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European road trip
Guys - A big thank you for all the help with my attempts to insure a US registered car in Europe. I made it back and the car is still on one piece! Although there is rather more of me due to the excellent food enjoyed on the trip.
It was a truly epic driving trip. We drove the car from Key West to NY and then picked the car up in Belgium. Meandered our way down as far as the Amalfi coast and then back to the UK via Germany (and many points in between).
Some pictures:
In the Swiss Alps.
Tuscany
An attempt at a wrist shot....
Not for the faint of heart... As a bus/truck/gaggle of scooters were likely to emerge....
Secure parking in Napoli
Country road in the UK - Kent.
Suffolk:
The only disappointment being the fabled German Autobahns - Way too much traffic (caravans and trucks galore) and the weather wasn't cooperating.... So the legal high speed blat will have to be revisited.
An epic trip to be resumed in September.
European road trip
Guys - A big thank you for all the help with my attempts to insure a US registered car in Europe. I made it back and the car is still on one piece! Although there is rather more of me due to the excellent food enjoyed on the trip. It was a truly epic driv...
Great trip! Looks like you had the right sample of roads.
I hope you did the Stelvio pass among other serpentine roads. And regarding the german motorways, you are right, you cannot drive anymore fast at any times. This is why i drive at night or really early to work...5:30 on the morning allows me to do my 210 ...
It's hard to imagine...
about 32 years ago I lived in Göttingen, but most of my work was in the Ruhrgebiet. Friday evenings I would drive home and it happened many times on the Autobahn that I would see no other car driving my direction from Paderborn to Kassel. Those where the ...
My favorite Beemer
Awesome Carl. The Z8 is my favorite BMW. Very cool trip, thanks for sharing these pics. Regards, ED-209
Sweet ride.
I have always been a fan of the very special Z8. The car just enhances the road trip. Best, JerryW
Snaps...
Well I ended up with 2500+ pictures. It\'s going to take sometime to sort them out.... Here\'s some from along the way. Brugge: J and a drill bit! Lake Lucerne: Portofino: Watching the soccer: Venice: A taxi in rome: From the Hilton bar. Munich: Nuremberg...
great pics Carl
Initially i thought you were mad to ship your own car across for this roadtrip, but it has obviously worked for you. You have a car you are used to on roads that are unfamiliar which is sensible. Did you do much of the UK? I know some stunning roads all o...
Being English...
... I\'ve done a fair amount of the UK. Especially with my immediate family being fairly well disbursed. We did another UK road trip last year acquainting my better half with friends and family. Had some fun with a Fiat 500 (modern version).
Didnt realise you were one...
Didnt realise you were one of her majesties finest Carl. You obviously know UK roads as well as i do. Best G On Aug 9, 2012 3:08 AM, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* carl (registered) on August 8th, 2012 - 19:07 > > *Title:...
Your hotel in Rome...
Your hotel in Rome, was it the Cavalieri Hotel with an impressive art collection? I remember that view of the cityline you posted. Great trip. Hope to be able to do that trip someday myself.
The photo was taken from the rooftop bar at the Hilton.
We took a trip up the hill for cocktails with a view. Spectacular on both counts!
Great car, great roads, congrats, Carl, looks like you were in automotive heaven.
Interesting tonality in the pics - were those done in post, or straight out of camera? Cheers, TM
A dream realized...
To drive a roadster in the Swiss Alps. It was epic. The pictures were all taken with an iphone - I had decided to not take a camera on the trip. For the mot part it worked but I would have enjoyed having some other lens options. As it was the car was pack...
Really enjoyable photos ...
... and the composition and subjects work well with the Instagram filter you chose. Do you recall which filter was used for these? IPhone 4S? Thanks for taking us along on the trip. Andrew
iPhone4s
And I used one of the xpro ii, lo-fi or Hefe filters depending on the exposure. One very annoying thing with instagram is that it always forces a crop of a portrait image but not a landscape. A silly feature/bug.
I'm jealous :)
What beautiful trip, and in one of my fav cars. :) Thanks for sharing. cheers Vte :)
Wow great trip !!!
Very nice Z8!!! Beautiful pictures too.... I'm from Belgium, next time you're around; feel free to contact me ( Bart_Thans@hotmail.com ), if you want I can show you around a bit (I live in Ghent) and I'll buy you a beer and we can talk watches & cards...
Not sure where she is being shipped back from.
... But in the event it is Belgium I shall definitely hold you to that! Loved the beer and food.
Awesome trip and report ..
.. One of only places on the Getmsn Autobahn is close to the German border. So that's on E45 between Neumünster and Flensburg. That's where I generally always have tested high speed on my cars :-) Best was in my Golf GTI 16V from 1987 that I had when I wa...
Insurance
Hi Carl, good to hear the insurance"thing" finally worked out well. That's probably the most amazing trip one can make, i have been to most of these locations but never in one mega-trip :-) . When you're in Belgium let us know, there's so little to do ove...
For a long trip the limited luggage space was really tough...
.. And packing the trunk an art form. Plus it was Saldi season which ultimately entailed shipping the excess back.... But being able to drop the roof was priceless.
View down ...
Composite of about 6 images stitched together... One of the issues with a lack of wide angle... ...
A stunning road. I hope...
A stunning road. I hope you did it a few times and gave it the full monty :-) G On Aug 9, 2012 2:57 AM, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* carl (registered) on August 8th, 2012 - 18:56 > > *Title: View down ... > * > > *
Thanks a lot ...
for sharing your dream with us. It was a pleasure to look at. Any other dreams like this, you have in mind? To work on and for dreams is pleasure and pain, but at the end there is pleasure only. Hopefully ;-) Oliver
The Automotove forum is running great!
Thank you for reportung your " escape " and the pick up of your awesome Z 8. A dream car for many of us, and what's better than a road trip to celebrate this moment? Keep the pics coming! Best, Nicolas
