Roadtrip to Zuffenhausen (long with pics)
11-21-2011, 12:38 PM
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Roadtrip to Zuffenhausen (long with pics)
Since I have learned so much over the last year reading Rennlist I thought it would be fair to become a member and right away bore you with my yearly pre-winter storage roadtrip to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. I live in Amsterdam, Holland and the distance I had to cover was about 680 km's, a friend was supposed to join me but he had to cancel last-minute.
The german Autobahn can be a nightmare with all the roadworks going on but besides that I always love to drive there. The traffic flow is fast with that typical german efficiency and above all very law-abiding german motorists. In practice this means when a sign says 50 MPH due to roadwork they will not simply lift the throttle and let the speed decrease. NEIN! You are supposed to slam the brakes in order to reach the assigned exactly as you pass the sign. Since everybody in Germany acts the same way, nobody gets hurt. Unless off course you are from Holland like me, where coffeeshops don't sell coffee and the legal speed limit is considered an advice. Luckily the 993's brakes performed flawlessly....
Now for the germans 120 MPH is a nice relaxing speed to commute to work if you are not in a hurry. So you can imagine what happens when a typical german male in his "Personen Kraft Fahrzeug" realises he is late for his sunday afternoon Beer und Bratwurst. That probably was the case when a 70+ year old Helmut in a green Audi A8 Panzerwagen with his grandchildren in the back watching a DVD was signalling me to get out of the left lane so he could overtake me. At that time I was doing 6000 RPM in 6th gear....
But the autobahn and 993 are really made for each other, it is such a pleasure to be able to drive this car unrestrained. Although I must admit that I didn't hit top speed this time, the car wanted to but I chickened out!
Eventually I made it to the Porsche Museum alive. It already feels good to enter "Porscheplatz, Stuttgart" as a destination in the satnav but to actually pass the main gate of "Porsche Werk 1" is still as exciting as the first time I visited the factory (as a 6 year old in the backseat of my grandmothers golden colored 924!).
I was there on a sunday afternoon so not a lot of Porsche factory traffic going on and apart from a dozen wrapped-up 991's and a GT2-RS, the parking lots were empty. I would advice to visit the museum on a weekday, more to see around the factory and the museums own workshop will be open. The museum is not that big but what they do have on display is excellent. The collection varies a lot because it is what they call the "rolling museum" and cars get shipped all over the world for exhibitions and races.
One of the highlights for me this time was the 911 RSR turbo that came second in Le Mans in 1974 with Gijs van Lennep and Herbert Mueller. I recently attended a Porsche trackday and Gijs van Lennep was there to instruct, at the end of the day he agreed to do some laps in my 993 with me in the passenger seat.I was born in the year that he finished second in this RSR and now I was his co-driver LOL! Great to see that car in real life.
Some euros were spent in the Porsche gift shop and then I was off to visit my grandmother who lives in the Black forest.I decided to take the scenic route and take the famous 62 KM long "Schwarzwaldhochstrasse". This is the oldest scenic route in germany and runs from Freudenstadt to Baden Baden. Speed limit is 100 KMH and this speed is strictly enforced because so many bikers get killed there every year. But that also means that it is a true drivers road!
I hope you enjoy the photo's!
The german Autobahn can be a nightmare with all the roadworks going on but besides that I always love to drive there. The traffic flow is fast with that typical german efficiency and above all very law-abiding german motorists. In practice this means when a sign says 50 MPH due to roadwork they will not simply lift the throttle and let the speed decrease. NEIN! You are supposed to slam the brakes in order to reach the assigned exactly as you pass the sign. Since everybody in Germany acts the same way, nobody gets hurt. Unless off course you are from Holland like me, where coffeeshops don't sell coffee and the legal speed limit is considered an advice. Luckily the 993's brakes performed flawlessly....
Now for the germans 120 MPH is a nice relaxing speed to commute to work if you are not in a hurry. So you can imagine what happens when a typical german male in his "Personen Kraft Fahrzeug" realises he is late for his sunday afternoon Beer und Bratwurst. That probably was the case when a 70+ year old Helmut in a green Audi A8 Panzerwagen with his grandchildren in the back watching a DVD was signalling me to get out of the left lane so he could overtake me. At that time I was doing 6000 RPM in 6th gear....
But the autobahn and 993 are really made for each other, it is such a pleasure to be able to drive this car unrestrained. Although I must admit that I didn't hit top speed this time, the car wanted to but I chickened out!
Eventually I made it to the Porsche Museum alive. It already feels good to enter "Porscheplatz, Stuttgart" as a destination in the satnav but to actually pass the main gate of "Porsche Werk 1" is still as exciting as the first time I visited the factory (as a 6 year old in the backseat of my grandmothers golden colored 924!).
I was there on a sunday afternoon so not a lot of Porsche factory traffic going on and apart from a dozen wrapped-up 991's and a GT2-RS, the parking lots were empty. I would advice to visit the museum on a weekday, more to see around the factory and the museums own workshop will be open. The museum is not that big but what they do have on display is excellent. The collection varies a lot because it is what they call the "rolling museum" and cars get shipped all over the world for exhibitions and races.
One of the highlights for me this time was the 911 RSR turbo that came second in Le Mans in 1974 with Gijs van Lennep and Herbert Mueller. I recently attended a Porsche trackday and Gijs van Lennep was there to instruct, at the end of the day he agreed to do some laps in my 993 with me in the passenger seat.I was born in the year that he finished second in this RSR and now I was his co-driver LOL! Great to see that car in real life.
Some euros were spent in the Porsche gift shop and then I was off to visit my grandmother who lives in the Black forest.I decided to take the scenic route and take the famous 62 KM long "Schwarzwaldhochstrasse". This is the oldest scenic route in germany and runs from Freudenstadt to Baden Baden. Speed limit is 100 KMH and this speed is strictly enforced because so many bikers get killed there every year. But that also means that it is a true drivers road!
I hope you enjoy the photo's!
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11-21-2011, 08:34 PM
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Enjoyed that - thanks a lot. But more pictures please...
11-21-2011, 10:32 PM
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