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BMW World

As we'll be home in about 4 months so we decided it's about time to start shopping for a new car.  And what better place to start than the BMW Centre in Munich?  Mostly the pictures can do the talking...

Problem... which one of mummy or daddy stays at home?


Quick... to the autobahn Batman!



1960 or 2060?


Sam grudgingly gave up the drivers seat to Elise

We were quoted 600,000 Euros (base price without options) for this nice Rolls

The Garage looked odd without oil all over the floor and dodgy calendars on the walls




It's not really true that we visited with thoughts of shopping but looking at all the shiny new cars, we did start thinking about how nice a new BMW would look parked in the garage.  Sam came away desperately wanting an X5 but there's not much chance of that - actually there's NO chance unless he wants to join the workforce when we get home :-).  However our visit did give us some alternatives to think about in addition to the Volvo we currently have our eyes on.

Incidentally...  For those unfamiliar with driving in Germany.  If Australia had the same road rules as they have here you could drive from Sydney to Melbourne on the Hume Highway in 4 hours!  It's unnerving driving on the autobahn in a little rental car at 130kph and having to consider very carefully when moving out to pass a truck, lest a Mercedes, BMW or Audi be coming up from behind doing 100kph faster - we did see one car almost get rear ended pulling out into the path of a flying Audi.   After a half hour of driving though, even Elise was averaging about 135kph - in some places it's actually more dangerous to drive slower.

After the BMW experience we also had a quick look at the Olympic Stadium across the road...





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