@RicardoD, @Teddy_West, @bunty660, and a "friend" of Bunty who had the audacity to bring a BMW e31 840i (I'm telling you this is all @a777fan's fault with his fleet of MunichMobiles 
) went for a drive today. @kegmankipp was supposed to come but he had to, ahem, "work", ahem, and at least @dionphaneuf had a good excuse, which was that he caught some terrible ailment and was still on the mend. I dunno, maybe jock-itch or something, but @dionphaneuf is on the mend so that's all good! 
So I have to admit we probably have had the INVERSE of a normal 500Eboard meeting. Which is to say, no 500Es showed up. All of us brought, non-w124, non-036, and non-034 horseless motor carriages for our drive. Yes, this was a meeting of 500Eboard members.
Actually at least @Teddy_West brought the wagon of green doom, otherwise known as a 700+hp E63S wagon, so that makes up for it.
But, you know, if some of us didn't have to "work" then we would have had w124 representation.
We took this route:
which is an exceedingly desolate, hot, and technical route. 52.3 miles of glorious curves among breathtakingly beautiful scenery and little traffic. Let me zoom in on what these 52.3 miles looked like:
And this is what the route looks like in person:
Key things we learned - @bunty660 has a fleet of automobiles, and you know he's serious because his LICENSE PLATE FRAME displays "Pick'n'Pull"! Ricardo's 964 Carrera 4 hauls ass - I couldn't get him from filling up my rear view mirror the whole time, and next time we will need to bring a w124.
On the way back, I decided to do the route in reverse, so for me it was 111 miles of driving, 14.3 mpg average, and I paid about $6.39 per gallon for 91-octane. Ugh. But it was worth it. I cleaned up my car after the drive and there was a LOT of rubber all over my wheel wells ----- I sure used up those tires!
Some more pictures below. We have to do this more often!
) went for a drive today. @kegmankipp was supposed to come but he had to, ahem, "work", ahem, and at least @dionphaneuf had a good excuse, which was that he caught some terrible ailment and was still on the mend. I dunno, maybe jock-itch or something, but @dionphaneuf is on the mend so that's all good! So I have to admit we probably have had the INVERSE of a normal 500Eboard meeting. Which is to say, no 500Es showed up. All of us brought, non-w124, non-036, and non-034 horseless motor carriages for our drive. Yes, this was a meeting of 500Eboard members.
Actually at least @Teddy_West brought the wagon of green doom, otherwise known as a 700+hp E63S wagon, so that makes up for it.
But, you know, if some of us didn't have to "work" then we would have had w124 representation.We took this route:
which is an exceedingly desolate, hot, and technical route. 52.3 miles of glorious curves among breathtakingly beautiful scenery and little traffic. Let me zoom in on what these 52.3 miles looked like:
And this is what the route looks like in person:
Key things we learned - @bunty660 has a fleet of automobiles, and you know he's serious because his LICENSE PLATE FRAME displays "Pick'n'Pull"! Ricardo's 964 Carrera 4 hauls ass - I couldn't get him from filling up my rear view mirror the whole time, and next time we will need to bring a w124.
On the way back, I decided to do the route in reverse, so for me it was 111 miles of driving, 14.3 mpg average, and I paid about $6.39 per gallon for 91-octane. Ugh. But it was worth it. I cleaned up my car after the drive and there was a LOT of rubber all over my wheel wells ----- I sure used up those tires!
Some more pictures below. We have to do this more often!
Thanks for the pics.
) marinas are charging ~$5.50. They get an extra $.50-1.00 a gallon because of the real estate.
