ATTA BOY!!

 

SWEEEEEET!!!

I'm glad you're getting that experience. You definitely deserve something nice for all of your trouble. Take a lot of pictures, and get that baby going as fast as possible on the Autobahn.

Cheers!

 

Congrats

Start reading the tour books, had two tours in the military in Germany and only made it out of the country once (ski trip to Austria). There is so much to see and do in Germany[&:]

And now there is twice a much to see anddo, seeing there is no more East Germany.

I cannot wait for the 2.0T Quattro, if and when it comes out, maybe I should take European delivery. I have plenty of time to save for it and I bet Germany has changed tremendously since 1986.

 

Too bad you will probably not make it out of the break-in period during those 15 days.

 

I've thought about this whole break-in thing. I wonder what the Germans do? They have to break in cars, but they live on the Autobahn.... hmmm... I'm sure I'll find out.

 

Break in, rake in.....dont even worry about it dude!!

Drive it like a CHAMP in Germany, take those curvacious road ways while your accelerating like a MAD MAN!!!

 

Good advice DCNY. Can you believe I'm ordering a car again? Never would have thought this last year when you and I got our cars.

But I'm excited about getting sprint blue and s-line.Will be a fun change. I hope to take it to the track and some SCCA events on occasion.

I understand the roads in Germany are built almost 3 feet thick. Smooth and curvacious they are.

 

Definitely drive it spiritedly in Germany. Maybe a couple warm up laps to Italy first?

Cheers!

 

Damn!!

you're making everyone jealous here.

you better come back with lots of pics for us. the autobahn is like heaven. just thinking about those'end of speed limit' signs makes me turn green of envy!![:'(][:'(][:'(]

 

I just got back from Bavaria last week. Vacation. I was there with my two daughters and my parents. We were in a Mercedes M-Class diesel (I tried to get a Q7 but they don't rent them!) and drove through Ingolstadt on our way from Nuremberg to Munich. Unfortunately, no one else was into the idea of touring the Audi factory, so we did not stop, but pushed on through to tour Dachau that day---[sm=smiley5.gif].

Anyway, the autobahn in that area is mostly no speed limit and the road surface is excellent. My typical speed through the rural areas was 150-160 km/h. Once I got it up to 195, but then hit traffic. Funny thing was, no one in the car seemed to notice how fast I was going, heh heh. Oddly enough, though there were plenty of Audis around (not so many A3s--and not an S3 to be seen), the real speed demons (cars that were passing me at least 25 mph faster) were the big Mercedes and BMWs. Also a few Golf GTIs.

Bavaria is a really choice area to tour with many attractions.There arethe mountain areas in the south and of courseMunich-one of the world's great cities, looking better than ever and very chic; I would also recommend two small cities, both appear on the UNESCO World Heritage list: Regensburg and Bamberg (north of Nuremberg). Both were spared bombing during the war and so are super well-preserved. They also have their own distinctive and excellent beers--one in Bamberg to try is Rauchbier, which has a distinctly smoky flavor...interesting.

Happened upon a classic car show in a square in Regensburg and snapped a pic of one of my faves...hope it appears below...


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