Our tentative itinerary is coming together:

4/30: Fly to Munich
5/1-/5/2: Tour around Munich
5/3: Drive to Stuttgart, Porsche Factory Tour AM
5/3: Drive back to Munich, BMW Plant Tour PM
5/4: Pickup Cars and drive to Southern Bavaria
5/5: Tour Bavaria
5/6: Head to Nürburgring
5/7: 24 Hours of Nürburgring Race
5/9: Drop off in Frankfurt and take train to Amsterdam
5/12: Fly home

I saw my first ever E90 Today! While in Amsterdam, I stopped by the BMW dealership and got to see 3 different new 3-Series. Wow! The car looks even better in person than in any of the official photos or magazines.

I posted a write-up and many pics of what I saw here: http://members.cox.net/e90


Here's Sparkling Graphite!

Within the past week, two friends have decided not only to join me on this trip but to also get new 330i's for themselves! Both Tony and Amit were confirmed for picking up their cars on the same day as me. They both ordered their cars from Valencia BMW. Here are their specs:

Tony: Monaco Blue, Terra, Steptronic, Sport, Premium, Heated Seats
Amit: Sparkling Graphite, Grey, Steptronic, Sport, Premium, Cold Weather

Received confirmation from both BMW and Porsche that Factory Tour requests were confirmed. BMW stopped tours of the Munich plant in mid-December until April, 2005 due to the new E90 model changeover. They have also revised the Munich Plant tour schedule and the tours are now at 6:00 pm on Tuesdays or Thursdays.