Re: Porschegasm

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Well I finally did it. Rented a 911 Cab at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart and spend 5 day in the Swiss Alps.
Drove over 750 miles with over 1,200 curves, 180 hair pins on 9 mountain passes: Susten Pass, Grimsel Pass, Furka Pass, Gotthard Pass, San Bernardino Pass, Julier Pass, Bernina Pass, Stelvio pass, Fuorn Pass.
Unfortunately on my last day at Stelvio pass (+10,000 ft) we were hit with lightning and thunderstorm at 44f,, so I had to take it slow on "wet mode"

And before anyone asks, Yes the PDK is very, very good in the mountains but only in sport mode. In the city sport mode is a bit choppy, on normal mode it's like a regular transmission.

Thanks for sharing.

Very nice!
Glad you were able to do it.
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 317,000+ miles: [garage.pca.org]
[www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Hey Carlos, Great to see that you finally got to drive a Porsche in the Fatherland. Looks like you got to drive some terrific Porsche roads.

How did you find driving in Germany compared to driving in Canada and the US?

Lots of eye candy in that Porsche Museum and a great we to finish by driving out of there in a Porsche.

Driving in Germany resembles more like Canada than the US.
Mostly right lane driving other than passing but not always even on the autobahn.
What I liked most is that everyone seems to know what they were doing especially on those roundabouts.

In the US, obtaining a drivers license is an entitlement, whereas in Germany it's a privilege.

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