I had the pleasure of taking part in the Supercar Run a couple of weeks ago - 100 cars driving from Hyde Park to Monaco over 4 and a half days. 3 separate routes and a series of clues to solve on the way. The organisers had chosen some of the best roads I have ever driven on and the event was quite stunning. I was co-driving a friend's 997S and I have to say it was magnificent. We did quite a bit of dicing with a 996 4s and a 996 Turbo with a GT power pack and the 997 was more than able to keep up on all types of road. We also found that the Porsches were the ideal cross country car for the race and we all felt that we held our own against all the others present. Not bad when you consider that on our route alone there was an Enzo, an F50, an F40, a 430, masses of 360s, 550s and 575s, 5 Bentley Continental GTs and a Koenisegg CCR.
We pretty much tested the 997S to the limit and found it to be faultless. I drive a 1986 3.2 Targa and I am considering robbing a bank to get hold of the readies to get one. Totally awesome.
There were two Carrera GTs on the race (but not on our route) – one broke (knackered clutch after the owner tried doing a doughnut in it!) and the other one was voted most desirable car on the event.
There were a few brushes with the law (we were lucky and did not get stopped) - but no massive fines and no car confiscations. That could have been because we were on back roads most of the time. Our fame had spread before us - and those that did get stopped were told in no uncertain terms that the gendarmarie did not approve of the idea of a bunch of Les Anglais rampaging through their country at high speed on a jolly.
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We pretty much tested the 997S to the limit and found it to be faultless. I drive a 1986 3.2 Targa and I am considering robbing a bank to get hold of the readies to get one. Totally awesome.
There were two Carrera GTs on the race (but not on our route) – one broke (knackered clutch after the owner tried doing a doughnut in it!) and the other one was voted most desirable car on the event.
There were a few brushes with the law (we were lucky and did not get stopped) - but no massive fines and no car confiscations. That could have been because we were on back roads most of the time. Our fame had spread before us - and those that did get stopped were told in no uncertain terms that the gendarmarie did not approve of the idea of a bunch of Les Anglais rampaging through their country at high speed on a jolly.
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