M2 European Delivery is Done! Be Warned... Long & Lots of Photos

Dackelone · 07-27-2016, 11:40 AM

Awesome ED. I loved your story.

ErkanTR16 · 07-27-2016, 12:07 PM

Perfect!!

.BMW. · 07-27-2016, 12:22 PM

Great ED and beautiful car!

Thanks for sharing.

shivaswrath · 07-27-2016, 12:53 PM

Great write up, you're going to give me 40th birthday ideas now!!

ssuene93 · 07-27-2016, 01:12 PM

Great story and congrats on the M2. Thanks for sharing!

spd974 · 07-27-2016, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 03BeastCharmer

They stick the front plate on with double sided tape. At least that's how mine was during ED back in '12.

Thanks!

tareemaa · 07-27-2016, 01:18 PM

My parents raised 4 kids, sacrificed everything for us, put us all through school and left us with zero loans and they are finally now starting to enjoy themselves. I love your story sir, I can only hope and pray my wife and I can be enjoying each others company and doing the things you two are doing. Awesome ED trip. We drove through Italy and France a few months ago and I can't wait to do it again.

Love the M2 and respect to your wife for going with the Manual.

Enjoy in good health!

Ghostrider-RedM3 · 07-27-2016, 01:37 PM

Thanks for sharing! Great pics. How did this post get nominated for news? I don't see where to do that when posting?

///Mikey F80 · 07-27-2016, 02:19 PM

Awesome right up and pics!

What octane(s) are they running over there? I've been told that their fuels have a higher rating than ours is in the states, am I right? I'm just curious as to what "Super" and the "V-Power Racing" are rated.... And I consider myself lucky to live in a state where it's a huge rarity to see anything but 93 for Premium lol

///Mike

KevinM · 07-27-2016, 02:47 PM

Nice - congratulations! ED is such a wonderful experience. I'm glad your car didn't get affected by the diff recall and you were able to drive it.

Twix · 07-27-2016, 02:54 PM

The 95 in Europe is the same as our 91, their 98 is our 93 or so. They do have some pumps that have 100+, but it was way too expensive to bother with.

koston · 07-27-2016, 03:26 PM

Wow, what an amazing write up. Thank you for sharing! I hope to do something similar if they ever offer ED down under.

PARTS@STBMW · 07-27-2016, 03:48 PM

Congratulations and thank you for sharing!

raysspl · 07-27-2016, 05:23 PM

Undeniably a great way breaking-in the M2. Well done!

DrivenByE30 · 07-28-2016, 12:19 AM

Both of your passions for cars despite the years of hard work and family duties, is truly inspiring.

You both deserve this reward so much !

Thanks for sharing your story in such details !!!

This is not just another ED but another worthwhile milestone in your life as a couple and husband and wife...

I can only hope my life with my wife will even be as close...

Congrats

PS: thats not a lot of pictures...
A lot is what you can see through my signature

Edit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtfields

Nice read. I'm so jealous. I've never met your wife but I already like her.

Me too, manual M2 for superwoman!

Quote:

Originally Posted by tareemaa

My parents raised 4 kids, sacrificed everything for us, put us all through school and left us with zero loans and they are finally now starting to enjoy themselves. I love your story sir, I can only hope and pray my wife and I can be enjoying each others company and doing the things you two are doing. Awesome ED trip. We drove through Italy and France a few months ago and I can't wait to do it again.

Love the M2 and respect to your wife for going with the Manual.

Enjoy in good health!

Yes i totally agree with you there !

eau_rouge · 07-28-2016, 03:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killramos

From my times in Europe with Rentals and how I see Europeans treatment of their and others cars ( bumping, parking mm's away) the parking is by far the scariest part of me doing an ED for me. The thought of something happening on a brand new car before I get it home would kill me.

Some "parkades" over there are barely fit for motorcycles

That problem is only true for countries like Italy, France and some parts of Switzerland (can't speak on the East European countries as I was never interested in visiting them). They have their historic towns with tight and narrow roads. The "Europeans" treat their cars like any other nation does. Some people love their cars, some people don't even bother about scratches. If you do an ED here, I can assure you if you just drive around Munich (or Germany) there will be no problems at all with parking. If you go to Milano, Rome or Paris...you better go for a parking garage in Downtown. I drive around Europe all the time and never had a issue with it - regardless of what car I've been with.

twin fed · 07-28-2016, 07:03 AM

Congrats, and welcome to the ///M2 Club!! The ED looked really nice. Wish I had the time and money to do that. Eh, maybe the next one!

Gate7 · 07-28-2016, 08:09 AM

Beautiful!

positiveions · 07-28-2016, 11:54 PM

Congrats. Great write-up.

RowanBuds · 07-29-2016, 11:24 AM

Great trip, and really drives the point home that the Euro Delivery experience is an addiction.

BTW, My F80 was delivered on the same turntable.

Best of luck with the car, and enjoy it safely!

rich8566 · 07-29-2016, 08:33 PM

Very nice! We've done 4 EDs and I can truly state that it is an extraordinary experience.

C230AMG · 08-01-2016, 07:52 AM

Wish I can do that one day...

07-27-2016, 11:40 AM	#23
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07-27-2016, 01:12 PM	#27
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07-28-2016, 07:03 AM	#39
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