Visiting Bavaria

[mboucher70 at hotmail.com]

Just a brief update since I'm back from Vacation.  I was going to rent an A4
but for the same price I lucked into an A6 Avant 3.0TDI, 6 speed (I'm
guessing tiptronic transmission), Turbo, Quattro.  I guess the 3.0TDI is 6
cylinder(?).  Did that thing accelerate or what!  Maybe its just I don't get
out of my old Audi 100 enough :-)

The car had 5000km on it and was immaculate.  It had low profile tires that
I wouldn't have expected on a rental and the brakes were also something
else.  

Being a fan (and owner) of a classic Audi, it was interesting to see how
things had evolved.  One difference that required adjustment was the
breaking:  my old Audi has the hydraulic assist which I've heard referred to
as "power assist brakes" as opposed to the "power brakes" standard on North
American cars.  The new A6 was definitely more like "power brakes" in that
they required a really soft touch.  Not a criticism, just a note of how
things have changed.

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of mboucher70 at hotmail.com
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:47 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Visiting Bavaria

We're going to be spending 4 days in and around Munich.   One  of the things
that we wanted to do was visit the various Bavarian castles south of Munich.
This can be done via tour bus but I was thinking, what better place to rent
a new German car than in the heart of Bavaria!  Nothing too exotic, but a
new-model A4, a BMW 3 series would probably be the most reasonable.  

 

I went onto Expedia and was able to find some companies offering these.
However the rental was always "Audi A4 or Similar", which means it could
easily become a Peugeot, Opel, or anything of the same size.  

 

So my questions are:

 

-Does anyone have suggestions for renting a specific model in Germany?  

 

-What models of any of the German car companies would be a sweet ride to
take down the Autobahn and into the Alps at the south of Germany

 

-Anyone ever tour the various car companies in the area (Audi, BMW, Porsche)
and can comment if its worth a visit to their headquarters (they each have
museums I think)

 

 

Thanks for any suggestions