Greetings from Munich!

[lawong]

Well, after 15 hours of flying, on a three leg flight from SFO to JFK to LHR to Munich, I finally landed in Munich on Thursday at 12:30 PM.

My buddy at work Thomas picked me up from the airport and we did a quick tour of the city. The architecture of the buildings is absolutely amazing.

I'm actually staying in Munich, which (unfortunately?) is BMW country. Ingolstadt is the Audi home town. I hope to get out there sometime later during my trip.

Today, I went to a auto museum in a small town 75 km outside of Munich. It was only German made cars since the 1920s, so Opels, VWs, BMWs, Audis, Benzs', and of course Porsche.

I few classic Auto Union cars (I'll post some pics later)...

Then we also stopped by an Audi dealership and I snapped a few pics of some Audi A3s. I have a few more pics, but its about 3:10 AM (PST + 9 hours), and I'm too tired to work on it now...

Thanks for listening to my ramblings.. here's a reward for you.

http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-1-price.jpg

VAT is included, this the price out ther door.

http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-2.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-2-price.jpg

Fully loaded.

http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-3.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-4.jpg

Check it out! Aftermarket wheels sold directly from the dealership.

http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-sline-1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-sline-2.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-sline-3.jpg

I'll take one of these please!!!! An S3!

[Dolphin_Vic]

come on...import it!!!

[maxh2o]

Munich is definately one great town to visit. Scenic and everyone there has a great attitude. Foods good too! If you get a chance, take that drive through the Swiss Alps down to Milan. Its a good day trip full of niiice twisties! BTW, which rental car did you end up getting?

[piaadoll]

oh leonard!! it always seems someone is missing from our az events and its YOU!!! on the reals, we miss you over here as you're one of the "usual suspects"

anyways, glad you made it safely!

no yellow a3s on the lot for me? [:D]

let's try not to come home with beer belly now!hehehehe just kidding...screw it, you're only in germany once - have all the beers you can!!! we'll work off the beer belly when you get home. [:D]

[neoprufrok]

Glad to hear you made it over there safely Leonard! Can't wait till you come back with all your pics and German vocab.

Hey, how big of a bag did you bring? [:D]

[piaadoll]

A bag? i hope he brought 2 big bags!! [:D]

[foofighter]

get us some pics of the architecture! love to see the environment and how it compares to us...and car pics are nice [:D]

[Vampster]

Hey hey, whats up Leonard...Glad you mad it ok to Munich, right now I am in Rome and till now I saw a bunch of audis, especially A3s...they are awesome cars, believe it or not, I saw a S3, but the older version, probably 2000 model...or it could have just been the badge. Anyway, I will be posting pics up when i get back home next week. See you all then...

ciao ciao

[lawong]

Rome? Sweet! I just got an email from an AWer. We might have a meet to go out to Ingolstadt. There's an Audi Museum and you can even go see Audi's being made at the factory on production days! Can you make it to Germany during your trip?

[Chard]

Hey Leonard! Glad to hear you made it safely. Enjoy your time over there. Everyone's requesting cars...all I want is a Nav+, lol. Isn't that kinda expensive? 30 EUR is like $45 right?

[lawong]

So this weekend I took the time to site see around Munich. I went to all the good places. The BMW museum and the Duetches Museum.

Unfortunately, the real BMW museum is being renovated into some massive huge new attraction that will extend over into Olympic Park. So they had this temporary BMW Museum exhibit. Wasn't all that exciting, but it only cost me 2 euros to get in.

Then I went over to the Duetches Museum today (good gawd this museum is HUGE!). The Duetches Museum is massive (did I mention that it's big?). Well anyways, it has all sorts of exhibits from mining to mineral processing and oil refinery, from electricity to nuclear fission, from row boats to aeronatics, and and such. Basically, its a huge technology museum. Woo hoo! So they are going to have an exhibit on cars, right? DOH! Closed for renovation.

Still, I spent about 6 hours in the museum. I quickly went through as much as a could, but I wish I had more time to spend on certain exhibits, but I just wanted to see as much as I could.

So after about 5 PM today, I walked over to Marienplatz to find something to eat. I wander around and find myself in "Oper fur alle" or Opera for All. Its an outdoor free opera. The real opera is going on inside one of the concert halls, and they have a large screen and speakers setup outside so that everyone can enjoy the opera for free. I eat a restaurant that has outdoor seating and prime viewing for the screen. Food was excellent, but after 8PM to was starting to rain and get cold and I wanted to just get home to my hotel room.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention. On the way walking to Marienplatz I saw, not just one but TWO RS4s. The first one I was like, nah that can't be an RS4. It must just be a poser. But then not 30 seconds later, I see ANOTHER ONE double parked. Lowered, RS4 wheels, a huge front BBK (crossdrilled rotors), and a RS4 front bumper and a wide body that you couldn't miss.

And then (there's more!!!) I walk a bit further down the street and I see an S3!

MAN I LOVE THE CARS HERE!!!!

[lawong]

Let me TPIWWP myself! But... since I did actually take pics.. here you go! [:)]

http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/rs4-1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/rs4-2.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/s3.jpg

[Dolphin_Vic]

RS4!!!!!!!!!!
S3!!!!!!!!!!!
man...I''d love munich!!!!!!

Thx Lawong
more pix more pix!!!

[lawong]

Soo... more pics of a random Audi I saw..

A Sportec S3!

http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/s3-sportec-1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/s3-sportec-2.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/s3-sportec-3.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/s3-sportec-4.jpg

[maxh2o]

Daaammn! its like automotive Disneyland! Just wondering what your german counterparts think about our love for their cars? Have you told them about AZ and our GTG's yet?

[audidood]

i guess that's what audiworld* looks like.

*no relation to AW [:D]

[quattro30v]

dont forget my West Cigarettes! hehe that's all! [:D]

[retrohasen]

This is the perfect post. We are planning our trip to Germany for our honeymoon next spring. Let us know how Ingolstadt is. It looks liks a day trip from Munich.

Keep the pics coming. I am loving those A3s.

[audidood]

audi's played out in germany. everyone has one. [:p]

[1.8Titorey]

Originally posted by audidood
audi's played out in germany. everyone has one. [:p]

haha. Civic's are the car to get over there.[:p]

[tigasTT]

just 45minutes by bus from the Munich airport. Aside from the Audi factory, there are a lot of other atractions in Ingolstadt. If you decide to spend the night in Ingolstadt, there are a couple of 'minotels' in town. I suggest you go to Alstaadt Hotel in the middle of town. It is walking distance to the town plaza where you can go shopping and eat!!!

While at the Audi factory, make sure to make arrangements so you can join an english tour. The tour takes about 2hrs....Oh! while in Ingolstadt, why not visit MTM which is less than 10mins. away. There are also castles and small villages around town that you might want to visit.

Enjoy!

Manny
President
Audi Club of the Philippines

[Silvant]

ha.. first time to europe i take it? first time i went there, a friend and i had out group so annoyed by the second day from us going nuts over all the audis...
any better pics of the a3 sportback?? loaded with the rails on top?

[Silvant]

by the way.. i wish the rear/taillights of the sportback looked the same as the standard new A3.. its so much better than the saab/subaru treatment they gave the sportback.. oh well..

[Silvant]

ah man.. thats a nagaro sportback in the background of the 7th image... come on, go back there and snap a pic and drive it.....

[Saturnine]

This pic? Looks like a B6 Avant to me.

http://homepage.mac.com/lawong/audi/images/munich2004/a3/a3-sline-1.jpg


Originally posted by Silvant
ah man.. thats a nagaro sportback in the background of the 7th image... come on, go back there and snap a pic and drive it.....