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To all you Porsche lovers out there, I just had to share with you what me, my 911 and my new wife just expierenced. Married on the 1st of May this year, we decided to honeymoon in Europe. The plan was to head for Italy in the 911. I've owned my car for 8 months (dreamed about owning one since 8yr old), she's done 76,000 miles and yes, I to suffer from the big cheesy smile disease everythime I fire her up. Anyway, I had the car fully serviced and the aircon re-gassed, crammed as much gear in as we could fit and set off for Dover. Got passed by a 993 and Ferrari 360 on the way down no doubt off on the Gumball. Also met with a 928 owner in Dover doing the same! As soon as we landed in Calais we had a clear blue sky. We got on the toll road and headed off for Dijion. My old lady (not the wife) cruised at 4000-4200 rpm (165-170 kmh's) until she needed re-fueling. The same fly collecting excercise followed the following morning until we arrived after travelling over the Juan Pass, Switzerland, at Interlaken. Spent the next two nights there being rained on and even snowed on! We then carried on over the remaining Alps down to Italy. Unfortunately, my plans to drive the Furkel and Gottard Passes were thwarted due to them being closed (too much snow) so we had to go through the Gottard Tunnel. We went down round Como and then East to Garda. There in temperatures of not far short of 30 degrees we hit a major accident on the Autoroute. My car sat there ticking over completely unpertubed. We finally arrived in Lazise only to discover that all the other German tourists there seemed to also drive Porsche (as well as other German machinery and surprisingly, old English stuff!) Have you ever seen a Z1 outside of a show? Try 4 in a line being driven down the East side coast road of Garda. Try 2 356 Speedsters following!! Even had one friendly German in a very unusal (but nice) cream coloured 3.2 Cab flashing and giving me the thumbs up. Strange how at one hotel in Sirmione the car managed to get priority parking down the side under the owners bedroom window with a promise to make sure she was out of harms way. Whilst down there we did soemthing fantastic back roads up into the Dolomites. The scenery and driving were the best I've ever known. There were a couple of occasions though where I thought an annulment might be forth coming from my new wife! We came back through Switzerland the same way and this time the weather was perfect. The high passes were still closed though. However, the lower Juan Pass on a clear day offers views of the Alps that are picture postcard perfect. Back on the French Auto Routes and a cracking picture of my dashboard showing 5800 rpm (peak power exactly - standard engine) and 240kmh (approx 150mph). Sadly followed by a rather boringly slow ride back upto Warrington from Dover. The purpose of this little essay?? Just to reinforce with all of you what a fabulous car the 911 really is. 15 yr old, rain, snow, altitude, maximum speed, stifling traffic jam heat and not one murmur of dis-pleasure from here. Try that in ANY other 15yr old car and have the same pleasure. The 911 3.2, what was, and still is in my eyes, a world class super car. I'd recommend a trip like this to anybody.
Ps, I think the new wife now loves her nearly as much as me!
Antony
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Ps, I think the new wife now loves her nearly as much as me!
Antony
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