Originally Posted by PoleApart' post='337239' date='Sep 22 2006, 12:40 AM

Great pics Ron.

Krosno, huh? What you Dutch guys will do just to save some money on insurance ;-). Those cars really look like a proper East European mafia outfit. Respect. ;-)

Przemek

Originally Posted by ronald_adi' post='337023' date='Sep 21 2006, 04:10 PM

Hi guys,

i had a great vacation with the family! We (9 of us) rented a luxurious Villa in Calpe Spain. We visited nice places like the Millau bridge (tallest bridge in the world), Monaco - where ferraris are plentiful like VW golfs! I took my e60 (535d Sport) up to the tops of the mountains in Spain and Switserland (those are the sceneric pics that u see) - highest point was some 4000m.

My BMW 535d Sport - tuned to 350HP and 700NM - was absolutely amazing. We were with 3 cars - the other two were an A6 4.2L petrol and A8 4.2L petrol and they simply couldnt keep up with the momentum of the 535d and the ease at which i pulled away from them at the bends in the winding mountain roads. I thoroughly enjoyed the car. Still havent tested the top speed after remapping, but I tried the 0 - 60 acceleration and almost ended up in the back seat!

The pics are of scenery with the car and some pics of us.

Hope u enjoy the pics.
1 - calpe spain
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7 - the family
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14 - the wife
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15 - barcelona - Sangrada Familia
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16 - Ferraris in St. Tropez, France
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19 - 3000 feet up in a mountain in switzerland
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22 - Mercedes SLR
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26 - in the clouds at the top of a mountain in switzerland
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27 - the bridge of millau - tallest in the world. Taller than the eifel tower. In cloudy weather the highway is above the clouds !
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30 - Overview of Millau, and the bridge in the background + the wife
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36 - the villa we stayed at in spain
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Originally Posted by Stevends' post='337388' date='Sep 22 2006, 02:17 PM

Hey great pictures !!
The villa you stayed in ... was that in Maryvilla ??
I have an appartment in Calp? near the port ... so I know it very well over there ...
But even with my previous X5 I didn't drive up that mountain where you took those pics ... to risky and a hell of a job to turn around ... especially when you know it's 800 meters deep
Do you know Altea Hills ?? I'll post some pics later ...

Originally Posted by ronald_adi' post='337396' date='Sep 22 2006, 02:34 PM

Honestly i dont know if it was maryvilla or not. Another member of the family did the booking.

So u were really just scared to get up there huh? i dont blame u it WAS scary! I went up the Altea hills as well. That is absolutely amazing the kinds of houses and resorts up there!

Originally Posted by ronald_adi' post='337366' date='Sep 22 2006, 01:05 PM

Hahaha you should have see the other A8 in the pack . Actually i am on polish plates more due to the Dutch special tax when u buy a car - which can go to 25,000 euro on such a car. So it aint about insurance - though thats a nice bonus

When are u in Krakow next? i'll pass buy on my way to Krosno

Originally Posted by ronald_adi' post='337396' date='Sep 22 2006, 02:34 PM

Honestly i dont know if it was maryvilla or not. Another member of the family did the booking.

So u were really just scared to get up there huh? i dont blame u it WAS scary! I went up the Altea hills as well. That is absolutely amazing the kinds of houses and resorts up there!

Originally Posted by Stevends' post='337402' date='Sep 22 2006, 02:56 PM

I'm quite sure that it was in Maryvilla ... Maryvilla is also an excellent restaurant ... when you are there one day you'll have to try it ...
Scared isn't the word ... only it was difficult to turn around all the way up on that hill ... so now we park the car and we go by foot ... the view is beautiful up there ... and you can even hear the silence
Altea Hills is also a beautiful place ... on top of the hills you have a beautiful view on Calp? and the region ... I'll post some pictures when I'm @ home ...
Here's already one pic ... taken on one of our terraces of our appartment in Calp? ... damn whish I was there now ...