hey guys i just found out that i received another scholarship so im gettin to go to stuttgart after i finish college in madrid! im staying on the mercedes benz campus and touring the museum and plant! i also rented a porsche 911 for the day to take in on the the autobahn 8 to munich! any other suggestions while im over there? thanks! JR
p.s.-im gonna see if they have any crossfires for rent!

 

You lucky dog you.....have fun, keep us posted....be safe over there, but hey, if you can survive Spain, Germany should be a breeze...lol

 

have fun. I just got back from 2 weeks in Munich & the Austrian Alps. I wanted to go to Stuttgart for the Mercedes & Porche museums, but didn't have time. I did go to the Duetches transportation museum in Munich. There is also the BMW museum & factory in Munich. I could just afford to rent a Peugeot 107. A BMW was about 4 times as much. I would have loved to have the Crossfire on those roads in the Alps & on the Autobahn. I just saw 1 Crossfire the whole 2 weeks that I was there.

 

You will love it. I lived inStuttgart for 3 years. Of course I love Spain also. During the 3 years I lived in Germany, I spent 2 weeks each year in Spain. Most of it at Loret De Mar, in the Costa Brava region. Gotta love the European topless beaches where they wear dental floss for bottoms. LOL

 

agreed i love boobies! no doubt! so i checked and i can rent a 911 for a day for about 350 dollars! my mom didnt understand so i told her it was like a really expensive *** amusement park ride that lasts all day! im gonna try to make it to the BMW plant as well while in munich, im staying in Bad Canstatt which you all know is where our engines and tranny's came from! i really wanted to rent a crossfire but i guess the 911 will suffice :P

 

When I lived there, me and some buddies would occasionally rent an exotic car for a day. We would divide the day into even hours for each person, and take turns burning up the autobahn.

 

hey do you guys think i will be ok if i dont speak any german? my voucher for my plane flight from madrid to stuttgart is all in german, lol, the car i got has GPS so hopefully i can find the autobahn relatively easy, i ended up gettin a hotel that is actually on the mercedes benz campus right next to the football stadium! thanks for any advice! JR

 

I got around Ok not knowing any German. They teach English in the schools, so most people under 40 can speak some English. Everybody that I came in contact with in the hotels, restaurants, car rental places etc. spoke pretty good English.

 

When I moved to Germany, I did not speak any German. Octoberfest was going on at the time I arrived, so after checking into the hotel, the wife and I got on a train and headed to Munich. Getting there was relatively easy. Many liters of fest brew later, getting back to our hotel in Stuttgart was an adventure in itself.

 

Eine große Bier bitte

then when you get it

Vielen Dank!


some of the best places to eat are the road side stands. Get a curry wurst und pommes mit mayo.


Some advice if you will allow.

1. no matter what you think about your beer drinking ability, don't ever act as though you can drink the locals under the table

2. if you are going to drive, make sure you have enough Euro's to pay the fine on the spot; if they still allow that

3. if you are going to drive, don't drink because unlike the US, if you do or they suspect it and refuse to take a test, they'll take your blood; again if they still do it that way

4. Take the trains where you can, when we were there, they were very very accurate in Germany, in Italy not so much. Get to Berlin, the city that never sleeps and stay away from the wooden fence in the red light district

5. Enjoy your time and make sure you read the ugly American to understand how not to act.

6. Take good pictures

 

thanks for the info! im for sure taking the Mercedes museum and plant tour, the porsche museum and plant tour, i have the car rented for a monday and im going down to munich, unfourtunately the bmw museum is closed on mondays but im gonna try to make it by and take a couple of pics! im going to some castle down by munich as well, im taking a shitload of pics no doubt! im gonna try to post them on here as soon as i get back! thanks again! JR