335IS: The Ultimate BMW European Delivery - 6 weeks / 10,000 miles

Kolyan2k · 02-24-2012, 11:56 AM

My Euro trip is tomorrow

Looks like temps jumped like crazy in past few week. It was like -15-20C there, now its +10-15C. Better stay near 0C in mountains, I hate skiing when its warm.

ps. my wife is 50% Polish

marv85 · 02-24-2012, 05:07 PM

Epic Write-up!! Awesome pics, made stop work to read all of it

dasano18 · 02-24-2012, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

My Euro trip is tomorrow

Looks like temps jumped like crazy in past few week. It was like -15-20C there, now its +10-15C. Better stay near 0C in mountains, I hate skiing when its warm.

ps. my wife is 50% Polish

WOW WOW WOW! That looks amazing. Skiing done right. What mountain is that exactly. I have to put that on my bucket list lol.

As for your wife. Polish women make for great wives but im sure you already know that

dasano18 · 02-24-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by marv85

Epic Write-up!! Awesome pics, made stop work to read all of it

Thank you. Work can get boring and monotonous so im happy i provided some entertainment.

Mizipiman · 02-24-2012, 05:41 PM

Nice post! I do my ED on March 12th! CAN'T WAIT!! But I live in Germany so it is just a train ride to Munich for me. I have been to most of the places that you did on your ED. I think Poland is my favorite and you're right, the roads are MUCH better now than they used to be, the autobahns anyway. I did the passes in the Swiss Alps on my Harley a few years ago and they are awesome. Hard to look at the scenery and drive at the same time, especially on a bike, not to mention there are no guard rails only a very long drop. I see a lot of people talking about the Autobahn and how awesome it is and how crap out highways are. I disagree. I think the autobahn of today is WAY over rated. It is falling apart in a lot of places and because of this, the areas where there is no speed limit is short. A lot of construction so the limit is constantly changing. I think most of the US highways are better, just speed limit sucks! Great write-up!

Kolyan2k · 02-24-2012, 05:45 PM

That's Val-d'Isère/Tignes, France. It's one of the best and biggest places to ski in Europe. Use Clubmed if you got money, they have one in each town, but Val-d'Isère is expensive. On a cheap side can stay at La Daille its shitty but ski-in ski-out and only about 15-20 min away walking from Val

dasano18 · 02-24-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mizipiman

Nice post! I do my ED on March 12th! CAN'T WAIT!! But I live in Germany so it is just a train ride to Munich for me. I have been to most of the places that you did on your ED. I think Poland is my favorite and you're right, the roads are MUCH better now than they used to be, the autobahns anyway. I did the passes in the Swiss Alps on my Harley a few years ago and they are awesome. Hard to look at the scenery and drive at the same time, especially on a bike, not to mention there are no guard rails only a very long drop. I see a lot of people talking about the Autobahn and how awesome it is and how crap out highways are. I disagree. I think the autobahn of today is WAY over rated. It is falling apart in a lot of places and because of this, the areas where there is no speed limit is short. A lot of construction so the limit is constantly changing. I think most of the US highways are better, just speed limit sucks! Great write-up!

Honestly with all the construction zones, speed zones and whatever other gripes Germans have with the Autobahn they pale in comparison to how bad US roads are, and more specifically NY roads.

I honestly enjoyed myself more in the alps but in terms of HIGHWAY nothing beats Germany and their system.

Thanks for the compliment.

dasano18 · 02-24-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

That's Val-d'Isère/Tignes, France. It's one of the best and biggest places to ski in Europe. Use Clubmed if you got money, they have one in each town, but Val-d'Isère is expensive. On a cheap side can stay at La Daille its shitty but ski-in ski-out and only about 15-20 min away walking from Val

Screw that. I work hard and ill be goddamned if i dont play hard. Val-d'Isère /Tignes, France better get ready because im going to shred some slopes there soon lol. Looks like an awesome place to go for a winter vacation.

stressdoc · 02-24-2012, 09:31 PM

Fantastic! This is how to spend your youth. Marry Marta, or Vanessa. Or both. Would have rocked to have a foursome traveling. Perfect car, great trip. Wooohooo!

andrewket · 02-24-2012, 09:38 PM

By far the best ED story I've read. You must hold the record at 10K miles.

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Doctor///M · 02-24-2012, 11:02 PM

...definitely the most famous face on this forum. Next time - ED. Thanks for sharing!

dasano18 · 02-25-2012, 11:37 AM

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Fantastic! This is how to spend your youth. Marry Marta, or Vanessa. Or both. Would have rocked to have a foursome traveling. Perfect car, great trip. Wooohooo!

Thats right!! lol

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Originally Posted by andrewket

By far the best ED story I've read. You must hold the record at 10K miles.

Thanks for the compliment. I was thinking that. I havent really heard of anyone putting that many miles on an ED and ive read a lot of write ups prior to mine. Would be nice to hold the record

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Originally Posted by vtm6000

...definitely the most famous face on this forum. Next time - ED. Thanks for sharing!

THANKS!

SELAX43 · 02-25-2012, 12:57 PM

That's the way to do it- a fantastic summer!

Mizipiman · 02-25-2012, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dasano18

Honestly with all the construction zones, speed zones and whatever other gripes Germans have with the Autobahn they pale in comparison to how bad US roads are, and more specifically NY roads.

I honestly enjoyed myself more in the alps but in terms of HIGHWAY nothing beats Germany and their system.

Thanks for the compliment.

I would have to disagree. I am American, lived in Europe (Italy and Germany) for 7 years, and I think US highways are better than Autobahn. I'm sure the autobahn was much better at one time, but now they have been so neglected and the Germans are now trying to catch up. I think the Swiss, Holland and Belgium highways are in better condition. The speed limit may be 130, but since it is a steady limit for the most part, you get to where you are going quicker. Forgot to mention that I am also getting a 335is. Can't wait!

Yes, Alps are much more enjoyable. All in all, superhighways are all boring no matter where you are.

dasano18 · 02-25-2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mizipiman

I would have to disagree. I am American, lived in Europe (Italy and Germany) for 7 years, and I think US highways are better than Autobahn. I'm sure the autobahn was much better at one time, but now they have been so neglected and the Germans are now trying to catch up. I think the Swiss, Holland and Belgium highways are in better condition. The speed limit may be 130, but since it is a steady limit for the most part, you get to where you are going quicker. Forgot to mention that I am also getting a 335is. Can't wait!

Yes, Alps are much more enjoyable. All in all, superhighways are all boring no matter where you are.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree lol. I will say though that i was impressed by the highways in Holland but ill still stick with Germany. Alps>everything else.

Congrats on the IS!

spdy330 · 02-25-2012, 09:20 PM

Great experience you have but not a proper wayto break in your new car with less than 350 miles on it. Congrats on the purchase and the vacation!

Dashdog · 02-26-2012, 08:42 AM

Surprised the gas gauge needle isn't blurry in that pic!

335(EX)(EYE) · 02-26-2012, 09:47 AM

this is AMAZING. i lived in europe for awhile (SWITZERLAND) did you go or have you been? great roads there. some of the most scariest but funnest roads i have ever driven.

like'n'i6 · 02-26-2012, 12:19 PM

10k miles! holy moly. if i ever went to europe, this is exactly how i would want to do it!

Pentium · 03-03-2012, 06:09 AM

holy crap! this is the ultimate driving machine with the untimate delivery!

I like the ring lap the most! god I wana be there!

dasano18 · 03-03-2012, 09:41 AM

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holy crap! this is the ultimate driving machine with the untimate delivery!

I like the ring lap the most! god I wana be there!

That should have been the title of the thread lol. Thanks.

The ring is as close to heaven as i will ever come lol.

iBoost · 03-06-2012, 05:02 PM

holyshit! and procede during ED is this even possible lol best ED story ever. congrats!

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Mizipiman New Member 9 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 2012 335is Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	Nice post! I do my ED on March 12th! CAN'T WAIT!! But I live in Germany so it is just a train ride to Munich for me. I have been to most of the places that you did on your ED. I think Poland is my favorite and you're right, the roads are MUCH better now than they used to be, the autobahns anyway. I did the passes in the Swiss Alps on my Harley a few years ago and they are awesome. Hard to look at the scenery and drive at the same time, especially on a bike, not to mention there are no guard rails only a very long drop. I see a lot of people talking about the Autobahn and how awesome it is and how crap out highways are. I disagree. I think the autobahn of today is WAY over rated. It is falling apart in a lot of places and because of this, the areas where there is no speed limit is short. A lot of construction so the limit is constantly changing. I think most of the US highways are better, just speed limit sucks! Great write-up!
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