My trip to the 'Ring
Discussion
Last Christmas, my brother gave me a present of a trip to Germany this summer, which would include visiting the Nurburgring.
When we arrived there, we spent most of the day watching the German car club and the motorcycle would were using it. The track wasn't open to the public until that evening.
Neither of us had driven on any race track before and only my brother had driven the 'Ring on a Xbox a couple of years previous....and then it decided to rain in the afternoon. And as if we needed a reminder of how bad this track can be, when we arrived the motorcycle club were coming back in, after one of their guys had gone off. A German guy told us that the rider was air lifted to hospital and his bike was bought back in, looking rather mangled! There was oil on the track for the rest of the day, and all this occurred in dry conditions!
After oggling some tasty cars, we had a look round Nurburg, until the track was opened for public use.
We received some hints and tips from the few english people dotted about, the main theme being "be VERY careful"
We happened to bump into a couple of PHers, one being greg964, and I briefly glimpsed adamt, as he came back in, riding passenger in a slightly dented E46 BMW M3 CSL.
We bought our 4 laps for 70 Euros, and off we went. My brother drove first, the car being his and all! I took over for the second lap, and I have NEVER been so petrified behind the wheel of a car, as I was here. Needless to say round the entire Nordschliefe, I did not break 60mph
The 3rd lap was driven by my brother and the 4th by me once again (but slightly faster). The weather also improved slightly for the the 3rd and 4th laps.
All in all, a tremendous experience, and one which I shall repeat before too long!
Anyway, here are the photos from our day at the ring!
Enjoy!
PART 1
PART 2
Darren
When we arrived there, we spent most of the day watching the German car club and the motorcycle would were using it. The track wasn't open to the public until that evening.
Neither of us had driven on any race track before and only my brother had driven the 'Ring on a Xbox a couple of years previous....and then it decided to rain in the afternoon. And as if we needed a reminder of how bad this track can be, when we arrived the motorcycle club were coming back in, after one of their guys had gone off. A German guy told us that the rider was air lifted to hospital and his bike was bought back in, looking rather mangled! There was oil on the track for the rest of the day, and all this occurred in dry conditions!
After oggling some tasty cars, we had a look round Nurburg, until the track was opened for public use.
We received some hints and tips from the few english people dotted about, the main theme being "be VERY careful"
We happened to bump into a couple of PHers, one being greg964, and I briefly glimpsed adamt, as he came back in, riding passenger in a slightly dented E46 BMW M3 CSL.We bought our 4 laps for 70 Euros, and off we went. My brother drove first, the car being his and all! I took over for the second lap, and I have NEVER been so petrified behind the wheel of a car, as I was here. Needless to say round the entire Nordschliefe, I did not break 60mph
The 3rd lap was driven by my brother and the 4th by me once again (but slightly faster). The weather also improved slightly for the the 3rd and 4th laps.
All in all, a tremendous experience, and one which I shall repeat before too long!
Anyway, here are the photos from our day at the ring!
Enjoy!
PART 1
PART 2
Darren
Hi Robert! It's a been while. How are ya, buddy? The S2 running well?
Sadly it isn't the Cupra R he owns, it's the diesel equivalent(yer I know!
). It's the Cupra diesel 150bhp (pre-FR designation). Yup it handles well, but neither of us were anywhere near the car's limits.
We took out all unnecessary weight and folded the rear seats flat. My brother's idea, so whether it would make a difference remains to be seen
Chris, you were there as well! Small world, eh? Did you see any of the motorcycle club and car club going around in the day, or were you just there for the public track session? Have you hosted any of your photos somewhere in the WWW? It would be great to see someone else's piccys!
Darren
Sadly it isn't the Cupra R he owns, it's the diesel equivalent(yer I know!
). It's the Cupra diesel 150bhp (pre-FR designation). Yup it handles well, but neither of us were anywhere near the car's limits. We took out all unnecessary weight and folded the rear seats flat. My brother's idea, so whether it would make a difference remains to be seen
Chris, you were there as well! Small world, eh? Did you see any of the motorcycle club and car club going around in the day, or were you just there for the public track session? Have you hosted any of your photos somewhere in the WWW? It would be great to see someone else's piccys!
Darren
we went basically for the saturday and sunday just to drive the ring and didnt have much time to see anything else.
my photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedychrissie/sets/7...
my photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedychrissie/sets/7...
speedychrissie said:
we went basically for the saturday and sunday just to drive the ring and didnt have much time to see anything else.
my photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedychrissie/sets/7...
[Andy from little Britain voice]I want that one![/Andy from little Britain voice]my photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedychrissie/sets/7...
speedychrissie said:
we went basically for the saturday and sunday just to drive the ring and didnt have much time to see anything else.
my photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedychrissie/sets/7...
any info on this T5 engined gem my photos are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedychrissie/sets/7...
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