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Alas, I use my Galaxy S10 phone. 12 megapixels with 3 lenses, including a wide angle and a zoom. Great photo editing capabilities. I always say "Just get the photo, crop the crap out later. Concentrate on the composition." If I want more, I send it to my ipad. Sorry to disappoint. But it seems to do pretty well. |
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12-31-2020, 08:12 AM | #91 |
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Thanks for the great photos, I'm a photographer these are great shots!
What's the craziest moment you've had while driving? Generally speaking - something you witnessed during all those miles. How fast have you gotten it up to? Subway sammiches are terrible, unless you're on a road trip, then they are awesome! |
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Wow...just wow! Incredible journey and one i'd love to do one day! Moab has a special place in my heart. I've been there a handful of times, usually on off-road / hiking trips. I absolutely love all the surrounding beauty & national parks.
I made the mistake of reading this on the john, and now my bum is sore. TMI, I know... Thanks for sharing! |
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Cool post ! And great pics, I'm over in Bethany- my E92 M3 ZCP is tucked away for winter, although on rare dry days I take her out.
Anywhoo awesome trip bud! Cheers, Merlin
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Spectacular trip
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I did something similar about a decade ago with my E36, going from Southern California to Four Corner and back...
I definitely want to do it again, like you did too... Thanks for Sharing your epic drive... Nice car !!
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Love the colour combo with black wheels. Your trip makes me want to do another one as I did 3500 miles round trip from Dublin to Barcelona and back and the return trip on my own through the night was some of the best driving ever until blowout of right front tyre at 110mph!!! Four hours through France on a 50mph space saver was painful! [IMG][/IMG] |
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The roadtrip and pictures are fabulous.
One question, how did you manage to drive the M5 back home when you leased it in San Diego instead of having to ship it back? When I leased my BMW in Bay Area I was told by the dealer I had to ship it since I was leasing out of state. |
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On the way down I got buyers remorse: What if I didn't like it after I bought it? Would I tire of it in 3 years? I didn't have my calculator, but then factored in the $5000 lease incentive, tried to do the math in my head (for 2 hours) and landed with the plan to lease it. I was told earlier that leasing it will allow me to drive it home (unlike your story). So that's what I did. And paid no tax. As it so happened, I only had the car 18 months. I've turned into one of "those" guys. Sheesh. |
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I've been to a number of those sites when my parents took us on a couple cross-country road trips. Suburban and pop up camper so a little different experience, but still cool. There are also a lot of cool spots I have never heard of.
Epic journey. Thanks for sharing and so glad you enjoyed the trip so much!
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As my first ferry was docking in Portsmouth I found a tire shop that had a Pirelli P zero and he actually changed it with in ten minutes and I was back on the road towards Wales! If anyone if ever in Spain and crossing to France. The C25 or the "Eix" as the locals call it is amazing as it three lanes of high grip asphalt but some amazing sweeping bends going up and down the mountain. It must have been that sustained load that made the tyre blow as despite being almost new it was some cheap brand that stupidly es only €50 cheaper than the correct P Zero but the previous owner had only just put it on having a gotten a puncture a week before I bought the car off him. Lesson learnt is I'll never skimp on tyres again! I sent this photo to some friends asking if an inflation mousse kit would fix it!! |
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Heh, my phone screen saver is a pic of my wife and me at Twin Falls. Beautiful area.
Great travelogue. Really enjoyed the dialogue and the pics.
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