Yeah the danger of the Ring is a factor , but to be honest i find that part of the fun and a challenge . As for car problems there , yes the gear linkage did fall apart and leave me with only 3rd gear but with AA cover someone came out to the car that night and took the car to the BMW dealer in Daun . This was at the weekend and both my brother and i had to be back in the UK for first thing Monday , so they AA paid for a taxi to Bonn and then for a hire car to take to Calais , foot passenger tickets to Dover and another hire car to get home. A few days later they phoned me and said the car was ready and then told me they cover the towing cost and the first £ 50 of labour by the garage which meant all i had to pay was the parts cost of around £ 15 : )
The next weekend has me on a ferry to calais ( and this is all paid for by the AA ) then in a hire car to Bitburg and then the maddest taxi ride ever to Daun to collect the car and then back to the Ring for another weekend of fun courtesy of the AA , they even paid for a night in a hotel as they didn't expect me to drive there and back in a day ,and also for another ferry home so it didn't cost me a thing really and i got my gear linkage rebuilt for £ 15 ! what a bargain .
On a more serious note as long as you have some kind of cover then i don't think its so bad . i don't have any AA cover in the UK so if i were to brakedown at say Croft then i'd be in just the same position , i know its not like being in a foreign country but it can still cost . Short of a serious problem i think most things could be fixed easily out there , a lot of the Ringers forum members seem to get on OK without to many problems ,and if you were in a group of M3 owners you wouldn't be alone or without help .
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