Help needed: dream alpine routes?

[roadrunner]

Hi gang,

I'm thinking about something "crazy" for my birthday - getting an RS Audi and taking it for a 3-5 day spin.

Goal: pure driving pleasure

Plan on driving most of the time and need some routes that are worth the"effort".

Can you recommend any (mountain) routes in the Bavaria, Austria, Italy, Switzerland quadrant.

I would be strarting from Ingostadt and return there as well.

Look forward to your suggestions

[Qisha]

Dear roadrunner,

this should be something matching your goals:

http://www.audi.de/de/brand/de/erleb...alpentour.html

R8 4.2 and 5.2 through one of the nicest routes we got in germany.

Qisha

[roadrunner]

Thank you Qisha,

we are thinking along similar lines:

my plan was to pick an Audi driver's day package (3 days) and extend it by 2-3 days.

A friend might accompany me (his preference would be the R8 5.2 - prospect buyer), while i am undesided between the R8 and the RS6.

have driven the R8 already - exceptional machine without saying - especially on a race track Can only imagine it in the mountains.


But the RS6 is very tempting for me as well, after all the C6 is my dream Audi lookwise (leaving aside A5, R8 which are beauties) and called "the beast" for good reason.

The basic point is - the accomodation packages are not my primary goal - the maximization of driving time & pleasure for a "reasonable" price is.


decisions - decisions :MTM:

[roadrunner]

Small update: nothing finalized yet BUT I thought it through again AND

Alpine passes + RS6 vs Alpine passes + R8 was no brainer after all =

@ Qisha: i inquired about the "Nach oben offen" package + extention days - waiting for the replay
( http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/exp...ver_s_day.html )

To give you an idea what i have in mind:

Top Gear: Challenge to find Driving Heaven

...Hammond May and Clarkson go on a hunt to find the World's best roads in some of the world's best supercars...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUF-N8BsBmU


Keep fingers crossed for the best 40 birthday present i can make myself

ps: it's hard to concentrate on anything else right now

[roadrunner]

Short update: today i got the confirmation - so everything is on for my Audi driver's day

I will keep you posted if you are interrested

4 countries
German highways
Alpine passes
Italian lakes

1 top of the line Audi

I can't wait - looks to be the best Audi (driving) time ever

[ben916]

photos and/or movies please

[rks838]

I planned a five-week road trip for this summer, and found my most indispensable source to be Google Earth. Download this and click on the little blue boxes that show up everywhere - they're all photos. This way you can research for yourself, see the roads (it's all overlaid on maps anyway), see the scenery, etc. Of course, others' advice is guaranteed to do you well, but a little self-planning is good too!

[JavierNuvolari]

Awesome, have GREAT time!! and please post pictures .

Saludos

[roadrunner]

...Of course, others' advice is guaranteed to do you well, but a little self-planning is good too!

thanks for the advise - thats exactly what i did (with Google maps)

[roadrunner]

photos and/or movies please

Awesome, have GREAT time!! and please post pictures .

Saludos

Will do my best - you have to be patient.

Some of the Alpine passes are still closed.

[The RS6]

Pics are mandatory! Enjoy...I'd sure like to be in your skin...

[roadrunner]

To keept the tention (for myself in particular )

1st Alpine pass, that we will pass:

Jaufenpass (I)


distance: 38 Km
max. altitude: 2.094 m
max. alt. diff: 1.380 m


Größere Kartenansicht

Infos:
http://www.alpentourer.com/alpine_pa...aufenpass.html

[rks838]

Looks AMAZING. I hope you turn around several times and run it again, and again, ...

[ZeroCool]

may i ask how much do you pay for that?

[roadrunner]

may i ask how much do you pay for that?

No big secret - can be found on the Audi page:

Audi driver'S day package "Nach oben offen"
http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/exp...ver_s_day.html

in German:
http://www.audi.de/de/brand/de/erleb...ben_offen.html

640,- EUR + extention days

It is the equivalent of a 2 week family holiday - BUT

- There are two of us
- How often do you have your 40 birthday
- Is there a better present for an Audi "die hard fan" (as KresoF1 would put it)

Life is too short

[Erik]

Dear roadrunner,

this should be something matching your goals:

http://www.audi.de/de/brand/de/erleb...alpentour.html

R8 4.2 and 5.2 through one of the nicest routes we got in germany.

Qisha

I've seen that before when visiting Ingolstadt.

Any special offers for RS6.com members? :cool2:

[roadrunner]

...
Any special offers for RS6.com members? :cool2:

Should i have asked?

[ZeroCool]

Yes!!

but maybe Qisha can do something for us?