Strange Desire - What is yours?
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Having been to St. Tropez with my manual 997.1 C2 that has the -20mm Sports Suspension during the festive period, I have a very strange thought that I don't get out of my head:
My ideal St. Tropez/South of France Porsche would be a 964 C4 Targa Tiptronic with soft suspension and decent ride height in Californcation state.
The state most roads in and around St. Tropez are in is appalling. Gigantic speed bumps and every one is a different size in height and length, so you never now whether you can take them with 20km/h or whether you have to come to a complete stop first and then still catch on with the underside protection. And then there are dozens of manhole covers that are directly in you path and none of them is flush. This is all before we get to the sometimes horrible general state with hundreds of potholes everywhere.
The fastest cars are knackered old Pug 206 with suspension developed with those roads in mind rather than German Autobahns and the Nürburgring...
Ever since I contemplated that thought over a Pastis at Place des Lices, I cant get it out of my head!!
A mechanically sound but s
tty looking C4 Targa Tiptronic that doesn't handle any good on track but flies over potholes and speedbumps. That car would be the complete epitome of the antichrist watercooled 911. Oh how I would love one of those 
What is your strange Porsche desire?
My ideal St. Tropez/South of France Porsche would be a 964 C4 Targa Tiptronic with soft suspension and decent ride height in Californcation state.
The state most roads in and around St. Tropez are in is appalling. Gigantic speed bumps and every one is a different size in height and length, so you never now whether you can take them with 20km/h or whether you have to come to a complete stop first and then still catch on with the underside protection. And then there are dozens of manhole covers that are directly in you path and none of them is flush. This is all before we get to the sometimes horrible general state with hundreds of potholes everywhere.
The fastest cars are knackered old Pug 206 with suspension developed with those roads in mind rather than German Autobahns and the Nürburgring...
Ever since I contemplated that thought over a Pastis at Place des Lices, I cant get it out of my head!!
A mechanically sound but s
tty looking C4 Targa Tiptronic that doesn't handle any good on track but flies over potholes and speedbumps. That car would be the complete epitome of the antichrist watercooled 911. Oh how I would love one of those What is your strange Porsche desire?
Geneve said:
I don't agree with your generalisation about the roads around Saint Tropez. The 'driving' roads are first class - whether the Autoroutes, N or D roads -beautifully engineered, low noise asphalt, clean and well maintained. Cameras are well marked, but the gendarmerie do know where to hide.
There are some problems in parts - the traffic in the busy season being the worst, yes, they like their speed bumps in urban areas, narrow cobbled lanes, and some back roads are rough and bumpy (often due to tree roots and camion damage).
Of course, resorts like S.T. attract the supercars, and in town they are purely for posing - a Golf GTi or the ubiquitous Mini Cooper would be far more sensible - although my choice would be a Renaultsport Clio or Megane.
If it has to be a Porsche, then yes, an air-cooled 911 would be super cool. But never a Tip, it would be wasted on the best roads. Boxster or Cayman if modern.
I didn't mean to generalize, there are some stunning roads down there.There are some problems in parts - the traffic in the busy season being the worst, yes, they like their speed bumps in urban areas, narrow cobbled lanes, and some back roads are rough and bumpy (often due to tree roots and camion damage).
Of course, resorts like S.T. attract the supercars, and in town they are purely for posing - a Golf GTi or the ubiquitous Mini Cooper would be far more sensible - although my choice would be a Renaultsport Clio or Megane.
If it has to be a Porsche, then yes, an air-cooled 911 would be super cool. But never a Tip, it would be wasted on the best roads. Boxster or Cayman if modern.
Near Manosque
Col de la Croix-Haute
Yes, Autoroutes are mostly very, very nice indeed. And people tend to drive in the right lane.
Also most RN and RD are very nice driving roads indeed!
I was referring to roads in and around town in my rant.
Also this is where the Tiptronic comes in handy as you tend to go everywhere with an average speed of below 20kmh and stand in traffic jams most of
the time.
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