Sounds like a truly memorable trip - sorry to have missed it, couldn't swing two German trips to the 'ring in 3 months, but it is truly addictive, so I'll aim to make it three in a row next year, but combine it with the owners meet, instead of a family holiday......

Looks like great fun again this year. Keeping my fingers crossed for permission on next year's.

it is just impossible to tell you all the fun we had +++
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1282157508
just a little bit of ultimate 102 did help +++
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1282157737
its just amazing how smooth our cars ran on ultimate 102.
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1282158190
and just look at the quality gifts they gave us. ben can now do me an oil change in my s8 :tuttut:

That oil would only be good for cooking with young man!! Here, my speakers are great tho!!

I want to go back - roll on next year!!

I can vouch for how smooth ya car ran on 102! I want some!!

I'm kinda kicking myself here. Have a heart and just say it was crap, even if it wasn't. Please
I guess the only cure is to go next year
Thanks for all your great write ups and picts

A photo I found on the German site

http://up.picr.de/4983887.jpg

Says it all for the 8 enthusiast, Bring it on 2011. :)

The German Invasion
 

Thought I'd do my write-up as I have access to the interweb.
In total I did 2156 miles, including 2 laps of the Ring. The total cost for me according to my credit card was £765. Some of that was optional like RAC Europe, priority boarding (you have to when you are A8oc) and beer, etc.

But it all started at Dover, we arrived on the Thursday evening as the midnight ferry and sleeping in the car didn't appeal so we took a hotel and caught the 0550 ferry.

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Then it was autobahn:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/DSC04357.jpg

With tunnels! :)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/DSC04355.jpg
Stops for food and fuel
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/DSC04349.jpg

More autobahns

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0015.jpg

Some people looked cool (or tried)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0117.jpg

And some got tired:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0122.jpg

Eventually arriving at the hotel no thanks to Darren's SatNav! :D

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0034.jpg

The German Invasion II
 

The hotel provided top scran:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMAG0128.jpg

Loadsa parking:

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http://up.picr.de/4983887.jpg

with views like this over the reservoir:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMAG0129.jpg

Which we didn't destroy the dam like our forefathers did!

The Friday night was a quiet social drink, which these dodgey looking characters enjoyed to the full:

http://s2.up.picr.de/4991659.jpg

I don't remember this bit as I got very 'tired' :D

http://www.songohan.kilu.de/A8/Treff...0/100_2404.jpg

The next day we went out for a cruise. nearly 60 8's in a line. Damned impressively organised in typical Teutonic fashion:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0047.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0086.jpg

We weren't the only car groups out. The local Chevrolet club was out as well:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMGP0129.jpg

But had nowhere near the cubic capacity we mustered! :D
The scenery was astounding:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMGP0140.jpg

And at Lunch time we stopped at a local sports hall:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0107.jpg

And had to suffer people like this changing their jeans for shorts inbetwwen the cars:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...e/IMG_0139.jpg

The obligatory group photo was taken:

http://s4.up.picr.de/4983891.jpg

Then back to the hotel for a quiet BBQ and maybe a couple more beers!

Great write up. I'll be watching this space. Thanks