{"id":537,"date":"2012-08-24T17:57:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T16:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastgerman.com\/forum\/?p=537"},"modified":"2014-06-17T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T15:57:31","slug":"france-road-trip-997-carrera-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/france-road-trip-997-carrera-s\/","title":{"rendered":"France Road Trip – 997 Carrera S"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s 1 year on since the purchase of my 997 and on the realisation that I had only covered 1,476 miles between MOT’s, it’s about time a road trip was booked. <\/p>\n

There is now a requirement for high vis and breathalisers along with the usual check list but adjustable head lights for driving on the continent saves one cost at least.<\/p>\n

The plan was Guildford to Saint-Emilion via the tunnel taking the quickest route possible and enjoy the back roads on the return journey. <\/p>\n

\"997<\/p>\n

1st stop Chateau Grand Barrail, Saint-Emilion
\n\"Grand<\/p>\n

2nd stop Le Manoir Les Minimes, Amboise<\/p>\n

\"Amboise\"<\/p>\n

Convertible provided more picnic space than a Turbo or GT spoiler.<\/p>\n

\"997<\/p>\n

Chenonceau<\/p>\n

\"Chenonceau\"<\/p>\n

Leonardo Di Vinci exhibition at Chateau du Clos Luce<\/p>\n

\"Clos<\/p>\n

So, a year on with the 997:<\/p>\n

Luggage space surprisingly good and the wind deflector kept the cabin quiet at motorway speeds.<\/p>\n

Sat Nav never let us down but we did get through the cd changer – ipod\/iphone compatibility would make a good addition.<\/p>\n

I bought this car for fun, back road blasts and the fact that I’d always wanted a 911. As a long distance cruiser the Panamera<\/a> would have been much more comfortable but every time we hit a B road I forgot about that. <\/p>\n

More details on the 997 Carrera S Cabriolet.<\/a><\/p>\n

Details:
\nOut – A28, A10 through Le Mans and Tours, 650 miles, 65 euros tolls.
\nReturn – Back roads, 3 night stop in Amboise (Loire Valley), no tolls and nearly 1000 miles but much more enjoyable.
\nMPG – 26.7 reported with a real mix of driving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s 1 year on since the purchase of my 997 and on the realisation that I had only covered 1,476 miles between MOT’s, it’s about time a road trip was booked. There is now a requirement for high vis and breathalisers along with the usual check list but adjustable head lights for driving on the … Continue reading France Road Trip – 997 Carrera S<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[16,12,19,17,235,18,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}