What happend to driving threads

[kylinder]

Skittles001 said:

4 day/3night trip to the Fluela pass and back.

Edited by Skittles001 on Sunday 1st February 18:16

Car looks great, is that a gen 1?

If I don't manage to get the GT4 I may look at the gen 1, would you recommend it? Did you ever try the gen 2 to compare differences?

[V8KSN]

MollyGT3 said:

I understand that, as of this morning, there were 3 slots free on Alpine South, however, it seems there may now only be 2

Looks like Rob & I are going to do it again Kul (& I blame you and this thread!)

Yes!!!!!!!

Awesome news!!! Nice one!

[robgt3]

IainRS said:

V8KSN, some fantastic pics there,thanks for sharing. Really makes me want to commit to one of those Euro trips now that I've got a Porsche

What runs are planned for this year?

Iain, We have now booked theThe Alpine South tour with Petrol head Nirvana. Just do it mate. Simply the best time ever. This will be our 3rd tour. Give Pete a ring tell him Rob and Kul sent you !

[PTT]

Stranded with my GT2 in Austria during a roadtrip in May 2012.

[jackal]

This is me in june



DAY 1

Calais to Puligny Montrachet via the D996, 422 miles (++Mway)





DAY 2

The Rhone Alps and Route Napolean, 322 miles (+Mway)






DAY 3

The Verdon Gorge all day long, 258 miles






DAY 4

Cevennes National Park, 297 miles (+Mway)






DAY 5

Gorge du Tarn to Carcassonne, 251 miles






DAY 6

Andorra and the N152 Collada de Tosas, 245 miles






DAY 7

Best of the Southern Pyrenees - L401 L511 C1311 N230 & N260, 256 miles






DAY 8

Best of the Nothern Pyrenees D918 D618 & the Col de Port, 261 miles






DAY 9

Home, 622 miles or take the ship from Bilbao



There will be a GB trip late autumn and also Spa, DN etc... Cant wait.

[Slippydiff]

Nice, really nice. Some superb roads in there Rich Should be epic.

[Skittles001]

kylinder said:

Car looks great, is that a gen 1?

If I don't manage to get the GT4 I may look at the gen 1, would you recommend it? Did you ever try the gen 2 to compare differences?

Hey kylinder. Yes that was a gen 1 997. I went from that to a gen 2 RS (and then on to the dark side). I can wholeheartedly recommend the Gen 1. While the Gen 2 RS is incredible (also) aside from collectability, I can't understand why a gen 2 RS is double the price of a Gen 1 Gt3. It's a genuinely fantastic car. Obviously the Gen 2 is an improvement but it's around the margins. For normal use the key differences are most noticablly the lower gearing (RS only) and the interior is a little better screwed together. Other than that it obviously has THE most important thing: the mezger beast. You can't go wrong with either generation of 997 Gt3.

Edited by Skittles001 on Tuesday 3rd February 06:55

[Wozy68]

Jackal

That's some great roads on day 7 ...... I should also be there in June.

The route your taking from Berga to Tremp via the Coll de Narga has fantastic scenery and narrow narrow twisty roads. You can easily keep up with and out brake any supersport bike epecially over the Coll, I've done it my 993 and 968CS (amongst others), your GT3 would be in its element there, just watch your brakes. I'm pretty easy on them but I still cooked mine on one trip.

I'm suprised from Tremp your not heading up to Adrall and then across one of the finest parts of the N260 to Sort and then the fantastic C28 to Vielha. Epic road heading up and over the Coll.

The N260 isn't what it used to be in other sections, with a very poor surface in places.

Be warned. Your route north from Biescas to the French border is in a shocking state so you will be taking it easy there (Well it has been for the last three years unless they have now repaired it), but east from the border to Luchon is a great trip and if memory serves follows the Tour de France route in places over the Cols ...... So make sure that isnt on whilst you're there.

Edited by Wozy68 on Tuesday 3rd February 08:39

[IainRS]

robgt3 said:

IainRS said:

V8KSN, some fantastic pics there,thanks for sharing. Really makes me want to commit to one of those Euro trips now that I've got a Porsche

What runs are planned for this year?

Iain, We have now booked theThe Alpine South tour with Petrol head Nirvana. Just do it mate. Simply the best time ever. This will be our 3rd tour. Give Pete a ring tell him Rob and Kul sent you !

V8SN; thanks for that link, I've just spent about an hour on there dreaming of being on some of those drives!

Rob; I'd absolutely love to but my job makes it very difficult to get time off from June-Sept. However, there are sometimes some 'slack' weeks in my busy summer schedule so I may take some time off, unfortunately the weekend off the Alpine tour is a busy one
I've saved the website to favourites though.....

[Magic919]

The trouble with the Alpine Passes in May and October is there is a risk of them being closed. I've had some luck for the last two weeks of May and the next year I couldn't get through in early June.

[jackal]

Wozy68 said:

Jackal

That's some great roads on day 7 ...... I should also be there in June.

The route your taking from Berga to Tremp via the Coll de Narga has fantastic scenery and narrow narrow twisty roads. You can easily keep up with and out brake any supersport bike epecially over the Coll, I've done it my 993 and 968CS (amongst others), your GT3 would be in its element there, just watch your brakes. I'm pretty easy on them but I still cooked mine on one trip.

I'm suprised from Tremp your not heading up to Adrall and then across one of the finest parts of the N260 to Sort and then the fantastic C28 to Vielha. Epic road heading up and over the Coll.

The N260 isn't what it used to be in other sections, with a very poor surface in places.

Be warned. Your route north from Biescas to the French border is in a shocking state so you will be taking it easy there (Well it has been for the last three years unless they have now repaired it), but east from the border to Luchon is a great trip and if memory serves follows the Tour de France route in places over the Cols ...... So make sure that isnt on whilst you're there.

Edited by Wozy68 on Tuesday 3rd February 08:39

thanks mate, points noted

we caned the N260 2 years ago and stayed in sort so thats the reason for a slightly different route in the southern pyrnees

[hygt2]

How do most of you keep your car so clean on long distance trips? Mine is so dirty you can't read the number plate after a day in Wales.

[kylinder]

Skittles001 said:

Hey kylinder. Yes that was a gen 1 997. I went from that to a gen 2 RS (and then on to the dark side). I can wholeheartedly recommend the Gen 1. While the Gen 2 RS is incredible (also) aside from collectability, I can't understand why a gen 2 RS is double the price of a Gen 1 Gt3. It's a genuinely fantastic car. Obviously the Gen 2 is an improvement but it's around the margins. For normal use the key differences are most noticablly the lower gearing (RS only) and the interior is a little better screwed together. Other than that it obviously has THE most important thing: the mezger beast. You can't go wrong with either generation of 997 Gt3.

Edited by Skittles001 on Tuesday 3rd February 06:55

Thanks for replying. Looks like I didn't get an allocation for the GT4 so will start looking for a gen 1 as it's around the same budget. Never even got to sit in one let alone test drive one, so looking forward to that.

[delays]

A bit late to the party on this one, but I agree with the sentiment of the OP - the £165k 991 GT3 thread has prompted my response.

Porsche is in my blood since my dad has been a lifelong fan; god bless depreciation for pushing early Boxsters down far enough for me to be able to get one as my first car. It's a 2.5 in a decent spec - a bit scruffy, but then so am I.

I use the thing every day for work, rain or shine. I'm getting the split-rims refurbed shortly, followed by a replacement of the backbox back to stock, an 80k service, a new hood and maybe some paintwork before the summer. I use it, but I look after it, and I reckon if I keep it that way, it'll keep starting every morning for the next few years before I chop it in for a newer model.

Plans for the year? Driving Le Mans with my dad, as per tradition; perhaps convince the girlfriend to sit shotgun on a week's Euro road trip. I didn't buy it to sit and look at it, or to stick it on my balance sheet (but I appreciate that I'm not losing anything on it). Here's to the well-used, well-looked after Pork.

[hot66]

hygt2 said:

How do most of you keep your car so clean on long distance trips? Mine is so dirty you can't read the number plate after a day in Wales.

eh! road trips re about the driving, not polishing

Headlights ... bit of spit and a toilet paper keeps them clean .. number plate , never bothered but if you have to , carry a pack of baby wipes and use them to clean the plates & lights