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      08-22-2015, 06:05 PM   #1
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Picked up my car yesterday!

Finally, the appointed day arrived for my delivery at BMW Welt! Flew over with my Mom in tow (her first time in Europe), spent a day wandering around Munich, got very little sleep, and turned up at the Welt for my 9:10am delivery. Went smoothly, with a very pleasant surprise - despite having been told previously that the factory would not be open for tours, it was open, and we got to do the tour! Which was absolutely fantastic and fascinating! Sadly, pictures are VERBOTTEN!

A couple other differences from my 2011 Euro Delivery - the car came with a full tank of gas, and I received a nice gift from Harmon/Kardon for ordering the stereo upgrade - a nifty BT travel speaker. They also not only give you the required safety vests, but both an engraved keychain and a 10 Euro voucher for the gift shop. Last time it was just the voucher, which I used to get the keychain. One slightly annoying surprise was that the Euro maps for the NAV are on a thumbdrive stuck in the USB port, and we were strongly cautioned to NOT remove it until we drop the car off, lest the iDrive system decide to pitch a fit. So much for the iPod full of music I brought... Luckily, I was able to download a bunch from Google Music and burn a DVD, so we will have tunes for the rest of the trip.

The car is fantastic! Drove from Munich to Stuttgart the long way around via Neuschwanstein castle - nice mix of derestricted autobahn and windy Bavarian back roads through villages. Due to taking the factory tour, we could not do the castle tour but still a lovely area to drive through. Went to the Porsche and MB museums today. Driving to Austria tomorrow, then on to Budapest, Modena (Ferrari Museum), Rome, Mulhouse (Schlumpf Museum) and finally dropping the car in Paris in three weeks. In return for dealing with all the car museums, Mom gets to go to a bunch of historic sites, Dachau, Pompeii, Pisa, sundry castles.

Mom is only driving me a little bit crazy... Once she stopped freaking out every time she saw a brake light ahead on the autobahn, things got a bit better.

Here we are at the delivery:

M235 - with Mom by kevinr1916, on Flickr

My clothes matching the color scheme of the car was strictly coincidental! Or sleep deprivation, not sure which...

And this time, the elves DID manage to get the "i" in the badge on right side up!
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      08-22-2015, 06:51 PM   #2
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Wow- your hitting amazing sites. Be safe and some more pics.

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      08-22-2015, 07:44 PM   #3
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Congrats! I'm sure you and mom will love the car. Enjoy your European vacation!
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      08-22-2015, 08:03 PM   #4
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Congratulations! Enjoy your adventure.
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      08-22-2015, 08:18 PM   #5
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Umm ... Can't you just play the music over Bluetooth?
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      08-23-2015, 02:43 PM   #6
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Umm ... Can't you just play the music over Bluetooth?
Yes, but I can't change albums that way, only skip tracks. At least as far as I could figure out. Might be a limitation of my phone. And no BT on my ancient iPod. Dumping it all to DVD was an easy work-around.
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      08-23-2015, 03:09 PM   #7
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Very nice. Too bad you had to miss the tour of Neuschwanstein Castle.. It's almost worth the long winding hike up the mountain.
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      08-23-2015, 03:52 PM   #8
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Very nice! Congrats!
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      08-24-2015, 11:23 AM   #9
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sounds like a great trip.
Love the car color as well. I hope you got to enjoy the autobahn and didn't get caught up in the "Urlaub Stau" (vacation traffic).
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      08-24-2015, 11:27 AM   #10
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Congrats bro! Welcome to the F22 family!
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That sounds like an awesome grand tour; very jealous indeed!! Hope you both have a great time and be safe along the way guys... As someone else above has said; keep the photos coming!!
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Congrats on the new 2! Glad to hear you didn't go with the secret upside-down "i" option this time
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Congrats !, I just pulled the trigger yesterday and ordered an Alpine White 2016 M235i Xdrive from BMW of Reading. The deal was more than fair... Now I just have to try and be patient !

Enjoy Your New Ride...

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Very sexy, love the color and congrats on the new ride!
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