Josh the German
Member
Hi Folks,
we are car fools. Yes. And for decades we waited for real progress instead of "dead-angle-warner", "lane keeping assist", “parking assist“ (so useful they may be, but they are only features, aren't they?), not to mention these sheet metal chunks called SUV which are touted as the "ultimate progress". I´ve learned at school the dinosaurs would be extinct. And now they are driving constantly around us. Terrible! But each to their own. Well, and on March 31st we have planned a really remarkable holiday to create the basis for the end of our steam engine age. It should be no avarage day. After all, we wanted to be part of the "ctrl-alt-del" – procedure of the old school car industry. Daddy and 12-year-old son on reservation tour. We have sent David´s Mum working. She has to earn the money for our M3 ...
It started in the morning with stormy weather, heavy rain and thunderstorms. However I woke up Junior, who stood up in his typical good mood. Of course he knew about our daily schedule. So we saddled our most stylish car (Lancia Delta) going to Nuremberg where a new store opened only a month ago. The weather got steadily better and better. We parked at a park-and-ride to escape the everyday madness in the city centre and took a remote-controlled, driverless subway. In the meantime the weather turned to sunshine and spring-like temperatures. Simply the best omen. A few hundred meters further on we arrived at the local Tesla store to deposit our reservation for a car model we didn’t know: blind, there was no design, no facts, nothing. But you know all that. Just both, insane and ludicrous ... The store had been opened at 10:00, corresponding queues were already published on the net. Quite relaxed we attained at about 11:30, were asked to resort to the waiting lounge, entertained with snacks and soft drinks. Estimated 5-6 parties ahead of us. Well, so wait. Junior and I spent our time watching the BBC-summary of the most memorable football match ever on cell phone in the meantime (Brazil one Germany SEVEN: quote "And Klose scores!" Historical! Germany two Brazil nil! And Miroslav Klose is the alltime worldcup record goalscorer!" quote at the end). And hardly less than twenty minutes later we were already called, paid our 1000 € to get our M3 waiting until 2018, perhaps 2019, who knows. A very friendly, but rather pragmatic and quite short reservation process, but a decisive step for us. Therefore we had to celebrate the rest of the day. Carpe diem.
There should be something special. Beefed with "Three in a Weckla" (translation: 3 Nuremberg sausages in a bun - Junior had a couple of times “Three in the Weckla“ of course ...) we walked to the Railway Museum nearby. There, we have taken our time, again and again interrupted to have cappuccino and hot chocolate etc., in order to have a nice conclusion for a day that heralds the beginning of the end of our age of steam engines looking at imposing, old steam engines. That was a real "breakthrough" at that time after thousands of years with the only possible getting around on foot or by horse and carriage. We have paid respect to these steam steeds. We have held dialogue with them and their diesel - and electric-powered successors. AND – they were of the same opinion : "You should do so! You are right! This is the step you have to go now! Exactly the same as at our time!" they seemed to whisper to us ...
We just consciously celebrated this memorable day. And everything was perfect. A day we will remember. Of course, we don't know if the decision comes too early. There are uncertainties. We are confident. No, we're convinced. Because every long way starts with the first step. And we have made it now just because it is overdue for a long time. Certainly our Italian cars will remain because we really like them and they are a stylish statement of a bygone era. Maybe we will build an own Museum for them, so that we can show our grandchildren, how the steam engines worked in the past ...
Best regards from Germany
Josh
we are car fools. Yes. And for decades we waited for real progress instead of "dead-angle-warner", "lane keeping assist", “parking assist“ (so useful they may be, but they are only features, aren't they?), not to mention these sheet metal chunks called SUV which are touted as the "ultimate progress". I´ve learned at school the dinosaurs would be extinct. And now they are driving constantly around us. Terrible! But each to their own. Well, and on March 31st we have planned a really remarkable holiday to create the basis for the end of our steam engine age. It should be no avarage day. After all, we wanted to be part of the "ctrl-alt-del" – procedure of the old school car industry. Daddy and 12-year-old son on reservation tour. We have sent David´s Mum working. She has to earn the money for our M3 ...
It started in the morning with stormy weather, heavy rain and thunderstorms. However I woke up Junior, who stood up in his typical good mood. Of course he knew about our daily schedule. So we saddled our most stylish car (Lancia Delta) going to Nuremberg where a new store opened only a month ago. The weather got steadily better and better. We parked at a park-and-ride to escape the everyday madness in the city centre and took a remote-controlled, driverless subway. In the meantime the weather turned to sunshine and spring-like temperatures. Simply the best omen. A few hundred meters further on we arrived at the local Tesla store to deposit our reservation for a car model we didn’t know: blind, there was no design, no facts, nothing. But you know all that. Just both, insane and ludicrous ...
The store had been opened at 10:00, corresponding queues were already published on the net. Quite relaxed we attained at about 11:30, were asked to resort to the waiting lounge, entertained with snacks and soft drinks. Estimated 5-6 parties ahead of us. Well, so wait. Junior and I spent our time watching the BBC-summary of the most memorable football match ever on cell phone in the meantime (Brazil one Germany SEVEN: quote "And Klose scores!" Historical! Germany two Brazil nil! And Miroslav Klose is the alltime worldcup record goalscorer!" quote at the end). And hardly less than twenty minutes later we were already called, paid our 1000 € to get our M3 waiting until 2018, perhaps 2019, who knows. A very friendly, but rather pragmatic and quite short reservation process, but a decisive step for us. Therefore we had to celebrate the rest of the day. Carpe diem.There should be something special. Beefed with "Three in a Weckla" (translation: 3 Nuremberg sausages in a bun - Junior had a couple of times “Three in the Weckla“ of course ...
) we walked to the Railway Museum nearby. There, we have taken our time, again and again interrupted to have cappuccino and hot chocolate etc., in order to have a nice conclusion for a day that heralds the beginning of the end of our age of steam engines looking at imposing, old steam engines. That was a real "breakthrough" at that time after thousands of years with the only possible getting around on foot or by horse and carriage. We have paid respect to these steam steeds. We have held dialogue with them and their diesel - and electric-powered successors. AND – they were of the same opinion : "You should do so! You are right! This is the step you have to go now! Exactly the same as at our time!" they seemed to whisper to us ... We just consciously celebrated this memorable day. And everything was perfect. A day we will remember. Of course, we don't know if the decision comes too early. There are uncertainties. We are confident. No, we're convinced. Because every long way starts with the first step. And we have made it now just because it is overdue for a long time. Certainly our Italian cars will remain because we really like them and they are a stylish statement of a bygone era. Maybe we will build an own Museum for them, so that we can show our grandchildren, how the steam engines worked in the past ...
Best regards from Germany
Josh
