European Delivery trip route ideas and discussions

[stealth.pilot]

Originally Posted by raymeechen

Is anybody following the trip packages suggested by BMW?
http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...eOverview.aspx

This Oct is my first ED and since I am not too familiar with Germany, I am thinking picking one of the 5 days trips. Has anyone done it and any advise?

Thanks for this. I am going to borrow some ideas from this to inject into my itinerary.

[Bnicely]

9/12 leave Atl
9/13 Munich - Hotel Konigshoff
9/14 Welt
9/15 ??
9/16 Villa d este Lago di Como
9/18 Portofino ?
9/19 to 9/21Firenze
9/22 somewhere between Firenze and Munich
9/23 Munich
9/24 bye bye Euro friends Hello Atl

Love to hear suggestions on evening of Friday, car delivery day the 14th ans Saturday the 15th before heading to Como with my GF and new sled.Also suggestions on 9/22. Peace.
Bobby

[dkreidel]

Originally Posted by Bnicely

9/12 leave Atl
9/13 Munich - Hotel Konigshoff
9/14 Welt
9/15 ??
9/16 Villa d este Lago di Como
9/18 Portofino ?
9/19 to 9/21Firenze
9/22 somewhere between Firenze and Munich
9/23 Munich
9/24 bye bye Euro friends Hello Atl

Love to hear suggestions on evening of Friday, car delivery day the 14th ans Saturday the 15th before heading to Como with my GF and new sled.Also suggestions on 9/22. Peace.
Bobby

You certainly are gonna stay at the nicest place on the lake You might look into Asolo IT for the 22nd; there are some nice places to stay and eat in this tiny hilltop village... but not as nice as Villa de Este

dk

[M54ccibo]

Our route...

9/7 Depart LAX
9/8-10 Munich
9/10 Pickup the "new boss" at Der Welt
9/10-12 Murren, Switzerland
9/12-14 Bellagio, Italy via via Grimsel and Furka passes
9/14-16 Ville Franche, France
9/17 Drop off car (cry) and fly back to LAX

[stealth.pilot]

Originally Posted by Bnicely

9/12 leave Atl
9/13 Munich - Hotel Konigshoff
9/14 Welt
9/15 ??
9/16 Villa d este Lago di Como
9/18 Portofino ?
9/19 to 9/21Firenze
9/22 somewhere between Firenze and Munich
9/23 Munich
9/24 bye bye Euro friends Hello Atl

Love to hear suggestions on evening of Friday, car delivery day the 14th ans Saturday the 15th before heading to Como with my GF and new sled.Also suggestions on 9/22. Peace.
Bobby

Very similar dates to us. Also flying out of ATL and having ED on the 14th.

[Bnicely]

Stealth pilot I look forward to meeting u! I will be the lucky guy doing back flips and cranking up the b&o sound system with my hottie GF looking at me like I am some psycho 16yr old getting his first car. Actually just love bimmers, this will be my 4th M, and I think my 10th bimmer, going back to the 325es days.
Hope to do the museum tour Thursday, still have to set things up with sales guy. Because come delivery day I plan on doing some serious motoring.
Btw thanks to all on this site! Gathered a lot of pertinent info on F10 as well as after market options, uber cool. Peace

[m5huang]

I just booked my tickets. Fly into Munich on 10/26. ED delivery on 10/27. Then drop off in Zurich on 11/5. In between those days, I'm trying to figure out a good itinerary. Based on the forums, it seems I should drive through Northern Italy/Alps via Stelvio pass. My concern is if I'll need to rent snow tires. I've searched the forums and received mixed answers.

Anyone else doing that route?

[johntomferg]

Here is my planned route:

Fly into Munich on 29-Sept.
Sunday in Munich.
Monday, Pickup Car, Factory Tour northeast of Munich.
Tuesday, Drive to Berchtesgaden (166km) http://goo.gl/maps/nt9i
Wednesday, Drive to Fussen (277km) http://goo.gl/maps/mFcM
Thursday, Drive to Karksruhe (423km) http://goo.gl/maps/KrZE
Friday, Drive to Berlin/Potsdam (Final path not yet decided could be 600+km)
Saturday, in Berlin/Potsdam
Sunday, Travel to Munich (~564km) http://goo.gl/maps/A5dpp
Monday, Drop off Car, Fly out.

Should be a little over 2000 km (~1250 miles) by the time the trip is over.

[jmh]

Originally Posted by johntomferg

Here is my planned route:

Fly into Munich on 29-Sept.
Sunday in Munich.
Monday, Pickup Car, Factory Tour northeast of Munich.
Tuesday, Drive to Berchtesgaden (166km) http://goo.gl/maps/nt9i
Wednesday, Drive to Fussen (277km) http://goo.gl/maps/mFcM
Thursday, Drive to Karksruhe (423km) http://goo.gl/maps/KrZE
Friday, Drive to Berlin/Potsdam (Final path not yet decided could be 600+km)
Saturday, in Berlin/Potsdam
Sunday, Travel to Munich (~564km) http://goo.gl/maps/A5dpp
Monday, Drop off Car, Fly out.

Should be a little over 2000 km (~1250 miles) by the time the trip is over.

Sounds like a great route !
Looks like we'll see each other on delivery day and when you drop off the car

I am going to other direction

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...73e14cdc&msa=0

10/2 Munich to Schliersee (http://www.slyrs.de/ only Whiskey distillery in Germany)
Tatzelwurm
Thierbach
Kitzbuehel
Zell am See
10/3 Grossglockner
Cortina D'Ampezzo
Pordoi Pass
Bolzano
Lake Garda
10/4 Lake Garda (QoS road)
Stelvio Pass
Silvretta
10/5 Lech am Arlberg
Castles (Neuschswanstein, Hohenschwangau, Ettal,etc)
Garmisch Paternkirchen
10/6 Kochelsee
Starnberger See
Munich
10/7 Munich
G-Power
Alpina
maybe Octoberfest/BMW Mueseeum etc
10/8 Some more Munich
drop off
10/9 Flying back to Boston

[johntomferg]

Originally Posted by jmh

Sounds like a great route !
Looks like we'll see each other on delivery day and when you drop off the car

I am going to other direction

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...73e14cdc&msa=0

Very nice! Staying at Kipinski (sp.?) on the final night? That is where the wife and I are.

Looks like we will have to definitely meet up again and share experiences!

I'm back and forth to UK with work on each end of the trip before coming back to the US, so my hop-in and hop-outs of Munich are much shorter. The wife is coming and going the long haul though.

[jmh]

Originally Posted by johntomferg

Very nice! Staying at Kipinski (sp.?) on the final night? That is where the wife and I are.

Looks like we will have to definitely meet up again and share experiences!

I'm back and forth to UK with work on each end of the trip before coming back to the US, so my hop-in and hop-outs of Munich are much shorter. The wife is coming and going the long haul though.

It's the Kempinski Hotel at the airport. It's a pretty nice place and very convenient.
Yeah I'm coming into Munich via UK as well (customer visits before taking delivery).
Will be fun to compare notes after a week driving the cars

[m5huang]

Originally Posted by jmh

Sounds like a great route !
Looks like we'll see each other on delivery day and when you drop off the car

I am going to other direction

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...73e14cdc&msa=0

10/2 Munich to Schliersee (http://www.slyrs.de/ only Whiskey distillery in Germany)
Tatzelwurm
Thierbach
Kitzbuehel
Zell am See
10/3 Grossglockner
Cortina D'Ampezzo
Pordoi Pass
Bolzano
Lake Garda
10/4 Lake Garda (QoS road)
Stelvio Pass
Silvretta
10/5 Lech am Arlberg
Castles (Neuschswanstein, Hohenschwangau, Ettal,etc)
Garmisch Paternkirchen
10/6 Kochelsee
Starnberger See
Munich
10/7 Munich
G-Power
Alpina
maybe Octoberfest/BMW Mueseeum etc
10/8 Some more Munich
drop off
10/9 Flying back to Boston

Thanks for posting your map route. Looks fantastic! Can you please let me know how the roads are when you hit the Alps and passes? I won't have winter tires so just want to be sure I can make it since I'll be there a few weeks after you.

[jmh]

Originally Posted by m5huang

Thanks for posting your map route. Looks fantastic! Can you please let me know how the roads are when you hit the Alps and passes? I won't have winter tires so just want to be sure I can make it since I'll be there a few weeks after you.

No problem. I have individual maps for each segment and can pass them on if interested
(also hotels etc) .
Happy to give you an update after our trip , however at the end of October things can become tricky as snow is not uncommon and many passes will close at least for days if not the season (like Grossglockner you should call ahead just to make sure http://www.grossglockner.at/en/service/) . I'd suggest to always have a Plan B via some other route/tunnel (such as Brenner etc) if you want to cross the alps .

[cpdp]

why is everybody so crazy about salzburg? vienna is far nicer and way more interesting I think...