[s-cars] Re; Out for das Fest/What to see in Germany?

[Peter Schulz]

Dave & Tom

Two years ago in Germany, I put about 1800 km on a rental car in 10 days...

Flew overnight into Frankfurt, got little to no sleep and then drove 
to Duesseldorf ( North of Koeln), days later back to Frankfurt and 
then off to Munich...

Construction is ongoing and everywhere on the Autobahn, and you will 
be mixing alot of vacation traffic which will allow for brake testing.
I did have sections where I was able to get the car up to 180 kph ( 
1.6 tdi), but for the most part cruised around 110kph...

It took about 3.5 hours from Frankfurt to Munich, but again, August 
is vacation month in Europe, it could take MUCH longer.

You might want to consider taking the ICE high speed train which will 
take considerably less time point to point.

-Peter


At 11:16 AM 7/16/2008 -0400, Tom Green wrote:
>Here is one comprehensive site for the ring, very British in flavor,
>but everything you wanted to know.  http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/
>
>Check out the prices for an uneventful trip and then the costs for
>damaging the armco.  :-)   Makes a trip with Sabine sound like a
>bargain.   Keith Maddock was the real ring hoare from the list, lived
>in Koblenz for a year or two-- has a few thousand miles on the
>nordschlife--and owns at least part of a ring car.  http://
>keith.maddock.com/
>
>The factory tours are available for each vehicle, but you may have to
>do a virtual tour on the web for part of them if you can only invest
>a couple of days,
>otherwise it would all be spent on the autobahn or train.  The
>Frankfurt-Hahn airport is close to Koln and has the low cost airlines
>for european travel, but
>I have no experience with them.  I just know the autobahn around
>Frankfurt will be clogged with traffic and somewhat impede a speedy
>dash to Stuttgart and
>on to Munich and back through Ingolstadt in a couple of days.  Looks
>like some serious time management and prioritizing will be required
>for this trip, i.e., night train and daytime tour.  But then, you
>miss out on driving the autobahn--there are still some areas without
>speed limits--even if you do have to drive a
>diesel.  You'll need reservations for almost everything except the
>autobahn.
>
>If you are after cheese, head the other direction, toward Denmark for
>dairy country.  :-)
>
>enjoy,
>
>Tom
>
>On Jul 16, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Dave Kase wrote:
>
> > Thanks Tom.  I was checking out the Nurburgring website last night
> > but getting frustrated trying to translate it.
> > David Kase
> > VP of Operations
> > PDQ Industries
> > 717-656-4281
> > 717-656-8749 (f)
> > www.pdqlocks.com
> >
> >
> > Tom Green wrote:
> >>
> >> The cathedral in Cologne survived WW2 and is a most impressive
> >> structure to see first hand.  A trip down the Rhine or along the
> >> Rhine
> >> road is the place to see castles.  These are ancient structures and
> >> most impressive from the river rather than up close.
> >>
> >> But why spend your time looking.  You'll be close to Nurburgring--
> >> take a ride on it--ring taxi if you can't drive it.
> >>
> >> http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/taxi.html
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >>
> >>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:46:23 -0400
> >>> From: Dave Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
> >>> Subject: [s-cars] Out for das Fest/What to see in Germany?
> >>> To: S-Cars <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> >>> Message-ID: <487D0C9F.2040709 at pdqlocks.com>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >>>
> >>> I am (almost) officially out for this year's fest (just breaks your
> >>> heart - don't it?) as I am headed to Germany for the first time on
> >>> August 23rd.  I will be in the Cologne area for business and will
> >>> have a
> >>> couple extra days to see the sights.
> >>>
> >>> I know several of you have been to Germany - what do I want to
> >>> see/do?
> >>> Does Audi have a tour of the factory?  BMW?  I know Porsche does
> >>> and I
> >>> plan to do that.  Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> TIA,
> >>> Kase
> >>> cheeseman cometh home...
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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-Peter Schulz
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