mhh Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 Tassie . Is there a better place to spend a weekend? TwoHeadsTas, JWM, Niko and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 just parked it.. LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 4 hours ago, mhh said: Tassie . Is there a better place to spend a weekend? Wouldn't think so..... 🙂 Where? North East - Weldborough Pass or close by???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhh Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 3 minutes ago, TwoHeadsTas said: Wouldn't think so..... 🙂 Where? North East - Weldborough Pass or close by???? Just south of Hellyer where the canopy returns briefly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 Just now, mhh said: Just south of Hellyer where the canopy returns briefly. Ah gotya, don't know that area very well as I'm along the other end of the coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhh Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 12 minutes ago, TwoHeadsTas said: Ah gotya, don't know that area very well as I'm along the other end of the coast I confess to being a bit of a west coast junkie but I really should revisit the north east. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 8 minutes ago, mhh said: I confess to being a bit of a west coast junkie but I really should revisit the north east. If you've got a day to spare, Launceston - Campbell Town via Panshanger & Mount Joy Roads, thru Lake Leake Hwy to East Coast, stop at Devils Corner Vineyard, then up the coast via Elephant Pass and then down St Marys Pass, St Helens, Pyengana, Weldborough Pass, Scottsdale, The Sidling and back to Launceston is one of the best ways you'll ever spend 5 or 6 hours 🙂 (as long as you don' get stuck in a caravan convoy 😞). Have planned most of that route for one of @Dalai's days over here next month 🙂 mhh and Dalai 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGA Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 Touring to the Nurburgring. LeeM, Dalai, TwoHeadsTas and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamr Posted 7October, 2019 Report Share Posted 7October, 2019 6 hours ago, mhh said: Tassie . Is there a better place to spend a weekend? Tassie .... is there anywhere else in the country you could stop in the middle of the road to pose for photos?? ... mhh and GTP911 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalai Posted 8October, 2019 Report Share Posted 8October, 2019 2 hours ago, TwoHeadsTas said: If you've got a day to spare, Launceston - Campbell Town via Panshanger & Mount Joy Roads, thru Lake Leake Hwy to East Coast, stop at Devils Corner Vineyard, then up the coast via Elephant Pass and then down St Marys Pass, St Helens, Pyengana, Weldborough Pass, Scottsdale, The Sidling and back to Launceston is one of the best ways you'll ever spend 5 or 6 hours 🙂 (as long as you don' get stuck in a caravan convoy 😞). Have planned most of that route for one of @Dalai's days over here next month 🙂 Looking forward to it too. One week just checking out some of the best roads Tasmania has to offer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 8October, 2019 Author Report Share Posted 8October, 2019 2 hours ago, WGA said: Touring to the Nurburgring. You win. 👍 TwoHeadsTas and Niko 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGA Posted 8October, 2019 Report Share Posted 8October, 2019 And did some laps too! TwoHeadsTas, JWM, hugh and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold996tt Posted 9October, 2019 Report Share Posted 9October, 2019 Went to visit the sister. Wasn't very comfortable. And didn't clear the driveway. So impractical these sports cars. GTP911, Airhead, craiggt3rs and 6 others 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTP911 Posted 9October, 2019 Report Share Posted 9October, 2019 32 minutes ago, Harold996tt said: Went to visit the sister. Wasn't very comfortable. And didn't clear the driveway. So impractical these sports cars. Clear headlights look good ❤️ Harold996tt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 10October, 2019 Report Share Posted 10October, 2019 On 09/10/2019 at 17:45, Harold996tt said: Went to visit the sister. Wasn't very comfortable. And didn't clear the driveway. So impractical these sports cars. Surely you at least did a skid on her driveway? craiggt3rs, reddahaydn, JWM and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddahaydn Posted 10October, 2019 Report Share Posted 10October, 2019 Wasn’t driving today, but I did find this awesome pic online from a few weeks back at Sandown Niko, Dave997S, Dalai and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold996tt Posted 10October, 2019 Report Share Posted 10October, 2019 On 09/10/2019 at 18:19, Windsor289 said: Clear headlights look good ❤️ Thanks mate that's the one thing that bugged me when I got her.... Someone selling thhe original lights on her Argh. GTP911 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGA Posted 11October, 2019 Report Share Posted 11October, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 18:43, WGA said: And did some laps too! After only a few laps on the Nordschleife, the weather turned nasty with a forecast of rain for the next couple of days so I decided to head south to the Swiss Alps and spent the next couple of days bombing the holy trinity of mountain passes - Furka, Grimsel and Susten - in perfect weather. Vmax for the trip was 282 kph. Hmmm..Now why am I returning to Australia again? .. Airhead, GTP911, turboT and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1q2w3e4r Posted 11October, 2019 Report Share Posted 11October, 2019 Fantastic! Looks like an absolutely great trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 11October, 2019 Report Share Posted 11October, 2019 21 hours ago, reddahaydn said: Wasn’t driving today, but I did find this awesome pic online from a few weeks back at Sandown Great shot mate 👍👍 6 hours ago, WGA said: Hmmm..Now why am I returning to Australia again? No idea why you'd want to mate! Is that restaurant still operating? reddahaydn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGA Posted 11October, 2019 Report Share Posted 11October, 2019 12 minutes ago, LeeM said: Great shot mate 👍👍 No idea why you'd want to mate! Is that restaurant still operating? No, been closed for quite awhile. Now just a great photo opportunity. LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnage Posted 11October, 2019 Report Share Posted 11October, 2019 19 minutes ago, WGA said: No, been closed for quite awhile. Now just a great photo opportunity. Featured in Aug Wheels mag that hotel. Shame it's closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick V Posted 11October, 2019 Report Share Posted 11October, 2019 8 hours ago, WGA said: so I decided to head south to the Swiss Alps and spent the next couple of days bombing the holy trinity of mountain passes - Furka, Grimsel and Susten - in perfect weather. Hey @WGA I'm planning on being in that part of the world in September next year.... doing a Porsche drive program (hire Pcars from Porsche Stuttgart and drive down through those mountain passes with a couple of mates (& our brides)...... what's the deal with traffic volumes, police presence, etc at that time of the year? Will we get to open them up through those passes? Or is it full of bloody tourists (ie, us), or police? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGA Posted 11October, 2019 Report Share Posted 11October, 2019 4 hours ago, Rick V said: Hey @WGA I'm planning on being in that part of the world in September next year.... doing a Porsche drive program (hire Pcars from Porsche Stuttgart and drive down through those mountain passes with a couple of mates (& our brides)...... what's the deal with traffic volumes, police presence, etc at that time of the year? Will we get to open them up through those passes? Or is it full of bloody tourists (ie, us), or police? I did the same trip with my family in September 2017. We did the Furka, Susten, Grimsel, Oberalp, Gotthard and Nufenen Passes all from Andermatt. We also did a bunch of others including Julier, Maloja, Timmelsjoch and San Bernardino. We had a ball. We had a three car convoy - two GT3s and an M2. Cars I have since sold. A couple of tips. - bring good walkie talkies for each car. It helps enormously with keeping it touch on the move because you will get separated and it makes the trip less stressful and the banter can be fun. - when driving in Switzerland, be very, very careful and stick to the speed limits on the highways and country roads. If you get caught you can be fined a very large sum of money (potentially a % of your income) and get the car impounded. Also, Austria is pretty tough. I got pinged coming out of a tunnel on the Silvretta and had to pay 200+ euro on the spot. However Italy is much easier going. - when driving the Swiss passes, you can be a bit more liberal as long as you have one car out front as the scout on the walkie talkie because I have never ever not seen police on the Furka and the Grimsel passes looking out for speeding cars. Having said that, you will find that the speed limit on the mountain passes is often fast enough because it can be difficult to drive at that speed anyway depending on conditions and traffic - September is popular so expect traffic on the Furka and the Gotthard, but apart from those roads, we found the other passes quite ok. - if you want guaranteed empty roads with less likelihood of police being around then make sure you get out early in the morning or wait until much later in the day - weather is a lottery. I have now done this trip 3 times - May, September and October - and the best road conditions and weather was October...but I must admit I was very lucky this time as some of the passes typically start to close early October such as the Timmelsjoch. - you don't need super duper cars to have fun. On my last trip I met 3 guys from Italy all in Abarth 595s and they were having a ball. As long as the car is sporting and makes a bit of noise Some photos from the Sept 2017 trip. Rick V, TwoHeadsTas, Dalai and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave997S Posted 14October, 2019 Report Share Posted 14October, 2019 Finally took delivery of my new (for me) 997S. First drive with the family down to Ocean Grove hugh, stf911, TwoHeadsTas and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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