cchough

Long time lurker, first time poster!

I just finalized the deal on my first Porsche. It's a 2006 C2S with a clean bill of health from Chris's German in Redmond. I'm thinking about flying up on Friday and driving it home. The plan is to drive from Seattle to Portland, spend the night there and drive down to San Jose in one shot. Is that nuts?

Thanks!

dsinn

Portland is a long stretch to SJC, even in a fun car. Personally, when I went to the Rennsport reunion, I did Seattle to Grants Pass and then Grants Pass down. Eugene might be a better mid-point if it takes you a while to clear Seattle owing to picking up the car and such.

That said, I had a guy from SJC buy my old MSM MX-5 in a straight shot. Picked him up at the airport around 9AM on Saturday, took the car for a test drive, signed the paperwork and he drove back pretty much straight for coffee and cars Sunday morning. So depends on how crazy you are...

speedy88

Agreed, Portland is a long drive to SJ. Eugene or Springfield might be a better, break to drive time to manageable periods. I picked up my daughter's car car from Phoenix AZ last summer. Drove to SF, then SF to Seattle. That was a long drive! Never been so tired and sleepy in my life! :-)

cchough

I'm definitely thinking Eugene now. Better balance for sure. My biggest concern is the weather and road conditions. But this weekend looks pretty clear. Any passes I need to watch out for?

irnnr

nathan1

Easy but boring drive, drive as little or as much of it as you can/want to. If you are flying up on a Friday 100% you need to be south of Olympia by 2:30 PM at the latest or traffic will be TERRIBLE. That will unfortunately also put you in the Portland traffic grind as well. Ideally leave Redmond by 10:00 am, then thru Portland by 2 and easy sailing from there. The only section of road you will have any concern with is the Siskiyou's from Ashland to Redding. You can check traffic cameras and weather via the Oregon DOT Triip Check site here: https://www.tripcheck.com/DynamicRep...RoadConditions

Enjoy!

2010panny4S

I've driven from San Francisco to Portland straight... but that was in a Panamera was like 9.5 - 10 hrs or something. In a large Porsche like a Panny which is really a grand tourer, it's comfortable but I don't know how my back and legs would have felt in my current 991.1S but that trip won't be repeated as wife said we ain't doing that drive again. only flying up there.

Was a nice long drive and great scenery. Funny how everything in California is pretty dry and brown but the minute you hit the border to Oregon it's bright lush green.

cchough

Thanks for the input folks! I decided to just ship the car down to me. I thought it might be a fun adventure to buy the car and drive it home but with the time constraints and the weather, it just doesn't seem worthwhile.

2010panny4S

Less potential for road debrib dings. Smart

Speedster911

have done the drive more times than I want to admit, 12-14 hours door to door depending on how aggressive you want to drive.

The pass at Ashland OR has been horrible the last few weeks- forecast is for decent weather this weekend but there is a lot of stuff on the road. Most of my windshield dings have been this time of year on I5

Itzkirb

Wimp

cchough

You are not wrong.

Ryan Borman

I did Tacoma to Dublin (30 miles less?) after work one day in a Uhaul. Shame it was mostly night. I arrived at about 0200, it’s not a hard drive at all.

kellen

My record was San Fran to Seattle in a 911. Took the 101 / 1 down and just wanted to get home. Did it in 12h give or take.

Glad you shipped it. If you don't have time to stop and look around, not worth it. Maybe if you could take the 1/101 but its nice just to have it arrive.

PJP13

Maybe next time.....
I have driven the other way (PSP-SEA) 3x in three different 911's in the last two years. It is a blast! I highly recommend the Hwy1 up or down the coast and taking a few more days....

My most recent trip was straight up I5 in GT2 carbon buckets... That was a long 2 days