Trackdays and Touring in Tassie, with Harry Porsche 911

Trackdays and Touring in Tassie, with Harry Porsche 911

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hey guys it's uh time for a bit of a  different one this week and uh it is   currently six o'clock in the morning here on  a sunday morning and uh i'm about to leave   on a week-long trip in harry to tasmania to  meet up with a bunch of other porsche guys   we got there's 16 porsches going fingers  crossed we're good let's get on the road so   all right so we've got down here at the spirit  of tasmania we're just up behind me up here and   uh all the cars are all around this area and  we are about to get on the boat so uh let's go cara's parked and we are on the uh the boat  this is the uh cabin so i'm actually sharing   this with tony this weekend and uh we have our  own little bathroom it's pretty uh pretty basic   but it's just overnight we'll uh we'll be  in tassie in the morning but uh i'm gonna   head down to the back now to the bar and uh get  some heat and uh maybe something to uh cool off   all right that was a very very rough night  uh we're still on the ship we're just about   to get off this morning it is uh it's quarter  to six in the morning they wake us up at 4 45.   it was a rough crossing the ship was banging and  swaying yeah nobody got very much sleep it was uh   definitely pretty rough but the uh i was  worried the whole time that i had to put   the cut the airbrake off properly hopefully  we're gonna get off now we're gonna go and   get some fuel and then we're gonna head  out and get some breakfast on dry land all right so we are in tassie uh filling up  for the first time i don't know if you can   hear me on the boat but yeah that was a really  rough night um hopefully it gets a little bit   better i still haven't had any coffee yet uh  we're gonna head off to get some breakfast so   i need some coffee a little wake up all  right breakfast stop we need coffee but   uh i'll uh take you through and i'll  just uh walk through and have a quick   look at some of the cars that are uh along  for the ride one at one speedster 996.53 so this is uh is actually nick diggins  car which is a uh speedster with a   subaru sti engine in it so it should  be should be a bit of a bit of fun   okay so we're down here at uh simmons  plains for a day out on the track   we've got all the cars set up in the pit lane uh   it's good turnout today we're gonna have some  fun and uh hopefully uh just take it easy oh damn it keys   all right we're about to head out for the uh  first go out on simmers plains in harry so uh   going to take it easy to start with just  ease my way into it and have some fun so um what hmm so this is nick's 356 speedster replica  that has been built by a group in   melbourne and as you can see it is  running a subaru sti engine and driveline and the fit and finish of this thing is absolutely  fantastic it is a stunning looking car just see   this beautiful wood rim steering wheel and all  the finish is all fantastic he has electric   power steering fitted to it and he actually  has a uh a rack here that uh holds the spare   tyre and on the other side has uh normally has  a jerry can for e85 because it needs it for the   detonation it's got the roll bar here and yeah the  finish of this whole car is absolutely stunning it won't let go it does somewhat break the  point that he wanted like i like oh ah all right that was a fantastic day out  here um finally getting harry out on a   slightly bigger track uh getting to tweak  a few things adjust the brake bias a bit   getting that looking a bit better and uh  and then getting harry out in the ski pan   just then that was that was a whole lot of fun  the engine uh seems to be running super smooth   touch wood everything's going well and i'm really  enjoying it so uh that was a great day had by all   and now we're going to go and do some fun roads  on our way to tonight's dinner stop at bishop ah that's it that's that's my favorite road in  tassie uh it was incred such a good one this   is the first road we've done this this time but  we've all just parked up out the middle of nowhere all right that was an amazing first  day getting out to simmers plains just   uh just getting a feel for harry again and uh  and doing some fantastic roads we uh we all   we went out at a mill and we everybody crashed  very early last night because of the uh the   horrible night's sleep the night before on the  boat but uh i'm refreshed it's a nice brisk   morning here in vishnu and we are going to make  our way down to hobart today with some some nice   roads on the way a little bit more relaxed day and  uh yeah and we'll see how the festivities proceed so all right so we've had some great roads so far  this morning uh just uh on our way to lunch now   and uh i've been having an issue with harry  that every time i hit a uh a semi bigger bump   that happens my petrol flap keeps opening up   every time it's definitely something i'm gonna  have to adjust uh on harry when i get back that's something a bit different you  don't see a penny failing to uh every day it's a nice morning drive we  pulled up for lunch and uh   yeah bit of fun and now a nice relaxed lunch  and then we'll head on down to hobart this   afternoon i think it's going to be a bit of a  cruisy drive to hobart and a relaxing afternoon okay so we had lunch and we did a pretty  relaxed drive today just down the southeast   coast to hobart which is right down the bottom of  tasmania and i am now in my my hotel room which   has got a beautiful view should be a nice relaxing  evening one of the more relaxed days on this trip we are down at basketville raceway today  for a uh track day we've got the tracks   to ourselves for the whole day open pit  lane it's going to be a lot of fun and   as you can see we already have  tony and jack just tearing it up baby breaks you're out so all right we're gonna head out now in the  uh in tony's gt3 rs and uh see how she goes   we'll just take it nice and we easy oh just tucks so nice holy dooley yeah this thing is just such an animal   it's the limit is just so high the lateral  traction that you have is just so insane it takes a moment to come down yes  such an adrenaline push it is so   all right it's uh my turn driving this uh  big orange beast so uh let's go ahead and   take it a little bit easier  than tony because uh yeah wow wow oh it's just it's just so easy  it's egging you on oh yeah so   wow yeah that that is thank you very much for that  that is that is very special holy moly that thing   is unbelievable the just the limit  this the lateral grip in that car   is so insane the level is so high it is holy  moly it just does it so easily it really like   like in in harry i am working working really  hard to uh to to get it and that thing just just   could do it all day just all day  without blinking wow all right and uh   nick is now going out in harry and uh  giving it give me the bell see how it goes what oh did you find the back was a little bit happy yes  but not in a bad way it's it's like it's quite   catchable totally predictable yeah and if you  want to do it you can but i don't think that you   uh i'm not scared of it yeah i'm just  driving around it using it a bit whatever   horrible clutch yeah the hydraulic clutch is  horrible yes the brakes too much effort for   my tastes but it's it's it's um boosted brakes the  throttle response is incredible and yeah it's it's   a really nice car to drive jeff i really enjoyed  that yeah i thought i was just going to go out and   do a couple of laps and put down all the rest  of it and i thought i'm getting in the groove   all right so uh in the essence of sharing i got  mr twis miss david twist he's very generous and   uh and maybe uh full hearty that that's probably  a good way of putting it and and uh letting me   have a uh a little go in the uh in the box to  spider so uh i'm really keen on these things   i'm really keen to see how it goes so uh let's  check the camera in and see how see how it is all right so i just had to go in uh twisty's  box to spider and uh for those of you who   don't understand this basically is not a regular  boxster it's it's pretty much a uh cayman gt4   without the aero so it's got the same  engine and gearbox the engine is a uh   as a detuned uh 911 carrera s engine i'm in love this thing is this thing as much as i  love the gt3 rs this is plenty fast enough on the   track and having the manual it's a little it's  it's it gives you a little bit more to do it's   a little bit more involving and just it's it's  a little it's a little tamer than the the rs is   just as uh tian said earlier it's um it's thor's  hammer whereas this thing this thing you can take   the shots uh yeah i am i'm a big fan it is it  is a fantastic car now i have to save some money all right that was a fantastic day at the  track i'm back now at the hotel and uh   wow driving some of those other cars  getting a bit of a taste of the other um   you know flavors of the uh the porsche brand was  really good and um yeah just just had a great time   uh it's an exhausting day a long day at the track  it was open the whole day so it was just as much   track time as you wanted it was uh yeah just you  came in because you were tired but it was just   brilliant and uh oh i am looking forward to going  out and having a few adult um adult beverages so   uh i will catch you guys tomorrow okay so today is  the morning of day four and uh we're working our   way from hobart where i'm just leaving now all the  way up north to uh or up the west coast to cradle   mountain for uh their accommodation tonight and  these are some really good roads going out here uh   we've got morning traffic to deal with now which  in the set of hobart is surprisingly bad it's   it's pretty awful in the centre of robot but um  we'll uh crews we're getting out of it now and uh   hopefully hit some good roads have some nice  uh lunch and uh yes get on with the festivities so we're over the west side of the island uh  just working our way up from the south to the uh   uh the midwest of the island and there's  some great roads out here we're just   stopping to fill up and continue on  to dinner tonight at cradle mountain   all right so we're here for our accommodation  tonight at cradle mountain and uh we've got   these uh cool little cabins to  ourselves i'll give you a look as soon as you walk in there's this weird thing  in the middle of the room which i don't understand is actually a bath facing out to the ush and  the uh the road for the cars driving past   looks pretty good but um i think we need to uh  get some refreshments after a long day driving   all right guys it's the morning of day four  hang on how many days have we been here   today is friday today is friday all right  guys it's the morning of day five not day four   um and we're all here just uh getting ready to  head down to strawn today which is uh which is   a really beautiful spot and there's nice roads a  long way down time to get some coffee and and then   get on the road you can see here this is not good  we have some fuel leaking out of stuffed car so we need to investigate and see where  all this stuff is dripping from it looks to me like it's a connection on the fuel  pump i was behind a van right and next thing out   from the bat van emerged this kangaroo in the  middle of the road and i had nowhere to go yeah   and it just went straight up or i went straight  over it goodness i heard it tumble a bit and it   came out the side yeah i've got to just hit  the fuel pump nice nice foggy morning here just coming out of it now  it's much thicker just before so that was mostly a crazy drive this  morning we just pulled up here in   storm which is a beautiful little uh uh  coastal town in the bottom of tasmania   and uh yeah stop for lunch and uh and  then some more fun roads this afternoon the confluence twizzy's quiet copped it then oh i love the west coast over here the roads are  amazing in and out of uh strawn and queenstown   there are some fantastic roads  that just keep going and going   harry has been performing  flawlessly which has been great   um touchwood and i definitely think  we've earned our evening uh relaxation all right uh it's the morning now of day six um  we had an amazing meal at the uh accommodation   last night fantastic and uh we are off now for a  bit of a run down through re-stamped this morning   and then um got a bit more driving back north  to devonport tonight to get back on the ferry so   been a great trip last day here in tassie  and we're gonna make the most of it glorious run down to reece  dam and uh we have the cars   here there's only three of us that did the trip but it's a nice spot and  it's 55 k's in and 55 k's out   so it takes us you know an hour each way i'm sure so we stopped at a beautiful spot for  lunch and the guys are just having uh   a nice friendly game of backgammon  and uh what better backgammon table last afternoon the trip and you can see uh harry's  copped a bit of a bashing there is definitely uh   there's a nice build up of dirt  and grot on here one or two bugs some pearl or stone chips  that that that's a monster   tony's pretty much gone through a  windscreen a year since he's had this car   jed's car has um has actually had a bit of a  clunk uh coming from this front corner and nick   who this car was basically brand  new when he brought on the trip has completely destroyed his rear tyres there's  nothing left on that so it looks like we   found an alternative road to go to our  dinner destination or our next destination   um half the group on mostly grubby and i guess  stay on the tarmac but there's a dirt stage and   you know what not let's see  how harry goes in the dirt so so it looks like harry likes the  dirt that was a whole lot of fun   um i'll be doing a bit more of  that in the future she's a driver and with that i have made it all the way back home  and uh harry performed flawlessly i'll give you   a full rundown of how it all went how the aircon  worked and all those sort of things uh on a wrap   up maybe next week but um that was a fantastic  trip and uh now it's time to uh come back down   to reality and uh get back into the projects  again all right guys we'll see you next time you

2022-03-03 00:47

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