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All our trips in one place: from a morning on Cholomontas to 2,500 kilometres in a 911 down to Tuscany, Norway in nine days and a Jimny on the Great Ocean Road.
Written by us and by friends, with the stops, the mistakes and the routes as we actually drove them. If you are planning something similar, start here.
48,000 KM IN 18 MONTHS IN A PORSCHE GT4 RS. AS A DAILY.
From Lucerne to Rhodes and on to the Algarve, winter and summer, on chains in the snow. A racing car for every day? @thegreekdriver says yes.Read the story
WHAT'S THE BEST DAILY FOR A PETROLHEAD?
A MINI Cooper S F55 as an everyday car, a wet climb up Mount Olympus and the small reminder at the pump.Read the story
2 BEST FRIENDS, A 911 AND 2,000 KILOMETRES OF MAGIC
Six European countries in three days, in a black 911 Carrera, from Munich to Monaco and back. A trip that took years to make happen and three days for two best friends to live.Read the story
SUNDAY MORNING DRIVE: THE BEST SUNDAYS DON'T NEED A DESTINATION
We used to watch YouTube videos and dream of Sundays like this one. Years later, eight friends, four cars and an empty mountain road proved that the best dreams don't have a destination. They have company.Read the story
AROUND NORWAY IN 9 DAYS
Nine days of driving, a 911 Targa 4 GTS, fjords that don't fit in any photograph, and a range readout that at one point said 1,026 kilometres, something I never thought I'd see. Norwegian discipline, a 20-degree summer, and a track day to finish, so we'd remember why we went all that way.Read the story
LONDON TO TUSCANY IN A PORSCHE 911: THE ROAD TRIP YOU HAVE TO DO ONCE IN YOUR LIFE
Fifteen days, 2,500 kilometres, a silver 911 Carrera GTS, and Alessandra in the passenger seat. From London, through the Eurotunnel, Paris and Burgundy, to the hairpins before Tuscany - with a stop at a French petrol station that nearly ended it all. Part one of two.Read the story
SPORTSCAR TOGETHER DAY: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK THE CAR OUT JUST TO DRIVE?
Sportscar Together Day is Porsche's worldwide celebration for everyone who loves driving. Its philosophy is simple: "Get Out and Drive". Three friends, three GT Silver Porsches, three girls who put up with us, the Serres circuit and three Trackspeed Mazda MX-5s. This was our own version of Sportscar Together Day 2026 in Greece.Read the story
I WENT TO GERMANY MYSELF TO COLLECT THE PORSCHE. I WOULD NEVER PAY SOMEONE TO BRING IT TO ME.
How hard is it really to import a car from Germany yourself? The story of my third personal import - Autobahn, Swiss passes and a ferry across the Adriatic - and everything you need to know before you bring your own.Read the story
THE ROADS OF THE SOUTH: FIVE ROUTES BELOW THE ISTHMUS WORTH A FULL TANK
The series that started in the North heads south. The Peloponnese and Central Greece hide roads that in other countries would be national monuments - here they're just 'the road to the village'. Five routes, with maps and all the practical bits.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
FIVE ROADS IN NORTHERN GREECE WORTH A FULL TANK
You don't need the Alps. Some of Europe's best driving roads are two hours from Thessaloniki - no camper vans, no queues, coffee at the end. Our five favourites, with maps and all the practical bits.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
A PROPER DONKEY: THE DACIA DOKKER WE RENTED TO SAVE 100 EUROS
A guy called Youssef, a car rental office inside a Marrakech apartment, a Heineken placemat and three strangers drinking tea. How trying to save 100 euros cost us 50 more - and got us the best car for the trip.Read the story
“HANG UP, I'M COMING”: I GOT STUCK IN THE MUD ON CHORTIATIS - AND THE DEFENDER WENT ON SALE THE VERY NEXT DAY.
Two and a half tonnes of confidence, a ditch full of mud and a Ford F-250 that appeared through the trees. How my first off-road outing became my last - and why I remember it as one of my best days.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
THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD ON 102 HORSEPOWER: THE SLOWEST CAR WAS THE FASTEST DECISION
In Melbourne, facing one of the most beautiful coastal roads in the world, we did the opposite of the obvious: we skipped the convertibles and the fast stuff and booked a Suzuki Jimny. A trip about why, on certain roads, the slow car is the right car.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