Heya guys :)

so, meeting is off .... :(

but was really a great one

i wish to tnx all of u that has come here in Pesaro and made this meeting grown from "tiny" to "amazing"

like one of u said, we started months ago with about 5-6 cars then, mainly in the 3 weeks just before the meeting, many other 8ers wanted to join (i really appreciated it) and in the weekend we was 18 .....

ok ... i have to move many ppl to manage and organize it (really hard work ... trust me ...) but i'm really happy and proud of what we saw in that weeked !!!!

i hope u agreed with me .... :mrgreen-angel:

sorry for the food ... i know that was too much ... but i prefer that ppl would say "no more pls !!" than "i would like to eat something else ..."

i want to tnx Philippe Gegou and his Wife for the beautiful gift they gave me ... an original BMW PRESSE 850 brochure (about 50 pages) that was presenting the model to the public in the first '90s .... and all in italian !!!!

this is a really good "debriefing" written by Reinhard Wolf about the meeting:

Pesaro - in retrospect

At first looking like a serene and small get-together, the list of
participants grew considerably during the last days preceding the
meeting and lo, no less than 19 8ers originating from many parts of
Europe started to move towards the Mediterranean sea at the Italian
Adria, en route often greeted and waved at by the friendly people of
Pesaro and surroundings. Wherever the train of cars halted - always
perfectly stage-managed by the patient and untiring organizer
Gianluca, droves of smiling people clustered around the cars,
realizing with appreciation that certain cars from outside Italy can
also be described with attributes such as "emozione e passione". A
similar bunch of "Ferraristi" certainly would have come off worst ;)
Following an atmospheric Italian-German evening at the seaside
Flaminio Hotel (the spits for the "Teuton grill"(see below) were just
being anchored in the beach with German precision. The area
surrounding Pesaro and esp. Rimini has been dubbed "Teuton grill"
many years ago due to it being a fairly close and always sunny summer
holiday destination for hordes of German tourists catching more than
a ray of sun.) the first official day of the meeting set out with a
photo shooting and easy driving in the hinterland of the regions
Emilia Romagna and Marche. The afternoon passed, spending some time
at the still dormant and peaceful racing circuit of Misano and was
highlighted by the arrival of the remaining participants. Group shots
taken during the next days normally showed the full complement of 18
cars. A fantastic dinner in a nearby restaurant opened the
opportunity for everyone to rub noses and assign faces and people to
the nicknames and avatar´s of the E31 forum. Surprisingly the flown
colors were almost exclusively black and blue. Only four of 18 cars
dared to be different: 1x "barbadosgrün", 2x "granitsilber" and 1x
"arktissilber"
The next day the bulk of cars moved at an almost environmentally
friendly leisurely pace, shone upon by the sun and everyone took time
to enjoy the beauty of the landscape in the Emilia Romagna. Early
saturday was dedicated to medieval Italian history with a visit of
the beautiful Gradara castle, where the infamous Lucrezia Borgia
lived and where the hapless love story between Francesca and Paolo,
described in Dante´s Divine Comedy is said to have taken place.
In the afternoon everyone moved to the Misano Circuit where
championship truck races were about to begin. Gianluca had managed to
bestow us with VIP parking permits, allowing us to line up the cars
just behind the pit lane. Many visitors used this opportunity to
closely inspect the slumbering beasts. A group of German race fans
was overheard saying "they´re not building such beautiful cars
anymore..." (make that a Bavarian accent ;) and the events on the
racing track took a back seat for some time.
There was enough time to watch a thrilling truck race after which we
made our way back through the unfathomable alleyways of Pesaro.
A sumptuous dinner based on the treasures of the Mediterranean sea
had, despite its quality, some faces contorted gasping for meat,
which they should receive "ad libidum" the following day.
After only a quick stint to the picturesque mountainside village of
Urbino, this day of feasting began with an almost unbelievable
assortment of plates full of "antipasti" in an old-fashioned
restaurant in Pian di Rose. Everyone thinking that he/she would never
eat anything again after all that, quickly learned that resistance is
indeed futile and surrendered to the plethora of Italian treasures in
the historcal centre of Gianluca´s hometown Pesaro.
Crawling through the narrow and winding lanes, almost scraping walls,
pedestrians, bikers and cyclists we had permission to parade on
Pesaro´s marketplace. We have no idea how often Gianluca had to go
down on his knees begging Italian officials in order to make this
possible but the payoff was spectacular which could be seen in his
and the other´s faces. Our "Bavarian Ferraris" again received a very
warm welcome and subliminal fears of truckloads of cars being
hijacked were totally unfounded.
During the next sun bathed morning several smaller caravans took
leave towards their countries of origin, everyone indulging in the
still fresh memories of this great come-together in Pesaro. Gianluca
was cocksure that the next meeting he was to organize would have to
cover "at least one month" and, rest assured, he was not the only one
being happy that those days in Pesaro had become a great experience
through and for all participants, being part of the 8er family.
Again our gratefulness goes out specifically to Gianluca Porta, known
in this forum as Cadfael, and his lovely friend Rosella, without her
he would have had to carry the load all alone.

so ... i'm looking forward to see all the pics and movies u made in the weekend

Cheers, Gianluca.

This man is our hero :

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It was the first big trip with our 850
and we met a lot of nice people.
The organisation was perfect.
We had a pretty good weekend.
Simply brilliant.

Thank you, Gianluca !

Es war die erste große Tour mit unserem 850
und wir haben viele nette Leute kennengelernt.
Die Organisation war perfekt.
Wir hatten ein sehr schönes Wochenende.
Einfach großartig.

Danke Gianluca !

Michael und Anja

Gianluca,

thanks a lot from me, my wife Angela and my kids Linda and Louise for
the great days with a lot of fun with the cars and friendly people.

Ciao, see you

Thomas

Hey Guy´s and Girl´s !

The smiling on my face will be go on an on and on ....

and if it will be smaller, i only have to show the pics and think back to this great time.

Thanks to ALL !

And certainly the same from Janne and Fredi

It was a very very good Meeting and we really enjoied the Days with good Friends and good Food and of course good and warm Weather.
We really had fun with the Truck Racing as well all the other Attraktions we Visited which where a very good Joice from Gianluca. And for those whough thought it will be a lousy meeting where we just hang around and so on.. No it was very good Organised from Gianluca, thank you very much for the effort you spend to make the Brouschure in a superb Style and all the entrance, attraktions even Road was Organized in a very Professional way, very well done Gianluca and you Set the new Standart for the BMW 8th Meetings in all this Matters
We had much Fun with all the new Members we saw in the Meeting and really are looking foreward to welcome them on the Sweden Meeting.
On the Way Home we had the Pleasure to Visit the Ferrari Museum and it's Restaurant together with Alain,Philippe and their Wifes which was a other Highlight for us as well as the "San Bernadino" that we crossed and amaising we had the whole Highway just for us all the Way through the absolutly outstanding Mountains (Pics will follow) which is very very rare in this Days.

Janne will be Glad to Welcome anyone of the 8th Drivers in the next Meeting in August 2004 in Sweden where we continue the good Relation and Spirit of the BMW 850/840's

All the best regards from Janne and Fredi Switzerland

So now I´m at home and looking back to the day´s in Italy.
It was a realy good meeting.Many new faces,but all very nice people.
Great organisation,food was much more better and the wether was our friend.
Thank you so much for these day´s and give a big kiss to you girlfriend,she is a loveleyone.
Hope to see you at Pusches and Janne.
Alv

@ Janne
thank you for the cap