Porsche GT3 Europe Road Trip

[goog777]

Morning guys,

Just picked up a gt3 and I am planning a road trip around europe

I am looking for advice for the best roads and mountain passes.The planned route is below but I am open to any ideas if you know of any must do roads or locations.

Rotterdam - Nurburgring

Nurburgring - stuttgart

Stuttgart - Fussen

Fussen - Hospental

Hospental - Klausen Pass - Grimsel pass - Interlaken

Interlaken - Montreux

Montreux - Monaco

Monaco - Rotterdam





Thanks in advance for any tips

[isaldiri]

If you're going to Stuttgart seems a bit of a shame not to head south through the black forest down to Zurich? Unless you have something in particular to do around Fussen/Liechtenstein that is.

[D.no]

If your driving the Grimsel, I'd recommend doing the loop with the Furka and Susten too!

My favourite roads for a mix of driving and scenery, and the place I make a B-line for given any opportunity.

[caminator11]

Congratulations! Miami blue looks amazing on these.

[Cheib]

Don’t know that route/can’t tell from that map how you are crossing the Alps but I drove a similar route about a month ago and would strongly advocate the Route Napoleon south through the Alps to Monaco. A lot of that route is along the Med which will be major roads with associated traffic. I was actually driving it in my Cayenne rather than my GT3 but it was quite possibly the best 4 hours I’ve spent behind the wheel of car even so...

Once over the Alps using your exiting route I’d head for Turin and then a town called Briancon in France....from there head for a small town called Embrun and then across country to Digne where you pick up the Route Napoleon. Alternative would be to cross the Alps using the Grand St Bernard which would take you straight to Turin.

[goog777]

Cheib said:

Don’t know that route/can’t tell from that map how you are crossing the Alps but I drove a similar route about a month ago and would strongly advocate the Route Napoleon south through the Alps to Monaco. A lot of that route is along the Med which will be major roads with associated traffic. I was actually driving it in my Cayenne rather than my GT3 but it was quite possibly the best 4 hours I’ve spent behind the wheel of car even so...

Once over the Alps using your exiting route I’d head for Turin and then a town called Briancon in France....from there head for a small town called Embrun and then across country to Digne where you pick up the Route Napoleon. Alternative would be to cross the Alps using the Grand St Bernard which would take you straight to Turin.

Sounds amazing! to plan it on google maps which towns should I search for?

[Cheib]

Once you get to Digne just head for Antibes. Route Napoleon is the direct route through the mountains.





I think like all these roads you need to pick your times though...guessing 3pm in the height of summer is not the time to be driving these roads. I think I was really lucky, weather was incredibly mild for the time of year...could easily have been under snow...so there was very little traffic. Normally I think you’d see lots of cars out enjoying these roads....only two I saw were an original Alpine and one of those mid endinged Renault 5 Turbo’s with the massive arches. 5 am is probably the time to be getting up to enjoy them during summer!

[cayman-black]

caminator11 said:

Congratulations! Miami blue looks amazing on these.

+1 Stunning!

[goog777]

cheers for the replies guys. I am absolutely loving the car. Its epic!

At the moment I dont have front number plate on as I think it looks better. When I go to europe will this be a problem? Its only a £60 fine here. Is it the same in Europe? If not I could get a sticker number plate for whilst I am there.

[isaldiri]

goog777 said:

cheers for the replies guys. I am absolutely loving the car. Its epic!

At the moment I dont have front number plate on as I think it looks better. When I go to europe will this be a problem? Its only a £60 fine here. Is it the same in Europe? If not I could get a sticker number plate for whilst I am there.

It is potentially a big issue in Germany. I wouldn't risk it there for sure.

[Taffy66]

Absence of a front plate in the UK is a £80 FPN for a first offence and £1K for any subsequent offences plus a court appearance.

[Cheib]

isaldiri said:

goog777 said:

cheers for the replies guys. I am absolutely loving the car. Its epic!

At the moment I dont have front number plate on as I think it looks better. When I go to europe will this be a problem? Its only a £60 fine here. Is it the same in Europe? If not I could get a sticker number plate for whilst I am there.

It is potentially a big issue in Germany. I wouldn't risk it there for sure.

Depends how good your linguistic skills are. My schoolboy French doesn’t extend to discussing the niceties of number plate legislation....reckon it would guarantee you getting stopped by a Gendarme. They run spot checks relatively frequently at Peage’s pulling people randomly. I got stopped on my trip and asked for docs...didn’t want my Insurance Certificate which legally is all you need...wanted a Green Card which luckily I had because of potential Brexit issues. I’d have hated to try and explain that my Insurance Cert (printed in English) was all they needed and that they were being Jobsworths.....

[isaldiri]

Cheib said:

Depends how good your linguistic skills are.

I repeat - Probably not in Germany regardless of linguistic ability. I got hit by a 600 euro fine refuelling at dottinger hohe having popped out of the ring carpark when I had removed my front plate (rear plate still there) just for the trackday. The copper spoke good english and explained it was an offence (obscuring plates) that came under a different set of circumstances than speeding which could be excused more easily and the public prosecutor in Koblenz got involved.

If the OP wants to risk it, feel free, just as an observation on my part.

[MDL111]

Not sure when you are going, but check if the passes you want to drive are open
The Austrian ones were still closed last weekend and I suspect will remain so for a while given snow quantity this winter

[Guyr]

Regarding front number plates, I was once in a McLaren going through Eurotunnel without a front plate.

The officer stood in front of the car, made us move to a control area and refused to let us move unless we put the plate on immediately. We had it with us luckily and did.

They do not take these things lightly.

[RDMcG]

Germany is strict. Even with legal front and rear plates ( car was Canadian registered ) the polizei were unable to relate to personal plates and kept stopping me.

Was a Viper GT3RS and the plate was NRDSCHLF.

[D.no]

MDL111 said:

Not sure when you are going, but check if the passes you want to drive are open
The Austrian ones were still closed last weekend and I suspect will remain so for a while given snow quantity this winter

Good shout. The Furka/Grimsel/Susten were still closed in very early June last year.

[D.no]

Forgot to add this link....

https://www.alpen-paesse.ch/en/

If you click on the pass, and then again on the status history, there are often predictions as to when the passes will open.

[Active75]

Lovely Car. Have a great trip!

You must have a front number plate in France. You will get a fine if stopped, and may be taken immediately to a Control Technique (MOT Centre) , as I was when one actually fell off -really, the 355 I was driving at the time. You may even be stopped at French Customs. You will end up with a metal French Plate with the Euro F badge too!

[hornbaek]

I suggest you go to the App Store and download " Roads - the scenic community by Porsche" It a great little app with navigation of a number of passes and great driving roads in Europe and abroad. It is still very new but it works well.

Safe driving.

PS: I live part time in the Alps and the recommendations regarding the opening of the passes is spot on. We are having snow forecasted this week-end (up to 30 cm down to 1000m alt) so many passes will still be closed and will not open before well into May this year.