BMW BMW BMW!

So cool. On Thursday we had a tour of the BMW Welt (World) and production plant :)) I have never seen another car manufacturing plant, so I have nothing to compare it to, but BMW's is crazy awesome. We started the tour where they stamp out the doors, then they took us through the welding of the frame (5,990 spot welds on the 3 series), painting of the frame, building of the engines, attachment of the frame to the chassis, running of electrical wiring (there's a ton of it, like 3 km in each car or something crazy like that), and final assembly with seats and windows. I apologize to my technical writing teacher for that awful list, but hopefully you all made it through without too much of an issue. Pictures weren't allowed during the tour, but I got some sweet pictures inside the Welt :) Also none of us are sure why, but in the walkway leading to the painting "booth" there was a distinct fish smell. If anyone can explain some magical paint/solvent mixture that results in a fishy smell I'll buy you German chocolate :) There's also a museum out there that is separate from the factory tour, so I'll definitely be going to that at some point!

The "Four Cylinders" building, a.k.a. BMW headquarters:

Main entrance to the Welt:

The road inside where people can drive away in their brand new BMWs from the plant:

And me with my weird liking for hatchbacks: