1st BIG road trip in the 991!!!
#1
05-23-2015, 07:46 PM
1st BIG road trip in the 991!!!
The wifey and I headed out this morning for a week long +, 3,000 mile road trip! We are headed up to the North Carolina mountains to partake in the Blue Ridge Boxster Summit 2015. ( http://www.brbs.org/ ) It's about a 900 mile trip up, then another 900 home, and we figure we will be driving the entire week along the Blue Ridge Parkway and areas for another 1,000 miles or so!
We are very excited! I will update this thread with some pictures and additional info as to what we have been doing on this epic adventure of ours!
So far the trip has been good, the coolant fault warning not withstanding-started another thread on that, and I have been really enjoying driving this scalpel of a driving machine! It's nice to have an adequately powered, lightweight vehicle to drive that has no problem zipping along and passes when necessary...effortlessly! LOVING IT!
Oh, yeah, I got 28.05MPG on the first leg of the trip. Mostly interstate running around 80-82 MPH. These things are awesome! And incredible MPG too!!!
In Savanah, GA for the night and we head out tomorrow morning to get to the cabin in NC.
See ya!
We are very excited! I will update this thread with some pictures and additional info as to what we have been doing on this epic adventure of ours!
So far the trip has been good, the coolant fault warning not withstanding-started another thread on that, and I have been really enjoying driving this scalpel of a driving machine! It's nice to have an adequately powered, lightweight vehicle to drive that has no problem zipping along and passes when necessary...effortlessly! LOVING IT!
Oh, yeah, I got 28.05MPG on the first leg of the trip. Mostly interstate running around 80-82 MPH. These things are awesome! And incredible MPG too!!!
In Savanah, GA for the night and we head out tomorrow morning to get to the cabin in NC.
See ya!
#2
05-24-2015, 01:49 PM
Have fun. I know you will with the roads up there in North Carolina. The best roads are visited early in the morning and not on a Saturday.
#3
05-24-2015, 07:01 PM
Thanks Chup!
We left Savanah around 0820 this morning. Light traffic, great weather. Got up to the cabin around 230 or so this afternoon. BEAUTIFUL day...sunny, breezy, no humidity and about 77 degrees. Perfect!
We had such a blast on some of the roads coming up here...the wifey usually gets car sick, however, she did not in the 911...she was hooting and having a blast along with me! The FVD exhaust was sounding bad @ss bouncing off of the mountains on these roads! Yeah!
More updates to come...
We left Savanah around 0820 this morning. Light traffic, great weather. Got up to the cabin around 230 or so this afternoon. BEAUTIFUL day...sunny, breezy, no humidity and about 77 degrees. Perfect!
We had such a blast on some of the roads coming up here...the wifey usually gets car sick, however, she did not in the 911...she was hooting and having a blast along with me! The FVD exhaust was sounding bad @ss bouncing off of the mountains on these roads! Yeah!
More updates to come...
#4
05-24-2015, 07:56 PM
Some pics from today after we arrived at the cabin.
And the neighborhood had some nice flags and things out in some of the garden areas for Memorial Day! Very nice!
And the neighborhood had some nice flags and things out in some of the garden areas for Memorial Day! Very nice!
Last edited by Sizzle Chest; 05-24-2015 at 07:58 PM.
#6
05-25-2015, 08:54 PM
Another fantastic day today!!! Weather was awesome, so we got up and got onto the Blue Ridge Parkway and headed up to the top of Mt. Mitchell! Made a few new friends while at the top...a super sweet 1965 911 and a 1957 356 showed up too!
Headed up to the summit and looked around, checked out the views and then back to the Parkway to a town called Spruce Pine for some lunch! Topped off with fuel and cruised the parkway a little more. Back to the cabin for some dinner and a little after-dinner walk, back home, a nice cocktail on the deck...and that's a wrap for today!
Will post up more later on!
Entrance to the park:
Highest peak east of the Mississippi:
Some views from the top:
On the way back down:
One of my favorite shots!
Spruce Pine lunchtime! Hef's is a great place to grab a bite!
Downtown Spruce Pine by the RR tracks
Hope everyone is enjoying this!!
Headed up to the summit and looked around, checked out the views and then back to the Parkway to a town called Spruce Pine for some lunch! Topped off with fuel and cruised the parkway a little more. Back to the cabin for some dinner and a little after-dinner walk, back home, a nice cocktail on the deck...and that's a wrap for today!
Will post up more later on!
Entrance to the park:
Highest peak east of the Mississippi:
Some views from the top:
On the way back down:
One of my favorite shots!
Spruce Pine lunchtime! Hef's is a great place to grab a bite!
Downtown Spruce Pine by the RR tracks
Hope everyone is enjoying this!!
#7
05-26-2015, 11:50 AM
Absolutely!
We enjoyed BRBS in 2010 and 2011. Great time, wonderful roads. Please keep the action comming!
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#9
05-26-2015, 02:28 PM
Thanks again all!
allen, this will be our first time attending and we are looking forward to it!
Update for today 5/26/2015:
I've never driven this car so hard before...Florida is too flat! It is such a capable machine. I am only 'nervous' when I think I am going into a turn too hot...for a split second, then the car is like, "yeah, I got this!". So great to be able to do that. So much FUN!
Didn't do much today, had plumbing issue and was waiting on the plumber for longer than I anticipated. I enjoyed it though! Sat out on the deck, had a snack and read some car mags! Gonna grill up some dinner here in an hour or so and then retire to the fire pit for a while and then watch some TV...and then see what tomorrow has in store!
Later all!
allen, this will be our first time attending and we are looking forward to it!
Update for today 5/26/2015:
I've never driven this car so hard before...Florida is too flat! It is such a capable machine. I am only 'nervous' when I think I am going into a turn too hot...for a split second, then the car is like, "yeah, I got this!". So great to be able to do that. So much FUN!
Didn't do much today, had plumbing issue and was waiting on the plumber for longer than I anticipated. I enjoyed it though! Sat out on the deck, had a snack and read some car mags! Gonna grill up some dinner here in an hour or so and then retire to the fire pit for a while and then watch some TV...and then see what tomorrow has in store!
Later all!
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05-27-2015, 05:58 PM
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Thanks again all!
Didn't do much today, had plumbing issue and was waiting on the plumber for longer than I anticipated. I enjoyed it though! Sat out on the deck, had a snack and read some car mags! Gonna grill up some dinner here in an hour or so and then retire to the fire pit for a while and then watch some TV...and then see what tomorrow has in store
Later all!
Didn't do much today, had plumbing issue and was waiting on the plumber for longer than I anticipated. I enjoyed it though! Sat out on the deck, had a snack and read some car mags! Gonna grill up some dinner here in an hour or so and then retire to the fire pit for a while and then watch some TV...and then see what tomorrow has in store
Later all!
