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01-21-2015, 09:16 PM | #46 |
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Nice job, beautiful car!
I did the PCD and M class in August, LOVED IT. I am thinking about my second Euro Delivery, I think M6 Gran Coupe next. Beautiful pics BTW
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01-21-2015, 09:46 PM | #47 |
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Hey thanks for sharing. Seems like you had a great time.
If you don't mind me asking, what is your ethnicity? Only reason I ask is to try to understand why you were pulled over/detained/profiled so much in Germany. The only other reason I can think of is because of the color of your new M3. When I did ED a couple of years ago, I had no problem with law enforcement whatsoever. I was never pulled over in over 2,000 miles of driving in 5 countries. Then again my M5 was Black Sapphire Metallic. I myself am Puerto Rican, but like I said I never had an issue. Another friend of mine doing ED in his Sakhir Orange M5 at the same exact time as me got pulled over almost every day he was on ED. He said a lot of the police were wanting to make sure that the car was not stolen. Or maybe things have just changed a lot since I was last there a couple of years ago. What with these incidents in Paris and Belgium lately, I can understand if the law enforcement is a little on edge. Anyways, I'm glad you at least didn't have any car troubles throughout the entire adventure. Nice pix too!
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Congrats on the whole experience... Next time if ever, I also want to do the PCD, at least for my wife to experience ...
Love your f80! Awesome picture, especially the rolling ones in the woods... How? Did you have a friend photographer tag along ? Do you have more pictures?
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Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing.
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Man I wish this was an option here in the UK, what an amazing experience.
Though, probl wouldn't be available on something as prosaic as the F11 530d I have on order...
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We are lucky to have experience the ED process, I cant say enough about it!
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Very cool, great looking car!
ED is still on my bucket list of things to do, for whenever I decide to get an M3
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After not seeing that color very often anymore, and never in person other than at the dealer on occasion, I must say it looks absolutely fantastic!
Thank you for sharing your experience as well. Regards, Chris |
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Great post and pics!
Really feel like AY is coming on strong. When I first saw it, I thought it looked terrible. Now seeing in more photos and in person, it's really a standout color. I can see it being highly desired especially if they discontinue it. Also looking to do ED this summer, hopefully the police will have calmed down a little. |
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When were you on the tail d the dragon bro? I saw a AY F80 go by in the opposing lane. I was in my Jaguar
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Awesome photos. Congratulations & enjoy the ride. Love the combo. Can't wait for my trip In March.
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thanks again, much appreciated!! If those roads are in your backyard then consider yourself fortunate!!
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This trip sounds very similar to ours.
We did our third ED with my M3 on Sept 19th. It is always a great experience. PCD delivery was on Dec. 6th. As I instruct in Performance driving events, the track driving was fun just to see how much more powerfull this beast is compared to my 1995 M3 which was set up for some track driving. Since we originally are from Switzerland we spend usually our vacation there. This time we were over there for 4 weeks hiking and driving the German,Austian, Italien and Swiss Mountain road. Since we did the Stilfser Joch previously, we decided to try the lesser known Timmelsjoch. We highly recommend it. The day after we drove it it was snowed in. Since we drove more than the 2000 km, we had to turn it in for service in a local dealership in Switzerland. If you ever do ED, stop at a dealership and compare the sticker price. You will not believe what a comparable car will cost. Add about 30%. After the PCD we also did the tail of the dragon because my motorcycle buddies were always talking about it. What a trip! I would recommend to also take the foothill parkway as we did, to Ashville , then hook up to the blue ridge parkway. We went on the parkway to Blowing Rock and stayed over night. It was a great drive and sine the weather was good and no traffic. It was a blast. My hart rate went up a few beeps when I swept around a turn and Smokey flew by in a flash. I observed the rear view mirror for a while but he did not come after us. Since I am familiar with Europe, a couple hints; Do not park in under ground garages, they are to tight and difficult to get out. Watch out for the curbs, they have a lot of granite in the Alps and the curb stones are very sharp and rim eaters. Do not speed, they only have a 3-5 km/h grace limit and they will find you. Two years ago, when we picked up my wife's 328, we received a 40 SFr ticked for 7 km/hr over the posted limit of 50 km/hr. The ticket arrived 2 month later. I still have not down loaded lots of go pro videos from the dragon and parkway but hope do do it on a snowy weekend. |
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