Video: Driving the Furka Pass in a Porsche 718

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This video captures the "Feel & Raw Sounds" of driving up the Furka Pass, Switzerland with absolutely zero traffic

The above video starts off with a cinematic build up intro to capture the raw sensations & excitement;



Sport Mode ON;



At one of the hair pin turns;



Red Line Fury & Manual shifting captured;



& some breathtaking visuals;



Some Information about Furka Pass, Switzerland;

- Furka Pass is a legendary high altitude Mountain Road in the Swiss Alps with an elevation of approx. 8000 ft. above sea level.
- This mountain pass consists of steep slopes, switchbacks, sharp blind corners & tight hair pin turns.
- About 3 kms below the ridge of the Pass, you can get a good view of the Rhone glacier.
- The pass is open about 7 months a year usually from May to mid November.
- Was used as a location in the James Bond film, Goldfinger;



My Driving Experience at the Furka;



This is the first time I drove the Furka Pass, hence there was a great level of Excitement. But once I started my hill climb the Excitement was fueled by Thrill, Danger, Adrenaline & Passion. The Thrill of driving a Mid-Engined RWD Porsche up such a mountain pass was unparalleled. Though exhilarating this pass is also considered one of the most Dangerous in the world as the pass roads are very narrow in certain sections & without any barricades so one mistake will careen you down the mountain without much time to react or correct. However the Excitement, thrill & Danger combined to give me a serious Adrenaline boost as you can see in the video I got to really enjoy the car with enough oversteery action on the turns to keep the traction control light busy in a good way. Finally the Passion took over in exploration of multiple red line shifting & ignored the fact that the car had a lightning fast PDK & paddle shifters as I enjoyed shifting via the gear lever to get some old school feels as I was properly in the moment to enjoy the car, road & scenic landscape.

My Stay;



I stayed at Andermatt which is a Mountain village in the Canton of Uri. I highly recommend a stay at this location if one is visiting Furka Pass. I drove down from Zurich and stayed at Radisson Blu, Andermatt for the night & the next morning I did my drive of the Furka Pass. The hotel location is ideal to start off the Furka Pass drive from. I timed my stay/visit to get to drive on Monday so I could enjoy the pass to the fullest with least cars/bikes & I was indeed lucky as I got absolutely zero traffic on the pass which you can witness in the video.

My Car;

The car chosen for the Furka Pass drive was a Mid-Engine, RWD sportscar. A Porsche. The 2022 Porsche 718 Boxster. With 300 hp & a sub 5 second 0-100 km/h time it was a great car to have to activate the senses throughout the drive. The car was rented officially through Porsche Drive experience from their Zurich dealership;



This car at the unique location of Furka Pass was indeed a celebratory fusion of Nature with Engineering, one more special drive added to the Memories