Automotive

Been a while since I have posted a write up of a road trip, so figured it’s a good opportunity to return to the genre. Some time ago I did a ‘mountain passes of the Mille Miglia’ themed drive through parts of Italy. In the end this was the focus of a smal...  

These days the serious ones get done without the family as they would not enjoy it. Depending on location they are generally 600 miles plus a day and of highly concentrated driving. Not a fully mod friendly environment 😂

We had an M3 Competition Touring this time around. Very capable overall but the seats are less than ideal for several days of hard driving and the brakes gave one a strange feeling. They did the job objectively but you never felt you could fully rely on t... 

If yours was the M5 or RS6 (my memory is fading fast) but both should add the comfort on the longer stretches to the excitement one gets with the RE4 👍🏻

I was there in 2011 for a Bologna/Milano/Venezia roadtrip, I still remember getting a speeding ticket in central bologna upon my return from the rental car company and we were in a diesel compact car. I had a great time, food was amazing as always. Those ... 

When it comes to motorcycles. But I don’t ride so cannot give a definitive picture. We did it in an M3 Competition Touring and while generally a very capable choice it wasn’t ideal. One of the main downfalls were the seats, which were not up to the job of... 

The road looks good for some spirited drive...and you had the right watch with you😁

And I like your MM: the cream and red dial looks very good. Best, Emmanuel

Are a nice touch indeed. The date wheel even here is not dial colored, though 🤷🏻‍♂️

Did you take the Via Bolognese down to Piazza della Liberta to enter Firenze? Piazza Liberta has a mini Arc de Triomphe Spent a year of my life here Formative

Will check the route as to the entry but it was a long slow descent into town (we were largely avoiding the autostradas throughout). There are several more installments to follow, probably likewise in your erstwhile hunting grounds 😉👍🏻🏁

Into Lazio, East to Assisi, North to San Marino and a small Alpine section 😊👍🏻

Roads look perfect for enjoyment and some fun peppered in, for sure. Great choice of watch as well! Love the look your MM on that strap! Happy Easter, Alex

Will have several more installments in the weeks to come. Find it a bit of an easier read on the one hand and also easier to write them separately (especially the uploading pictures part) 😊👍🏻

Was convenient and in some ways very capable but still not my favorite 🤷🏻‍♂️ The seats, the brakes, the rear axle… Has good grip on snow, though, on which more in the next episodes 😉👍🏻

Brunelleschi considered the Baptistry at San Giovanni to be the "near-perfect building" inspiring his studies in visualization and representation. c Italy Guides and www ...  

Learning unexpected things all the time 😊👍🏻 Thanks so much for this piece of history - much appreciated 👍🏻🙏🏻

The write ups require a bit of map checking (the other segments more so, as we had to fight GoogleMaps to get a fun route as opposed to a short or quick one) 😊🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️