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E60.NET European Meet -- Sat. 26 April 2008 Everyone's welcome!!

#211 xBMWx

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 01:06 PM

Kazimierz -- No problem, unlike E60sim above, I have already finished risk management courses! I planned in a couple of extra places at the restaurant ^_^

E60sim -- good luck with the exam, maybe see you at the next meet...

MacSid -- hope you both have a comfortable and ON TIME(!) trip back from Deli

Thyrus -- thanks mate for printing all the stuff out for tomorrow :thumbsup:

Less than a day to go!!!!!!

:dance:

#212 xBMWx

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 01:07 PM

garehaan, on Apr 25 2008, 02:07 PM, said:

preparations for the meet have started!

Here we can see lazy git "doc horror" having his car cleaned in my garage.

Where were we.....that's gonna cost you a round...

Good work guys

p.s. you missed a bit

#213 andy545

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 01:36 PM

Met up with Nick - see you all tomorrow..

Doc see you at my place 0900 sharp !

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MODS: ACS front lip, M rear bumper, M sideskirts, M5 mirrors, M5 rear spoiler, M5 boot finisher, M5 anti sway bars, M5 instrument cluster, M5 shifter kit, M5 Big Brake Kit, SMG paddle kit, custom Ruthenium Pearl interior trims, 50% front & 35% rear tint, high gloss shadowline, alu pedal set, rear DVD LCD, LCI front & rear light retrofit, LED front, side indicators & no. plate, DME, Eibach prokit, Goodridge brake lines, Redstuff brake pads (rear), K&N air filter, Sprintbooster, Supersprint exhaust

My 545i
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autobahn high speed run

DIY M rear bumper DIY M sideskirts DIY M5 rear spoiler

#214 Doc Horror

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 01:48 PM

garehaan, on Apr 25 2008, 01:07 PM, said:

preparations for the meet have started!

Here we can see lazy git "doc horror" having his car cleaned in my garage.

Where were we.....that's gonna cost you a round...

That guy cost me a fortune

Just holding a cloth for the pic........

530dA, on Apr 25 2008, 05:29 PM, said:

Who from the guys is Doc_Horror

the lazy one hihihi LOL see you all tommorow.

530dA

Yep, the lazy one is me :cool:

xBMWx, on Apr 25 2008, 07:07 PM, said:

Good work guys

p.s. you missed a bit

Thanks for pointing out that spot, cleaned right away !!!

andy545, on Apr 25 2008, 07:36 PM, said:

Met up with Nick - see you all tomorrow..

Doc see you at my place 0900 sharp !

We'll be there in time, just have the coffee ready and hot :devil:

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Sports pac, Shadow line (high gloss), Black Individual leather, 19'' ellisoid, Panorama sunroof, PDC, Dynamic drive, Adaptive steering, Adaptive headlights, Voice control, Logic 7, Prof sat nav, BT phone, TV, Heated Sport seats, Ski sac, light pakket, ~~CD-changer~~.

Wheels:
21" Hartge Classic II
19" OEM 121 with spacers front 12mm rear 15mm (winter set up).

Mods (in order of appearance):
Debadged, Posted Image

iPod interface, Posted Image

Replacement Airfilter, Posted Image

Pro kit, M6 Steering Wheel, SMG Paddles on Steptronic, tinting 35-50%, M6-mirrors, Posted Image

Exhaust with X-pipe (resonators from X-pipe removed/exchangable), Posted Image

Classic II 21", OBD-tuning and removal of speed-limiter, Posted Image

M6 cluster, Sprint Booster, RPI Scoop, Mat-black kidney grills.

Coming up / Planned:
Black roof.

Posted Image

#215 Doc Horror

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 01:48 PM

iPod interface, Posted Image

Replacement Airfilter, Posted Image

Pro kit, M6 Steering Wheel, SMG Paddles on Steptronic, tinting 35-50%, M6-mirrors, Posted Image

Exhaust with X-pipe (resonators from X-pipe removed/exchangable), Posted Image

Classic II 21", OBD-tuning and removal of speed-limiter, Posted Image

M6 cluster, Sprint Booster, RPI Scoop, Mat-black kidney grills.

Coming up / Planned:
Black roof.

Posted Image

#216 garehaan

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 03:15 PM

andy545, on Apr 25 2008, 08:36 PM, said:

Met up with Nick - see you all tomorrow..

Doc see you at my place 0900 sharp !

Do you have your "gumball E60" decals ready (and some anti-headache stuff)

I'll be joining the doc if you don't mind. We'll try to get to maastricht in time! Finishing a crate of beer at my place now.

320d cruising Dutchman

#217 Doc Horror

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Posted 26 April 2008 - 12:38 AM

ITS D-DAY !!! :dance:

iPod interface, Posted Image

Replacement Airfilter, Posted Image

Pro kit, M6 Steering Wheel, SMG Paddles on Steptronic, tinting 35-50%, M6-mirrors, Posted Image

Exhaust with X-pipe (resonators from X-pipe removed/exchangable), Posted Image

Classic II 21", OBD-tuning and removal of speed-limiter, Posted Image

M6 cluster, Sprint Booster, RPI Scoop, Mat-black kidney grills.

Coming up / Planned:
Black roof.

Posted Image

#218 Doc Horror

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Posted 27 April 2008 - 05:22 AM

Some one has got to post the first pictures........

In summary:

Last minute detailing by Andy and Nick

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Number of downloads: 12

Installing SprintBooster by Pete on the spot

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Number of downloads: 6

Perfect meet, great people all with nice cars!!

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Great coffee and even greater cars at the BMW dealer in Koln

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Some highspeed runs on the German autobahn

BTW, as you can see it is hard to make pictures single handed of the speedo (they were all out of focus). But I think you can get the 'message' :wink:

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Number of downloads: 11

The food was excellent at the Tiergarden:

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Number of downloads: 8

And two Taxi's

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I'll bet, more stories and pics will follow.

Coming home with Garehaan, finding his wife being in labour/having contractions on the sofa. So he and his wife rushed off to the hospital.
She delivered a sweet and beautifull baby-girl: Catho!!!!!

What a way to end a meet!!!!!!!!!!!

iPod interface, Posted Image

Replacement Airfilter, Posted Image

Pro kit, M6 Steering Wheel, SMG Paddles on Steptronic, tinting 35-50%, M6-mirrors, Posted Image

Exhaust with X-pipe (resonators from X-pipe removed/exchangable), Posted Image

Classic II 21", OBD-tuning and removal of speed-limiter, Posted Image

M6 cluster, Sprint Booster, RPI Scoop, Mat-black kidney grills.

Coming up / Planned:
Black roof.

Posted Image

#219 keith84_uk

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Posted 27 April 2008 - 08:45 AM

Wow....Looks like you guys had a great fun in there :wow:

Looking forward to see few more pics :thumbsup:

Mods coming: rear spacers, roof spoiler
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BMW E60 2003 530i M54 Titanium Silver, Black leather Climate Control iDrive M-Sport Kit 19" 172M with Dunlop DZ101 (245/35/19,275/30/19) Sebring 2x76mm ACS Foot pedals, Sprint Booster, K&N Air Filter, M5 steering wheel, SS brake lines, Zimmermann Drilled Discs, EBC Redstuff Ceramic, Ricky's LED License plate lights, RPI Scoop, Front struct brace, LCI Tail Light with Bruce's V5.1, Ricky's M5 Cluster Convertion, LED Side Indicators, Matte Black 530i Badge, Matte Black Grille, Matte Black Diffuser, Black Shadow Line, Koni FSD with Eibach, 2 x Ultra Racing Strut bars, 3M 75% Tint all around

#220 BB-Tjai

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Posted 27 April 2008 - 05:03 PM

Yes post more pics please

#221 luxembourg

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Posted 27 April 2008 - 06:05 PM

Doc Horror, on Apr 27 2008, 11:22 AM, said:

Coming home with Garehaan, finding his wife being in labour/having contractions on the sofa. So he and his wife rushed off to the hospital.
She delivered a sweet and beautifull baby-girl: Catho!!!!!

Man!!! CONGRATULATIONS, Wilbert !!!!!!! :thumbsup:

What a day for you!!! The RING and the BABY!!! :wow:

WOW!

Congrats to you and all the best for your wife!!!
And: amazing how you got back home just on time!! ( "... only possible in a bimmer"

- sounds almost like a theme for a next BMW TV commercial!

* * *
Anyway, I will post couple of MEET's pics now and the rest will follow tomorrow; just did not have yet enough time to work on them...

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#222 luxembourg

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Posted 27 April 2008 - 06:44 PM

So, GREAT GREAT MEET!!!
Thank you all who made it to K�ln and Nurburg on Saturday: for joining,
and most of all: thanks to those who put all that effort, time and energy to organize such an awesome event!!!
We all had a wonderful time together, which anyone can easily say by looking at pictures. :rolleyes:

I am already looking forward to the next meet after summer!! :whistle:

So, here come some pictures:

PART 1 :
the initial meet & greet at the BMW Hammer K�ln-West:

Outside the dealer's showroom:

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Inside the showroom, admiring some real beauties in the Alpina corner:

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a quick look at the showroom's "luxury corner":

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coffee and snacks before hitting the road:

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getting ready to ride:

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Nick's Greek beauty all set & ready:

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Number of downloads: 7

some roofs need to go down ... and off we go!!

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#223 Midget

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Posted 28 April 2008 - 01:47 AM

Thanks everybody for organising and participating in a GREAT meet! What more could you want then some nice company, a beatiful drive towards The Ring and this all with a selection of the finest that the Motoren Werke in bayern has to offer. :twoup:

Garehaan: Congratulation on the new mini Haan !! :dance:

Andy545: Hope you're feeling better already..

Going through the (few) pictures I took I noticed that the only car that was on it was an Axxx RS4 (no swearing allowed on the forum), Thyrus let me know if you want additional copies of that picture

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