My Trip from Calgary to Vancouver

Prince_of_Persia · 07-07-2011, 02:04 AM

It was a fun trip, lovedddddddddddd driving my car! I just had a problem with oil that it needed and it was Canada day and everywhere was close. Rather than that, it was a blast. Pics are attached below :

sawzall · 07-07-2011, 08:53 AM

^ LOL. How much were you revving the M3? Looks like the sound of the S65B40 might just be a mating call for brown bears!

Prince_of_Persia · 07-07-2011, 11:09 AM

hahaha, yea man lol Was drivig back to Calgary that I saw it. Parked the car quickly and took few pictures lol
it was so fun man, I was considering renting a car rather than pur 2K+ KM on my car, but after driving her to vancouver and come back, I don't regret at all!

By the way, for the trip, I got 12 L/100 KM which is decent !

schnell325 · 07-07-2011, 12:07 PM

That's decent fuel ecomony!!

CalgaryX3 · 07-07-2011, 01:56 PM

Way to represent our beautiful province!

A

Prince_of_Persia · 07-07-2011, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by schnell325

That's decent fuel ecomony!!

Yeah I agree. I made it in 9 - 9.5 hours and on the highway, I was getting 9.9. I was impressed!

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Originally Posted by CalgaryX3

Way to represent our beautiful province!

A

Unfortunately most of these pictured are from BC except the last one (the bear one!) haha

2thdr · 07-08-2011, 07:44 AM

Looks and sounds like a nice trip. I did Edmonton to Kelowna May long weekend. I would love to do the trip to Vancouver, but it is so hard to control one's speed when driving these cars and the speed limits in BC are so low. Coupled with that, their penalties for speeding are so excessively punitive, it is retarded.

Realpimp23 · 07-08-2011, 08:36 AM

nice pics!

Prince_of_Persia · 07-08-2011, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by 2thdr

Looks and sounds like a nice trip. I did Edmonton to Kelowna May long weekend. I would love to do the trip to Vancouver, but it is so hard to control one's speed when driving these cars and the speed limits in BC are so low. Coupled with that, their penalties for speeding are so excessively punitive, it is retarded.

You just need a Radar Detector. 99% of the cops there are using KA band. At the same time, I would just follow a fast driver and make sure to follow the speed limit when you enter any city/town. It is a different story in Vancouver. They were doing construction on highway 1 there but absolutely no one cares about the speed limit (80KM/hrs), everyone drives around 110 - 120 and no cops are around! It was totally different from AB that we usually go 10km over the speed limit.

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nice pics!

Thanks!

JulieDriving · 07-08-2011, 11:30 PM

Your car looks great!

I did the opposite direction last month. Great scenary. Unfortunately, I had to rent a car because I live in Ontario. I do not have an M3, but I still could not wait to get back into my car!

Prince_of_Persia · 07-09-2011, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JulieDriving

Your car looks great!

I did the opposite direction last month. Great scenary. Unfortunately, I had to rent a car because I live in Ontario. I do not have an M3, but I still could not wait to get back into my car!

Thanks

I was considering to rent a car too, but decided to take her for a long drive once!

sawzall · 07-09-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Prince_of_Persia

Thanks

I was considering to rent a car too, but decided to take her for a long drive once!

You definitely made the right choice. Late last year I drove from Vancouver to Kelowna in a rented 300C, and all I could think of was how much fun I would have had making the trip in my M3. BC and the M3 were made for each other!

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Prince_of_Persia Colonel 248 Rep 2,513 Posts Drives: 6MT E92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC iTrader: (1)	My Trip from Calgary to Vancouver It was a fun trip, lovedddddddddddd driving my car! I just had a problem with oil that it needed and it was Canada day and everywhere was close. Rather than that, it was a blast. Pics are attached below : Attached Images __________________ AW\|FR 6MT E92 ///M3 Last edited by Prince_of_Persia; 07-07-2011 at 02:17 AM..
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sawzall Major 50 Rep 1,285 Posts Drives: A Car Join Date: May 2010 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 911S [10.00] 2011 911 GT3 RS [0.00]	^ LOL. How much were you revving the M3? Looks like the sound of the S65B40 might just be a mating call for brown bears!
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Prince_of_Persia Colonel 248 Rep 2,513 Posts Drives: 6MT E92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC iTrader: (1)	hahaha, yea man lol Was drivig back to Calgary that I saw it. Parked the car quickly and took few pictures lol it was so fun man, I was considering renting a car rather than pur 2K+ KM on my car, but after driving her to vancouver and come back, I don't regret at all! By the way, for the trip, I got 12 L/100 KM which is decent ! __________________ AW\|FR 6MT E92 ///M3
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2thdr Lieutenant 59 Rep 553 Posts Drives: '18 Macan GTS/'18 GT3/''21 X5M Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta iTrader: (0)	Looks and sounds like a nice trip. I did Edmonton to Kelowna May long weekend. I would love to do the trip to Vancouver, but it is so hard to control one's speed when driving these cars and the speed limits in BC are so low. Coupled with that, their penalties for speeding are so excessively punitive, it is retarded.
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JulieDriving Female driving enthusiast :P 76 Rep 2,308 Posts Drives: Bimmer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 BMW M3 Coupe [10.00]	Your car looks great! I did the opposite direction last month. Great scenary. Unfortunately, I had to rent a car because I live in Ontario. I do not have an M3, but I still could not wait to get back into my car! __________________ 2013 M3 coupe (Azurite Black, Black, Piano Black) + miata nut (2 miatas) + Mk6 GTI 5-door hatch (our mini-SUV )
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