A Gentle run in the Alps

[Justino]

This was from last September following a GT3 - planning the next trip for July this year - can't wait.

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[pvr]

Lovely, and no pesky pushbikes which ruin the Stelvio

 

[Justino]

I did Stelvio the year before - it was too busy to enjoy, so wont be rushing back. We try to find routes that aren't the obvious ones, but its not that easy, so any suggestions welcome.

 

[pvr]

Agreed, I will never go back to the Stelvio as that is too narrow and we even had a walking group on the road last time.

Some of the unknown routes are indeed by far the best ones, as they still have the sweeping bends and might just be between two villages.

I have done the Alps in my 3.0, M and Porsche and they all brought something different. The Porsche is by far the most accomplished car with the active mounts that keep the car completely flat so high corner speed is very easy to achieve. The M is also great to do it with, just a bit more harder work. The 3.0 was on run flats so after that trip they went

All manual gearboxes, which you have to have to full enjoy and "taste" the roads.

 

[Justino]

A friend of mine who was on this road trip, his Father walked over Stelvio, except it was during WWII, he'd escaped from an Italian prisoner of war camp, and was heading for Switzerland - eventually reaching Klosters, where descendants of the family who took him in still live to this day.

 

[taz1966]

Was in Switzerland at the end of August last year and did all the passes.
Fantastic time but all of them very busy.

 

[Mr Tidy]

That looks like a fun trip, with a fantastic S54 soundtrack!

Something I really ought to do.

 

[buzyg]

8)

 

[taz1966]

That looks like a fun trip, with a fantastic S54 soundtrack!

Something I really ought to do.

One of the best holidays I've ever done
Spent time in Bruges,Luxembourg, Baden Baden, Switzerland, Lake Como, South of France,Spain .
Not cheap though.

 

[Mr Tidy]

One of the best holidays I've ever done
Spent time in Bruges,Luxembourg, Baden Baden, Switzerland, Lake Como, South of France,Spain .
Not cheap though.

Don't spoil it! :lol:

 

[DMike]

Thanks for sharing, would love to drive there some day myself

ps - I have tried to embed the video, but cant work out how using the youtube button

Copy link from YT, write message and where you want to embed it, hit the youtube button, paste the link between youtube and /youtube. Now, in the pasted link, delete the question mark and everything after it, then delete the https://youtu.be/ and you should be left with only the text ZqKakKcuF9A.

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[Justino]

Thanks - have edited original post.

Soundtrack from this and Severn Tuning map. Standard exhaust



Planned work this year is to get the Aero skirts fitted and front and rear bumpers painted all at the same time, and CSL alignment. I may do suspension at some stage.

 

[RedUn]

This was from last September following a GT3 - planning the next trip for July this year - can't wait.

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Fantastic! Loved that! 8)

 

[RAYK47]

Nice, i am doing this in May (not in the Z, but on my motorcycle).

 

[Joneeboy]

Did a 6 day roadtrip to the Alps last July. Stopping at Nancy for a night, then 2 nights in Interlaken, driving the Andermatt Loop, one night in Annecy after driving over the Great St Bernard Pass down to Aosta. Then a final night in a Chateau in central France. 1600 miles. Brilliant!

 

[Joneeboy]

This was from last September following a GT3 - planning the next trip for July this year - can't wait.

[youtube]ZqKakKcuF9A[/youtube]

 

[RAYK47]

Amazing pics, the backdrop do the cars justice.

 

[taz1966]

Did a 6 day roadtrip to the Alps last July. Stopping at Nancy for a night, then 2 nights in Interlaken, driving the Andermatt Loop, one night in Annecy after driving over the Great St Bernard Pass down to Aosta. Then a final night in a Chateau in central France. 1600 miles. Brilliant!

Andermatt was one of the places i stayed in on my trip.
Lovely place and as you say you can do most of the passes from here.

 

[Joneeboy]

Did a 6 day roadtrip to the Alps last July. Stopping at Nancy for a night, then 2 nights in Interlaken, driving the Andermatt Loop, one night in Annecy after driving over the Great St Bernard Pass down to Aosta. Then a final night in a Chateau in central France. 1600 miles. Brilliant!

Andermatt was one of the places i stayed in on my trip.
Lovely place and as you say you can do most of the passes from here.