What tomorrow has in store

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:42 am

Background information:I was sent to germany as a medevac escort for a soldier a couple days ago and have been stuck here since then. I will be headed back to Africa soon.Tomorrow:I will be renting a BMW Z4 and driving (on the AutoBahn) to Heidelberg germany to see a castle that is supposed to be pretty durned sweet. I'm just excited cuz i'm driving on the autobahn. and i'm gonna be going super fast. ha ha LEGALLLY!!!!!

GrayFox · Post by **GrayFox** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:51 am

can I come!? hahahave fun but be safe ... and take some pics if you can

scherry2 · Post by **scherry2** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:52 am

I'm jealous oh yea we want pics. castles are cool.

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:02 am

i forgot to mention my buddy is going to be riding along with me so there will definitely be some good pics to be taken of the drive and of the castle.... the only thing that i'm really worried about is getting lost... i'm not gonna lie i'm a little scared of that but other than that i'm good.

GrayFox · Post by **GrayFox** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:10 am

who cares if you get lost... you'll be a Z4! you'll look cool nomatter where you go lost or not

Atomb · Post by **Atomb** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:18 am

don't worry about getting lost....heidelberg is not that large of a city and getting from the autobahn to the castle is pretty straight forward.we had a GPS and didn't really need it!Just look for the tall hill to the east of the Autobahn and head in that direction..the castle is next to/on that hill. Be prepared for crowds of people. it's a pretty popular place.also, the roads in and around the castle are VERY narrow...i was in a Volvo V70 and was scrubbing the sides of my tires on a few curbs going through there!enjoy your time...it is fun doing some nice speeds out there. we hit 240-ish km/h before the volvo stopped accelerating!oh..and if a message comes on your dash with the red exclamaition mark and says something like "Achtung" and "Kuhlmital"...you're low on coolant and DON"T keep driving (like we did! )i have a cool pic of the the speedometer at top speed as well as a short video clip of passing everbody as we flew in the left lane.the funny thing is if you don't speed up you get run over!i am envious...wish i could go back there soon!

Vibr8tr · Post by **Vibr8tr** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:02 am

My Father in Law has a Z4, they are fun.. and fast, he has one that has the Gov put on cause it was sent to America.... but it's still fast, we had it around 130 or so and still had plenty of room.... let me know what you think of it.

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:43 am

(removed)! i'm so jealous! i took over 7 yrs of german and never got to go over there! what castle are you going to see???

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:55 am

Sweet! Sounds awesome!Quote, originally posted by AKLGT Â»what castle are you going to see???The White one? lol.

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:34 am

Possibly this one

coldmm803 · Post by **coldmm803** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:39 am

joholste, enjoy it sounds sweet

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:01 pm

i've always wanted to go see the crazy king ludwig's castle. but i think that is closer to Bavaria... don't remember.

02csnow · Post by **02csnow** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:12 pm

if i remember right ludwigs castle is in augsburg, germany, but i am not 100% sure.

808 Vibes · Post by **808 Vibes** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:03 pm

just be careful over there. Hon said when he was young, his family took the kids all over Europe and they saw fireball wrecks with casualties on the AutoBahn.

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:13 pm

well i am now about to head out. so wish me luck and i am going to have my buddy take some pics and maybe a short video clip when we're on the autobahn. Oh and now i understand why everyone says american beers are crap beer... cuz they don't stand a chance against german beers... the hefeweizens here taste nothing like the hefeweizens in the states... i don't want to leave... but have no fear i didn't drink last night and i don't plan on drinking today until i get back from heidelberg and have safely parked the car.

Atomb · Post by **Atomb** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:35 pm

ahh yes....go for some kolsch (from cologne)...i've got some fuzzy memories of that stuff...but they're good memories!have fun!

4X4CHICHI · Post by **4X4CHICHI** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:34 pm

Have fun, Can't wait for pics.

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:26 am

LUCKY!!!!!!!!! have a fun trip Buddy!

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:08 am

Okays so I'm back and i made it safe and sound... i was able to max the car out at somwhere between 250 and 260 kmh on the way to Heidelberg. i think that's around 155 mph (correct me if i'm wrong) . but coming back was only able to get it to about 220-225 kmh. give me a day or two and i'll have some pictures up on photobucket to share...I have decided that i reallly love the german countryside. It's absolutely beautiful and the drivers here are very courteous... not at all like the states. The Heidelberg castle was amazing... it was frickin HUGE!! my only wish is that i could have read german that way i could read all the german signs and bulletins within the castle. I did find what i think is quite possibly the largest keg i have ever seen.. there was a sign that said i belieive it was 221,000 liters. That's awesome.... I'll take one in the basement of my barracks And please fill it with german beer. Anyways.... I will post some pics later. give me a litte time and a fast internet connection

Emerica13 · Post by **Emerica13** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:49 am

yeah haha that castle has the largest wine barrel ever made..it's great, you can climb up on top of it and stuff. glad to hear you had fun in germany, i've been there four times and loved it every time, plus the autobahn is tons of fun too

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:40 am

One of these days I'd like to make it to Germany. Sounds like a fun trip.

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:05 pm

Ok i have some pics up now and will be adding more to it as the day goes by. here's the linkyhttp://s88.photobucket.com/alb...0trip/:EDIT: I have loaded all pics as of 7:42 AM GVC Time

feelin'thevibe · Post by **feelin'thevibe** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:43 pm

Pics are great man! Thanks for sharing and be safe.

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:23 pm

I am going to try to upload the video that i took on the autobahn... in it i announce up to 200 but I actually got up to between 250 and 260 kmh. i don't know if i get up that fast in the video but i had time to so i think i did

coldmm803 · Post by **coldmm803** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:41 am

pics look great

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:49 am

been talk on the news lately about Germany considering putting a speed limit on the autobahn, so get you speed fix now while you can.

joholste · Post by **joholste** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:19 am

yeah there were speed limits on part of the autobahn that i drove on.. but they were like 130 kmh so even that wasn't tooo slow

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