Hi everyone,
So I made it back very recently from a 2,800 mile european road trip. We had an excellent time, 3 cars (E36 M3, 997 C2S and my 3.0si Coupe).
Route was London, Brugge, Reims, Strausbourg, Geneva, Turin, Como, (via Davos, Stelvio etc) Munich, Nurburgring, Koln, Brussels and back home!
Did not take a single toll road - best roads we found where at the start of the french alps - empty, smooth, twisty. We where also very lucky as the alpine passes had just started opening so we had stelvio completely to ourselves, amongst others! Prior to leaving, I had a basic brake upgrade done - new discs, Ferodo pads, 5.1 brake fluid. It was essential and an excellent choice as the brakes where amazing and never really faded even after some serious driving.
The Z4 came alive on the twisties, was more than a match for the stock E36 (seemed to hold its own in the corners particularly better) and the 911 could not shake me (although, that was more down to the driver than the car
). Hit the 155mph limiter many times on the autobahns. My pads are rather squeeky now... and I will treat the car to an oil change in the next few weeks 
Had one incident where my windscreen was hit by a stone, and a one foot long crack develop within the hour, so autoglass Italy changed it in Turin.
Saw a fantastic amount of machinery at the ring, including a couple of Z4 Coupes (sixpeed amongst them) and a new grey Z4. Never been to the 'ring before, but all I can say is.. its certainly not going to be my last visit!
Hope you enjoy these photos - let me know if you want to see more!
Start of good roads in France
Parked up next to a completely empty road near to an airstrip, was like a private race track!
Peering out over lake geneva
Start of the climb into the French mountains
One of the few closed alpine passes meant we had several miles of twisty completely empty road to play on!
Posing at the top of San Bernado
End of the road
Spectacular
You can never have enough hairpins!
At the nurburgring
Me on the ring!
Cheers!
So I made it back very recently from a 2,800 mile european road trip. We had an excellent time, 3 cars (E36 M3, 997 C2S and my 3.0si Coupe).
Route was London, Brugge, Reims, Strausbourg, Geneva, Turin, Como, (via Davos, Stelvio etc) Munich, Nurburgring, Koln, Brussels and back home!
Did not take a single toll road - best roads we found where at the start of the french alps - empty, smooth, twisty. We where also very lucky as the alpine passes had just started opening so we had stelvio completely to ourselves, amongst others! Prior to leaving, I had a basic brake upgrade done - new discs, Ferodo pads, 5.1 brake fluid. It was essential and an excellent choice as the brakes where amazing and never really faded even after some serious driving.
The Z4 came alive on the twisties, was more than a match for the stock E36 (seemed to hold its own in the corners particularly better) and the 911 could not shake me (although, that was more down to the driver than the car
). Hit the 155mph limiter many times on the autobahns. My pads are rather squeeky now... and I will treat the car to an oil change in the next few weeks Had one incident where my windscreen was hit by a stone, and a one foot long crack develop within the hour, so autoglass Italy changed it in Turin.Saw a fantastic amount of machinery at the ring, including a couple of Z4 Coupes (sixpeed amongst them) and a new grey Z4. Never been to the 'ring before, but all I can say is.. its certainly not going to be my last visit!
Hope you enjoy these photos - let me know if you want to see more!
Start of good roads in France
Parked up next to a completely empty road near to an airstrip, was like a private race track!
Peering out over lake geneva
Start of the climb into the French mountains
One of the few closed alpine passes meant we had several miles of twisty completely empty road to play on!
Posing at the top of San Bernado
End of the road
Spectacular
You can never have enough hairpins!
At the nurburgring
Me on the ring!
Cheers!
