#269250 - 23/12/2005 08:30
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: furtive]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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OK, that's a pretty good excuse! Congrats!!
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#269251 - 23/12/2005 09:20
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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And I was hoping I was the only one with this excuse!<br>  I still have permission (with caveats) so depending on timing....we'll see
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#269252 - 23/12/2005 16:38
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: frog51]
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Registered: 25/08/2000
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Funny, those two look a lot alike...  -Zeke
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#269253 - 23/12/2005 17:29
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: frog51]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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How, exactly, did he manage to get a doob inside the womb?
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#269255 - 24/12/2005 11:25
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: frog51]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Oh boy. You guys sure know how to make things difficult, don't you?
Can you both PM me, please, with details.
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#269256 - 24/12/2005 14:02
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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Oh boy. You guys sure know how to make things difficult, don't you?
Don't even TRY to fit in with everyone for an event involving more than a dozen people. You'll go insane! Just pick a date and dictate it.
Rob
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#269257 - 24/12/2005 16:48
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: rob]
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I'm trying to wait for a weekend to get selected but it is getting hard. I want to buy a new car BMW 325i or BMW 330i but I want to use this trip to take the European delivery option since they will take $2500.00 of the price of the car. This would be my first time out of the country and it would be nice to drive my new car everywhere. Does anyone know if I can drive from Munich, Germany to Cambridge, UK?
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#269258 - 24/12/2005 17:11
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: Attack]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
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This would be my first time out of the country and it would be nice to drive my new car everywhere. Does anyone know if I can drive from Munich, Germany to Cambridge, UK?
Yes. Drive and then take the ferry or train.
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#269259 - 24/12/2005 18:47
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: Attack]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Does anyone know if I can drive from Munich, Germany to Cambridge, UK?
I see only one flaw in this plan.
You will be on the Autobahn with a brand-new BMW, and will be unable to truly enjoy it because you'll still be within the car's break-in period.
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#269260 - 24/12/2005 19:55
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: tfabris]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
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Or think f*ck it, and nail it anyway. My brother has always said if you don't cane it from new it'll end up slow.
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#269261 - 24/12/2005 20:05
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: andym]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/12/2001
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My brother has always said if you don't cane it from new it'll end up slow.
Whats the average lifespan of your brother's cars? More importantly, whats he like when he's out on a test drive...
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#269262 - 25/12/2005 05:54
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: tfabris]
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I see only one flaw in this plan.
You will be on the Autobahn with a brand-new BMW, and will be unable to truly enjoy it because you'll still be within the car's break-in period.
Yeah, but how many times am I going to get a chance to drive my own car on the Autobahn? I'm also not the only one that feels this way. Over at the bimmerfest forums I've seen photo's of the cars @ 155 with under 100 miles on the car. They also talk about how you have to pay the ticket to the cop on the spot.
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#269264 - 25/12/2005 14:43
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: Attack]
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Registered: 01/10/2001
Posts: 1307
Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Does anyone know if I can drive from Munich, Germany to Cambridge, UK?
Absolutely. You can even pop in here in Amsterdam on the way, and then take the Hook of Holland - Harwich ferry.
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#269265 - 27/12/2005 04:00
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: Attack]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
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I've seen photo's of the cars @ 155 with under 100 miles on the car.
I broke 130 in my mustang on the way home from the dealership. Maybe not the brightest thing (I'm in the US), but I agree with the philosophy that cars these days are 98% broken in from the factory and the only way to take care of the last 2% is to run it hard. So far so good.
-Mike
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#269266 - 27/12/2005 07:04
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: mcomb]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
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I agree with the philosophy that cars these days are 98% broken in from the factory and the only way to take care of the last 2% is to run it hard.
I say the way to take care of the car is to follow the owner's manual. If it says to do something special during the break-in period then do it. If it says you don't need to do anything special, then fine. But I'd generally go by what the manufacturer tells me.
Did you ever even look at the Mustang's manual?
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#269267 - 27/12/2005 16:37
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: Attack]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Please ignore me.
Thanks 
Cris.
Edited by Cris (27/12/2005 16:38)
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#269269 - 28/12/2005 02:03
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: tfabris]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
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Did you ever even look at the Mustang's manual?
Yes. All it says is to try not to drive at a constant speed for an extended period of time for the first 1000 miles. My last new car said something similar.
-Mike
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#269270 - 29/12/2005 01:09
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: Attack]
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
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Does anyone know if I can drive from Munich, Germany to Cambridge, UK?
On the legality side of things, if it is registered in Germany it should be fine to drive in the UK due to the nifty EU rules. Driving a car without plates is sure to get attention thought, and unless you are driving to/from a port it would be difficult to talk yourself out of it. That said, as long as you have insurance the worst that could happen is you will get a fine for no registration and no tax and the court costs, probably a couple of hundred quid and the best bit is that it's an excise (tax) offence so no effect on your eligibility to drive in the UK.
However either way you must make sure you are insured in some way, it should be possible to get a single policy that covers you Europe-wide on the VIN number, however you will need to find a speciality insurer.
To get it *out* of the UK I would recommend driving to one of the larger ports and get it sent RoRo. I'm not sure of exact the costs but it should be cheap, I sent a car from Baltimore to Southampton for £425, it might be more given you are going in the other direction but probably not much more. You should arrange it in advance though, I have used ATI USA a couple of times - their website is usually at www.atiusainc.com but it's not there at the moment. The number is +201-327-8663 If you need somebody to arrange export at this end then Adrian Montgomery at Southampton Euro terminal is recommended (+44 2380 336 644 and www.2wglobal.com
Gareth
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#269271 - 29/12/2005 02:41
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: g_attrill]
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BMW does all of this for you. You get 14 days of insurance and special plates. Once your done you turn it in to a select bmw location and they then ship it to you. I see a location in London and would try to use that. I can only leave the jack and spare tire in the car anything else like the manual and floor mats must be taken by the buyer back to the US. The car then gets to you in about a month 
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#269272 - 02/01/2006 22:26
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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I really would not advise you do that if you expect to keep the car longer than a few months. I'd also make sure you take the phone number of your embassy in Germany with you, as you'll be needing that after they arrest you and confiscate the car.... Really, you're prepared to do that speed in a brand new car with special plates? You must be crackers 
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#269273 - 03/01/2006 00:27
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: schofiel]
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I'm still reading more about other people taking delivery of the car in Munich and quite a few of them seem to just flog the car others kinda take it easy but will end up going about 130 MPH. I've been told by that during the breakin period the RPM's should stay below 4000 and on long trips don't drive at the speed for long. I'm very tired of my 88 CRX and really want a new car before April. If I did get the car in Munich after I got back I would have to drivemy CRX while waiting a month for the new car.
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#269274 - 03/01/2006 00:33
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: Attack]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Do they pay your airfare to Munich? When I got my Volvo, I could have done European delivery (as you describe) and they would have paid my way. I should have done that, but I didn't because I'm an idiot.
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#269275 - 03/01/2006 00:38
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Isn't it true that about half the German Autobahn has no speed limit?
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#269276 - 03/01/2006 01:27
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
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Do they pay your airfare to Munich? When I got my Volvo, I could have done European delivery (as you describe) and they would have paid my way. I should have done that, but I didn't because I'm an idiot.
At this time they don't have any travel specials. In the past they paid for a second person to travel with you.
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#269277 - 03/01/2006 02:00
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14478
Loc: Canada
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Isn't it true that about half the German Autobahn has no speed limit?
They have limits near cities, but there are still long stretches between without any posted speed limit.
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#269278 - 03/01/2006 08:03
Re: International Owner's Meet, 2006 - choose your weekend.
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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There's a post somewhere around the time of the last owner's meet, of a guy returning from the meet to Norway, videoing himself doing way over the ton.
I can't find it, and even worse I can't remember the guy's name!
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