like to know a little more about this beastie please!

[bcnrml]

jeremyc said:

M3RMS said:

What was the route?

Start in Bilbao (get the ferry, or drive), then Cantabrian mountains, Picos Europa, more Cantabrian to Rioja and over the Pyrenees to France. Then meander eastwards through the Pyrenees, up through the Massif Central and Auvergne to Loire Valley and return through Northern France.

Allow 10 days and plenty of petrol.

Very good route.

Did you go west of Santander towards Galicia? If not, you may wish to consider it next time. Beautiful. Fast, smooth lovely roads and great scenery.

Well done you lot!

[pikey]

adycav said:

pikey said:

I would like to know a little more about this beastie please!

That's a thread on it's own...

GT2.
Sent to RUF to make it faster.
..and put rear seats in (and the leather / SatNav / aircon)
..and change the rollcage for a removable one
..and something (the two lines above I think) that necessitated it having a Turbo body put on.

I was a little hoovered when he told me but I remembered the basics - GT2, with a Turbo body, and faster.

He's a PHer so no doubt will pop up to say 'Hi' and fill in the details

[jeremyc]

bcnrml said:

jeremyc said:

M3RMS said:

What was the route?

Start in Bilbao (get the ferry, or drive), then Cantabrian mountains, Picos Europa, more Cantabrian to Rioja and over the Pyrenees to France. Then meander eastwards through the Pyrenees, up through the Massif Central and Auvergne to Loire Valley and return through Northern France.

Allow 10 days and plenty of petrol.

Very good route.

Did you go west of Santander towards Galicia? If not, you may wish to consider it next time. Beautiful. Fast, smooth lovely roads and great scenery.

Well done you lot!

Not quite as far west as Galicia; we to Riano/Cremenes in Leon before heading back eastwards into the mountains.

Nor can we take credit for the excellent route, organisation and choice of hotels.

[melv]

OK so we have pretty pix of nine fine cars in Europe(?) which could be ANYWHERE!! Some scenery perlease!!!

Per example....

Edited by melv on Wednesday 16th September 09:57

[pikey]

melv said:

OK so we have pretty pix of nine fine cars in Europe(?) which could be ANYWHERE!! Some scenery perlease!!!

I think you missed the text in the original post..

pikey said:

More here : http://www.pikeynet.com/p/09/09/02/index.html

There are few hundred there!

[jeremyc]

melv said:

Some scenery perlease!!!

Just for you Melv ... though they're not so interesting as the ones with cars, are they.









And for you Melv: name this circuit.

[s3nick]

I have to say the pictures are amazing, glad you had a good time. This brings back memories for me when I did the cannonball8000 in 2004 and drove across Europe.

[best_of_british]

pikey said:

adycav said:

pikey said:

I would like to know a little more about this beastie please!

That's a thread on it's own...

GT2.
Sent to RUF to make it faster.
..and put rear seats in (and the leather / SatNav / aircon)
..and change the rollcage for a removable one
..and something (the two lines above I think) that necessitated it having a Turbo body put on.

I was a little hoovered when he told me but I remembered the basics - GT2, with a Turbo body, and faster.

He's a PHer so no doubt will pop up to say 'Hi' and fill in the details

Whoever he is, he is automatically deemed a hero in my book!

[98C4S]

best_of_british said:

pikey said:

adycav said:

pikey said:

I would like to know a little more about this beastie please!

That's a thread on it's own...

GT2.
Sent to RUF to make it faster.
..and put rear seats in (and the leather / SatNav / aircon)
..and change the rollcage for a removable one
..and something (the two lines above I think) that necessitated it having a Turbo body put on.

I was a little hoovered when he told me but I remembered the basics - GT2, with a Turbo body, and faster.

He's a PHer so no doubt will pop up to say 'Hi' and fill in the details

Whoever he is, he is automatically deemed a hero in my book!

Sorry guys, Am I missing something here?

That's clearly a 997 Turbo with Aerokit, it even has the Turbo Wheels and Turbo Exhaust.

Just checked on CC-London - its a 997 Turbo, Did the owner tell you its a 'bespoke GT2?'

Edited by 98C4S on Wednesday 16th September 22:59

[anonymous-user]

pikey said:

GT2, with a Turbo body, and faster.

that makes no sense


great pics by the way

Edited by fbrs on Wednesday 16th September 23:07

[sambaman]

i was thinking exactly the same as 98C4S................

98C4S said:

best_of_british said:

pikey said:

adycav said:

pikey said:

I would like to know a little more about this beastie please!

That's a thread on it's own...

GT2.
Sent to RUF to make it faster.
..and put rear seats in (and the leather / SatNav / aircon)
..and change the rollcage for a removable one
..and something (the two lines above I think) that necessitated it having a Turbo body put on.

I was a little hoovered when he told me but I remembered the basics - GT2, with a Turbo body, and faster.

He's a PHer so no doubt will pop up to say 'Hi' and fill in the details

Whoever he is, he is automatically deemed a hero in my book!

Sorry guys, Am I missing something here?

That's clearly a 997 Turbo with Aerokit, it even has the Turbo Wheels and Turbo Exhaust.

Just checked on CC-London - its a 997 Turbo, Did the owner tell you its a 'bespoke GT2?'

Edited by 98C4S on Wednesday 16th September 22:59

[pikey]

98C4S said:

Sorry guys, Am I missing something here?

That's clearly a 997 Turbo with Aerokit, it even has the Turbo Wheels and Turbo Exhaust.

I know what it looks like - that's why I specifically had a chat about this very point. Ie. GT2s don't have a sunroof, rear seats, Turbo wheels and they have rollcages.. surely it's a Turbo with stickers.

The owner told me this lot (not hearsay), and I have no reason to suspect he might be fibbing.

As for the wheels he said he doesn't normally have those wheels on it, but they were more appropriate for the trip.

98C4S said:

Just checked on CC-London - its a 997 Turbo, Did the owner tell you its a 'bespoke GT2?'

Sorry, don't know what CC-London is?