4,000 Mile M850 Road Trip Highlighting Wyoming, Colorado & Utah

[Gemini562]

Your pictures are amazing and super sharp! What camera are you using?

[cfm56d7b]

Entirely epic trip with a few equals. Loved it. Thanks for sharing!

[BMWGUYinCO]

Another epic write up and photographic essay snowbimmer!

[snowbimmer]

Originally Posted by hookson

Great write up! Used to do a road trip in my M5. Prefect car for such a cruise

Thanks.

Interesting time of year to travel. How did you find snow tires in Florida?

I had a brand new M5 at Monument Valley back in 2019 - I couldn't bring myself to take the unpaved Wildcat trail.

I hope you didn't buy gas from Jackass Joe's. Complete ripoff.

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Originally Posted by kaizzer

That was an epic trip, and I appreciate your attention to detail. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks. Unfortunately, detail is my middle name.

Originally Posted by Ev0lutionx

Thanks for sharing! What an amazing trip and pictures. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking. Hate the fact that I’m stuck in Illinois.

Glad to share. Get yourself unstuck, man.

Originally Posted by mjn77

Fantastic!! And that is some serious mileage every day!!!

Appreciate it. We've done 9 trips in the last 5 years. Our average distance is 290 miles/day over 109 days. We rarely stay anywhere 2 nights in a row - I get antsy. The days are long - usually 10 hours - but it's half driving and half looking at stuff (Scenery, historic stuff, museums). We're never bored. And I'm always getting out of the car to stretch my legs because I take so many pictures.

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Originally Posted by joao.toscano

Thank you for sharing another stunning journey! Every time I read your posts it feels like I was there and that is super rewarding, not to mention how interesting it is to get to know America in all its grandeur. Thank you very much for all these shares.

Thanks for the nice words, man

Originally Posted by joao.toscano

Phenomenal! And also these last few days are somehow intense. I'm glad to know and read that everything ended well and there were only slight scares

Ha. No scares. Just an unfortunate stone in the rotor that worked itself out.

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Originally Posted by Ölheizer

Thank you for sharing, what an amazing trip! Stunning car and nature, wonderful pictures.
Some of them look like the reality-version of Bob Ross paintings

Thanks. Bob Ross......haven't heard that one before.
("Now, let's put some puffy clouds in........there. That's nice.)

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Thanks for taking us along on this fabulous trip. Just WOW!

Thank you - you're too kind.

Originally Posted by secretariat

Another picturesque trip by snowbimmer means a bunch of screen savers. I will have to remove the one I still have from the last trip right now and insert the new. Out with the old in with the new. Thank you for these fantastic pictures.

Jeez...high praise indeed. Thanks. Which one's are your favorites?

Originally Posted by duky

Amazing trip - thanks for the write up and photos! So jealous I need to get on the road again soon

Appreciate it. Fall's a great time to get out there. Gas one of those suckers up and get rolling.

[mjn77]

Originally Posted by snowbimmer

Appreciate it. We've done 9 trips in the last 5 years. Our average distance is 290 miles/day over 109 days. We rarely stay anywhere 2 nights in a row - I get antsy. The days are long - usually 10 hours - but it's half driving and half looking at stuff (Scenery, historic stuff, museums). We're never bored. And I'm always getting out of the car to stretch my legs because I take so many pictures.

Yeah, i'm a leave the hotel at 8am, get to next hotel at 6-7pm kinda guy. With anything up to 6-7 hours of driving, but not everyone is that committed. However, for next year, each day will have two options, one shorter and one longer, then people can choose

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Originally Posted by mjn77

Yeah, i'm a leave the hotel at 8am, get to next hotel at 6-7pm kinda guy. With anything up to 6-7 hours of driving, but not everyone is that committed. However, for next year, each day will have two options, one shorter and one longer, then people can choose

Yup. And it never seems to matter how many miles there are: 200 or 450 - it always takes 10 hours. (With the occasional 13 hour day thrown in there.)

[Cityman]

Great thread! Thanks for sharing. I have a road trip planned starting next week. Driving up to Telluride, Ouray and then Dillon, Colorado.

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Originally Posted by Cityman

Great thread! Thanks for sharing. I have a road trip planned starting next week. Driving up to Telluride, Ouray and then Dillon, Colorado.

Glad to do it.

Sounds like a great trip. If you're going to Colorado and haven't been to those places, check this out: Telluride, Ourey, Million Dollar Highway and more. My favorite area of Colorado.
https://f92.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1966646



From Sep 2022.

Safe journeys.......

[BasakBaz]

Beautiful, make me want to arrange road trip too

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Originally Posted by Llarry

Great report and thread -- thank you!

Thanks, man

Originally Posted by Moopai

These pictures are like an oil paintings! Thanks for sharing, great scenery...

One comment for Day 6, this is an unacceptable picture... Dirty M850, C'mon... LOL

Well, thanks. Someone said something about Bob Ross a few posts back..........
That might have been the dirtiest its ever been. Had to snap for posterity.

Originally Posted by BimmerRob08

That is one hell of a well planned out and awesome road trip my man. I’m jelly. Love the scenic pics and congrats on the ride. I did one road trip from Cambridge, UK to Rome, Italy in 2010 in my E92 M3 I picked up new in Munich when I was stationed in England. Still have it now state side but haven’t done many road trips here. Sure is best of times.
RB

Appreciate the nice words. I really wish I would have had my act together back when European delivery was available - alas, not to be.

Originally Posted by GOLFFRR

epic post!

Thank you

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Originally Posted by Gemini562

Your pictures are amazing and super sharp! What camera are you using?

Ha. Thanks. Just my 4 year old Galaxy S10. It has its limitations, but does a great job.

Originally Posted by cfm56d7b

Entirely epic trip with a few equals. Loved it. Thanks for sharing!

Appreciate it. Thanks.

Originally Posted by BMWGUYinCO

Another epic write up and photographic essay snowbimmer!

Well, as you know, a lot of it has to do with Colorado. Amirite?

Originally Posted by BasakBaz

Beautiful, make me want to arrange road trip too

Thanks. Get out the note pad and pull up google maps.

[JC_AD335i]

This is dope!👌🏿

[JF01]

Your posts are making me sure again and again that there's nothing more beautiful in this world than mountains and mountain rivers. And you multiply this beauty by having it as the background for such stunning BMW.
Please, keep going! You're blessed, talented photographer!

[SpinalTap]

Thank you for sharing this! Simply amazing and so many beautiful landscapes!

[Bmwno6]

Great trip and photos ! Glad you stoped and enjoyed our area !

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

snowbimmer I’m only commenting on this now because it took me a week and then some to go through all of your extremely detailed trip notes and through all of your stunning photography. I truly thoroughly enjoy them and never rush through. As I’ve told you before, there is some media in here that would make for absolutely wonderful BMW marketing materials. Glad to see once again that the change to the 8er hasn’t tamped down these epic road trips (dare I say that we’re actually seeing more after you left the F90 side of the house)?!

Regardless, thank you as always for the tireless efforts you expend to make us feel like we were side by side with you, mile after mile. Miss seeing you on our side of the house, but ecsatic that you’re still here enjoying these machines as they’re meant to be enjoyed!

Thank you once again, and continued safe travels to you and your family. Can’t wait to see what’s on the map next!

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Originally Posted by JC_AD335i

This is dope!👌🏿

Thanks, man.

Originally Posted by JF01

Your posts are making me sure again and again that there's nothing more beautiful in this world than mountains and mountain rivers. And you multiply this beauty by having it as the background for such stunning BMW.
Please, keep going! You're blessed, talented photographer!

Wow, Appreciate the sentiments. I've always loved the mountains. Always loved cars. I guess it's even better if you can put them together.

Originally Posted by SpinalTap

Thank you for sharing this! Simply amazing and so many beautiful landscapes!

Thank you. It's a great part of the country.

Originally Posted by Bmwno6

Great trip and photos ! Glad you stopped and enjoyed our area !

Thanks for having us. I can't get enough of Colorado. How do you stand it? Especially in the fall.

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Originally Posted by ResIpsaLoquitur

snowbimmer I’m only commenting on this now because it took me a week and then some to go through all of your extremely detailed trip notes and through all of your stunning photography. I truly thoroughly enjoy them and never rush through. As I’ve told you before, there is some media in here that would make for absolutely wonderful BMW marketing materials. Glad to see once again that the change to the 8er hasn’t tamped down these epic road trips (dare I say that we’re actually seeing more after you left the F90 side of the house)?!

Regardless, thank you as always for the tireless efforts you expend to make us feel like we were side by side with you, mile after mile. Miss seeing you on our side of the house, but ecstatic that you’re still here enjoying these machines as they’re meant to be enjoyed!

Thank you once again, and continued safe travels to you and your family. Can’t wait to see what’s on the map next!

Jeez, man - thanks for the nice words. It's weird, but I bought my first M5 to take on these epic road trips - then I got only one with my Donington before covid hit. I soon swapped it out for the Brands Hatch M5C and did two more. Total M5 miles: 44,645 in just under three years.

The M850 has been on six major trips and I'm at 44,380 miles in just under 2.5 years - so, yeah, you're seeing more from the 8er side. Trip seven starts in a week and a half.

I'm glad you feel like your side by side with us - I'd take even more pictures if the wife would let me stop at every place I wanted to

Changing to the M850 didn't have any effect on tamping ANYTHING down. Nothing beats the ferociousness of the F90, but the M850 cruises along pretty nicely.

Stay tuned.

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by snowbimmer

Jeez, man - thanks for the nice words. It's weird, but I bought my first M5 to take on these epic road trips - then I got only one with my Donington before covid hit. I soon swapped it out for the Brands Hatch M5C and did two more. Total M5 miles: 44,645 in just under three years.

The M850 has been on six major trips and I'm at 44,380 miles in just under 2.5 years - so, yeah, you're seeing more from the 8er side. Trip seven starts in a week and a half.

I'm glad you feel like your side by side with us - I'd take even more pictures if the wife would let me stop at every place I wanted to

Changing to the M850 didn't have any effect on tamping ANYTHING down. Nothing beats the ferociousness of the F90, but the M850 cruises along pretty nicely.

Stay tuned.

Only speaking the truth!

These are all truly wonderful machines for trips as amazing as these.

That’s incredibly impressive road trip mileage. Nothing makes me happier than a fellow enthusiast enjoying the hell out of these cars. Plus, I get to live vicariously through you!

Can’t wait to see what (where?!) is next!