Audi germany factory tour

[the grim reeper]

What about a trip over to Audi HQ with a tour of the factory and may be meet up with German A2oc ??.
Any thoughts, i think some posted on here that they did something like this early this year

Cheers Phil

[richard-]

What about a trip over to Audi HQ with a tour of the factory and may be meet up with German A2oc ??.
Any thoughts, i think some posted on here that they did something like this early this year

Cheers Phil

Add me to the list of attendance at the event

[pamanal21]

Hi Grim Reaper,
If it can be done (set up) then I'm IN,
Cheers ALAN>

[murdo]

Good call Phil. Always been on my list of to do's. Count me in to the interested parties!:)

[the grim reeper]

Looks like it will have to go to the powers that be to decide what it would to set this up and how much, if not next year what about the year after

Cheers Phil

[Darren C]

Finances depending, I/(we) would definitely be up for a social of this calibre; a meet with our fellow European colleagues, combined with a factory tour is definitely one of my top wish list to do's.

Darren

[the grim reeper]

Me too, when i saw the post early this year i thought that would be great, a chance to see the factory where the A2 was built. Just thought i would through this one out there and see where it go's

Cheers Phil

[A2 Golden Miler]

We would love to join this, couple of points
My kids would also love to come so is school hols a possible ?
I would imagine like many others we are starting to look at booking leave for 2009 so may struggle if we cannot at least get a date to book fairly soon ?

[alexwharton]

id like to look round the factory too.

[jp.oog]

sounds good. would like more details

[audia21991]

if i pass my test at the end of the month, im in too :P

[Mr b]

Just to let you Know i lived in ingolstadt for 10 years all my german frends worked in audi i speak german and i know all about ingoldstadt

Mr B

[A-2 ROBBO]

Hi All



Great idea would love to see where it all started count me in as well.




Robbo

[bretti_kivi]

Which factory?

Heilbronn / Neckarsulm --> A6, A4, R8
Ingolstadt --> A3, A5, Q5 etc

Ingolstadt is a significant trek further for you guys. NSU we did back in May; we had some help from Audi which enabled pics like this:

http://www.23hq.com/23666/3117865_e1e9f5fd53ffaa666444f555f60aa1e4_large.jpg
- that was from the roof of the building on the other side of the road.

The rest of the set: http://www.23hq.com/bretti_kivi/album/3117815

When?

"School holidays" doesn't help at all. Late May Bank Holiday is when? The UK breaks up for the summer silly-late these days IMO, but when? Dates please!

Just NSU is also a bit silly. Do you want to combine something else as well? If so, What?

There's...
- Hockenheimring
- Nürburgring
- various breweries
- the technical museum at Sinsheim / Speyer (I think it's technik-museum.de)
and other options / thoughts for filling a weekend. We did our tour last time on a Friday, because there's generally no problem getting the Friday off if the Thursday is a bank holiday (Ascension etc). I daresay we'd hit close on 80 A2s this time, too.

An alternative would also be the Wolfsburg Autostadt, with the VW-factories; or, better still, the A1 Launch in September 09 at the IAA in Frankfurt ;)

Bret

[the grim reeper]

Which factory?

Heilbronn / Neckarsulm --> A6, A4, R8
Ingolstadt --> A3, A5, Q5 etc

Ingolstadt is a significant trek further for you guys. NSU we did back in May; we had some help from Audi which enabled pics like this:

http://www.23hq.com/23666/3117865_e1e9f5fd53ffaa666444f555f60aa1e4_large.jpg
- that was from the roof of the building on the other side of the road.

The rest of the set: http://www.23hq.com/bretti_kivi/album/3117815

When?

"School holidays" doesn't help at all. Late May Bank Holiday is when? The UK breaks up for the summer silly-late these days IMO, but when? Dates please!

Just NSU is also a bit silly. Do you want to combine something else as well? If so, What?

There's...
- Hockenheimring
- Nürburgring
- various breweries
- the technical museum at Sinsheim / Speyer (I think it's technik-museum.de)
and other options / thoughts for filling a weekend. We did our tour last time on a Friday, because there's generally no problem getting the Friday off if the Thursday is a bank holiday (Ascension etc). I daresay we'd hit close on 80 A2s this time, too.

An alternative would also be the Wolfsburg Autostadt, with the VW-factories; or, better still, the A1 Launch in September 09 at the IAA in Frankfurt ;)

Bret

Now the A1 launch may be something to aim for. As for the tour what would be the best tour or what did you do last time?????

Cheers Phil

[Skipton01]

I'd be tempted at the new A2 launch;)

Cheers,

Mike

[A-2 ROBBO]

Hi


Count me in for a tour where it all began.


Robbo

[mlarner]

What about a trip over to Audi HQ with a tour of the factory and may be meet up with German A2OC ??.
Any thoughts, I think some posted on here that they did something like this earlier this year

Cheers Phil

A group of us did this in 2004 with a tour of the A2 plant in Neckarsulm and then a visit to the HQ in Ingolstadt. Would be a good trip to do again ~ as Mike suggests to see new A2 in build etc.
Mervyn

PS. Frido did most of the organising and we were based in Nuremburg.

[erstens]

Since I have not been there this year, I would be very interested.

How about a trip back via Berlin with all the UK cars? ;)

[bretti_kivi]

... and the crystal blue one in the middle, rear door open, second row - that's mine :)

Bret

[Adrian888]

Could be interested. My girlfriend ( who is German) wants to go to Germany next year to show me her home so providing it is in the school hols ( she is a teacher) and after the end of March '09 you can put me on the list!

[humps]

just when I was thinking about doing Staples to Naples (old banger european rally), this could be interesting! Cars, beer, sausages ... say no more!

[vkx245l]

Hi

Count me in.
What about including the factory made from glass in Dresden or perhaps extend Erstens idea (AVUS anyone?) and include a (large) detour to see Bret and do the street circuit in helsinki or visit Keimola or is this too ambitious?

Cheers

Jonathan

[trex]

A factory tour would be a good idea, even though i won't se the A2 being built anymore. In case you guis closer to Germany can sort things out, i might be able to make a thousand km trek and meet up with you.

[bretti_kivi]

"a detour" to see me is..... kinda nutz, unless you want to do the Nordkap thing. Even then.... well, the ferry from Rostock to Helsinki is 24 hours :D

Then, if you want to do it properly, you do the trek I did yesterday - this http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=from+lahti+to+karttula&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.576045,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=62.044713,26.979675&spn=0.963116,2.471924&z=9 - and then carry on up north. It's definitely doable in June / July, but only then, as frost can start again in August.

"the best tour" - the German club is probably doing the Dresden thing in late August. I would personally also quite like that, but the distances for British standards are huge. Berlin would also carry certain weight, but that's even further. I'm open to ideas and thoughts. If Millau is going to happen in June, then maybe if this is later (when do the schools go back?) - end August? - we could set something up? Nothing saying you can't stop on the way over....

@Adrian888 - where in Germany?

Bret

[richard-]

This is proving to be popular, will be really good if we can get all together and have 80+ cars. A good 5-7 days maybe some camping and some hotelé

[bretti_kivi]

interesting bit: Dresden is around 800km from Hoek van Holland (cheap ferry); Prague takes that up to 1000km one way. *That* would be worth doing, I think. Semperoper, Elbufer, and the remains of the old town itself... this (http://www.a2-freun.de/forum/showthread.php?t=31801) is the discussion thread (it's in German, but there are links to here, there and everywhere) - Zwickau (home of the Trabant) isn't far away either.

[erstens]

Dresden-Berlin is 2 hours and only 200km.

Berlin, my home town;)

[audia21991]

how about an a2 europe road trip haha??? paris, rome, berlin, amsterdam???
summer 2009 :P fanciful thinking but would be great with all us like minded folk

[wooly A2]

How about a Gumball rally A2 Style ...

[Adrian888]

brett, my g/f is originally from near Essen, lived in UK 20+ years now.

There are some great ideas developing in this thread, however can I suggest the old 'KIS' motto, otherwise it will be a nightmare to organise. The idea of co-inciding with the A1 launch sounds good too, providing it is not in the depths of winter.....! Individuals could add on their own trips to some of the locations suggested to suit personal budgets, remember also EU travel is quite costly with the state of the pound these days...

[the grim reeper]

How about a Gumball rally A2 Style ...

This is taking a life of its own now, i put this up and its gone mad, hey Carl i've watch some of the Gumball rallys and after your exploits on the track i could just imagine what you would be like lol:D

Cheers Phil

[mytA2]

Wow this is sounding interesting. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.

[bretti_kivi]

<brings the thread back from teh ded>


If there's real interest in this (romo or something similar) for a few days at the end of July, it would be great to know. As it is, I think the idea of the German club's meet just after this in Dresden would be cool, but that might not work.

IAA is 17th-29th Sept. Will be damned expensive for accomodation.

what's the level of interest?

Bret

[richard-]

I will go, july is ok for me

[A2 Golden Miler]

July is good here too.

:)

[humps]

July is good! How far is it from the 'ring? :-)

[hotstuff]

Hiya again all, here's my 2p's for what it's worth.
This Germany trip is really sounding the biz, i'm def in, but my lone dad status means that, for me, it must be during a school break. I feel that we should try to take advantage of good weather, both for pleasure and of course safety. Combining as much Audi visitation, as well as a meet with the local clubs is great, but we must not fall into the trap of trying to cover too much ground, we must achieve a balance. May I suggest that perhaps an informal meet soon (very) may go some way to start laying the foundations of such an adventure. As a guide, my boys are off as follows; 06/04/09 to 18/04/09, 25/05/09 to 29/05/09, 20/07/09 to 31/08/09, with the end-of-school-year break being the most adaptable. Lets hear thoughts from other parents as well and lets get it done guys, lets go, it sounds like great fun! :)

[richard-]

End of july would be ok going into august. We are all meeting tomorrow I guess
there will be some chat on this event, if your still coming along?

[bretti_kivi]

It depends how much you want to cram in, where you want to go.

IF:
- from North to south; Ferry Harwich to Esbjerg, couple of days on the Beach. Legoland.
- the way down means Hamburg - Hannover - Kassel - Frankfurt - Heilbronn. Doable in one long trip or multiple smaller ones.
- Tour would need to be on a weekday (I have to check if they're actually working!)
- back up via the 'ring to Calais means around 1200miles in a week - ten days.
If you don't feel the need to do the 'ring, then you're in a good position for the Alps, Switzerland, Italy (Basel is around 3 hours from Heilbronn). You could also easily dive over to Prague.

that's some of the ideas right now; if I manage to make it, I'll probably be on the beach in Sweden for a few days beforehand, and after the factory trip straight back up as I have to be on a ferry latest 080809.

Bret

[richard-]

Wow the Alps, Switzerland, that would be amazing

[humps]

If I can do the Stelvio pass, then I will give the ring a miss this time, which seems to be a huge detour!

[frido]

I´d be in for meeting, too...:-)
Had lots of fun the last time (2005, was it?)

Bye, Frido.

[ecoangel]

Yes the EURO to POUND is a big issue right now but things may improve in next few weeks if Germany copies the rest of the spend out of recession promoters like UK and USA.

FERRY: I thoroughly recommend Hull to Rotterdam or for northern folk Newcastle to Rotterdam - over night service is very good value and you feel rested for the big drive.

Another good option is Harwich to Hamburg - again over night with fantastic view of the Elbe on the morning of arrival. Return via Calais or Zebrugge if you want to return via another route.


On my last trip we did Krefeld, Wuppertal (upside down trains!) Schwelm (probably the best beer in Germany!), and went south to Trier (oldest Town in Germany with stack of Roman ruins and fantastic Wine (Mosel region) and big Castles.........

[ecoangel]

http://www.bischoeflicheweingueter.de/

http://www.makenynyagain.com/mbas/MBAS0802.pdf

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4884/10413

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A424315

NOT advocating drinking and driving though!!!!

[AMG]

Hy guys,

Just read this thread. It would be nice to meet with the german A2 club and maybe get some others from Belgium, France and Luxembourg for an
INTERNATIONAL meeting.
If I can get a go ahead, I will pass this along to the french audi guys. Quite a few are already reading the A2OC forum. Same with some belgian guys.

Anyway, pending the date, you can count us in (wife and meself).

Cheers,
AMG

[Istvan]

Hi Guys,

if you going for a trip in the alps I can help you for a nice Route,until now nearly made every pass there. Would also be nice to meet A2 people from outer Germany :p