Driving Your Porsche
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Well, we took our 986s down to lake Lucerne in May last year, if that counts. Had a couple of friends in hot pursuit in a 3.2 Carrera. Left Blackburn/Wigan around midnight one night, early morniing ferry to Dunkirk and a blast down to Adenau. Few days there, taking in the 'Ring and assorted country roads and then down to Switzerland . Lakeside hotel, plenty of driving on the Alpine passes for several days and then back to France. Took in the old grand prix buildings at Reims and stayed the night in the town centre and then back to Dunkirk for the ferry home. 2273 miles/7 days.
I took my 3.2 to the south of France visiting St Tropez, Monaco (yes, I did the track), Manton into Italy to Maranello, then over to Venice. Stayed a few days with relatives and then off into the mountains. Great drive back up to Cherbourg, total miles 2700, ave MPG 27, and no breakdowns or problems.
That sounds absolutely divine.
blackburn said:
Well, we took our 986s down to lake Lucerne in May last year, if that counts. Had a couple of friends in hot pursuit in a 3.2 Carrera. Left Blackburn/Wigan around midnight one night, early morniing ferry to Dunkirk and a blast down to Adenau. Few days there, taking in the 'Ring and assorted country roads and then down to Switzerland . Lakeside hotel, plenty of driving on the Alpine passes for several days and then back to France. Took in the old grand prix buildings at Reims and stayed the night in the town centre and then back to Dunkirk for the ferry home. 2273 miles/7 days.
taking the 993 over to the ring about 3-4 weeks after buying it was fun! blasting though holland with a (then) brand new fezza 458 on the way down made the autoroute schlep more bearable as well
this wasit on the re-run of the pistonheads n/west region lake district run i organised, the original date being cancelled due to snow! great fun, & a load of like minded others
^^ fetching SIB8292 back home from one end of the country to the other-i genuinely was nervous, well it is a 30 year old car! but then again, its a 30 year old porsche-i shouldn't have worried
enjoying a well deserved beer after the long journey was over
Done quite a few euro trips in my 2.4S, usually to race circuits like Spa & LeMans. One I really enjoyed was this :
Trip via Stuttgart & down to the Alps in my 1973 2.4S
Other fun drives have been doing the Coast to Coast along with a lot of other early Porsches, touring Scotland, Wales, Yorkshire etc
Also took the 993 around France & Germany , wine tasting.
Plan on getting some european miles on my 996 Turbo as currently the mileage is too low
Trip via Stuttgart & down to the Alps in my 1973 2.4S
Other fun drives have been doing the Coast to Coast along with a lot of other early Porsches, touring Scotland, Wales, Yorkshire etc
Also took the 993 around France & Germany , wine tasting.
Plan on getting some european miles on my 996 Turbo as currently the mileage is too low
Edited by hot66 on Monday 16th January 13:32
sy247 said:
That sounds absolutely divine.
The curious thing was, that before the trip I'd explained to our friends with the 3.2 that we were taking a map or two and our trusty old sat nav, which knew exactly where our 3 hotels were for the trip. I asked if they plsanned to take any navigational aids and was told that they were taking a sat nav and a smart phone with sat nav built in should they need it. No problem thought I. Anyway, fast forward to our last morning in Adenau and me and Mrs B are ready for an early start to Lucerne. The un-named 3.2 couple decided that they were going to hang back so they could get the 911 washed and pick up some souvenirs. We gave'em the details of our destination and left them to catch us up.blackburn said:
Well, we took our 986s down to lake Lucerne in May last year, if that counts. Had a couple of friends in hot pursuit in a 3.2 Carrera. Left Blackburn/Wigan around midnight one night, early morniing ferry to Dunkirk and a blast down to Adenau. Few days there, taking in the 'Ring and assorted country roads and then down to Switzerland . Lakeside hotel, plenty of driving on the Alpine passes for several days and then back to France. Took in the old grand prix buildings at Reims and stayed the night in the town centre and then back to Dunkirk for the ferry home. 2273 miles/7 days.
Fast forward again to me and her being on the road for and hour or more and we get a text message from the 3.2 folk explaining that neither of their sat navs covered Europe and no, they didn't have a map with them... My, have we laugh about it now!
'Course, later in the year 8 of us, in 4 Porsches, made a return visit to the 'Ring. The same 3.2 driver was amongst our party. This time the 'Ring officials didn't take at all kindly to the 'German style' plates on the car and called the local Police to investigate this misdemeanour. Did our man have his V5, MOT, insurance documents with him? Did he f**k!...
my first visist to the ring was with an "organised" tour with a well known track day company, & being in the service industry i obviously had a good idea or 3 about how it would be organised, with crib sheets, maps etc.
cue us having a craic with them on the dover/dunkirk ferry about the details...
"have you got a sat nav?"
"no? well yes but it only covers the uk?"
"map? err i've seen one for sale onboard!"
"well that'll do you, see you at spa!"
so we bought the worlds smallest european map & off we went, well i say so but on board another first timer heard us & said to follow them-they had sat nav on their M5.
i don't know how we made it to be honest, although it was definatly the first time i'd taken my 350Z to an indicated 160mph in belgium trying to keep up!
funny, looking back now, steve in the M5 was the first person on the wedding invitations after my parents, we've done so many euro hoons & ring weekends together now, yet all those years ago i was cursing him half way across europe whilst my passenger curled up into a ball proclaiming we were seconds away from a fiery death
cue us having a craic with them on the dover/dunkirk ferry about the details...
"have you got a sat nav?"
"no? well yes but it only covers the uk?"
"map? err i've seen one for sale onboard!"
"well that'll do you, see you at spa!"
so we bought the worlds smallest european map & off we went, well i say so but on board another first timer heard us & said to follow them-they had sat nav on their M5.
i don't know how we made it to be honest, although it was definatly the first time i'd taken my 350Z to an indicated 160mph in belgium trying to keep up!
funny, looking back now, steve in the M5 was the first person on the wedding invitations after my parents, we've done so many euro hoons & ring weekends together now, yet all those years ago i was cursing him half way across europe whilst my passenger curled up into a ball proclaiming we were seconds away from a fiery death
Our September trip down to the Black Forest, Andermatt ( and surrounding passes ), Stelvio, Bormio, St Moritz, Constance and Paris on the way back.
Wonderful roads and scenery. Only problem was an early snowstorm in late Septmeber which left half of the Stelvio closed ( luckily the passes around Andermatt were open ).
Also had great fun earlier in the year on a spur of the moment weekend trip to the Ring.
Wonderful roads and scenery. Only problem was an early snowstorm in late Septmeber which left half of the Stelvio closed ( luckily the passes around Andermatt were open ).
Also had great fun earlier in the year on a spur of the moment weekend trip to the Ring.
We did 3,100miles in the GT3 last summer. Our route was london-grenoble-monaco-barcelona-valencia-malaga-salamanca-santander-london.
Absolutley brilliant fun, the car was perfect for the trip.
Mileage wasn't bad either, always seems like a pleasant supprise in the GT3:
We're were spotted by a nice PHer in monaco too!
Absolutley brilliant fun, the car was perfect for the trip.
Mileage wasn't bad either, always seems like a pleasant supprise in the GT3:
We're were spotted by a nice PHer in monaco too!
The 968 has been on a few trips and covered just shy of 12k last year.
Highlights were:-
1. Up staging almost anything else in a car park regardless of if it is Tescos or the BRDC.
2. Being waved into the collection area at Magny Cours after poping out for some bread and cheese and seeing how close to the centre I could get the car...
Just got it back after nearly a month having full service, new seals and a lot of CV joints. Looking over at it as I had a smoke last night I realised I'm still getting all the lovely warm fuzzy ownership feelings I had the week I bought it.
Even more so now that bloody annoying squeek every time I depressed the clutch has gone, even if the stereo has gone AWOL!
Highlights were:-
1. Up staging almost anything else in a car park regardless of if it is Tescos or the BRDC.
2. Being waved into the collection area at Magny Cours after poping out for some bread and cheese and seeing how close to the centre I could get the car...
Just got it back after nearly a month having full service, new seals and a lot of CV joints. Looking over at it as I had a smoke last night I realised I'm still getting all the lovely warm fuzzy ownership feelings I had the week I bought it.
Even more so now that bloody annoying squeek every time I depressed the clutch has gone, even if the stereo has gone AWOL!
I posted this back in 2006, about the day I collected my first 911.
Dad bought Porsche without telling Son. Dad takes Son to garage to go for a 'test drive'.
This was great. My lad , aged 10 (now 16) is indeed becoming a true porker nut and the day we went to collect my first Porsche he was under the illusion that it was for an hour long test drive. All the staff at Specialist Cars were in on it and taking that first drive was truly memorable. It was the typical "have you heard the engine dad?" and lots of inquisitve button touching and looking around (for more buttons). "Do we have to take it back Dad?" was asked several times with the response "of course we do!"
So, after driving for all of around 20 mins the urge to break the news was simply too much, not to mention trying to disguise the ever increasing grin on me chops, so I had to give in and tell all. Even so, with a look of dis-belief on his face he said "you are joking aren't you?"
What a day!
That day still sticks in my mind and this September, his first Eurohoon beckons. Should make for another memorable drive
Dad bought Porsche without telling Son. Dad takes Son to garage to go for a 'test drive'.
This was great. My lad , aged 10 (now 16) is indeed becoming a true porker nut and the day we went to collect my first Porsche he was under the illusion that it was for an hour long test drive. All the staff at Specialist Cars were in on it and taking that first drive was truly memorable. It was the typical "have you heard the engine dad?" and lots of inquisitve button touching and looking around (for more buttons). "Do we have to take it back Dad?" was asked several times with the response "of course we do!"
So, after driving for all of around 20 mins the urge to break the news was simply too much, not to mention trying to disguise the ever increasing grin on me chops, so I had to give in and tell all. Even so, with a look of dis-belief on his face he said "you are joking aren't you?"
What a day!
That day still sticks in my mind and this September, his first Eurohoon beckons. Should make for another memorable drive
All over the place, really...shipped my RS.1 from Canada to Germany, Ring/Spa, shipped it back and towed it to Chicago for Porsche Parade, picked up RS2 at factory, to Prague-Berlin-RIng, used Cayenne to run most of Route 66 towing another car, back across Utax/Colorado etc. I am a bis fan of Road trips........
Spa '08
'Ring '08
Mosport old F1 Track Canada 2009
Porsche Parade Chicago 2010
Germany 2010
Route 66 2011
Offroading 2011
Utah 2011
Route map of 10,000 Porsche Km in two weeks
Tow truck
........Spa '08
'Ring '08
Mosport old F1 Track Canada 2009
Porsche Parade Chicago 2010
Germany 2010
Route 66 2011
Offroading 2011
Utah 2011
Route map of 10,000 Porsche Km in two weeks
Tow truck
Highlight has to be driving my 2.7RS to the Monaco Historique in convoy with 2 mates in their Bugatti T35 GP cars.
No pre-booked hotels, no autoroutes and no gendarmes.
Helping out in the pits for 2 days, having a full tilt passenger ride round the closed GP circuit in the T35 and blasting home.
No pre-booked hotels, no autoroutes and no gendarmes.
Helping out in the pits for 2 days, having a full tilt passenger ride round the closed GP circuit in the T35 and blasting home.
My 1989 3.2 Targa. 2 years ago, Holidays were coming up and a villa in the south of Spain was the favoured option, albeit with the mother in law. Perhaps sensing my reticence, my wife suggested, entirely tongue in cheek that I fulfill a lifetime ambition and do a proper drive, and take the scenic route to Andalucia. Surprisingly enough my 19 year old daughter was right up for it, whilst my 17 year old couldn’t imagine a fate worse than being “stuck with a smelly old antique for 3 days” (car/dad - delete as appropriate)
Plans were laid and a 430 mile blast Edinburgh to Portsmouth included a memorable moment on the M3 with the crazy white van man whom we overtook at an unmentionable speed who leaned out of his window and yelled "nice car guys!" and nearly landed in my daughters lap in the process.
All aboard off we set on the good ship Pride of Bilbao. Luxury Cruise liner it was not, but the banter with the bikers and a couple of other petrolheads was well worth it.
Driving in Spain was a breeze, other than when we made the mistake of deciding to do a bit of sightseeing in Salemanca in 35 degrees, no air con, no power steering and 7 feet wide streets. Not such fun.
More amusing was the splendid accent/pronunciation by the ever helpful sat nav lady when it came to some of the more historic and exotic Spanish street names. That said, I reckon the biggest benefit of sat nav is saving the driver/mapreader relationship, in my case preserving father /daughter bond when it might otherwise have been strained beyond breaking point.
Circumnavigating Seville in a targa was according to her like being in a 70 mile an hour hairdryer. I liked that, and smiled wistfully recalling the days when I might have needed one.
Best part of the trip south was from Seville to Ronda - stunning countryside including signposted ski resorts which in the baking heat added a sense of the bizarre, and great A class road - a change from motorways and dual carriageways.
Driving highlight of the tour - early morning start and down the San Pedro road from Ronda - 35 miles of driving nirvannah. Breakfast at the Salduba Bar on the corner in Puerto Banus has never tasted better albeit a tad pricey.
2500 miles later I returned with a real sense of respect for that car. 21 years old, and never missed a beat at speeds of up to 90mph. Best cruising speed with the roof off was at about 65-70. At 70mph and the 3.2 just ticks over at 3000rpm, and when you need it there's loads left and that glorious soundtrack. Used about one and a half litres of oil. Even fuel economy was bloody impressive - Edinburgh to Portsmouth on a tank - 430 miles and that wasnt hanging about – Under 8 hours including stops for breakfast and lunch.
That was 2 years ago. My car sat outside over the summer and after last summer’s washout, I’m afraid I got fed up with baling it out and traded in for a Boxster. The roof doesn’t leak now but I am still to be persuaded that I made the right decision. Perhaps another trip beckons……..
Plans were laid and a 430 mile blast Edinburgh to Portsmouth included a memorable moment on the M3 with the crazy white van man whom we overtook at an unmentionable speed who leaned out of his window and yelled "nice car guys!" and nearly landed in my daughters lap in the process.
All aboard off we set on the good ship Pride of Bilbao. Luxury Cruise liner it was not, but the banter with the bikers and a couple of other petrolheads was well worth it.
Driving in Spain was a breeze, other than when we made the mistake of deciding to do a bit of sightseeing in Salemanca in 35 degrees, no air con, no power steering and 7 feet wide streets. Not such fun.
More amusing was the splendid accent/pronunciation by the ever helpful sat nav lady when it came to some of the more historic and exotic Spanish street names. That said, I reckon the biggest benefit of sat nav is saving the driver/mapreader relationship, in my case preserving father /daughter bond when it might otherwise have been strained beyond breaking point.
Circumnavigating Seville in a targa was according to her like being in a 70 mile an hour hairdryer. I liked that, and smiled wistfully recalling the days when I might have needed one.
Best part of the trip south was from Seville to Ronda - stunning countryside including signposted ski resorts which in the baking heat added a sense of the bizarre, and great A class road - a change from motorways and dual carriageways.
Driving highlight of the tour - early morning start and down the San Pedro road from Ronda - 35 miles of driving nirvannah. Breakfast at the Salduba Bar on the corner in Puerto Banus has never tasted better albeit a tad pricey.
2500 miles later I returned with a real sense of respect for that car. 21 years old, and never missed a beat at speeds of up to 90mph. Best cruising speed with the roof off was at about 65-70. At 70mph and the 3.2 just ticks over at 3000rpm, and when you need it there's loads left and that glorious soundtrack. Used about one and a half litres of oil. Even fuel economy was bloody impressive - Edinburgh to Portsmouth on a tank - 430 miles and that wasnt hanging about – Under 8 hours including stops for breakfast and lunch.
That was 2 years ago. My car sat outside over the summer and after last summer’s washout, I’m afraid I got fed up with baling it out and traded in for a Boxster. The roof doesn’t leak now but I am still to be persuaded that I made the right decision. Perhaps another trip beckons……..
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