Nurburgring - any advice?

[Dragon Wedge]

Hoping to combine a few days over the pond with a visit to the Ring.
Anyone got advice from past experience?
Regards
Ewan

[Wedg1e]

Don't crash.

[matt-man]

My advice would be to plan to stay there for a couple of days (or have the option to stay another day) as they have a really bad habbit of closing the public time for manufacturers to test!

This happened to us last summer when we went but was on our last day so had to get back the following morning for a ferry...

Take a spare pair of pants though as i believe it is quite hairy!

[pwd95]

If you deposit any fluids on track or damage the barrier you won't be leaving there untill you've coughed up a couple of grand for repairs, recovery etc. Worth sorting some separate insurance for this alone.

[rev-erend]

Wedg1e said:

Don't crash.

Seconded .. it's very expensive.

Drive well under you limits.

[wombat172a]

be aware of cooking your brakes, one of the things i noticed when i went last year is that my brakes weren't cooling enough and by the time i was half way round i couldn't predict which way the car was gonna dive in the corners.

Also, i wouldn't attempt in the wet and be aware that track conditions can vary massively during a lap.

Ensure your cooling is good as you can be crawling in traffic for about 10mins whilst waiting to get off the track.

[Dragon Wedge]

Thanks all - very helpful.
For any future Ring novices reading this string there are also some useful bits and pieces within the Track Day section of Gassing Station.

[grahamw48]

It seems pretty easy on Xbox.

[Wedg1e]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwRgSZiKTk&fea...

[pwd95]

Wedg1e said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwRgSZiKTk&fea...

Holy ste, my heart was in my bloody mouth for most of that.
Wouldn't like to be a passenger with him. He'd have gone faster if he'd have kept more traction & got his gears in the right holes. Hat's off though, fookinell....

[grahamw48]

Brill vid !

Reminds me of my drive home though the estate in my old 7...no wonder they put road humps down.

Edited by grahamw48 on Saturday 6th March 13:22