Nurburgring 2024

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Digga

40,477 posts

285 months

Tuesday 14th May
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Just one of many superbly uncluttered laps from DN Spring event last week. Barely any traffic all day.

Kev_Mk3

2,814 posts

97 months

Wednesday 15th May
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Interesting to see the Nurburgring checking UK regs on ANPR and the police in the car park in undercover cars dealing with untaxed uk cars,,,, interesting change & a good one IMO

Redline88

406 posts

108 months

Saturday 18th May
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Kev_Mk3 said:
Interesting to see the Nurburgring checking UK regs on ANPR and the police in the car park in undercover cars dealing with untaxed uk cars,,,, interesting change & a good one IMO
Genuine question but why would German police be bothered about a UK car being untaxed? And I thought post brexit that EU police no longer could access DVLA systems?

fridaypassion

8,704 posts

230 months

Saturday 18th May
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Were they actually checking tax? Makes no sense that they would be interested in the UK excise system. Insurance sure I know people that drive track cars on the road out there just because they still have plates...

chrisr29

1,256 posts

199 months

Monday 20th May
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fridaypassion said:
Were they actually checking tax? Makes no sense that they would be interested in the UK excise system. Insurance sure I know people that drive track cars on the road out there just because they still have plates...
I got done there for no tax back in the days of the tax disc. Gave me an on the spot fine and told me to trailer the car home.

I promptly went and hired a - new then - Megane r26r from RSR for the day, which was undoubtedly better than the car I turned up in.

There may be no access for German plod into the DVLA system, but all they have to do is look online at the MOT/tax checker website.

fridaypassion

8,704 posts

230 months

Monday 20th May
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Weird. I guess the German police will quite rightly be in the mood to disrupt brits as much as possible due to the bone headed behaviour of the minority. I see from one of the FB groups that a BMW was dicking about and then got away from a police chase! How do these people even afford the fuel and Ferry crossings?!

Digga

40,477 posts

285 months

Monday 20th May
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fridaypassion said:
Weird. I guess the German police will quite rightly be in the mood to disrupt brits as much as possible due to the bone headed behaviour of the minority. I see from one of the FB groups that a BMW was dicking about and then got away from a police chase! How do these people even afford the fuel and Ferry crossings?!
How are the UK border controls not checking for untaxed and uninsured vehicles?!?

Cheburator mk2

3,013 posts

201 months

Monday 20th May
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Digga said:
How are the UK border controls not checking for untaxed and uninsured vehicles?!?
Please don't give them ideas. Leaving and coming back into the country is a bigger palaver since Brexit, the last thing we need now is yet another batch of time consuming checks on top...

Digga

40,477 posts

285 months

Monday 20th May
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Cheburator mk2 said:
Digga said:
How are the UK border controls not checking for untaxed and uninsured vehicles?!?
Please don't give them ideas. Leaving and coming back into the country is a bigger palaver since Brexit, the last thing we need now is yet another batch of time consuming checks on top...
Could just be a bog standard, simple ANPR camera. Can be completely unmanned and autonomous.

Might save the odd pinched car being exported too.

Cheburator mk2

3,013 posts

201 months

Monday 20th May
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Digga said:
Could just be a bog standard, simple ANPR camera. Can be completely unmanned and autonomous.

Might save the odd pinched car being exported too.
Good point - they already have ANPR as part of the truck traffic checks, so why they don't bother with the cars is baffling...

ukkid35

6,217 posts

175 months

Monday 20th May
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Digga said:
How are the UK border controls not checking for untaxed and uninsured vehicles?!?
Similarly, I've never understood why the French péage don't seem to check for speeding

Digga

40,477 posts

285 months

Monday 20th May
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ukkid35 said:
Similarly, I've never understood why the French péage don't seem to check for speeding
hehe

You mean especially not by Calais?

fridaypassion

8,704 posts

230 months

Yesterday (20:16)
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Misha has done another one sounds like the biggest yet. Cars fault obviously. He must surely be stopped from this nonsense now.

Digga

40,477 posts

285 months

Yesterday (21:20)
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In fairness there are witnesses backing up the statement that brakes failed in the compression. It sounds similar to the Koenigsegg test crash from a few years back.

jasonrobertson86

684 posts

6 months

Yesterday (21:21)
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fridaypassion said:
Misha has done another one sounds like the biggest yet. Cars fault obviously. He must surely be stopped from this nonsense now.
What nonsense?

fridaypassion

8,704 posts

230 months

Yesterday (21:23)
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Crashing all the time and being a general danger.

Yes he has posted a WhatsApp no doubt from a mate but what a coincidence it has to be him driving!

jasonrobertson86

684 posts

6 months

Yesterday (21:31)
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fridaypassion said:
Crashing all the time and being a general danger.

Yes he has posted a WhatsApp no doubt from a mate but what a coincidence it has to be him driving!
I don't believe he does 'crash all the time', he was just leading his class in n24 and overtook 1st himself. Given the number of laps he does, the crash rate an incident rate is pretty low.


fridaypassion

8,704 posts

230 months

Yesterday (21:38)
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amongst his peers it the very highest.

jasonrobertson86

684 posts

6 months

Yesterday (21:39)
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fridaypassion said:
amongst his peers it the very highest.
as a % of laps completed?

georgefreeman918

629 posts

101 months

Yesterday (21:45)
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No doubt he is a very capable driver, but he does seem to push very hard on public track days, and usually the closing speeds are scary to watch!

Inevitably he is either going to bin it, hit someone else, someone hit him or have a car failure.

I hope he and the passenger are okay, but perhaps a reminder of the dangers of the ring.