BMW Welt | Munchen | 19.05.2008

EINSER M · 05-20-2008, 04:10 PM

very quick post of the car and pics, i am back in Paris today, stayed the night in Munich at the King's hotel (great place with great price and great continental breakfast I think i ate my head off before i left!). petra delivered my car at the welt, what an experience....enough said, here are the pics and oh, gas is so INSANELY expensive in germany, about 1.69 EUROS for 100 octane v-power gas, which translates into over $9.50/gallon. BMW puts in about 1/3 of a tank of gas at delivery.....staying in paris another week with the 135! sorry pics arent that great, like a dumbass i left the camera in paris and so when i got to munich i had no camera, had to use my blackberry phone to take pics

> My name off the A3 board, ready for final delivery. Go SAVAGE BMW!

> Petra spins the car as we are coming down the stairs, this is my first look at the car!

> Here it is , right in front of me, i can touch it and feel it!!!!!

> 00000 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> We found a spot as we were pulling up to the King's hotel.

> Parked near Maximillianstrasse in Munich, the 5th avenue of the city, stopped by Louis Vuitton chasing down a purse for my sister that seems to be sold out worldwide...

> Filling up at Shell with expensive ass gas!

> underground parking at the hotel, they only had 7 available spots!

> My first time using an elevator for the car! park it inside, hit the -1 button and it takes you underground, very trippy!

Zonian22 · 05-20-2008, 04:16 PM

Cool Pics!!!!! Makes me wish I could have done Euro Delivery, but I guess Performance Delivery is the next best thing. Good Luck:w00t:

AchtungF80 · 05-20-2008, 04:28 PM

fantastic pics!! this may be the first published ED 135i in alpine white, at least that i've seen so far.

coco_m3 · 05-20-2008, 04:46 PM

plien69 · 05-20-2008, 04:51 PM

Looks great. Would love to do ED one of these days...

BTW, more pics of Lemon if you get the chance!

Shocker · 05-20-2008, 05:09 PM

I was still the first 1Addict to have the W/W, hahaha

j/p

EINSER M · 05-20-2008, 05:17 PM

ill try my blackberry to take the lemon pics tomorrow. ok so i hold the ED AW/Lemon title then, not the 1addict AW/Lemon title ha ha ha thats ok, any title at this point is worth holding. the welt sent me home with a free welt keychain, a picture a la disney style and 10 euros that went towards another bmw f1-sauber key chain!

350 to 1 · 05-20-2008, 06:08 PM

Congrats!!! Fantastic pics. ED is the way to go. The car feels like it belongs there doesn't it. We never had a car in Paris, but used my Cousin's BMW and Uncle's Opel Manta GTE in Germany. ENJOY!

essexcounty · 05-20-2008, 07:22 PM

Hell yeah, kirk - congrats. Another one to add to the collection!

mateo · 05-20-2008, 07:44 PM

Thanks so much for taking the time to share you're photos.

Congrats!!!

larryn · 05-20-2008, 07:57 PM

Fantastic blog of the delivery so far, and thanks so much for taking the time to bring us all along for the ride! Have fun in France, and enjoy the car. It's gorgeous, but I'm a bit impartial towards AW. :biggrin:

zbladejr · 05-20-2008, 10:00 PM

Love the look of that car - plus ED is great (in this meaning of the acronym...lol)!

Anyone know how I could get a german license plate like that for the front of my non-ED car? Or, would that be against 1addict etiquette?

iamthewalrus · 05-20-2008, 10:52 PM

What I love about ED at the Welt is the gallery on the far side. Look at the photo below, see the people standing on the far side? It's set up as this wide chasm separating the unwashed masses from new BMW owners. It's subtle, but it says, "Maybe some day you too will be fortunate enough to be on that side of this great divide, being watched and envied by mere mortals." Classic marketing and excellently done!

(Note, I did ED with a friend for his 2008 335xci back in April. It rocked!)

3toM · 05-20-2008, 11:01 PM

Looks great!! Congrats. Look forward to see you driving around the streets of Rancho soon!!

Yearofthe1 · 05-20-2008, 11:23 PM

Thank you for the heads up about the gas prices. I've been planning on a huge budget for the gas, as by the time the 1er is dropped off in Amsterdam, we will have logged about 1300 miles!

EINSER M · 05-20-2008, 11:32 PM

I seriously cant wait for some socal roads to burn some rubber on! although you gotta take your hats off to the germans, the freeways were toll-free and i could seriously eat my lunch off the ground, my windshields werent even dirty from driving on the freeway. the french freeways on the other hand its another story. bugs and road kills all over my windshield and front of the car, AND those damn french make you pay tolls up the ass! (31,30 euros from the border to paris), for a freeway thats not nearly as cool as the german's...oh well. AW FTW and anyone remotely interested to do ED on their car, its a NO BRAINER YOU HAVE TO DO IT! anyone already planning on going, get that credit card ready (i used my capitalone they dont charge a foreign transaction fee oh boy that adds up and that's awesome!) - gotta drop my buddy off at the CDG airport in paris, will take pics of the inside and post later today. tchuss everyone.

hooner35 · 05-21-2008, 07:22 AM

Congrats.

I did performance center delivery which I loved, but ED looks even more amazing.
Have a safe trip back.

dclee1 · 05-21-2008, 08:01 AM

Congrats man, nice pics! I stayed at the king's hotel as well - God I miss those delicious breakfast sausages....

EINSER M · 05-21-2008, 11:38 AM

Day 2 - I do miss the King's hotel too and its great food! Here are more pics of the car's interior. LOVING IT.

RobLS · 05-21-2008, 11:50 AM

Very nice pics, even with a phone. Great to see pics of your journey though, not just pics from when you just pick it up and thats it. And every time I see lemon interior, yes it is nice, but it looks like it can almost be edible to me, makes me hungry in other words. Guess that just makes me weird hehe.

e36chris · 05-21-2008, 06:44 PM

9.50 american / gallon, thats it?

all seriousness, very hot ride, excellent options, thanks for the close ups of the GPS, i cant believe that it looks so "cheap" the way its cut into the dash, wish it was integrated like the M3 GPS is, or 335 for that matter.. ah well still getting it.

love the car though, enjoy it.

plien69 · 05-21-2008, 07:25 PM

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

The Lemon 2-tone with Gloss Black looks sharp! Enjoy the rest of the trip!

05-20-2008, 04:10 PM	#1
EINSER M Major General 377 Rep 5,730 Posts Drives: BMW i3 rex Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal iTrader: (44) Garage List 2018 I01 i3s \| CURRENT [0.00] 2018 G01 X3 \| CURRENT [0.00] 2017 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F48 X1 \| SOLD ... [0.00] 2016 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F22 M240 \| SOLD [8.00] 2016 F25 X3 diesel ... [0.00] 2006 E60 550 \| SOLD [6.00] 2011 E90 335 \| SOLD [8.66] 2012 E82 135 \| SOLD [5.50] 2011 E82 1M \| SOLD [7.94] 2007 E85 Z4M\| SOLD [4.50] 2003 E53 X5 4.6is S ... [9.00] 2008 E92 328 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E82 135 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E90 335 \| SOLD [0.00] 2003 E46 M3 \| SOLD [7.50] 2006 E90 330 \| SOLD [10.00] 2003 E46 330ZHP \| SOLD [0.00]	BMW Welt \| Munich \| 19.05.2008 \| E82 135 AW/Lemon \| 53 PICS very quick post of the car and pics, i am back in Paris today, stayed the night in Munich at the King's hotel (great place with great price and great continental breakfast I think i ate my head off before i left!). petra delivered my car at the welt, what an experience....enough said, here are the pics and oh, gas is so INSANELY expensive in germany, about 1.69 EUROS for 100 octane v-power gas, which translates into over $9.50/gallon. BMW puts in about 1/3 of a tank of gas at delivery.....staying in paris another week with the 135! sorry pics arent that great, like a dumbass i left the camera in paris and so when i got to munich i had no camera, had to use my blackberry phone to take pics > My name off the A3 board, ready for final delivery. Go SAVAGE BMW! > Petra spins the car as we are coming down the stairs, this is my first look at the car! > Here it is , right in front of me, i can touch it and feel it!!!!! > 00000 miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > We found a spot as we were pulling up to the King's hotel. > Parked near Maximillianstrasse in Munich, the 5th avenue of the city, stopped by Louis Vuitton chasing down a purse for my sister that seems to be sold out worldwide... > Filling up at Shell with expensive ass gas! > underground parking at the hotel, they only had 7 available spots! > My first time using an elevator for the car! park it inside, hit the -1 button and it takes you underground, very trippy!
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05-20-2008, 04:16 PM	#2
Zonian22 Private First Class 36 Rep 145 Posts Drives: Audi S3 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami, FL. iTrader: (0)	Cool Pics!!!!! Makes me wish I could have done Euro Delivery, but I guess Performance Delivery is the next best thing. Good Luck:w00t: __________________
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05-20-2008, 04:28 PM	#3
AchtungF80 Brigadier General 276 Rep 3,465 Posts Drives: 997.2 GT3, '17 G30 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NJ iTrader: (2) Garage List 2008 135is [9.50] 2010 Cooper S [10.00] 1991 318is [10.00]	fantastic pics!! this may be the first published ED 135i in alpine white, at least that i've seen so far. __________________ ig: 0verrev
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05-20-2008, 04:46 PM	#4
coco_m3 Brigadier General 167 Rep 4,311 Posts Drives: Supercharged E90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SL,UT iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW M3 [0.00] 2010 BMW E90 335i [0.00]	__________________
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05-20-2008, 04:51 PM	#5
plien69 Captain 20 Rep 841 Posts Drives: 2014 M235i Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	Looks great. Would love to do ED one of these days... BTW, more pics of Lemon if you get the chance!
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05-20-2008, 05:09 PM	#6
Shocker 1 in the Stink 10 Rep 141 Posts Drives: Join Date: Apr 2008 iTrader: (0)	I was still the first 1Addict to have the W/W, hahaha j/p
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05-20-2008, 05:17 PM	#7
EINSER M Major General 377 Rep 5,730 Posts Drives: BMW i3 rex Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal iTrader: (44) Garage List 2018 I01 i3s \| CURRENT [0.00] 2018 G01 X3 \| CURRENT [0.00] 2017 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F48 X1 \| SOLD ... [0.00] 2016 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F22 M240 \| SOLD [8.00] 2016 F25 X3 diesel ... [0.00] 2006 E60 550 \| SOLD [6.00] 2011 E90 335 \| SOLD [8.66] 2012 E82 135 \| SOLD [5.50] 2011 E82 1M \| SOLD [7.94] 2007 E85 Z4M\| SOLD [4.50] 2003 E53 X5 4.6is S ... [9.00] 2008 E92 328 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E82 135 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E90 335 \| SOLD [0.00] 2003 E46 M3 \| SOLD [7.50] 2006 E90 330 \| SOLD [10.00] 2003 E46 330ZHP \| SOLD [0.00]	ill try my blackberry to take the lemon pics tomorrow. ok so i hold the ED AW/Lemon title then, not the 1addict AW/Lemon title ha ha ha thats ok, any title at this point is worth holding. the welt sent me home with a free welt keychain, a picture a la disney style and 10 euros that went towards another bmw f1-sauber key chain!
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05-20-2008, 06:08 PM	#8
350 to 1 New Member 0 Rep 11 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jan 2008 iTrader: (0)	Congrats!!! Fantastic pics. ED is the way to go. The car feels like it belongs there doesn't it. We never had a car in Paris, but used my Cousin's BMW and Uncle's Opel Manta GTE in Germany. ENJOY!
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05-20-2008, 07:22 PM	#9
essexcounty Private First Class 4 Rep 159 Posts Drives: Join Date: Nov 2007 iTrader: (0)	Hell yeah, kirk - congrats. Another one to add to the collection!
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05-20-2008, 07:44 PM	#10
mateo Addicted Member 15 Rep 603 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	Thanks so much for taking the time to share you're photos. Congrats!!! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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05-20-2008, 07:57 PM	#11
larryn Lieutenant General 2146 Rep 10,176 Posts Drives: '97 332ti, '21 X5 45e, '16 GT4 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle iTrader: (2)	Fantastic blog of the delivery so far, and thanks so much for taking the time to bring us all along for the ride! Have fun in France, and enjoy the car. It's gorgeous, but I'm a bit impartial towards AW. :biggrin:
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05-20-2008, 10:00 PM	#12
zbladejr Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 231 Posts Drives: Join Date: Mar 2008 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 135i [0.00]	Love the look of that car - plus ED is great (in this meaning of the acronym...lol)! Anyone know how I could get a german license plate like that for the front of my non-ED car? Or, would that be against 1addict etiquette?
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05-20-2008, 10:52 PM	#13
iamthewalrus Enlisted Member 0 Rep 35 Posts Drives: Join Date: Mar 2008 iTrader: (0)	Maybe some day What I love about ED at the Welt is the gallery on the far side. Look at the photo below, see the people standing on the far side? It's set up as this wide chasm separating the unwashed masses from new BMW owners. It's subtle, but it says, "Maybe some day you too will be fortunate enough to be on that side of this great divide, being watched and envied by mere mortals." Classic marketing and excellently done! (Note, I did ED with a friend for his 2008 335xci back in April. It rocked!)
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05-20-2008, 11:01 PM	#14
3toM Lieutenant 18 Rep 511 Posts Drives: 2013 335i EB Msport Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Looks great!! Congrats. Look forward to see you driving around the streets of Rancho soon!!
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05-20-2008, 11:23 PM	#15
Yearofthe1 An ex-addict :-( 33 Rep 691 Posts Drives: VFR1200F Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: N. Va. iTrader: (1)	Thank you for the heads up about the gas prices. I've been planning on a huge budget for the gas, as by the time the 1er is dropped off in Amsterdam, we will have logged about 1300 miles! __________________ 135i Montego Blue, Grey Boston Leather, MT, Sport Package, Premium Package, Navi, Premium Sound, Heated Seats, iPod. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] We search for certainty and call what we find destiny. Everything is possible, yet only one thing happens. -Michael and Ellen Kaplan
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05-20-2008, 11:32 PM	#16
EINSER M Major General 377 Rep 5,730 Posts Drives: BMW i3 rex Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal iTrader: (44) Garage List 2018 I01 i3s \| CURRENT [0.00] 2018 G01 X3 \| CURRENT [0.00] 2017 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F48 X1 \| SOLD ... [0.00] 2016 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F22 M240 \| SOLD [8.00] 2016 F25 X3 diesel ... [0.00] 2006 E60 550 \| SOLD [6.00] 2011 E90 335 \| SOLD [8.66] 2012 E82 135 \| SOLD [5.50] 2011 E82 1M \| SOLD [7.94] 2007 E85 Z4M\| SOLD [4.50] 2003 E53 X5 4.6is S ... [9.00] 2008 E92 328 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E82 135 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E90 335 \| SOLD [0.00] 2003 E46 M3 \| SOLD [7.50] 2006 E90 330 \| SOLD [10.00] 2003 E46 330ZHP \| SOLD [0.00]	I seriously cant wait for some socal roads to burn some rubber on! although you gotta take your hats off to the germans, the freeways were toll-free and i could seriously eat my lunch off the ground, my windshields werent even dirty from driving on the freeway. the french freeways on the other hand its another story. bugs and road kills all over my windshield and front of the car, AND those damn french make you pay tolls up the ass! (31,30 euros from the border to paris), for a freeway thats not nearly as cool as the german's...oh well. AW FTW and anyone remotely interested to do ED on their car, its a NO BRAINER YOU HAVE TO DO IT! anyone already planning on going, get that credit card ready (i used my capitalone they dont charge a foreign transaction fee oh boy that adds up and that's awesome!) - gotta drop my buddy off at the CDG airport in paris, will take pics of the inside and post later today. tchuss everyone.
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05-21-2008, 07:22 AM	#17
hooner35 Make every day a great 1! 24 Rep 167 Posts Drives: 1M Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Motorcity, MI iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW 1M [9.87]	Congrats. I did performance center delivery which I loved, but ED looks even more amazing. Have a safe trip back. __________________ 1M / Alpine White
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05-21-2008, 08:01 AM	#18
dclee1 Lieutenant 21 Rep 469 Posts Drives: Join Date: Nov 2007 iTrader: (0)	Congrats man, nice pics! I stayed at the king's hotel as well - God I miss those delicious breakfast sausages.... __________________ 135 Monaco Blue - ED April 19th 2008 6spd, Sprt, Prem, Cold, Ipod, Comfort, HD Radio
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05-21-2008, 11:38 AM	#19
EINSER M Major General 377 Rep 5,730 Posts Drives: BMW i3 rex Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal iTrader: (44) Garage List 2018 I01 i3s \| CURRENT [0.00] 2018 G01 X3 \| CURRENT [0.00] 2017 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F48 X1 \| SOLD ... [0.00] 2016 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F22 M240 \| SOLD [8.00] 2016 F25 X3 diesel ... [0.00] 2006 E60 550 \| SOLD [6.00] 2011 E90 335 \| SOLD [8.66] 2012 E82 135 \| SOLD [5.50] 2011 E82 1M \| SOLD [7.94] 2007 E85 Z4M\| SOLD [4.50] 2003 E53 X5 4.6is S ... [9.00] 2008 E92 328 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E82 135 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E90 335 \| SOLD [0.00] 2003 E46 M3 \| SOLD [7.50] 2006 E90 330 \| SOLD [10.00] 2003 E46 330ZHP \| SOLD [0.00]	Day 2 - I do miss the King's hotel too and its great food! Here are more pics of the car's interior. LOVING IT.
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05-21-2008, 11:50 AM	#20
RobLS Major 29 Rep 1,193 Posts Drives: M3 Coupe Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Near Perpetual Rain iTrader: (0)	Very nice pics, even with a phone. Great to see pics of your journey though, not just pics from when you just pick it up and thats it. And every time I see lemon interior, yes it is nice, but it looks like it can almost be edible to me, makes me hungry in other words. Guess that just makes me weird hehe.
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05-21-2008, 06:44 PM	#21
e36chris Second Lieutenant 3 Rep 216 Posts Drives: Join Date: Feb 2008 iTrader: (0)	9.50 american / gallon, thats it? all seriousness, very hot ride, excellent options, thanks for the close ups of the GPS, i cant believe that it looks so "cheap" the way its cut into the dash, wish it was integrated like the M3 GPS is, or 335 for that matter.. ah well still getting it. love the car though, enjoy it.
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05-21-2008, 07:25 PM	#22
plien69 Captain 20 Rep 841 Posts Drives: 2014 M235i Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	Very nice! Thanks for sharing! The Lemon 2-tone with Gloss Black looks sharp! Enjoy the rest of the trip!
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