911_50 Euro Delivery Experience
05-17-2014, 03:40 PM
#48
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Nice area isn't it? From the Vosges to interlaken, you went through Basel and Bern, I think. You just missed m'y area in North shore Lake of Geneva, we could have met a geyser and a graphite. Anyway there's another swiss on the forum who lives in E Switzerland and owns a graphite.
Have fun
Have fun
We are having LOTS of fun!
Yesterday I mentioned we had not seen a lot of Porsches on the road - well it must have been 911 Turbo day in Interlaken - there were several, including Cabriolets out to enjoy the sunshine.
Went over the Oberalp pass today.
You know you're in the Alps when:
05-17-2014, 07:49 PM
#50
Great thread, thanks for sharing this. It looks like you are close to where I live! If you are able to, go to Davos, drive over Flüela Pass to Zernez and over Ofenpass and Stelvio to Bormio. This is a awsome ride. According to Jeremy Clarkson the most beautiful road in europe! I suggest you go back from Bormio to Tirano and over Bernina to St. Moritz.
Enjoy your trip and keep us posted!
Enjoy your trip and keep us posted!
05-18-2014, 05:22 PM
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We headed from eastern Switzerland over the Julier Pass and the Ofenpass to northern Italy. Some passes (Furka and Stelvio in particular) are still closed at this time of year, so we were somewhat limited in our route options.
Gitaly as my sister-in-law calls it - the languages are about 50-50 German - Italian; all the traffic signs are in both languages. The area was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire (Sud-Tirol) ceded to Italy after WW-I.
The Julier Pass was superb - pure blue skies, 2284 metres altitude (one NBA star short of 7500 feet), excellent road surface; the Ofenpass (only 2149 m) seemed to have very little snow - some people have commented to us the snow pack was not very deep this year. Loads of motorcycles flying by everywhere, over all the passes. One fellow in [I think] a GT3 (?RS - I wasn't sure) who flew by too fast to wave back, and several other Porsches today, including a Cayman S from Germany that we played tag with up the Julier Pass.
Everywhere we have been the food has been excellent, but it is expensive compared to N.American prices (2 cups of coffee each at the top of the Oberalp pass = 17.60 Swiss Francs!).
Right now we are enjoying a 3 day stay in one spot so we have time to rest from all the driving in the past 10 days (just over 2500 km so far).
One thing we have noted is the temperature of the touch screen on the PCM - have others noticed it gets fairly hot to touch after a couple of hours driving?
Here's a photo-op at the summit of the Julier Pass (note the bicycle just in front of the car - he was barely winded!):
Gitaly as my sister-in-law calls it - the languages are about 50-50 German - Italian; all the traffic signs are in both languages. The area was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire (Sud-Tirol) ceded to Italy after WW-I.
The Julier Pass was superb - pure blue skies, 2284 metres altitude (one NBA star short of 7500 feet), excellent road surface; the Ofenpass (only 2149 m) seemed to have very little snow - some people have commented to us the snow pack was not very deep this year. Loads of motorcycles flying by everywhere, over all the passes. One fellow in [I think] a GT3 (?RS - I wasn't sure) who flew by too fast to wave back, and several other Porsches today, including a Cayman S from Germany that we played tag with up the Julier Pass.
Everywhere we have been the food has been excellent, but it is expensive compared to N.American prices (2 cups of coffee each at the top of the Oberalp pass = 17.60 Swiss Francs!).
Right now we are enjoying a 3 day stay in one spot so we have time to rest from all the driving in the past 10 days (just over 2500 km so far).
One thing we have noted is the temperature of the touch screen on the PCM - have others noticed it gets fairly hot to touch after a couple of hours driving?
Here's a photo-op at the summit of the Julier Pass (note the bicycle just in front of the car - he was barely winded!):
05-18-2014, 09:00 PM
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Hi Vic,
Your car is gorgeous, love the color!
What a wonderful trip and photos!
Thanks so much for sharing!
BeeBalm
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You know you own a Porsche when she has her own laundry hamper for all her colorful microfiber towels 
Your car is gorgeous, love the color!
What a wonderful trip and photos!
Thanks so much for sharing!
BeeBalm
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You know you own a Porsche when she has her own laundry hamper for all her colorful microfiber towels
05-20-2014, 02:18 AM
#55
Vic, did you equip your car with PDCC ? Can you comment on your experience regarding ride/handling if you do have it. Thanks for your comments. I have decided to drop SPASM on my order and wonder if i should opt for the PDCC.....
05-20-2014, 01:44 PM
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05-20-2014, 01:46 PM
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No PDCC or SPASM on my car. Its primary goal for me is a sports/GT rather than a pure sports car. Of course, depending on your priorities, YOMD.
I am glad for not having SPASM - given many of the speed bumps (sleeping policemen), and sharp ramps in parking garages, I have scraped a few times and can't imagine how frustrating it would be with even less clearance.
The ride has been excellent in my opinion (I am comparing to my 997 C2S), but I have not driven a 991 with either PDCC or SPASM for comparison.
Have fun optioning your car! In my opinion, you cannot go wrong, no matter what your final build is - unless you order PDK (oops, shouldn't have written that - too many glasses of Italian vino
!).Cheers,
Martin
05-20-2014, 01:54 PM
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Cheers,
Martin
05-20-2014, 02:47 PM
#60
We are now in Switzerland, specifically in Wilderswil near Interlaken. Some time ago in the 911_50 thread, Eduardo posted a picture taken at Sigriswil, nearby, so we took the north shore road around Lake Thun and went up to Sigriswil for the view south across the lake - thanks Eduardo for piquing our interest - it is a beautiful area!
Best of luck on the rest of your European vacation. Hope to meet up with you at some point in BC. We often come up to Seattle and can easily hop across the border for a rendezvous!
Saludos,
Eduardo
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