Prince Edward County/Sandbanks, Ontario Day Cruise - MAY 2012

[JulieDriving]

Originally Posted by dnotorious

I got mine today from crappytire for a deal Motorola 43 KM GMRS Personal Radios ; there are inexpensives ones as well, but i figure the less they cost, the lower the range and features; for now you simply need to know how to turn it on/off; and how to set a channel (Something M3-Mike will let us know when we meet at Ajax); there are other advanced features, but you will figure it out as you go. I havent been on any cruises in all the car forums i've joined, so imma a n00b as well. I figure I could use this when i go cottaging or camping or other long road trips with my famjam and there is no cell phone coverage.

Thanks for the info & link!

Okay, will be stopping by my local Crappy Tire tomorrow.

Originally Posted by dnotorious

and now ladies and gentleman..for your weather forecast;
Saturday May 5th
High 15 Low 9

[2K7]

ROUTE MAP POSTED FOLKS! TOTAL ROUTE DISTANCE ~137 KM FROM 401 EXIT.

We'll be stopping for lunch at County Cider as was suggested by BMWNTHZST!

[BMWNTHZST]

Thanks to RO_Turbo for posting the route. I'm going to print out enough maps for each car so be sure to see me before leaving the Ajax Go station parking lot to pick one up.

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

Some of you may be using your GPS and be guided by that friendly voice (rather then looking at maps and ending up in a mishap). To that end I've printed three maps with directions here for myself.

I find that the GPS can be quite suborn at times so if you enter the three different destinations (per maps below) all should work out fine to take you direct to the resaurant "County Cider Company & Estate Winery" for lunch in case you fall behind or get ahead of anyone

(Once trying to get back from Boston to London, my GPS played tricks on me taking me the long way, I overcame this by entering destinations in piece mail I'm sure your GPS played tricks on you before too)

Here are the three maps I've prepared (plus a final bonus map of the final; destination). Drive safely everyone we see you there.

FINAL RESTAURANT ADDRESS FOR YOUR GPS

County Cider Company & Estate Winery
657 Bongards X RD
County Road 8, RR 4
Picton, Ontario
K0K 2T0

[dnotorious]

Originally Posted by BMWNTHZST

Thanks to RO_Turbo for posting the route. I'm going to print out enough maps for each car so be sure to see me before leaving the Ajax Go station parking lot to pick one up.

Just in case anyone has Mobile GPS's I spent the last hour tracking this route via google maps (hybrid mode) and it is awesome. If anyone is interested I can export the map to your compatible GPS device and you can load the route on it.

Check out the Cruise Map
as well; I think you can also export this one; Added County Cider as a WayPoint

Since I dont have Navi in my car; I use my iPhone so I saved it to my app (Navigon) for future references; Alternatively, if you are interested in manually updating this into your GPS, below are the coordinates.

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

Originally Posted by dnotorious

Just in case anyone has Mobile GPS's I spent the last hour tracking this route via google maps (hybrid mode) and it is awesome. If anyone is interested I can export the map to your compatible GPS device and you can load the route on it.

dnotorious

Thanks for doing this it is very cool indeed. How would you export this route so one could import it into the BMW Navi?

Cheers, Rolf

[dnotorious]

Originally Posted by Alter Peter

dnotorious

Thanks for doing this it is very cool indeed. How would you export this route so one could import it into the BMW Navi?

Cheers, Rolf

I've seen this a while back in a demo or some sort I believe you need BMW Online Assist and Google Maps; When you are done developing your map with google, you then you send it to them using your BMW Online Account and they will send it your car and you accept it.

Route Transfer using BMW Online

[Cold Steel]

Trip sounds like a great idea. I live in Prince Edward County. The County Cider House is a great spot for lunch, but I'm not sure it's open until the Victoria Day Weekend for food. You may want to check. Although many of the wineries may be open, not sure any of them will have their lunch setup open yet. Your best bet is to stop somewhere in Picton for a bite to eat. You guys are going to have a great time, I wish I could join you but I'm on call/working this weekend.

[dnotorious]

Originally Posted by Cold Steel

Your best bet is to stop somewhere in Picton for a bite to eat..

I just called and yeah no grub here till Victoria day... so boys n girls we'll need to think about this one.... any suggestions? I'm flexible

[Cold Steel]

If you guys want to eat at a winery, can try the Waupoos Winery, I'm pretty sure they have their lunch setup operational. It's not cheap, but a great view and the food is good. That winery is just around the corner from the Cider house. Hope this helps.

[BMWNTHZST]

Originally Posted by Cold Steel

Trip sounds like a great idea. I live in Prince Edward County. The County Cider House is a great spot for lunch, but I'm not sure it's open until the Victoria Day Weekend for food. You may want to check. Although many of the wineries may be open, not sure any of them will have their lunch setup open yet. Your best bet is to stop somewhere in Picton for a bite to eat. You guys are going to have a great time, I wish I could join you but I'm on call/working this weekend.

Good call as I didn't think about that.

Originally Posted by dnotorious

I just called and yeah no grub here till Victoria day... so boys n girls we'll need to think about this one.... any suggestions? I'm flexible

Thanks for checking.

Originally Posted by Cold Steel

If you guys want to eat at a winery, can try the Waupoos Winery, I'm pretty sure they have their lunch setup operational. It's not cheap, but a great view and the food is good. That winery is just around the corner from the Cider house. Hope this helps.

I'm easy. I've heard the food is great at the Waupoos Winery. Price isn't a huge concern however we had better find out if they are open for lunch.
If they are perhaps we should make a reservation so they can seat all of us.

[JulieDriving]

Originally Posted by Alter Peter

dnotorious

Thanks for doing this it is very cool indeed. How would you export this route so one could import it into the BMW Navi?

Cheers, Rolf

It's not possible to import a route into North American iDrive/ Nav systems. That function only exists on Euro spec cars. You can only send a destination to your cars via Googlemaps.

I have a Garmin capable of accepting custom routes built on Googlemaps. I'll be using that.

[JulieDriving]

Originally Posted by dnotorious

Just in case anyone has Mobile GPS's I spent the last hour tracking this route via google maps (hybrid mode) and it is awesome. If anyone is interested I can export the map to your compatible GPS device and you can load the route on it.

Check out the Cruise Map
as well; I think you can also export this one; Added County Cider as a WayPoint

Since I dont have Navi in my car; I use my iPhone so I saved it to my app (Navigon) for future references; Alternatively, if you are interested in manually updating this into your GPS, below are the coordinates.

Dnotorious, I'm definitely interested. Could you send me the Googlemaps link for the route? Thanks very much!

EDIT: Sorry, nevermind, I got the link off of the cruise map.

[JulieDriving]

Originally Posted by BMWNTHZST

Thanks to RO_Turbo for posting the route. I'm going to print out enough maps for each car so be sure to see me before leaving the Ajax Go station parking lot to pick one up.

Cool, thank-you! Having the physical map will be great too.

*Sorry for the multiple posts everyone* Having trouble with multiple quotes on my mobile phone. This should be the last one.

[BucurFoto]

Only couple more days gents! Going to be a blast!

[2K7]

Originally Posted by ShutterFreak

Only couple more days gents! Going to be a blast!

let's hope mother nature co-operates!

[2K7]

Originally Posted by dnotorious

Just in case anyone has Mobile GPS's I spent the last hour tracking this route via google maps (hybrid mode) and it is awesome. If anyone is interested I can export the map to your compatible GPS device and you can load the route on it.

Check out the Cruise Map
as well; I think you can also export this one; Added County Cider as a WayPoint

Since I dont have Navi in my car; I use my iPhone so I saved it to my app (Navigon) for future references; Alternatively, if you are interested in manually updating this into your GPS, below are the coordinates.

Awesome work! Thanks dnotorious!

[2K7]

Originally Posted by Cold Steel

If you guys want to eat at a winery, can try the Waupoos Winery, I'm pretty sure they have their lunch setup operational. It's not cheap, but a great view and the food is good. That winery is just around the corner from the Cider house. Hope this helps.

I'll give them a call tomorrow to see if they're open on sat and report back

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

Originally Posted by RO_Turbo

let's hope mother nature co-operates!

No worries there looks like Sunshine all the way

09:30 Wednesday Forecast ... right here

[tdott]

Just a heads up the Costco Gas station will be pretty busy. I suggest filling up gas before heading to the Ajax GO, or tell people who need to go do so during the Ajax stop, but you'll need to give them time to get back to leave as a group.

Expect a 15-20min wait, probably more for everyone. The parking lot is usually pretty busy also, unless you get there early.

My car is in pieces or i'd join.
Only found out now and car was already apart since last weekend.

[Gearhead999s]

Originally Posted by tdott

Just a heads up the Costco Gas station will be pretty busy. I suggest filling up gas before heading to the Ajax GO, or tell people who need to go do so during the Ajax stop, but you'll need to give them time to get back to leave as a group.

Expect a 15-20min wait, probably more for everyone. The parking lot is usually pretty busy also, unless you get there early.

My car is in pieces or i'd join.
Only found out now and car was already apart since last weekend.

You would use fuel from costco in your M3

[M3-Mike]

Originally Posted by tdott

Just a heads up the Costco Gas station will be pretty busy. I suggest filling up gas before heading to the Ajax GO, or tell people who need to go do so during the Ajax stop, but you'll need to give them time to get back to leave as a group.

Expect a 15-20min wait, probably more for everyone. The parking lot is usually pretty busy also, unless you get there early.

My car is in pieces or i'd join.
Only found out now and car was already apart since last weekend.

Yeah agreed, I would suggest everyone is gassed up and ready to fly at 11am sharp, at which time we head straight onto the 401. Waiting for people to gas up is no fun at all... and Duncan is right, why would anyone put Costco gas in their M3 baby?