1st big road trip in the 991!!!
05-29-2015, 08:51 AM
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Nice update! Gawd that garage lip is h u g e. That would have been a challenge for an Cayenne with front lift.
05-29-2015, 09:17 AM
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Great pics! Really makes me jealous as i sit here at work and then later I get to goto the Dentist....grrrr
Did the H&R springs change the feel of the ride at all from the OEM set up? It does look really nice lowered a lil bit!!
Did the H&R springs change the feel of the ride at all from the OEM set up? It does look really nice lowered a lil bit!!
05-29-2015, 10:59 AM
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Thanks all!! We are having a blast...will be back at work soon enough.
Lex: Yeah man! That lip is big...and the dip before it is a killer too! My buddy's factory height 991 Cab couldn't make it either, he had to use my 'bridge' as well.
Springs didn't make a crazy difference in ride quality. You can feel it a being a little bit more stiff, but nothing crazy.
Updates from today's adventure later on!
Lex: Yeah man! That lip is big...and the dip before it is a killer too! My buddy's factory height 991 Cab couldn't make it either, he had to use my 'bridge' as well.
Springs didn't make a crazy difference in ride quality. You can feel it a being a little bit more stiff, but nothing crazy.
Updates from today's adventure later on!
05-29-2015, 07:19 PM
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06-01-2015, 12:40 PM
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5/29/15 update:
Another nice day! Had some heavy rain...but it wasn't too bad. Cleaned the car back up this morning and all is well.
We went on a tour of two vineyards yesterday. Had a great time. The women really enjoyed it...us fellas were the designated drivers, so no tastings for us!
Finished the day up with a nice dinner with some friends and that was that!
Another nice day! Had some heavy rain...but it wasn't too bad. Cleaned the car back up this morning and all is well.
We went on a tour of two vineyards yesterday. Had a great time. The women really enjoyed it...us fellas were the designated drivers, so no tastings for us!
Finished the day up with a nice dinner with some friends and that was that!
06-01-2015, 12:50 PM
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5/30/15 update:
Started out with breakfast out on the terrace...overlooking a Porsche show on the lawn! It was nice!
Caravanned into Asheville. We went to the very cool and well known Grove Park Inn, built in 1913, it is spectacular! HUGE fireplaces, great terrace to have lunch on, and a very nice historic place to visit. We had a private tour setup for the antique car museum and craftsmanship shops/workshops/galleries on site.
Next up we got to tour the Highlands Brewing Corp's Brewery and Troy and Son's distillery today! Very cool!!! We had about 42 cars with us this day for this trip. This was my first tour of a brewery and a distillery. It was really neat! And we got to sample the wares! LOL
This was the last day of the event and we finished up the day/night with a Hawaiian Luau themed dinner! Good fun, good friends, and some good fun!
Packed it in early and headed back to the cabin to clean up, pack up and get ready to head South today...we left around 0600 and got home around 730 tonight. 13.5 hours. Uneventful travel day...which is good!
Total mileage for the entire trip was around 2650 miles. Not bad for our first 'big' road trip in a 'fun' car!
Tomorrow has a full day of cleaning up the 911 scheduled.
Lining up for the run
Grove Park Inn fireplaces!
Headed to brewery/distillery...
And a few final pics from the last night...
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Almost home!
Started out with breakfast out on the terrace...overlooking a Porsche show on the lawn! It was nice!
Caravanned into Asheville. We went to the very cool and well known Grove Park Inn, built in 1913, it is spectacular! HUGE fireplaces, great terrace to have lunch on, and a very nice historic place to visit. We had a private tour setup for the antique car museum and craftsmanship shops/workshops/galleries on site.
Next up we got to tour the Highlands Brewing Corp's Brewery and Troy and Son's distillery today! Very cool!!! We had about 42 cars with us this day for this trip. This was my first tour of a brewery and a distillery. It was really neat! And we got to sample the wares! LOL
This was the last day of the event and we finished up the day/night with a Hawaiian Luau themed dinner! Good fun, good friends, and some good fun!
Packed it in early and headed back to the cabin to clean up, pack up and get ready to head South today...we left around 0600 and got home around 730 tonight. 13.5 hours. Uneventful travel day...which is good!
Total mileage for the entire trip was around 2650 miles. Not bad for our first 'big' road trip in a 'fun' car!
Tomorrow has a full day of cleaning up the 911 scheduled.
Lining up for the run
Grove Park Inn fireplaces!
Headed to brewery/distillery...
And a few final pics from the last night...
]
Almost home!
06-01-2015, 05:37 PM
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Looks like a good time was had by all, Al.
It also looks like you ran in to some folks from the Blue Ridge Boxster Summit last weekend.
It also looks like you ran in to some folks from the Blue Ridge Boxster Summit last weekend.
06-01-2015, 05:46 PM
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Glad everyone is enjoying my thread!
It was a great time!
mathfuzzy, we participated in the BRBS! LOL, even though we do not have a Boxster, all Pcars are welcome!
It was a great time!
mathfuzzy, we participated in the BRBS! LOL, even though we do not have a Boxster, all Pcars are welcome!
06-01-2015, 06:36 PM
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Looks like you had a great time. Beautiful country up that way. Thanks for sharing.