Buying a Ring car
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Hi,
I'm looking to buy a car to have as a 'ring car, probably something like a track prepared MkII golf GTi. The trouble is I'm over here and the 'ring is over there... I have heard nightmare stories about people trying to get their cars TUV approved so I was hoping to get a left hooker from somewhere close to the ring. Is there a german version of Autotrader?
Is the YUV approval just germany? or can I get a car from france/belgium?
Has anyone else done this kind of thing? Any help is much appreciated
I'm looking to buy a car to have as a 'ring car, probably something like a track prepared MkII golf GTi. The trouble is I'm over here and the 'ring is over there... I have heard nightmare stories about people trying to get their cars TUV approved so I was hoping to get a left hooker from somewhere close to the ring. Is there a german version of Autotrader?
Is the YUV approval just germany? or can I get a car from france/belgium?
Has anyone else done this kind of thing? Any help is much appreciated
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There's an English language version available, and most dealers speak English.
Good luck.
SS7
There's an English language version available, and most dealers speak English.
Good luck.
SS7
i don't get it, does a UK car need TÜV approval to run on the ring? if you buy a german car and register it (and yourself, you'll need an address) in germany, any modifications (down to a different tyre size) will need TÜV approval to make it strictly legal, whereas i a UK car can have pretty much any mods and still be ok. You on about buying a pre-prepped car with approval already?
>> Edited by hugoagogo on Monday 6th March 08:51
>> Edited by hugoagogo on Monday 6th March 08:51
If you fancy something a little different there is a fully prepped Nissan Primera at the Nissan garage in Adenau at the moment with cage, Nordschleife suspension and all the other right bits. It's only 150bhp and costs 5999 € but it's very well sorted, well, it would be, having been Dirk Schoysmann's training car..!
Adenauer said:
I've just called the Nissan garage and they're selling it on behalf of a private customer, I've tried to call him but he isn't in. I'll keep trying and try to get him to mail me the spec and some pictures. It's not advertised on the net anywhere.
Thanks... that'd be superb
OK, I've got hold of the guy and here's the spec.
2.0l Primera, the engine is standard 150bhp.
Bilstein Nordschleife Suspension
Strut braces front and back
Bigger Brakes
OMP racing seat & passenger bucket seat
Matter full cage
2 x Harnesses
1 new set of rain tyres
1 set of semi slicks
2 sets of wheels
Sport steering wheel.
It currently has about a year of Tüv left and he said that the Nissan garage in Adenau could re-tüv it easily.
125,000 kms which is about 80,000 miles I think.
€ 5999.-
He's going to see if he can find any pictures and will mail me them. He's selling it becuase he's bought an M3 for the ring.
2.0l Primera, the engine is standard 150bhp.
Bilstein Nordschleife Suspension
Strut braces front and back
Bigger Brakes
OMP racing seat & passenger bucket seat
Matter full cage
2 x Harnesses
1 new set of rain tyres
1 set of semi slicks
2 sets of wheels
Sport steering wheel.
It currently has about a year of Tüv left and he said that the Nissan garage in Adenau could re-tüv it easily.
125,000 kms which is about 80,000 miles I think.
€ 5999.-
He's going to see if he can find any pictures and will mail me them. He's selling it becuase he's bought an M3 for the ring.
I know a few folks do do this, but would have thought is easier to just have a UK car (dont need road tax 
) & bring it back once yr to get MOT'd, probabally over winter & use uk garages you know for major work & easier to get parts here, esp when it will just sit in the fatherland sitting idle for the winter, might as well sit on your driveway for free?
I came to this conclusion when hearing of a certain 'ring money pit 944, waaaaaay cheaper to have bought it here had an MOT rather than TUV & loads of well known UK specialists could have worked on it here for a fraction of the cost.
) & bring it back once yr to get MOT'd, probabally over winter & use uk garages you know for major work & easier to get parts here, esp when it will just sit in the fatherland sitting idle for the winter, might as well sit on your driveway for free? I came to this conclusion when hearing of a certain 'ring money pit 944, waaaaaay cheaper to have bought it here had an MOT rather than TUV & loads of well known UK specialists could have worked on it here for a fraction of the cost.
Well, here's the spec and some pictures, the lazy, long haired lizard makes some good points but let's face it, Ben's 944 was always a pile of poo regardless of where it was kept 
Nissan Primera P10 „Nordschleifen Edition“
2l Hubraum, 150 PS, mit Straßenzulassung, seit November 2005 abgemeldet, Bj. 91, Tüv und AU 09/2006, voll Straßentauglich. Original Motorsport/Bilstein Stoßdämpfer und H&R Federn, Aluminium Domstrebe an VA und HA, Sportlenkrad, OMP Rennschale, Sabelt 4-Punkt Gurt breite Ausführung, König Beifahrersitz, Feuerlöscher, Matter Käfig mit Flankenschutz, gelochte OMP Bremsscheiben vorne, K&N Luftfilter , 1 Satz Bremsbeläge HA (neu), 2 Sätze , 4 Alufelgen 7 x 15 mit Yokohama Semisliks, 4 Alufelgen 7 x 15 mit Uniroyal Regenreifen. Keine Rundstreckenrennen, keine Rallyes!
Winterpreis: 5999,--€
Ideal für die Nordschleife. Ex Trainings-Fahrzeug von Dirk Schoysmann und Th. Brügmann.
Das Fahrzeug ist in Bonnfinanzfarben beklebt und kann in Adenau (Autohaus Rausch) besichtigt werden.
Nissan Primera P10 „Nordschleifen Edition“
2l Hubraum, 150 PS, mit Straßenzulassung, seit November 2005 abgemeldet, Bj. 91, Tüv und AU 09/2006, voll Straßentauglich. Original Motorsport/Bilstein Stoßdämpfer und H&R Federn, Aluminium Domstrebe an VA und HA, Sportlenkrad, OMP Rennschale, Sabelt 4-Punkt Gurt breite Ausführung, König Beifahrersitz, Feuerlöscher, Matter Käfig mit Flankenschutz, gelochte OMP Bremsscheiben vorne, K&N Luftfilter , 1 Satz Bremsbeläge HA (neu), 2 Sätze , 4 Alufelgen 7 x 15 mit Yokohama Semisliks, 4 Alufelgen 7 x 15 mit Uniroyal Regenreifen. Keine Rundstreckenrennen, keine Rallyes!
Winterpreis: 5999,--€
Ideal für die Nordschleife. Ex Trainings-Fahrzeug von Dirk Schoysmann und Th. Brügmann.
Das Fahrzeug ist in Bonnfinanzfarben beklebt und kann in Adenau (Autohaus Rausch) besichtigt werden.
...and there should be space at RR now that Bren's Westie has been uprooted.
That Primera looks really good - putting the basic track car bits on anything would cost that money and if you want to do lap after lap you need to make a few sensible mods as it punishes normal road cars. Golf Mk2s cope surprisingly well, although the Lizard still has to claim disability benefit for a shrapnel wound sustained in the crimean just to afford the tyres and brakes.
If you go the english route, get something on PH classifieds that's track spec but road legal. Make sure some poor fecker has already spent money on suspension, brakes, cage etc. Otherwise, buy an old Mk2 Golf GTi and hammer it into the armco/paint over it should the worst happen. You can get an OK one for less than the cost of a brand new weld-in cage
ATB
Dom
That Primera looks really good - putting the basic track car bits on anything would cost that money and if you want to do lap after lap you need to make a few sensible mods as it punishes normal road cars. Golf Mk2s cope surprisingly well, although the Lizard still has to claim disability benefit for a shrapnel wound sustained in the crimean just to afford the tyres and brakes.
If you go the english route, get something on PH classifieds that's track spec but road legal. Make sure some poor fecker has already spent money on suspension, brakes, cage etc. Otherwise, buy an old Mk2 Golf GTi and hammer it into the armco/paint over it should the worst happen. You can get an OK one for less than the cost of a brand new weld-in cage
ATB
Dom
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