Every few years me and my wife drive to Portugal and bring as much of our favourite goodies as we can fit into the car - wine, olive oil, ceramics/crockery, etc. Our previous car being a typical hatchback (mk3 Megane RS) we could fit quite a lot, but in our first trip down in the Porsche we didn't expect to be able to bring back much at all - bearing in mind we were already carrying luggage for 3 weeks away!
I am however happy to report that despite the C4 Cab arguably being the least spacious 911 (particularly in 997 guise) - much smaller boot and rear seat space - it can actually swallow a huge amount of stuff into the area where the roof folds into, behind the rear seats. We left the wind deflector assembled to sort of limit ourselves to not blocking the view to the rear window - else you could fit quite a bit more.
We've managed to fit and safely bring back home:
- 37 standard 750ml bottles of wine
- 2 litre jug of Moscatel (sweet wine)
- 14 litres of olive oil
- 6 travel bags and 2 wash bags, including enough clothing and typical toiletries etc. for 3 weeks, various electronics (laptops, chargers, adapters)
- 18 boxes with various bits of ceramics (plates, glasses, bottles, jugs, you name it!)
- Loads of other bits and bobs (camera, some jam jars, food, etc.)
For reference I took a few pics of what we stored in each part of the car just to give you an idea.
The long boring motorway bits through Spain and France were done in cruise control at around the speed limit and with all of the weight we still averaged 30.5mpg (according to the trip computer). Crossing Spain used pretty much a full tank and France just under two at this speed.
I am however happy to report that despite the C4 Cab arguably being the least spacious 911 (particularly in 997 guise) - much smaller boot and rear seat space - it can actually swallow a huge amount of stuff into the area where the roof folds into, behind the rear seats. We left the wind deflector assembled to sort of limit ourselves to not blocking the view to the rear window - else you could fit quite a bit more.
We've managed to fit and safely bring back home:
- 37 standard 750ml bottles of wine
- 2 litre jug of Moscatel (sweet wine)
- 14 litres of olive oil
- 6 travel bags and 2 wash bags, including enough clothing and typical toiletries etc. for 3 weeks, various electronics (laptops, chargers, adapters)
- 18 boxes with various bits of ceramics (plates, glasses, bottles, jugs, you name it!)
- Loads of other bits and bobs (camera, some jam jars, food, etc.)
For reference I took a few pics of what we stored in each part of the car just to give you an idea.
The long boring motorway bits through Spain and France were done in cruise control at around the speed limit and with all of the weight we still averaged 30.5mpg (according to the trip computer). Crossing Spain used pretty much a full tank and France just under two at this speed.