Anyone fancy a weekend at the ring July 9th/10th
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Hi,
I'm getting some lads together for a Public weekend at the Nurburgring on the above dates.
Nothing official, just some like minded driving enthusiast that want to experience this shrine !!!
I am going to coordinate things, so if you fancy it, you're more than welcome to join us.
G.
I'm getting some lads together for a Public weekend at the Nurburgring on the above dates.
Nothing official, just some like minded driving enthusiast that want to experience this shrine !!!
I am going to coordinate things, so if you fancy it, you're more than welcome to join us.
G.
peterpeter said:
id love to go glen, but my wife is expecting our second child a week later, so it might be safer (for me) to say maybe next time... but do post when you go again.
Never mind mate, if this one goes OK, i may do another one end of Sept.
P.S. Congrats for when the new edition comes mate, maybe a few less track days on the horizon then mate ???
G.
>> Edited by glenn mcmenamin on Wednesday 30th March 21:15
peterpeter said:
peterpeter said:
id love to go glen, but my wife is expecting our second child a week later, so it might be safer (for me) to say maybe next time... but do post when you go again.
Never mind mate, if this one goes OK, i may do another one end of Sept.
P.S. Congrats for when the new edition comes mate, maybe a few less track days on the horizon then mate ???
G.
>> Edited by glenn mcmenamin on Wednesday 30th March 21:15
well perhaps for a couple of weeks.....
Yeah after July Im unlikely to get back out on track till October....
And Ill be using the GT3 most of the time now too (becasue of the roll cage/harnesses...)
Plus my wife wants me to buy all the fire proof crap.
I think we should get yellow suits.//??
what do you think?? (Ive done enough track days not to feel like a pratt now)
OK mate, but errr, you go first and i'll see what you look like !!!
On a serious note, if i was a father, i would probably be thinking about it myself, as you have more people to think about than yourself, and anything
that could save your life/skin, can't be that silly !!
Anyway, now you are a trackday vet, i reckon you've earned it !!!!
P.S. i suppose a Manthey conversion is way off the cards then !!!!
G.
stefan1 said:
I may be at the Ring that weekend myself with a few friends.
I've just returned from two weekends at the Ring; the second for Easter public lapping - four quite varied but excellent days.
Manthey GT3 performed outstandingly well - and thankfully repaired in time after the MX-5 incident at Bedford. Thanks are due to the Manthey team for completing all the bodywork and suspension repairs in ten working days - would never have achieved that in the UK!
Just under 1000kms driven on track - no oil usage and no problems. Quite a contrast to some of my friends driving RX-7s - nice cars to drive, but not much fun when you have to empty the oil catch tank (whatever that is!) every lap!
The Ring management also linked the full GP circuit for three of the four days - great fun initially, and at least the GT3 has the performance to make it interesting - but after a while I was keen just to get back to the Nordschleife.
Kind regards
Steve
Steve,
Good to hear the car is sorted, i was gutted that i didn't realise you were there on that day until i spoke to Steve at JZ, as it would have been good to have a chat.
Thanks for the advice again re the Manthey kit, i am really chuffed with the handling and performance gains, which have transformed the car.
If you are out there on July 9th and 10th then we must meet up.
G.
walterswdf2 said:
The Ring on July 9 - 10 . . . this site caught my eye while searching for info on (get this) the Renault Megane Sport Trophy, and I signed up just to be able to post to this thread. I'm an American (Boo!Boo!) living in Bonn, which has the great benefit of being (from my front door to the main parking lot) 77 km from the Ring (35 minutes on a good day in the right car). I'd welcome the opportunity to meet fellow "English" speakers and Ring lovers just about any time -- not sure yet about that particular weekend. (But it is right after my son's 9th birthday, so I might be able to convince my wife that renting the 911 at Avis (199 Euros/day) is one of *his* presents!)
Yep, the megane is pig ugly !!!
If you want to hook up with us on this weekend, just drop me a line to the mail address above.
We will actually be staying in Bonn for that weekend aswell !
G.
Alternatively, I might by then be in possession of that Megane Sport Trophy. I fear that they aren't any more available in Germay, but I'd be interested in hearing opinions about it (if it's not out of line to ask in this thread). I frankly think the Megane is close to ugly -- but if you can have one of 50 in a country in which 80% of the cars you pass are Golfs and the other 80%(!) are BMW 3-series, the ugly quickly turns into distinctive. (Kind of like my current Citroen, which was purchased from the literal old lady literally next door.) Plus, the Sport Trophy is a car that, according to Sport Auto, is as quick or quicker than the MG XPower and the Nissan 350Z; faster around Hockenheim than the MG, the Nissan, a Mercedes SLK 350, or a BMW 645Ci; and posts the second best time ever in the (admitedly new) wet handling test -- behind a 911 Carrera S and ahead of an M5 and an MB CLK DTM AMG. This for 28K Euros.
Hope to see some of you soon. Cheers,
tw
P.S. Bonus points (and a pint) to the first one to recognize the reference in the last part of my user name.
fergus said:
BIG thanks to Fergus for the spotting laps, thanks mate, really helped out
Glenn
Thanks for the pax laps. Very well sorted car. Makes me want to get a sorted Mk1 GT3! Considering you'd only done a handful of laps, we weren't hanging about by the 4th or so lap!
Glad to be of assistance. Got a few of the 964RS boys going a fair bit quicker as well. Sorry if I was sat there like a 2@ barking 'pace notes' at you!
Take it easy.
Fergus
PS to the sierra cossie driver who managed to park their car over the armco coming out of the mini karussel - how the hell did you manage that?!
>> Edited by fergus on Monday 11th July 12:32
I saw that Sierra,
a great bit of parking, i actually went past it 3 times, and each time still couldn't work out how the hell he got there !!!
G.
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