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Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
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Originally Posted by NEfan508
Picking up February 12, high 30's lows just under freezing rain/snow (extended forecast)
Should I take a chance driving my new car (without winter tires?)
I have a luxury sedan E/5 series reserved to rent near the Marriott/Welt
Going with my father 60 and son 13 just a few days,
I want to see the Castle and Salzburg each 2 hours from Munich
Notes: I suck at travel, I stay on my time zone no matter what, Los angles up at 4am Tokyo the day before lol, this flight is cupcake non stop business class hopefully arriving day I can sleep at 9pm not crash in the afternoon like I always do
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If there's any snow in the forecast I would definitely not try and drive your car on summer tires. They told me if I got in an accident and my car was on summer tires the ED insurance won't cover my car or anyone I hit which can be $$$.
I only drove my car from BMW Welt directly to LogInOut, the road was wet but no snow or ice. For my driving around Germany/Austria I didn't chance it and rented a car from BMW with snow tires. I could have gotten away with driving my own car since it stayed dry the whole time but I didn't want to get stranded during my trip.
I also couldn't sleep till about 4 AM German time in the 5 days I was there so I slept about 4 hours a night but luckily I had no jet lag when I got home since I was always on Central time.
I would double/triple check that the BMW Premium Drive people are picking you up a day or two before you arrive. I received my confirmation back in Oct/Nov and then no one showed up to pick me up at the airport. I had to take a taxi and still working with BMW to get reimbursed, it sucked. |
BMW Pickup @ airport uses a different company now (since October'ish) was told by dealer, likely why they dropped the ball (German efficiency?)
Boston/Munich weather mirror each other, would I drive my car if it was here? NO, off ramps here are glazed with ice every night before salt
looks like car rental it is, I'm not taking chances with my son in the car, we will just eat out all day buy gummie bears and look @ tall blonde Austrian women (father/son) bonding time!
Gummie bears and blondes with a bmw pickup, not a bad few days with my boy.
Btw, my son picked out the car spec, mean Black Sapphire or clean Alpine White with the black wheel contrast was his picks, white with 6MT confirmed