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wtsnet said:
What's the point?
Take your car to Europe. Enjoy the superb open uncrowded roads of France. Go down South, drive along the Tarn and Lot gorges. Visit the amazing Millau viaduct. Go see the incredible Gorges du Verdon with the twisting roads, 1,000 feet drops and the chicanes running along the Gorges du Ardeche. Trace the Grand Prix circuit through Monaco.
You will then fully appreciate what sports car driving is all about. Here cars such as ours are virtually hamstrung. Even in this country there are some great areas to visit. North Yorkshire with the challenging roads in the Dales and Moors - and no speed cameras!
Our own Boxster has now totalled 10,500 miles. Of that, some 6,000 miles have been driving in Europe.
I've done Brittany, three times, Champagne region once, South of France once and of course the factory collection when new. Next year we are planning Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the awesome Stelvio pass into Italy.
When we've done all this then we will probably say goodbye to sports car motoring.
You've paid the expensive entry ticket to sports car motoring, get the most out of your investment!
We are probably experiencing the end of the performance car era. Ever increasing fuel prices, the tree huggers that will make owning a high performance car as anti-social as smoking, increasing congestion, taxation etc will make such cars dinosaurs and equally extinct. Enjoy whilst it lasts!