Author
a.kitsoulis
Splits his life between Airbus cockpits and the road. A soft spot for Porsches, eighteen cars so far, and a firm belief that every car has a story worth hearing. Switching between groundspeed and airspeed.
Stories (7)
A PORSCHE FOR UNDER €25,000. TICKING TIME BOMB OR HEAVEN ON EARTH?
IMS, bore scoring, and everything you need to know before buying a Porsche 986 or 987 - from someone who's been on both sides of the story.Read the story
THE NÜRBURGRING IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK - A ROAD TRIP FROM GREECE TO THE GREEN HELL
Costs, the route, practical tips - everything I wish I'd known before setting off, and the stories no onboard video can show you. The Nürburgring is closer than you think.Read the story
BUY THE PROJECT CAR - WHAT DO YOU CALL A LONGING ONCE YOU FINALLY GET TO LIVE IT?
An MX-5 they wouldn't let me buy at eighteen. Another one - faded and abandoned - that turned up in front of me ten years later. Between them, a longing that patiently waited its turn. That's how an old Japanese roadster became a project car - and the project car became stories worth living.Read the story
WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR A TRACK DAY?
Mugello, a 718 on fresh Trofeo Rs, and a friend who said "let's go" after two seconds of silence. What does a track day in Italy actually take? A helmet? 300 horsepower? A roll cage? Semi-slick tyres? A fire-suppression system? None of that. Good company and an espresso.Read the story
I WAS ONCE THE KID ON THE RAILINGS: TWO SEPTEMBERS WITH SPEEDSECTOR IN RHODES
A Gumball clip I wore out on views somewhere around 2006, a humble Cayman loaded onto a truck under an F430, and two years in Rhodes - which taught me that we don't buy cars for other people, but for the kid hiding inside us.Read the story
TEENAGE LOVE DOESN'T AGE: TWO MINI COOPERS, EIGHT YEARS APART
A first car isn't transport - it's a coming-of-age ritual. A Mini Cooper S at eighteen, the friendships it built, a tearful goodbye in a garage - and, eight years later, the return: an R56 John Cooper Works as a gift to myself.Read the story
TWO CARS, ONE MOUNTAIN: MORNING CORNERS ON CHOLOMONTAS
An M4 Competition, a 718 with the roof stowed, and the Halkidiki forest road that feels like a tunnel of oak trees. groundspeed's first road trip, exactly as it happened.Read the story