Shipping my RS to Germany for an auto vacation
05-08-2008, 08:53 AM
#1
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Shipping my RS to Germany for an auto vacation
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.
Sun.
Should be fun and great for photography...
Couple of shots from last time when I brought my M6...
[IMG]http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n29/RMcG/DSCN0426.jp
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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.
Sun.
Should be fun and great for photography...
Couple of shots from last time when I brought my M6...
[IMG]http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n29/RMcG/DSCN0426.jp
g[/IMG]
05-08-2008, 09:12 AM
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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.
I heard porsche ships the cars w/ valet programmed in ecu and flashes new program when they get to dealer.
05-08-2008, 09:23 AM
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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.
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.
05-08-2008, 09:53 AM
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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.
