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  1. PoleApart

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    #1 PoleApart, Jul 7, 2011
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    On Sunday, together with my 12 year old son, we’re embarking on a 2 week cross European trip in our 328, taking in a number of museums and petrolhead sites that we’ve always wanted to see and anything car related along the way. Current plan is as follows

    Sunday – Drive Warsaw to Berlin
    Monday – Visit Meilenwerk http://www.meilenwerk.de in Berlin, drive the Avus straight, drive to Sinsheim.
    Tuesday – See Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/ , drive to Stuttgart, stay at the Meilenwerk hotel near Stuttgart: http://www.v8hotel.de/en/hotel.html
    Wednesday – Porsche Museum and Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart.
    Thursday – Drive to Autosalon Singen, http://www.autosalon-singen.de/en/startmix.html ogle :) , drive to Andermatt with possibly some Alpine passes along the way.
    Friday – drive from Andermatt to Lamborghini museum in Santa Agata, drive to Maranello.
    Saturday – Visit Galleria Ferrari, drive via Abetone through the hills from Maranello to San Gimignano.
    Saturday to Saturday - Meet up with several European FChatters for a week in Tuscany, driving around enjoying food, wine, scenery and company of friends. My wife and 2 daughthers fly in to join us for the week.
    Wednesday – Factory tours for our group at Pagani and Maserati (long day)
    Saturday morning – Early start for return from Tuscany, overnight in Salzburg, Austria
    Sunday – Hangar 7 and Flying Bulls http://www.flyingbulls.at/#/en/Home/ If time allows we'll also visit Tatra museum in Koprivnice, Czech Republic www.tatramuseum.cz and back to Warsaw.

    Assuming we have wifi access in the places we’re to be staying at I’ll be posting updates and photos in this thread. Fingers crossed for the 328’s reliability in all of this. We’ve done 2 Tuscany trips in it from Poland before and she’s been bulletproof. Expecting to do around 4500 km. in the 2 weeks.

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  2. subirg

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    #2 subirg, Jul 7, 2011
    Sounds like a fantastic trip! May you enjoy every kilometer! I look forward to reading your updates from your travels. Bon voyage!
     
  3. SrfCity

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    #3 SrfCity, Jul 7, 2011
    Great trip. Look forward to the updates.
     
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    #4 Simon, Jul 8, 2011
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    I didn't realise you had so much planned. Have a safe trip. See you in Tuscany :)
     
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    #5 Ferrari 360 CS, Jul 8, 2011
    Sounds like an amazing trip, look forward to updates and of course lots of pictures!

    Safe driving!
     
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    #6 gcmerak, Jul 9, 2011
    Przemek, that looks to be a fantastic trip! :) God's speed.

    Ciao,
    George
     
  7. PoleApart

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    #7 PoleApart, Jul 10, 2011
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    Had a tiring drive to Berlin. Saw 250 km/h on the GPS on the Polish highway for a brief moment :) but mainly doing 120-150 km/h. Lots of rain but we still managed to get a late evening walk from Potsdamerplatz to Alexanderplatz past the Holocaust Museum, Brandenburg Gate and down along Unter den Linden. . Caught the New New New Beetle launch and ogled the Bentleys and Hermes Veyron at the Bentley/Bugatti showroom. As far as more mundane metal goes saw the new Golf convertible, Golf GTI 35th anniversary edition and electric cars being charged in the street Sorry - only IPhone pics today, couldn't be bothered to take the Nikon out. Regretted it the moment I saw the Bugatti. Roll on Meilenwerk tomorrow morning.
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    #8 PAP 348, Jul 10, 2011
    Love Herbie! :eek::eek:

    Thanks for the pics. :):)
     
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    #9 Darolls, Jul 11, 2011
    Some of the pics look like they may have been taken on the Ku'damm?
     
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    #10 omd78, Jul 11, 2011
    Enjoy the trip and looking forward to your reports!

    Gr. Martin
     
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    #11 Pav, Jul 11, 2011
    Good Stuff :)
     
  12. PoleApart

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    #12 PoleApart, Jul 11, 2011
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    Busy day today. Diablo, XJ220, two EB 110s and three Enzos among other classics at Meilenwerk today. On the autobahn to Sinsheim passed what looked like a 911 cabrio prototype masquerading as a Boxster. Sinsheim was awesome - great cars - F40, Bugatti's and great planes. Seeing the Concorde and Tupolev Tu-144 cabins and flight decks was a fascinating experience.
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    #13 PoleApart, Jul 11, 2011
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    Managed to wash the rather grimy 328 in front of the Sinsheim museum. On the way from Sinsheim to Stuttgart spotted a disguised Mercedes M Class replacement. At the Hilton in Stuttgart found a parking spot next to a nice candy apple SLS. Now looking forward to Mercedes and Porsche museums tomorrow.
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    #14 PauloSF, Jul 11, 2011
    Amazing pictures and amazing thing you guys are doing! Best of luck for the rest of the trip and looking forward for more pics :)

    Oh also, love you for doing this in a 328. Giving it the life that it deserves :D
     
  15. PoleApart

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    #15 PoleApart, Jul 11, 2011
    She's performing beautifully and actually loves the twisty autobahn parts. We're on Polish plates so don't care too much about getting flashed by the speed radars. Only one so far :) Looking forward to getting the top down in the Alps. Top down and fast autobahn driving is no fun :(
     
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    #16 PoleApart, Jul 12, 2011
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    Visited the Porsche & Mercedes museums today and ended up at the V8 Hotel at Meilenwerk Stuttgart. Some interesting machines in the Porsche museum car park. The Hotel is in a former airport building from where the Zeppelins flew. The whole site is a petrolhead's dream with a number of classic car dealers in the hangars and a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Wiesmann, Maserati and bentley dealerships. The rooms in the hotel are all car themed - very cool.
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    #17 Martin D, Jul 12, 2011
    Hi Przemek,

    just saw this Thread now, are you staying at the V8 Hotel tonight? When do you leave tomorrow? I was thinking about visiting it tomorrow (I live just 20 minutes by car away)
    Meilenwerk is really a great place with a lot of Ferraris. The past 3 times I've been there they always got some new cars delivered. Is that red 599 a SA Aperta or a GTO in the pic you posted? The salesman at Gohm told me that they'll get one Aperta...
    Auto Salon is also a very nice place, make sure you visit Gohm Singen too and that you also have a look at the basement in the Bentley dealership. They store a lot of used cars and also some customer cars there.

    BTW, some years ago I saw your 328 on one of the first Tuscany drives on the A81 together with Wolfgangs Testarossa and all the other guys from the UK and NL. That was a fun drive back then (should be some pics in the European section)

    Martin
     
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    #18 Veedub00, Jul 12, 2011
    love this thread! Thanks! Great stuff.
     
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    #19 SrfCity, Jul 12, 2011
    That looks to be the next generation 911 all disguised. Great pics!
     
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    #20 PoleApart, Jul 12, 2011
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    Hi Martin

    We're at the V8 Hotel tonight but leave tomorrow morning for Singen ( :) ) and on to Tuscany. Maybe drop by for a beer tonight? The storm has passed. Currently two GTO's at Gohm - yellow and red. No SA Aperta's.

    You need to see the famous 328 6 years later. You must have seen her when she was still Marc's ENZ 7645. He's coming to Tuscany this year too - in a very nice 360 Spider.
     
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    #21 PoleApart, Jul 12, 2011
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    Glad you like the pics. Here's some more Mercedes museum ones, a Cayenne emergency response vehicle and a Porsche Diesel tractor that pulled up alongside us as we were leaving the museum.
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    #23 bernardo66, Jul 12, 2011
    Another candidate for "Thread of the Month" :D
     
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    #24 Martin D, Jul 12, 2011
    Unfortunately I had no time tonight, but I might come by tomorrow morning around 8am, depending on the traffic. I'll park my car (blue Audi A4) next to yours if you're still there :)

    Was it already 6 years ago? yes, back then it was still Marc's car and we followed the group for about 30 minutes on the A81. We were waiting at the Sindelfinger Wald parking place and Wolfgang called me just before they arrived there :) Is he joining you with the Lambo?
    Hope to see you tomorrow, if not, have a nice trip and a good time in Tuscany!

    Martin
     
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    #25 kerrari, Jul 12, 2011
    Great thread, thanks for the pics. Never been to Sinsheim - looks like I better put it on the list!
     
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