First place to go in my new car?

coldnate · 07-07-2011, 11:24 AM

I live in SoCal... so Vegas? San Diego? Santa Barbara? NorCal? Any other ideas?

I NEED A VACATION! HELP!

the belgian · 07-07-2011, 11:56 AM

get yourself a sun lounger and park the car about 5 yards away, enjoy the view for the holiday , ofcourse a few belgian beers wont go wrong

coldnate · 07-07-2011, 12:41 PM

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get yourself a sun lounger and park the car about 5 yards away, enjoy the view for the holiday , ofcourse a few belgian beers wont go wrong

I would, but I work for BMW so I stare at these things all the time. I just want to get in the 35i, put the top down, and drive somewhere the second I get it.

persian54 · 07-07-2011, 12:45 PM

come track with us on Saturday

Going up there will be like a mini vacation, but you'll also be able to enjoy driving your BMW as it was meant to be driven!

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=546227

coldnate · 07-07-2011, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by persian54

come track with us on Saturday

Going up there will be like a mini vacation, but you'll also be able to enjoy driving your BMW as it was meant to be driven!

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=546227

Original dealer delivery date was 7/5 but they must have scratched it at the port or something because it got pushed back to 7/11

I'll probably have it Tuesday. I have like 5 people at my dealership looking out for the second my car gets here so I can put it straight in the shop.

persian54 · 07-07-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by coldnate

Original dealer delivery date was 7/5 but they must have scratched it at the port or something because it got pushed back to 7/11

I'll probably have it Tuesday. I have like 5 people at my dealership looking out for the second my car gets here so I can put it straight in the shop.

put it in the shop? what you going to mod?

Why not bring one of your loaners out

BlueZ4AZ · 07-07-2011, 02:06 PM

C'mon out here to Phoenix. It's awesome this time of year. Do you like dust?

bmwmick · 07-07-2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by coldnate

I live in SoCal... so Vegas? San Diego? Santa Barbara? NorCal? Any other ideas?

I NEED A VACATION! HELP!

Nate, CARMEL!!
We used to live in Simi Valley, 4hrs30mins from Simi To Carmel the hard way.

take 126 from Valencia to 101 north to San Luis Obispo. Stay on Hwy 1 to Morrow Bay and continue north past San Simeon. The stretch from Ragged Point to Carmel is my most favorite 98 miles 'anywhere' . Check to see if Hwy 1 is open, they had a bit of the road drop into the Pacific a while back. This time of year may be a bit cold and foggy too. Fall and Spring are better.

jpd · 07-07-2011, 03:36 PM

A long trip but from Lewiston, Idaho to Missoula, Mt via U.S. 200 along the Clearwater River that could possibly be one of the most beautiful and remote drives in the lower Forty Eight, but 101 is terrific.

bmwmick · 07-07-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jpd

A long trip but from Lewiston, Idaho to Missoula, Mt via U.S. 200 along the Clearwater River that could possibly be one of the most beautiful and remote drives in the lower Forty Eight, but 101 is terrific.

Highway 12 from Missoula to Lewiston is a pretty nice road too. I've only been on it twice, both times on a bike, not in a car.

coldnate · 07-07-2011, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by persian54

put it in the shop? what you going to mod?

Why not bring one of your loaners out

it has to go through PDI

and I'd rather take my manual 128 than the auto 328 sedan loaners

but i can't cuz I have to work anyway. maybe next time when i get the z4.

coldnate · 07-07-2011, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwmick

Nate, CARMEL!!
We used to live in Simi Valley, 4hrs30mins from Simi To Carmel the hard way.

take 126 from Valencia to 101 north to San Luis Obispo. Stay on Hwy 1 to Morrow Bay and continue north past San Simeon. The stretch from Ragged Point to Carmel is my most favorite 98 miles 'anywhere' . Check to see if Hwy 1 is open, they had a bit of the road drop into the Pacific a while back. This time of year may be a bit cold and foggy too. Fall and Spring are better.

That sounds like a really nice drive. Just gotta convince the girl... what is there to do once we get there?

bmwmick · 07-07-2011, 04:57 PM

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That sounds like a really nice drive. Just gotta convince the girl... what is there to do once we get there?

You can walk down to the Ocean and check out all the shops on both sides of Ocean Ave. The cookie store on the south side is Killer! Clint Eastwood's steakhouse is just north of Ocean Ave (Hogs Breath Inn). On San Carlos between 5th and 6th. GREAT place. Lots of unique shops for your GF.

http://www.hogsbreathinn.net/

If you can time it around a race or a Concours event, Laguna Seca is just a little East toward Salinas. We were there during the Ferrari Event one year and we just sat on the street benches and ate cookies and watched the Ferrari's running up an down Ocean.

I just checked with Caltrans, it's open with one lane of traffic just north of Sur for 1/2 mile.

Monterey is just 10 miles north of Carmel, Cannery Row.

raumdeuter · 07-07-2011, 10:18 PM

Do you track a Z4?

I wonder how a stock Z4 35i(with run flat and all) will do on track day?

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Originally Posted by persian54

come track with us on Saturday

Going up there will be like a mini vacation, but you'll also be able to enjoy driving your BMW as it was meant to be driven!

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=546227

jumpthewire · 07-08-2011, 12:49 PM

I live in los angeles. First two places i went were mullholland drive and route 33 Ojai freeway. Both are day trips.

Vegas is fun, but no twistys. Carmel drive is alot of fun!

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