atomic80

Chris,

The fact that you'd have to wait until you're older according to Pong might not necessarily be the fact. For example, I'm 33 and I've been on my fair share of trips lately. But then again I think that it's probably the fact that I'm still single that contributed to that.

ARM993

Fantastic pictures Pong! What amazing scenery. We've been talking about a trip like this for the last year. How many days did you take for your adventure?

Floodj

Beautiful pix! You definitely made the right choice staying off the Autobahn--it is really just an over rated interstate highway; albeit with faster speeds and more disciplined drivers.

Thanks for sharing.

Suwipin

Awesome sceneries, Pong... thanks for sharing.

I wish to go to those places someday

CP

Andy,

We went for 11 days this time. Two weeks would be better still.

Floodj,

Another bane of the autobahn is the construction. They are 2 lanes each way to begin with. The construction shuts down both lanes in one direction, and make the other direction a one lane highway, funneling the closed traffic to a 'borrowed' lane of the other side. We hit three of these mega-jams. The worse case was a 7-mile (10 KM) jam that took us over an hour to get through. It was extremely annoying. I think Jason (Atomic80) saw some of that when he was over there in the spring of 2007.

Pin,

You like skiing. All these places we visited are more alive in winter than in summer. In fact, we are basically there during their slow season. You will love skiing there. I think Jason (Atomic80 again) skiied in some of the Alpine spots as well. But you and Mini better go before baby-Pin slows you down.

CP

graham_mitchell

Hi Pong, thanks for sharing the story. That's beautiful scenery and some great driving roads.

CP

Graham,

Thanks for the kind words. We had a great time.

Ruf has a no-picture policy inside their buildings, but I did ****** a few pictures here and there.

Please check this thread out for details.
https://rennlist.com/forums/993-forum/377344-ruf-visit-with-pics.html

CP

993Porsche

Two words: Absolutely Beautiful.

Ken

993inNC

you're too kind 37 but close (I must look that young?). I have no patience, have money now and not sure what 56 will bring, so I'd prefer to get everything out of the way earlier than later Guess I'll just have to live thru you if you won't adopt me

993inNC

Hey nothing like rubbing it in now I feel much better.......thanks for that

Kigiin

Absolutely beautiful. I am a mountain guy and could see myself living there in a heartbeat... if the hunting was better.

Instead I am British Columbia bound upon retirement.

Thanks for sharing.

Rob

csertich

Beautiful photos CP. You always take such great pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. What a wonderful trip that must have been....
chuck

Floodj

CP.
I lived in Germany from 1998 through 2001. I really enjoyed it. I have visited several of the places you photographed. Did you check out any of Ludwig's other houses? My favorite was actually Herrenchiemsee. Just a little bit of German trivia they actually call a traffic jam a Stau. Ironically the worst Stau I was in while I lived there was in Stuttgart, less than ten miles from the Porschewerks.

My wife and I are hoping to live there again in the next few years. We already agreed that we would take our Porsche. She doesn't know it yet, but there is no way I am missing the German Grand Prix this time!

obchuck

Stunning!

CP

Floodj,

We were at Herrenchiemsee in 1982. I saw the electronic STAU sign and could not figure out what it was. Thanks for the education.

BTW, here's a harrowing tale about the autobahn (besides the 10 mile Stau i.e.) When we drove to Interlaken, I missed a turn off to Interlaken, and the Garmin told us to exit and turn around. There is only one little problem. The crew was fixing the freeway and the exit ramp was blocked. So there we were in a dead end and the only way out is to back up along the exit shoulder, and make a run back onto the Freeway. Problem was that we have about 200’ of running space, and there was a down-hill blind curve right before my merge, so it was impossible to see behind pass 200’ around the curve, and the cars on the autobahn were all going down-hill with a full head of steam. Having to merge onto the right lane, I was extremely weary of trucks. They can’t stop on a dime going downhill, and one hit by a truck and we are history. I waited for over 10 minutes before I hit a stretch of relatively calm traffic. I made a mad dash onto the freeway, and made it safely. It was luck more than anything else. That could easily have been a fatal mistake.

That was definitely a very hairy situation indeed.

CP