[bubbaboy]

So flippin cool, thx.

[themightyshrek]

Nice trip, love the names you gave to some passes. Grasslocker

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by themightyshrek

Nice trip, love the names you gave to some passes. Grasslocker

Everyone makes a mistake or two. I thought I had corrected(edited) all the "Grasslocker" misspellings in the original posting. German is a difficult language. Now, they are all fixed!

euro* Again such a wonderful ED write up. Glad I could have been of assistance in planning your ED experience.

Dackel

[ElonM]

Originally Posted by RowanBuds

Great recap! Thanks for taking the time to put it together and share with us all.

I completely agree. One of the best ED write ups I have read. Thank you very much for sharing Euro!

[Kingpin4]

Excellent! Thank you!

[F10-M5]

Great story, travels and pictures, thanks for sharing.
Maybe I missed it but does the F90 require a break-in service at 1,200 miles (1,500 km)?
Or did you do exactly that mileage and they will service it before shipping the car to you?

[Vesther]

Great writeup and pictures. Congratulations on your M5, the trip, and achieving your goal in the first place!

Biggest surprise was seeing that you crossed paths with an AMG GT which I've also met recently 😁

[salsakka]

Originally Posted by euro*

Day 9: Vienna, Austria

Vienna is the capital of Austria, so it's a big European city to see. There are lots of museums, old architecture and famous government buildings. If you're into that kind of thing I'm sure you will be able to find lots of things to do and see here. I'd recommend staying about 2-3 days here. We stayed at Hotel Savoyen Vienna and had a pleasant time.

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Day 11: Bratislava, Slovakia

If you are looking for good roads, this is not the place to visit, haha. The hotel we stayed at was very good - The Loft Bratislava. It had its own restaurant and brewery on the first floor. In general, the best part about Bratislava was how cheap it was. There are enough things to do here if you come for a full day or two. There is the castle on top of the city.

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There is a lookout tower overlooking the whole city which was nice to visit.

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There is also a Cat Cafe that was a cool first experience for me and my wife.

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Day 13: Prague, Czech Republic

It took us about 3 hours of driving to get to Prague. And as you might have heard, this place is highly recommended to visit. Me and my wife did lots of touristy things here. If you are looking for stuff to do and recommendations, it is best to check out the YouTube channel called: Honest Guide. We watched a few of his vids and got our ideas there.

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My wife and I stayed in Grandior Hotel Prague, which we honestly would not recommend, as like the rest of the city it is quite old. Which meant a smelly old room even after we changed rooms. BUT, in the underground parking of that same hotel, there was a detailing place called Hommage Detailing. I dropped off my car here while we were exploring the city. The price for a full detail was very reasonable and they did a good job. Prague was one of the last places we visited before dropping off the car, so this was good final wash to get all the interior cleaned up after all the mountain passes and so on.

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Day 15: Back to Munich, Germany

The drive from Prague to Munich was pretty fun on the Autobahn. The car was already past the break-in period so it felt somewhat okay to go all out on the open unrestricted road. Once we were back in Munich we stayed at Aloft Munich again. Like mentioned before, it has great parking under the hotel. Our drop off was the next day. It was right at the Munich Airport and the drive there was about 40 minutes. After chatting with the owner Sebastio, and hearing all the crazy stories over the years of ED and what he has seen, I called an Uber and went back to the hotel. We spent the last night in Munich and our flight back was early the next morning to Toronto, Canada.

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Final Thoughts:

Overall this trip was INCREDIBLE! We got to see all the places we wanted to see. There was nothing bad or out of ordinary that happened, no accidents or damages to the car. Neither of us got sick or anything like that, so I consider the trip to be a total success. The F90 M5 proved what a termendous car it is, especially after taking it to all these crazy roads and elevations. At first I was sceptical about going from the F82 M4 to M5, but now I cannot wait for the car to come to Canada. It is truly a brilliant piece of machinery.

I hope my ED story was entertaining and informing. This was an astonishing experience and I would HIGHLY recommend it to all of you guys.

Cheers!

Sounds like an awesome trip. Congrats again on the M5C!

I just put an order in for mine (Donington Grey as well) and it's due for ED late October. Honestly cannot wait!

I'm wondering if the speed on it was limited to 250kph?

My dealer could not answer that question ... thought you might know since yours was destined for Canada too. Thanks!

[Greer]

Great to see this post again. European delivery is the best way to get a new BMW.

[Bogey4me]

Do they drill holes in front bumper for a plate for European delivery? I can't bear the thought a a US plate on the M8 I want to order.

[BwoodBMW]

Originally Posted by Bogey4me

Do they drill holes in front bumper for a plate for European delivery? I can't bear the thought a a US plate on the M8 I want to order.

nope... euro plates will be taped to the car.

[F90M5C]

Originally Posted by Bogey4me

Do they drill holes in front bumper for a plate for European delivery? I can't bear the thought a a US plate on the M8 I want to order.

it's up to you ! you can decide to have holes/tape the plate / or put it in the front window , i was given these options by the lady helping me at the Welt .

[Joey.Donatelli]

Amazing trip man! Thank you for sharing. Definitely going to do this some day!

[euro*]

Originally Posted by Bogey4me

Do they drill holes in front bumper for a plate for European delivery? I can't bear the thought a a US plate on the M8 I want to order.

Like mentioned above, the front plates come attached with some strong double sided tape when you take the delivery at the Welt.

I was more worried when my car arrived to the local dealer, and I had to remind them many times not to drill the front bumper. Thankfully they didn't!

[GaGolfer]

Awesome writeup!

I did mine in early May. All the mountain passes were closed. But we did visit Vienna & Innsbruck!

And drank a few beers...

:-)

[Bogey4me]

Do they limit how many people can come with you to pick up the car? Thinking of bringing my wife and 2 kids?

[euro*]

Originally Posted by Bogey4me

Do they limit how many people can come with you to pick up the car? Thinking of bringing my wife and 2 kids?

If you bring like 10 extra people with you, and they all raid the buffet and demand free passes to museum, then it might be a problem :

But bringing your wife and 2 kids will be totally fine, and it's a very welcoming environment for everybody! There are also areas for kids to play, and kids special menu for food and drinks.

[Bogey4me]

Originally Posted by euro*

If you bring like 10 extra people with you, and they all raid the buffet and demand free passes to museum, then it might be a problem :

But bringing your wife and 2 kids will be totally fine, and it's a very welcoming environment for everybody! There are also areas for kids to play, and kids special menu for food and drinks.

No one said anything about a buffet!!! I'm all in now! Thanks for quick reply!