...feels good.
Just got back from a great trip to Italy with a few other couples. We met all of them through PCA and/or BRBS. Amazing the terrific people one meets because of these fabulous cars.
Got out for my first drive in the CURVEN8R. WOW!! Makes me REALLY appreciate the Boxster after driving a Fiat 500L diesel. Manual gear box that felt like a stir stick in Jello. Put your right foot down .....aaaaannnnnd nnnotthhhing seeeeeeeeems toooooo haaaaappen. Relatively cheap to run though, with fuel running about $2.40 per liter = $9 per gallon. It got the job done.
I used to think that drivers were bad here in NA. Seems like in Italy they don't have rules of the road. Instead, they have suggestions of the road. It's almost like organize chaos. No road rage though. Lots of horn beeps just to let you know they're coming through - just a kind of laissez faire attitude and everyone seems to accept it. It certainly shows in the cars. Not surprisingly, most had dents and scrapes. I sure wouldn't want to drive my own car in Italy.
In the 17 days we were there we saw about 9 Boxsters and a dozen 911's and quite a few Cayennes and a few Panameras. Only spotted one Ferrari.
Great trip, but also glad to be back.