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Old 05-08-2008, 08:53 AM
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So, here is the plan:.
The car leaves here in a couple of weeks and is shipped in a container to Europe. I pick it up June 13 in Frankfurt.
Week 1:
Quick drive from Frankfurt to Strasbourg, and a visit to the Schlumpf Bugatti collection in Mulhouse, which is the best collections of Bugattis on the planet.
Sunday hoon through some country roads in the Black Forest with a local Porsche club.
Monday,off to Munich. Private Tour of the new BMW Museum and BMW Welt,and a very private tour of BMW Mobile Tradition where the most valuable cars are kept. Interview with the head of BMW Mobile Tradition.
Tuesday: Stuttgart with possible Porsche meeting..not yet sorted out.
Wednesday-Friday: Berlin for some R&R..staying at the Adlon which is beside the Brandenburg Gate. The car already has its green german environment sticker on it to allow to to drive into Berlin.
Friday Night: Nurburg to the Tiergarten hotel for dinner an meetups
Saturday morning: first trip for car to the Nordscheife.

Saturday night: drive to Spa-Francorchamps for DE morning on the F1 Track. Never been on the track before.

Sun Morning: DE on Spa plus some solo laps

Sun afternoon..back for NS evening session.

Mon-Friday: NS every day, with some instruction time

Fri Morning: Attend Old TImer Events (classic cars) on adjoining current F1 Track

Sat aft..drive to Brussels for dinner and stay over

Sun: Back tp Frankfurt .Drop car back to shipper Mon Morning.
Monday,(Canada Day) back to canada.

I expect I will scrub off tires and brake pads, but everything is available from Manthey or the Porsche dealer nearby.
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Should be fun and great for photography...

Couple of shots from last time when I brought my M6...
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very cool. is it possible to set car in valet mode for transport?
I heard porsche ships the cars w/ valet programmed in ecu and flashes new program when they get to dealer.
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Ronan,
You lucky SOB!...that sounds like a dream vacation! You owe it to us to take tons of pictures and post a play by play of the trip. Make sure you come to a GTG once you're back to fill us all in on all the details. Your Starbucks will be on me.
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Will be at the GTG Saturday/..Should be fun
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Not sure re valet mode. Basically car is containerized whole way through, and only gets unpacked in Frankfurt, (Arnaud is doing the shipping). I have to being it in to Porsche to get the Nav system reset before I leave. I have the Euro nav disk but apparently it needs some dealer changes to make it work.
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Sounds like fun. Maybe you'll come back with a CGT...



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