Thread: Cross Country Road Trip To California In My New Car

About 5 months ago I was offered a new job and have since moved across the country to the lovely silicon valley. They packed all my stuff and shipped it out. I could have flown but I didn't want to put my dog on the bottom of a plane and I have always wanted to do a big road trip so I opted to drive myself. I went and traded in my old 2007 BMW 335XI Sedan and bought a brand new fully loaded 2011 BMW 335 M Sport Coupe and hit the road to visit friends and family along the way! A few thousand miles and one speeding ticket later, I've since made it across the country and had a great trip!

I started from SC, spent a night in alabama, 2 nights in dallas, 4 nights in CO, 1 night at the grand canyon, 2 nights in burbank, ca and then I arrived to nocal.

Here are a couple pics from the trip:

My old 2007 335XI Sedan that I traded in:


The mayflower has landed! Moving day:


All packed and ready to go in my new 2011 335i M-Sport Coupe


Backseat in dog mode:


Breakfast:


Mmmm... tasty bugs


Nothing in Kansas but farm lands and energy wind mills:


One of my favorite places to visit, my uncles beautiful mountain home in CO.


The black german car club, my car with my uncles sunday driver. Not pictured is his black glk in the garage.


Grand Canyon:


So far I am loving the new job and things are going great! About a month and a half ago I purchased a condo and absolutely love the area! I look forward to attending some Norcal meets soon.

Also, just an fyi... my custom wide body toyota celica gt-s was just shipped off to my buddies shop in FL as it will be converted to RWD amongst other things as well.


And a recent photo from hanging out with one of my new friends here in CA:

Hey is that Clints car?!

Sounds like an awesome trip. Thanks for sharing.

Nice pictures, sounds like a great time. Now imagine doing that trip with a ton of L4P fam and you got gold rush! haha

Congrats on the new car, new location, beautiful dog, and the rest of it.

cool pics
especially like the dog at the grand canyon

thats quite a adventure! id love to go on a road trip like at least once in my lifetime

Looks like you had a fun road trip. There are a few runs that go on in norcal and theres also Santana Row every Saturday if you're looking for something to do

Sweet dude. I made the hike as well early last year from Chicago.

Originally Posted by Flyinglakland

Hey is that Clints car?!

Yes it is! I have known Clint for a few years via another forum and so I finally was able to hang out with him since moving out here.

Originally Posted by Yanky

Looks like you had a fun road trip. There are a few runs that go on in norcal and theres also Santana Row every Saturday if you're looking for something to do

When are these "runs"?

Also, what goes on at Santana Row every Saturday?