Hired a 2014 Porsche 911 Carrera - Kent/Sussex day out ideas
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Hi all
To mark my milestone birthday (40), I have hired a 911 Carrera S for the day tomorrow. However, having trouble planning exactly where to go!
I am in Bromley, and collecting the car in London. I will be with my family - wife, 4 yr and 11 yr old. Problem is that I have a 100 mile limit, although not too much to increase by a little.
Would appreciate any ideas....... Looking for a nice A and B road drive, top pub, somewhere for a short visit (preferably aviation or car related). Would really like to do a tour of some sort. Open to any suggestions, but looks like I will need to stick to Kent and Sussex. This is more difficult than it sounds!!
Cheers!
To mark my milestone birthday (40), I have hired a 911 Carrera S for the day tomorrow. However, having trouble planning exactly where to go!
I am in Bromley, and collecting the car in London. I will be with my family - wife, 4 yr and 11 yr old. Problem is that I have a 100 mile limit, although not too much to increase by a little.
Would appreciate any ideas....... Looking for a nice A and B road drive, top pub, somewhere for a short visit (preferably aviation or car related). Would really like to do a tour of some sort. Open to any suggestions, but looks like I will need to stick to Kent and Sussex. This is more difficult than it sounds!!
Cheers!
Wollcage said:
Helpful.
Not reallyBut it does lead to one of my old threads
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
McWigglebum4th said:
Whoops.
Hired a great car in the worst area for driving in the whole of the UK.
How about asking for your deposit back and hire a Kia in northern Scotland as you would have more fun
This sounds harsh but it's perhaps not unfair. If you collect the car in London, that's what, at least 15 miles before you're free of urban sprawl? So assuming you have to drop the car off where you collect it, that's 15 miles back through the urban area. So that's 70 miles outside of London, which is about an hour's driving, less if you're using the available performance. You'd have been better off heading up North and hiring a Caterham for a day. That said, if you put the top down and see it as a cruise rather than a hoon it could be a decent drive out, the mileage allowance means it would be over too fast though, that would be my concern.Hired a great car in the worst area for driving in the whole of the UK.
How about asking for your deposit back and hire a Kia in northern Scotland as you would have more fun
Mastodon2 said:
McWigglebum4th said:
Whoops.
Hired a great car in the worst area for driving in the whole of the UK.
How about asking for your deposit back and hire a Kia in northern Scotland as you would have more fun
This sounds harsh but it's perhaps not unfair. If you collect the car in London, that's what, at least 15 miles before you're free of urban sprawl? So assuming you have to drop the car off where you collect it, that's 15 miles back through the urban area. So that's 70 miles outside of London, which is about an hour's driving, less if you're using the available performance. You'd have been better off heading up North and hiring a Caterham for a day. That said, if you put the top down and see it as a cruise rather than a hoon it could be a decent drive out, the mileage allowance means it would be over too fast though, that would be my concern.Hired a great car in the worst area for driving in the whole of the UK.
How about asking for your deposit back and hire a Kia in northern Scotland as you would have more fun
Hello - I'm in Bromley too! Wouldn't recommend the 7 Diner too highly - food not fantastic (or very warm in my case 
).
Just been out on a drive this morning. The roads I/ we drove probably wouldn't suit a new 911 as they've narrow, but there were some excellent routes suggested on this site:
http://southernkitcars.com/routesand-cafes/
).Just been out on a drive this morning. The roads I/ we drove probably wouldn't suit a new 911 as they've narrow, but there were some excellent routes suggested on this site:
http://southernkitcars.com/routesand-cafes/
Right..... sorry for not updating this sooner.
What can I say, we had a fantastic day. Collected from Kensington just fine, out of London in no time, and ended up heading to Edenbridge for a bite to eat and visited Chiddingstone Castle.
The car... Amazing. I have been fortunate to own some great cars, but nothing comes close to the real pedigree of the 911. Some observations:
From getting in the car, to driving away, with the sat nav and mirrors etc set, only took minutes! All very easy and intuitive.
The sound coming from the back is simply amazing.
Ride was unbelievably compliant.
Performance was as expected, great in any gear, and revs.
Traction a bit of a problem only when provoked, which had to be done while the roads were wet!
The car was only 2 weeks old, so as new.
I just couldn't believe how good it looked, especially with the spoiler up.
Cannot understand the purpose of the Turbo S model in this country......
I want one!
If anyone wants any info in connection with hiring one for the day, I happy to help, as Avis were brilliant (allowed an extra hour to return, and did not charge for the few miles that I went over the allowance)
What can I say, we had a fantastic day. Collected from Kensington just fine, out of London in no time, and ended up heading to Edenbridge for a bite to eat and visited Chiddingstone Castle.
The car... Amazing. I have been fortunate to own some great cars, but nothing comes close to the real pedigree of the 911. Some observations:
From getting in the car, to driving away, with the sat nav and mirrors etc set, only took minutes! All very easy and intuitive.
The sound coming from the back is simply amazing.
Ride was unbelievably compliant.
Performance was as expected, great in any gear, and revs.
Traction a bit of a problem only when provoked, which had to be done while the roads were wet!
The car was only 2 weeks old, so as new.
I just couldn't believe how good it looked, especially with the spoiler up.
Cannot understand the purpose of the Turbo S model in this country......
I want one!
If anyone wants any info in connection with hiring one for the day, I happy to help, as Avis were brilliant (allowed an extra hour to return, and did not charge for the few miles that I went over the allowance)
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