Didn't we have a lovely day the day we went to stuttgart - rest of the pics

[hairnet]

Starts with this cos I've not had breakfast and didn't stop for lunch

Can't miss the place as factory museum and mahoosive dealer all on The roundabout

[paulplom]

Tomato soup for breakfast? Bah!

[MJK 24]

Did you make it to the Mercedes museum?  Amazing place...

[hairnet]

Did Merc and sinsheim in 2007 when did camberwick also

[hairnet]

I always thought ing  f porsche was from Austria and picked Stuttgart cos of that part of Deutsch is very mechanical and industrial Daimler man  diesel BASF etc

But no he's actually Czech and moved to gmund cos his works got flattened

Yer man isn't from the isle of man lol

[chaseracer]

Never knew Gmünd was on the Isle of Man... 😉

[hairnet]

12 hours ago, hairnet said:

Did Merc and sinsheim in 2007 when did camberwick also

Camberwick wtf

Camberg ( then Italy)

[hairnet]

10 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Never knew Gmünd was on the Isle of Man... 😉

I was also wondering how the logo happened

[hairnet]

More zuffenhausen porn

[hairnet]

Saw this on the way to the motorway this morning

Heading north now - stopped at rest area to walk about

Galaxy hit 211 in the darmstadt motorway

[sutty2006]

I’d love to do the Merc museum etc etc. 

[yohan]

We went to the porsche museum year about 6 or 7 years ago. It was alright...

The sinsheim museum you mentioned earlier however, that is amazing!! I went there as a kid and then again a few years ago, the scale of the place is insane!

Another nice museum is the saab museum in trollhätten in sweden. We were on a road trip round the country and i didnt even know it existed or indeed where saabs were built until we drove into the town. It was the nicest surprise and made it a brilliant holiday!

[chaseracer]

19 minutes ago, yohan said:

Another nice museum is the saab museum in trollhätten in sweden...

Agreed!

Did this one with @Inspector Morosein early 2017 (along with the Volvo museum in Gothenburg) when one of our 'day trips to Calais' got a bit out of hand... 😁

[beko1987]

"was an 'orrible day we got drunk on the way and the rain came down"... 

[OwdChina]

Get yourself to the BMW museum in Munich.

I'm not a fan of BMW but it's the best motor museum ive ever been in to be honest.

[hairnet]

8 minutes ago, yohan said:

We went to the porsche museum year about 6 or 7 years ago. It was alright...

The sinsheim museum you mentioned earlier however, that is amazing!! I went there as a kid and then again a few years ago, the scale of the place is insane!

Another nice museum is the saab museum in trollhätten in sweden. We were on a road trip round the country and i didnt even know it existed or indeed where saabs were built until we drove into the town. It was the nicest surprise and made it a brilliant holiday!

ive been to all 3 and volvo - check the threads on here

Peugeot and matra in france are worth a look too

[hairnet]

louwman

schlumpf

do these

I was gonna do skoda on this trip but no travel atm

the isle of man motor museum is good too

[hairnet]

back at the airport now

pics tomorrow of speyer if im not asleep - the flight is half six

shalambralaxy did 1300 kms since saturday morning - used 75 euro of fuel

it was doing 40mpg I think 150 kmh mostly apart from the top speed run - anything above 170 needs concentration due to the road surfaces mostly concrete the ridges and bumps move you about and dutch and swiss -(ffs) tourists

[hairnet]

[hairnet]

On 9/27/2020 at 3:19 PM, paulplom said:

Tomato soup for breakfast? Bah!

No that's European tea

[UltraWomble]

On 9/28/2020 at 8:25 AM, hairnet said:

More zuffenhausen porn

 

Im sure every Porsche dealer in the UK has one of these on display

[hairnet]

was heading for tilburg and passed an irish truck with two of them and another no idea what ut was but it was older the metal wheels with the spikes so 20s? and wouldnt be porsche

i think theyre a bit henry ford but the red colour - seems to be the only colour you see them in :D

 

[Remspoor]

Tilburg, that be in The Netherlands, that will be isolation upon return 😷

[Alusilber]

I did the Porsche and M-B museums in 2017, unfortunately a year too late for the "40 Jahre Porsche Transaxle" exhibition, which I would have liked. Hopefully they'll do a 50 Jahre one in 2026, by which time Alusilber Jr will be old enough to do the factory tour with me...😁

That M-B museum is indeed particularly impressive though.

[Alusilber]

And yes, old Ferdinand was a Bohemian, though I don't think he hung around there long enough to get a job with Skoda.

[hairnet]

the rest of the pics

pink pig was interesting

why is the nugget about downforce a thing with motorsport places

didnt know joest raced thought he only ran teams and prepped stuff

@Schaefft you ever see the polizei in you rear mirror

unlike me if youre not a nerd its worth a look if youre in the area but i wouldnt make the trip unless you were/are a porsche anorak

 

 

[hairnet]

dunno what the box ratcheted to the back of the 918 development car was but obvs its not on the production car (later pic)

i think they took their lighting cues from the nec - some of the places they put cars was very odd the carrera gt - dont think it wouldnt come out pink of itd been out on the floor etc

 

[HMC]

Apparently they sold off the correct no 23 1970 Le Mans winner (the saltzburg entry in red and white) when they threw the towel in on them at the end of 1971 and the buyer (polak) then sold it to a Japanese collector. They tried to buy it back and gave up; so made a replica that often is stated as the 1970 Le Mans winner. Odd to flog it in a way as they were obsessed with Le Mans and clearly it’s a massive part of their view of their heritage today. It’s what they are as a brand. Their first outright winner but it’s not in their collection.

 

Great pics, I’ll have to go one day.

 

[Roobarb]

Went to pick up milk late tonight and as I trudged back through the car park, I heard a deep throated beetle go by. Look up and it’s an incredible silver 356 A coupe looking all outlawed. 
Pretty much my dream car since about 1987 when I started driving. Wish I could say one day one will be mine, but have never quite been able to get my pay to catch up with that level of inflation. 
Achingly cool though. 
Thanks for posting. I went to the old museum that was a little more than a long big garage back in the early 90s. Managed to tour the plant too. 
‘If you get the chance, the Prototypo museum in Hamburg has more of the same and well worth a visit. 

[Roobarb]

This is my current Stuttgart squeeze - sorry for the repeat pic, but it took me an age to get it running and still needs more loving!