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Hello and welcome to my 2024 road trip to northern Europe!
This year saw the BMW Performance Car Club head somewhere other than the usual Swiss / French / Italian Alps locations and head north towards Scandinavia. I've been to Denmark before, but that is as far north as i'd been and on this trip, we'd be heading to the Arctic Circle in Norway!
As is custom with my road trips, it was an early start to catch an early Eurotunnel train from Folkstone. Stepping outside the front door a little after 4am to discover it was already raining which was a little depressing. Car packed and off we go. Another difference this year, was that we were meeting another club member at the eurotunnel. Marek from MDrives YouTube channel and would be travelling with us all the way to the Arctic circle. Driving his lovely M2 finished in Long Beach blue and rocking a 6speed manual gearbox, we heard him before we could see him!
Road trip officially begins when you reach EuroTunnel checkin.
And then there were three.
And this would be a common theme over the next couple of days, picking up drivers along the way as we progressed through Europe.
Into France and it is straight on the motorway heading for Dortmund and our first stop on the trip, Big Boost burger @ JP Performance, where we would collect another driver, Jean in his Japan Red M4.
I’d read about Big Boost Burger a few years back and kept a note of the location. And it wasn’t until 2024 that i would be in the area, so it would have been rude for us not to go there for a bite to eat. Not only do they do badass burgers there, they also have a small collection of awesome cars.
By the time we got to the front of the queue, the queue was outta the door!!
The smell of fresh burgers fills the air and hits you in the face as soon as you walk through the door.
Theses were some damn good burgers.
A random VW Golf hanging above the pool table.
A quick look around the cars.
E30 with modern steering wheel and iDrive retrofit.
Then there were four cars.
After a quick fill up of fuel we headed for our hotel in Buxtehude. The weather for the whole day was pretty awful. Heavy rain, thunder and lightning, fog, with only small patches of dry and sunshine. All that meant our fastest speed on the autobahn that day was a measley 143mph.
Arriving slightly later than planned we met up with some friends in the area and had a nice meal at the Ratskeller restaurant.
And the view from the hotel.
We were supposed to have met Joao in his M140i as well, but he was running late and arrived after we had all gone to bed.
Final stats for the day.
