Weekend Road Rally With Friends
Recently I had the privilege of being invited on a weekend drive with many customers of my friend Chris Germana, owner of the independent shop I take the Beast to – called Motor Werke here in Kelowna.
The drive was about 3 hours in length and took us down to Penticton from the West Side, over to Keremeos, then Princeton then up highway 3b to the Coquihalla connector.
If you are reading this post and don’t live in Western Canada – don’t worry about all that – just know that it was an amazing drive – typical of the breathtaking scenery that we are so lucky to enjoy here out west.
Add in some insane German hardware (*more on that in a minute), some new friends and perfect weather – you’ve all the ingredients for a performance car enthusiasts dream.
Ironically – my E39 m5 was the ONLY beast which came out – despite there being a number of others in my home town who couldn’t make it for one reason or another.
The pics below will tell the who story, but the contingent of brands was almost evenly split between Porsche, BMW and a very spiffy Mini that was very adept in the corners – but less so on the straightaways… given that some of these cars have 700, 800 and 900 horsepower *(yes you read those numbers correctly), the Mini was in a different league.
Anyway, we are looking forward to getting out again in July for another run and I’ll probably take some more pics then.
You will notice below that we are being briefed by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer – he happened to be in the parking lot where we met in Penticton and took an interest in our little get together.
Despite LOTS of full throttle runs – I can say that all the drivers behaved and did not take any chances or sped excessively… at least the ones I can remember. 
It’s experiences like this which are the reason why I own an M5.
I did shoot some hi-definition video which will take me few weeks to edit, but for now…
Here’s the pics – enjoy.
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Comment by Sergei on 5 July 2010:
Boom!!
Love looking at all those beautiful cars. I have taken that drive and it is a beauty and would love to jump in on one of those road trips to nowhere.
Cheers,
Sergei
Comment by ian archer on 9 September 2010:
Love those beautiful cars, i am in Brooklyn New York planning to take my Beast up to the falls. Must say again those cars are lovely.