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Highways - yes (in Germany and Austria). Secondary roads - fair share of pot holes. a
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Stuff can always happen. The main highways are 100x better than any freeway in the US. Its like day and night. After the winter, the side roads may have some potholes, but they get fixed very quickly. Fixed, not patched by amateurs like here.....
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Contrary to some opinions expressed here, I've had some of the best driving on Italian roads. Went south past Innsbruck and exited the freeway after Merano. Took one superb pass to get to the Stelvio, then the Stelvio, then crossed into Switzerland and did one more just to cap off the day.
Stay into the mountains in Italy, avoiding the crowded boring plains and the crowded beautiful hill regions. Driving in the Dolomites and Italian/Swiss alps is sublime, absolutely epic. I won't get any of this in my June ED trip because I need to get from Munich to Provence in 1 day so I need to stick to boring highways, but I'd do it if I could.
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I'm in a similar boat. I have about 2 days to get to amsterdam (including pickup). Any suggestions on routes/itineraries? Those 2 days don't include the the day before where I will have some time to spend in Munich before pickup. I was thinking of doing the Nurburgring on day 2 at some point in the day. Thanks. |
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Another recommendation would be for the most amazing road to get there: the Schwarzwalder Hochstrasse (translated as Black Forest High Road) aka B500. Some details here, but you can google to get more: http://www.schwarzwald.com/hochstrasse/ It's essentially a sweeping road at the top of the mountain in the vein of the Skyline Ridge Road on the East Coast, except faster. It flows, it turns, it dips and the views are breathtaking - one of the best driving roads I've experienced anywhere. If you start early morning, you can do B500 and get to the Ring by 5:30PM if not mistaken.
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I am going to my first ED this June as well. I've been all over Europe before but never like this so I am looking forward to it.
What I have roughly planned is to head to Leipzig from Munich to spend one night visiting with my brother and his family before heading to Prague for a couple of nights. Right now the next 2 destinations would be Vienna and Venice but that is still undecided.
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For those of you have done pickup and factory tour on same day, how much time should you allow between pickup and the tour? In my e-mail to the Welt, I was clear that my pickup was 10AM. They gave me a factory tour at 11:45. I did an ED about 6 years ago and don't really remember how long it took. Of course I don't want to be rushed and I assume there is some transit (on foot?) time to go from the Welt to the factory. And of course I'd want to be 10-15 minutes early for the tour. Should I call to request my delivery time slot to be moved up or am I safe as-is? |
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I do agree with others though, the road in Germany is so much better compares to the ones in US. Very clean and almost zero potholes. I think most cars there are without clear bra. And their car dont seem to get much rock chips compare to US as i was looking through their parked cars on the street. I have recently created a ED journal in the photo section, you can get a glimpse of what clear tape look like on the car. http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1101462
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Nice Journal. Looks like you had a great time. Wish I had that much time to spend there doing all of that this trip, but unfortunately only have 2 days with the car. |
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Do you guy think I need to buy a ticket early or should I wait till I get there? |
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Please be aware that Ring opening times can and do change based on a variety of factors so check on the day you want to go.
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What's interesting, and I suppose that I should have researched this prior, but according to the Welt, they do not offer any factory tours on the weekend.
My delivery is on Saturday May 16th, so I guess that means no factory tour I'm looking into pushing up the delivery time now. I'm kind of disappointed, but at the same time, that means i'm on the road earlier!
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The time the Welt gave me was 11:45 and that was for an english tour. Odd that it seemingly used to be 11:30. I wonder what sort of difference 15 minutes made!
Thanks for the help on the pickup time vs. factory tour schedule! |
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