Another Assimilation - VO 1M Coupe European Delivery Journal 12.04.2011

[ol'mate]

Originally Posted by hwelvaar

I think MNavigator has crashed his 1M, and is too scared to tell us !

Hence no more updates or pictures...

Yeah sometimes tracking a brand new unfamiliar car isn't a good idea.

Hopefully its not the case though.

[Joer]

Any more updates MNavigator?

[MNavigator]

We are indeed alive, not dead, not in jail, and not being held hostage.

Gentlemen sorry about the delay in responses, coming back has resulted in crazy hours at work at trying to catch up on the sleep we didn't get while enjoying the car in Europe. I have updated SPA added a couple of small videos, have to make the 3 gig plus files from the gopro smaller before trying to upload. Also I added some pictures in the day 10 spot of the car while on the hoist. We were not able to take video at Nurburg, found out it was a big no no, to bad I was not aware of until we got there.

I will be updating the Nurburgring post in the next couple nights and hope to get more video up.

The car is awesome and I cant wait till it gets here.

[Grey Dove]

Cool MNav. just let those vids come. Glad you had a good time at SPA

[M3Power79]

Glad you enjoyed the track that much! But i am more pleased with the fact you enjoyed the car even more and it can match up against your heavily modified Subaru STI
The sound in the movies is really disapointing. You almost hear anything

[as7920]

Great update. Thanks.

Couple of questions.

Are you happy with your color choice?
Did you see VO in person before ordering it?

Cheers

Mark.

[MNavigator]

Originally Posted by as7920

Great update. Thanks.

Couple of questions.

Are you happy with your color choice?
Did you see VO in person before ordering it?

Cheers

Mark.

I am extremely happy that I went with the VO.

I originally wanted the car in white, but after seeing the VO at the Detroit autoshow I changed my mind. The VO is a nice colour that does really change with the lighting around it. Very few internet pics really show the true range on the paint. An orange car may not be for everyone but it I am happy I ultimately went that way.

[MNavigator]

Originally Posted by M3Power79

Glad you enjoyed the track that much! But i am more pleased with the fact you enjoyed the car even more and it can match up against your heavily modified Subaru STI
The sound in the movies is really disapointing. You almost hear anything

The exhaust is hard to capture especially with the point and shoot that was used in those vids. A really good representation is the sound from that video in Monaco. Deep and throaty.

[elitt13]

sorry if it's already post?

[skyphab]

I think I saw it somewhere already, but still nice

*yeehaa. Anyone also at Spa this weekend for the Le Mans Series Round 2?

[M3Power79]

Originally Posted by MNavigator

The exhaust is hard to capture especially with the point and shoot that was used in those vids. A really good representation is the sound from that video in Monaco. Deep and throaty.

I hadn't seen it but it definitely sounds good! Maybe it's the air in Monaco

[MNavigator]

Originally Posted by M3Power79

I hadn't seen it but it definitely sounds good! Maybe it's the air in Monaco

I can't even explain how great it sounded when driving through tunnels; especially the ones that were just carved into rock with no additional concrete lining. The note of the exhaust got better after the first 6-800 miles. Diving it as much as we did allowed us to notice the difference as it happened over 2 days

[as7920]

Originally Posted by MNavigator

I am extremely happy that I went with the VO.

I originally wanted the car in white, but after seeing the VO at the Detroit autoshow I changed my mind. The VO is a nice colour that does really change with the lighting around it. Very few internet pics really show the true range on the paint. An orange car may not be for everyone but it I am happy I ultimately went that way.

Thanks!

[MNavigator]

She is on her way.

Scheduled to be in Halifax on May 16th, she is riding aboard Faust a Wallenius vessel.



Port Country Arrival Departure
BREMERHAVEN GERMANY 01/05/2011 04/05/2011
GOTHENBURG SWEDEN 05/05/2011 06/05/2011
ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 08/05/2011 08/05/2011
SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KING 09/05/2011 09/05/2011
HALIFAX, NS CANADA 16/05/2011 16/05/2011
NEW YORK, NY U.S.A. 18/05/2011 18/05/2011
BRUNSWICK, GA U.S.A. 23/05/2011 23/05/2011
CHARLESTON,SC U.S.A. 24/05/2011 24/05/2011

[Grey Dove]

Hello MNav, I just scrolled back in your "archieves" and noticed day 8 & 9 are still missing

Holding back on something? :-))

[Fizbin]

Here's another video of your precious toy, MNavigator! Shot at the same time as Shmee150's video, but from the other side of the road

[DTM-R13]

excellent write up

[evolution80]

just noticed the photo with the white 3series with IL licence plates in front of the liebherr compound
that is our tirol - usually the first thing you will see is cops giving speeding tickets

but i would not have bought a vignette for the autobahn - next time take the small roads through our valleys

since they put up a 100kmh speed limit on our autobahn and people go 95 in the fast lane i dont drive there anymore