‘Bahn Stormer' Sunday

...alarm sounds at 5.45am (on a Sunday!), it's dark, cold, miserable, and there's more fog out than in the 1980s horror film, but nothing's stopping us from heading out for ‘Bahn Stormer' Sunday. Myself, Rob, Jamie and Rupert rendezvous at the Little Chef on the A3 and cautiously head south to Goodwood (where we meet up with Richard and old university friend Nick).  

Jamie's new 997 Turbo snapped by official photographer

Although the idea behind ‘Bahn Stormer' Sunday was to fill Goodwood predominantly with quick German cars there was a sweet feast of exotica allsorts: Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis and even (Rob's favourite) the Mexican-built Vuhl 05! It felt more like Supercar Sunday, but we weren’t complaining. 

Nice to see the high number of Stuttgart metal representing - official pictures here - including a few 911 GT3 RS, not one but two 918s (you don't see those everyday), and of course our very own 'All Blacks' convoy...  

Sadly, it was the last Goodwood Breakfast of the year so I’ll take the opportunity to say a big thank you from the boys for yet another great season - and we’re looking forward to what’s in store for next year! Perhaps a Porsche-themed Breakfast Club? :-) 

Club Carrera UK at Goodwood

Club Carrera UK put on a fantastic Porsche event at Goodwood Motor Circuit, combining a Porsche show and Track day - raising money for the Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice which is located nearby. I popped down with Rupert & Sarah (sporting their new and awesome 991 4S) for a spot of breakfast and to soak up all the Porsche goodness...

993 spotted in New York!

The mother of all meets...

Source: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49071

1 of 279

Just stumbled across these stats on a forum...

It's nice to know that the 993 varioram ('96 - '98) models were not supplied in great numbers to the UK. Mine's 1 of only 279. And I wonder how many didn't make it this far...

Here are the numbers for the different varioram models (UK RHD):

Targa 532 (333 manual, 199 tiptronic) 
Carrera 354 (279 manual, 75 tiptronic) 
Carrera 2S 344 (251 manual, 93 tiptronic) 
Carrera 4 274 (274 manual only) 
Carrera Cab 197 (129 manual, 68 tiptronic) 
Carrera 4S 181 (181 manual only) 
Carrera 4 Cab 75 (75 manual only) 

PCGB and PDK

Today went a little something like this: 

8.00: Meet for a quick coffee at Extra Services on M40 Junction 2

8.15: Hit the M40

9.15: Breakfast at Buddies USA American Diner

10.15: Head to Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone

11:00 - 12:00: Driving Slot (booked up for a PCGB discounted test drive in a 991 around their specially designed track with one-to-one tuition - more information here). 

1.00: Posh Porsche lunch 

2.00: Meet the 4th musketeer (Rob!) outside Centre and head to Althorp House in Northamptonshire for the Porsche Club GB's 2015 National Event 

2.30: Arrive at Althorp House

All in all a great day out with Jamie N, Jamie D, Brendan and Rob. The Porsche Driving Experience was awesome and our hats are off to Porsche for both the 991-series 911 and the seven-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic gearbox - a superb feat of german engineering with lightning speed gear changes. It was actually a load of fun throwing a spanking new car around the track without having to think about shifting the gears - given my last track experience it came as a pleasant surprise and meant I could focus on all the other stuff; brake-points, turn-in points, racing lines, apexes, exit points etc. I had a blast, I really did - maybe I'm not a manual snob after all!?!

And as always, nice to see more of the 993 family out and about today, especially the wide-boys!!!

It's 1993...

This is awesome.

At the time of it's launch in 1993 this was the 993's Full Promotional Video

Guests include David D Davis Jr, Rick Bye, David Murry, Hurley Haywood, Jerry Seinfeld, Joe Rusz, Jeff Zwart, and several key Porsche people.