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      10-22-2013, 12:16 PM   #89
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wow dude, that was an epic journey. a lot of driving. 500-600 miles/day! a lot of m5 bonding time and time to think. i admire your willingness to take the scenic route and not just bee-line it. your pictures remind me how beautiful a country we live in. how did the PSS's do in the cold/snow? i also loved the music for your video, sounds like you were going on the quest to destroy the one dark ring of power!
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This is awesome! Congrats on 0 tickets.
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      10-22-2013, 12:55 PM   #91
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This is awesome! Congrats on 0 tickets.
Which is pretty amazing considering I hit the limiter several times in several states. Lol!
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wow dude, that was an epic journey. a lot of driving. 500-600 miles/day! a lot of m5 bonding time and time to think. i admire your willingness to take the scenic route and not just bee-line it. your pictures remind me how beautiful a country we live in. how did the PSS's do in the cold/snow? i also loved the music for your video, sounds like you were going on the quest to destroy the one dark ring of power!
The PSS's did fantastic throughout the trip, but the snowy part of the trip only had melted snow on the roads, so no big deal.
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Great journey, great car, great write-up.

A lot of these thousand mile journeys lately. This is something i want to do in the near future.
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      10-22-2013, 02:31 PM   #94
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This is awesome! Congrats on 0 tickets.
Which is pretty amazing considering I hit the limiter several times in several states. Lol!
Did you have to add any oil? I'm assuming at least a few quarts. I'm almost at my second service and at 11200 miles and I've added about 9 so far lol.
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What an AWESOME road trip.

And here I thought I held the record for the most pics in one thread! lol Nice job.
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What an AWESOME road trip.

And here I thought I held the record for the most pics in one thread! lol Nice job.
Thanks bro! I always enjoy your photos too! Will have to visit you the next time I do Euro Delivery.
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Hey Dave.....when are u making it up to NY!?!?
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      10-22-2013, 05:57 PM   #98
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Dave you'll have to drive back for the next track day. Only take the direct route this time.
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      10-22-2013, 06:00 PM   #99
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Dave you'll have to drive back for the next track day. Only take the direct route this time.
Lol! I wish. I've already got a track day coming up over here on the East Coast. Will create another thread when I get back.
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best write up I've read. truly awesome journey, I may do this in my E93 M3 one day! I could only imagine doing this with the top down.
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This is by far an epic journey on Its own.
We'll, Bon chance on your new endeavor. Seeing all those beautiful scenery in California alone will make me think twice about moving elsewhere.

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Thanks for sharing your pics of your road trip. Now, you have inspired me to do the same, take the car out for a long spin!
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Hey Dave.....when are u making it up to NY!?!?
Soon bro, soon.
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I finally got through the entire journal, what a trip and pictorial! Thank you for sharing.

And now you can add a US outline sticker to the back of your Nurburgring Edition M5.
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      10-23-2013, 06:28 PM   #105
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Soon bro, soon.
Boogie down in the house. No need to warn the New Yorkers when you're rolling through, we'll hear you.
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I finally got through the entire journal, what a trip and pictorial! Thank you for sharing.

And now you can add a US outline sticker to the back of your Nurburgring Edition M5.
Thanks Jason! That means a lot to me.

Right now I'm at the point on deciding what to do about my M5. She's pretty beat up from the trip. I just hand washed her myself today and I came to the realization that my front hood is pretty much jacked up from the trip. I've got rock chips everywhere. The fenders aren't much better. I have clear bra on the front bumper so that's ok. I'm wondering if I should try to do a paint correction or even try to make a claim on my insurance to have the hood reprinted and the fenders or if I should wrap the car in another color. A 2014 M5 or M6 is on my mind too, but I dunno. I've got a track day at VIR coming up next month, so do I let the M5 get beat up some more? Hmmm...

In the mean time, I put my poor Mika away until this weekend, when we will have a small F10 M5 meet here in the DC area. She's pretty clean right now and should hopefully stay that way for a while.

Decisions decisions...
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Thanks Jason! That means a lot to me.

Right now I'm at the point on deciding what to do about my M5. She's pretty beat up from the trip. I just hand washed her myself today and I came to the realization that my front hood is pretty much jacked up from the trip. I've got rock chips everywhere. The fenders aren't much better. I have clear bra on the front bumper so that's ok. I'm wondering if I should try to do a paint correction or even try to make a claim on my insurance to have the hood reprinted and the fenders or if I should wrap the car in another color. A 2014 M5 or M6 is on my mind too, but I dunno. I've got a track day at VIR coming up next month, so do I let the M5 get beat up some more? Hmmm...

In the mean time, I put my poor Mika away until this weekend, when we will have a small F10 M5 meet here in the DC area. She's pretty clean right now and should hopefully stay that way for a while.

Decisions decisions...
Damn dude, how bad are the chips? Was it from sand on the snowy roads?

VIR...now I can't wait to see pics/vids from that.
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Thanks Jason! That means a lot to me.

Right now I'm at the point on deciding what to do about my M5. She's pretty beat up from the trip. I just hand washed her myself today and I came to the realization that my front hood is pretty much jacked up from the trip. I've got rock chips everywhere. The fenders aren't much better. I have clear bra on the front bumper so that's ok. I'm wondering if I should try to do a paint correction or even try to make a claim on my insurance to have the hood reprinted and the fenders or if I should wrap the car in another color. A 2014 M5 or M6 is on my mind too, but I dunno. I've got a track day at VIR coming up next month, so do I let the M5 get beat up some more? Hmmm...

In the mean time, I put my poor Mika away until this weekend, when we will have a small F10 M5 meet here in the DC area. She's pretty clean right now and should hopefully stay that way for a while.

Decisions decisions...
Damn dude, how bad are the chips? Was it from sand on the snowy roads?

VIR...now I can't wait to see pics/vids from that.
The chips are really bad. There's a couple that are huge as well. It will def cost a lot to respray the entire hood.

Yeah VIR is going to be sick, we get the entire track too! I'll definitely be making some straightpiped videos from that weekend!
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The chips are really bad. There's a couple that are huge as well. It will def cost a lot to respray the entire hood.

Yeah VIR is going to be sick, we get the entire track too! I'll definitely be making some straightpiped videos from that weekend!
Private track day at VIR? Tell us more!!!
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So awesome. I really love the new M5.

Great journey, thanks for sharing.

I think spending 4 grand on a stereo upgrade is gluttonous and absurd, but if I was in the position to buy a new M5 I'm not sure I could turn it down.
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