Really enjoyed this and thank you for taking us along. I’ve visited the Porsche museum and was hugely impressed. Also recently did a Nurburgring trip in my GR Yaris. Considering it’s a 1.6 3 pot I was cruising at 100mph and I was regularly tickling it up to 120/130mph and up to the 143mph limiter on the autobahns.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks GRfourfun! Glad someone as well travelled as you enjoyed it. I am sure the GR is a lot of fun on a trip like that, so many cars needs to stretch their legs in Europe to reach their full potential. Autobahn driving makes you appreciate the benefits of ceramics, Porsche steel brakes are good but there were a couple of times I thought 'is that it?!'

@GRfourfun

11 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard I really did enjoy it and I loved that little hotel you stayed in with the view. I know what you mean with the brakes and I’ve experienced it in the past as I was stationed in Germany for 12 years and braking for lorries as you do was quite scary in an early Impreza turbo with 2 pot front brakes lol Luckily the GR has brakes bigger than the new Supra and I’ve fitted 660 fluid with braided lines, they are immense on and off the track.

The BLACK wheels spoil the look of the car!

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

I agree so in the spring I had them done in Porsche Satin Platinum which was a 981 GTS option but not for UK. I realise the car didn’t actually appear in the video much but I’ll drop some images into part 2 😁

Really enjoy your travelogue videos each summer. Lots of ideas for visits and great suggestions.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them Tony!

These road trips are amazing, feels like we are there with you, great relaxation!

A great vlog Andrew. The museum does look special. Loved the lakeside hotel, what a cracking little place, it even has a hairpin approach. I look forward to watching part 2.

@volkswizard

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Darren - part 2 is now live and for me it's a more special bit of the trip so hope you enjoy that one too 👍🏻

Great looking road trip. You may want to look at using a notch filter because some of your (more the outside?) footage has a high pitched background noise e.g a piece starting at 14:35

@volkswizard

10 ай бұрын

Will check that out, thanks

Great video, good to see you’re becoming more confident with the editing Andrew, really enjoyed this one. 👌

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it Charles - glad you noticed the editing too - it's amazing how long it takes to do the musical bits so pleased it got noticed 😃

Thank goodness this wasn’t a bait and switch to Venice America somewhere

Love a road trip video Andrew 😉👍 I especially enjoy factory/museum tours, visited Munich back in 2015 and spent a day visiting BMW Welt, museum and factory tour - one of my favourite ever days! (the fact that the 1972 Olympic Park was right next door was a bonus 😉)🇩🇪

@volkswizard

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it David! Munich is one of the best cities in the world. That's why the ex-BMW employees who now work for Audi in Ingolstadt still live there even with a big commute.

You're one lucky chap, great video and I imagine a great experience to remember.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul, it was a good trip but they don't always work out that well. I hope others enjoy the video of the trip but I know I'll look back on it fondly in years to come :)

Fantastic video really enjoyed it can't wait for part 2! All your food looked amazing 👏

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 That steak was a bit tough in places, no such issues with Feta :)

Brilliant, I worked in Stuttgart in the early noughties and went past the Porsche factory daily but don’t think the museum was there then. Definitely one to do! The Audi factory tour is also really interesting, and like you say when you go you’ll want one after, I ended up ordering a new A3 not long after doing the tour! Thanks for sharing your trip Andrew, and nicely edited too

@volkswizard

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Bikersparky - not done a factory tour anywhere so on the to do list. Probably Wolfsburg at the top of that list!

@bikersparky

10 ай бұрын

@@volkswizardDid Wolfsburg a few years back and wow well worth a visit, very well done too

One of your best videos yet 👍

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks Christopher, much appreciated 👊🏻

Amazing Andrew and Kate, so lucky.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Gary, lots of saving and planning is the bit people don't see. As well as lots of anxiety about traffic, weather, hotels, car reliability etc. Even so, still worth it when it works out :)

Hi Andrew and Kate a fabulous video and I enjoyed following your progress on instagram what a journey and I would love to visit that museum I think Victoria and the boys would lose me for hours lol 😂 the scenery looks lovely and reminds me of many road trips over there with my mom and dad and brothers looking forward to the next instalment! All the best to you both Daniel

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Daniel. Pack your family off for a factory tour of the bodyshop and you can relax in the museum all buy yourself😁 Thanks for following the trip on Instagram, you probably get to see a lot not in the video, I was tempted to include the Stories in the video but there's enough content as it is luckily. Hope you enjoy Ep2 on Friday 😎

The map of Germany is open. Inspiring Andrew!

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark 😎

Missed out the last time that I was in Europe 2019 but will make the effort one day to swing pass the Porsche Museum.. Always great to go with your wife and shares the experiences of travel and why not .I did have the pleasure of going on The Grossglockner High Alpine Road best 30 Euro I spent to see and feel all those Twisty bends and curves ..Look forward to the Friday special

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Ivan! The museum isn't too dear and is well presented as you'd expect. It's also a lot less claustrophobic than your typical museum. Don't drive through Stuttgart to get there though as it's a very congested place, dropping in from the North West was so easy. Audi Forum Neckarsulm worth a visit too.

I was at the museum a few weeks back. I concur the restaurant/cafe you both used is really very good and puts a lot of U.K. museum restaurants to shame. The museum itself is excellent and a must visit. To think the first car he built was an EV! Loved the 919 upstairs in all its race splattered coating

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

I didn’t see the 919 but when I went in 2013 they just won Le Mans and the race cars were sat outside museum, untouched, an epic sight 😍

@peterbest5938

11 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard highly likely then that they switched the display - as of course they can/do with such depth of vehicles to exhibit

Thanks for taking us along Kate and Andrew. I have made many trips to Germany in my career and stayed in Speyer and Hochenheim(sp) for work. Visited the old Porsche museum in the early 2000’s in Stuttgart and was amazed as well. Yes, I wanted to buy one as well.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Richie! I never got to see the previous museum, I bet it smelled more of old cars and oil, an odour oddly missing from new museum, was it good? They still have both an old evocative museum at Wolfsburg which is run as a charity as well as the multibrand Zeithaus which is more like the Porsche museum but includes other significant cars which is a surprising but cool move from VW

@richheban7318

11 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard Andrew, it was just fabulous to visit the Porsche museum. It did have some genuine smells of the older Porsche’s. I need to find a pic of me standing next to a 1964 911 at the museum and post. Soon I need to bring my wife and daughters to Deutschland for a holiday and let them enjoy the beautiful scenery. Watching video of you Kate on your trip to Venice. Love it! Thanks again for the journey!

I've just completed a similar trip (including the porsche museum) in my 981 Cayman GTS. Great car to do it in. Proper laughed at the dig towards PetrolPed 😂😂.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great car to do the trip in! Ped's OK but he was protesting too much in that video where he tried to justify a 2.5T over 4.0 GTS, so much he got a few things wrong. Don't get me wrong, 2.5T is still a great car but (as you know) a Porsche with a flat six is like a vegan steak

@74chrisd

11 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard *without a flat six?

Top Gear called and they want their film editor back - brilliant from 747 suspended in sky to Kate coping admirably with your speed and museum choices - looked like so much fun 🥳👏👍 looking forward to part 2 😎

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Ha ha you are too kind Malcolm! Europe is a pretty amazing continent 😍

I'm jealous of the weather alot it keeps raining here in sunny England

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

We were dodging rain all the time, dodged altogether until last day and then it was only in mountains north of Venice. Didn’t see any on way back either, very lucky

Enjoyed the video

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Alan, that’s all I can ask for 👍

This was so well done, thanks for sharing

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome road trip! Thanks for sharing! Hi to Kate and be safe on your drive!

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael! Kate says 'hi' back 👋🏻

Wow - I now want a Porsche! Interestingly where do you get your music from?

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

I pay £10 per month to Epidemic Sounds and have a huge choice of royalty free music

Brilliant content as always love your road trips 😎

@volkswizard

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Kenny 👍 I really worry that I don't look at all comments as just don't have the time and would miss thanking people for ones like this - it really does mean a lot😎

@kennymcallister2523

10 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard cheers very hard to reply comment on everyone comment 😂 I’d struggle keep up the great work

Looks superb Hope you had a great time :)

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Jonathon, it was an amazing 12 days 😎

Haha!- for sure he did buy the wrong GTS; he is just in denial! - Great content here and I am inspired to do this exact trip next year in my 987 gen2 S. Really enjoyed this

Great trip, well presented, thank you

@volkswizard

19 күн бұрын

My pleasure, thanks 👍

Hello Andrew.....do you use a toll tag for your European road trips......and, if so, which one?

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Good question, wouldn't normally go abroad without one - I signed up for a tag with Ulys and used that last year fine but then there was an issue with the direct debit relating to sterling/euro conversion and they basically cancelled the account. They only send you messages in French and it's hard to sort issues out. So this year I did some research and Fulli is the best deal and they work with UK drivers, only issue was their leisurely despatch which meant I missed it by a day or 2, all set for next time though - I went France & Italy www.fulli.com/en/electronic-toll-badge

@heathoatmeal

11 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard Thank you for that info...we go in October so should be time for Fulli to deliver! Really enjoying your current trip...Great vlog style and editing.

How do you manage top down and avoid noise in the microphone? I tried some recordings of my recent laps on the Nordschleife (top down) with my iPhone. Didn`t work well.

@volkswizard

10 ай бұрын

On this trip, for simplicity, the mic was on the dash rather than on me which must have helped. It's pretty wind free in that zone but the main difference compared to a phone is the wind muffler.

@loonytoon8836

10 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard thanks. I`ll probably try some external BT mic (with wind muffler) for iPhone then. Since it`s for family and friends at home, I`d like to transport the sound of the GT3s and M cars flying by properly but not at a ton of costs. Gopro and the likes are no real option just for making a few vids.

Great video again! Can I ask.... Didn't you have your wheels painted satin black? They look more grey / anthracite now or is it just the camera?

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Well spotted. Never really mentioned that but I wanted a change for 2023 so had them redone by Prestige Wheel Centre in Porsche satin platinum and chuffed with them, more interesting than silver but tyre/wheel edge more obvious than black. It was a factory option on 981 GTS, just not for UK👍

If I win money Porsche Boxster S my first order. Such a lovely couple. I have the perfect roads here in slightly wilderness NSW.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Hope you win money 👍👍

Love your videos keep up the good job

Why not with the clubsport S?

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Good question, here is the answer; 1) Just come back from Euro trip in CSS so time for a change 2) CSS is not a great car for touring as we don't unload fully each night and luggage visible in CSS. Front and rear boots of Boxster are super secure. 3) These trips are what a 981 GTS was designed for 4) Nice to have roof down when you can for views and engine sound 5) CSS can be a bit boring when not driven hard - it's a car best enjoyed solo as it what it can do on the road is beyond what most passengers can endure. Porsche is still enjoyable pottering around but reaches even greater highs than the CSS on the right roads due to mid-engine balance. Both are 5 star evo magazine cars but Porsche feels special when not driven hard, the Golf feel like...well a Golf! Which is fine but 981 GTS is one of the best sports cars money can (could) buy.

Hi volkswizzard watched your lupo gti video the other day and saw you mentioned you owned a 16v version with leathers and ac, i know of one same specs. Was your black and did the plate end OGW if so i think i know the car.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, can't remember the reg but it belonged to the Listers VW boss's PA and it had beige heated leather. Would have been a Warwickshire plate

Have you been to negus 747 at kemble cotswolds Airport you can buy a ticket and have a look around on board !

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

No I haven’t but I did nearly crash back in Dec 2020 when I drove past as there were a few there. Must check that out, thanks for heads up 👍

Really enjoy your videos VWizard. Would love to a journey like this one day with my Mrs too! Thinking about a road trip to the Ring next year as I just bought my dream car after trading in my cupra 290 for a B8 RS4!! Yeah not as classic as the B7, not as good a drive as the B9 but its got that great honking V8 and looks brilliantly sporty and muscle car like to me, more importantly i could afford it hahaha. Looking forward to more vlogs.

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

B8 is great value for money and less maintenance needed than B7 which is a classic now. Ring trip is a great start, but when you realise where you couid be in a few hours from there, you will be back for more. The Swiss passes like Grimsel/Furka/Nufenen are something else 😍

@JP_RS6

11 ай бұрын

@@volkswizard I can't argue with the value for money as it cost nearly the same as my cupra when I bought, get so much more car for the money, still in disbelief I have it lol. I might have to make a big road trip out of it and go further that way haha. Thanks for the suggestion!!

Really enjoyed this video. Made a trip from Sweden to Nürburgring- Bitburg- Stuttgart-Munich-Ingolstadt just a few days ago. Beautiful surroundings, beer and cars 👍 Visited Porsche, BMW and Audi, really loved the Porsche Museum. Coolest hotel i ever stayed in and a must for evry petrolhead must be Motorworld Munich. If you want , check my channel for both Motorworld and the museums as well. Keep up the good work!

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Sounds great! I did Motorworld Stuttgart last year and it was good but didn’t film it.

@DanielL.

11 ай бұрын

Think i will try Motorworld Stuttgart next time.

Your wife is a very good sport filming all this, so thank you..❤ I really enjoy this you are becoming a very big advocate for why I should buy a 718 GTS we enjoy doing exactly the same types of trips around the Australian coast line…

@volkswizard

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Kate will be pleased that you enjoy the videos, there was a touch of regret from her when it was published, largely because these journeys are quite tiring and stressful which may not be immediately obvious and switching it in for the camera which I have to do is harder for her. I'm glad she's up for it as I get bored of myself too ;)