1st ED July 28th Proposed Itinerary

[Taito]

I have done lots of reading about people's ED trips and suggestions and decided it is time for me to get some feedback on mine. First, the goal of this trip is to drive the car and enjoy it, seeing the sites is 2nd, but still nice to do. I get to travel a lot for work so stopping major cities isn't that big of a deal to me as I will most likely end up there for work at some point.

Sunday - Arrive Munich, BMW Museum, Tour Munich.
Monday - pickup car, factory tour, leave Munich by 2pm head south to Neuschwanstein Castle (Photo Op) then off to Bormio via Stevlio Pass
Tuesday - Drive Gotthard Pass, Furka Pass, Grimsel Pass, and finally Susten Pass. Stopping at interesting sites along the way and end up in Zurich for the night. According to my calculations this is going to be a long day but the distance isn't to bad.
Wednesday - Half day in Zurich then head out for Nürburgring via black forest. Stay at a hotel near the track
Thursday - I believe there are a few castles in the area to look at, maybe do ring museum and then do a few laps on the ring between 5-730pm. At this point, can either stay in the hotel another night, or start the journey south towards munich and stay somewhere interesting.
Friday - head out and head to munich for drop off.

What I am really struggling with is getting some routes for the GPS. I tried ViaMichelin but it only exports the start and end points. Any suggestions on this?

Any feedback is welcomed!

[F82_SID]

I am totally going to copy your trip! Right now I am picking up the car Friday July 4th and going to stay and see Munich and check out the museums that day.

Saturday, going to Zurich and hitting all the fun passes and stop and see a castle.
Sunday, TBD. Maybe Luxemberg or Metz
Monday, make my way up to the Nurburgring and do a few laps before heading to Frankfurt
Tues, drop car off in Frankfurt and depart

Any suggestions for Sunday? I have no familiarity with Europe at all so I have no idea what to see/do.

[tomwac]

If your going to Luxembourg, I would suggest to hit the backroads of the Ardennes and Eifel, on the way to the Ring. Best driving you can imagine. I even have somewhere a BMW route you can upload to the navi. It's going from NS to the Ardennes though. It's really worth it.

[Nex]

Originally Posted by E92_SID

I am totally going to copy your trip! Right now I am picking up the car Friday July 4th and going to stay and see Munich and check out the museums that day.

Saturday, going to Zurich and hitting all the fun passes and stop and see a castle.
Sunday, TBD. Maybe Luxemberg or Metz
Monday, make my way up to the Nurburgring and do a few laps before heading to Frankfurt
Tues, drop car off in Frankfurt and depart

Any suggestions for Sunday? I have no familiarity with Europe at all so I have no idea what to see/do.

I'll be there for ED on the 4th as well! What time is your pickup?

To OP: I would probably suggest just dropping your car off at Frankfurt rather than driving all the way back down to Munich.

[minus9]

Originally Posted by Nex

To OP: I would probably suggest just dropping your car off at Frankfurt rather than driving all the way back down to Munich.

It may be easier/cheaper getting a round-trip ticket to fly both into and out of Munich. That's my plan.

[F82_SID]

Originally Posted by Nex

I'll be there for ED on the 4th as well! What time is your pickup?

To OP: I would probably suggest just dropping your car off at Frankfurt rather than driving all the way back down to Munich.

Check in at 1020, delivery at 1150. You?

[Nex]

Originally Posted by E92_SID

Check in at 1020, delivery at 1150. You?

Delivery at 9:10am!
I'll probably still be there when you check in!

[Nex]

Originally Posted by minus9

It may be easier/cheaper getting a round-trip ticket to fly both into and out of Munich. That's my plan.

That's true depending on where you fly out of. For me, flights to/from Frankfurt are just a little cheaper, nothing significant though.
Main consideration is that you don't have to drive back to munich and enjoy and extra day in a city you haven't visited at the beginning of the ED trip.

[stressdoc]

I'm biased -- Munich is one of my favorite cities. So I would run the 400 km from Frankfurt via A9 / A3. Two hours...

I would also try to get a bit further SW into the Italian Alps & Lago Maggiore/di Como. Take a ferry to Bellagio.

[ake]

Originally Posted by stressdoc

I'm biased -- Munich is one of my favorite cities. So I would run the 400 km from Frankfurt via A9 / A3. Two hours....

No way you are going to make 2 hours unless you constantly ignore speed limits (and probably not even then)... that's an average speed of 200km/h. I'd rather calculate 3 hours for that (and that might not even be enough depending on the day and time as well as traffic).

[Lups]

Originally Posted by ake

No way you are going to make 2 hours unless you constantly ignore speed limits (and probably not even then)... that's an average speed of 200km/h. I'd rather calculate 3 hours for that (and that might not even be enough depending on the day and time as well as traffic).

Shut it German with the math! Hey are you awake enough to answer your phone? I'm leaving to the dogpark and I could ruin your morning. First night of sleep for a long time, and now I have a friend in jail, one dog sick, and my personal favorite, I'm out of coffee!

[ake]

Originally Posted by Lups

Shut it German with the math! Hey are you awake enough to answer your phone? I'm leaving to the dogpark and I could ruin your morning. First night of sleep for a long time, and now I have a friend in jail, one dog sick, and my personal favorite, I'm out of coffee!

No calls that early
Isn't there a coffee place on the way to the dog park... for everybody's safety?

[Lups]

Originally Posted by ake

No calls that early
Isn't there a coffee place on the way to the dog park... for everybody's safety?

That's it. I'm shouting at you today.

[stressdoc]