General Advice regarding europe and nurburgring?
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Hi didnt really know which section would be best for this so if someone wants to move it feel free.
But basically me and several mates have decided that next year instead of spending all our money in ibiza like years before to do a road trip for the experience.
So far our plan is drive to germany visit nurburgring do a few laps return home.
If anyone has been before could you please advise on anything you discovered whilst doing a similiar trip?
Best routes, best places to stay, what you will and wont need, rough idea of cost
and perhaps anything you did before or after we have thought about taking a more scenic route there or back and finding some roads like JC always manages to find!
Any advice or tpis appreciated!
L
But basically me and several mates have decided that next year instead of spending all our money in ibiza like years before to do a road trip for the experience.
So far our plan is drive to germany visit nurburgring do a few laps return home.
If anyone has been before could you please advise on anything you discovered whilst doing a similiar trip?
Best routes, best places to stay, what you will and wont need, rough idea of cost
and perhaps anything you did before or after we have thought about taking a more scenic route there or back and finding some roads like JC always manages to find!
Any advice or tpis appreciated!
L
Best place to stay - Sliders guesthouse, run by 'Ring fanatic and all-round top bloke Brendan (Mororbike man really but also has a track car). Worth staying there just to get him to guide you round the track. The guesthouse is nice, esp for a group of lads as there is a massive fridge full of beer, cooked breakfasts and non-stop car banter. Can't recommend it highly enough.
You can get to the ring in a day, easy. I'm sure others will chime in with suggested routes, I usually just go straight there on the motorway.
Lots of places to stay, both in the village and at Adenauer. My fave is am tiergarten (Sabine Schmidt's place) which has decent rooms and the PistenKlaus restaurant (steak on a stone). But that's just my personal fave.
Regarding the ring itself, I'm no flash driver but I would proffer the following:
1. Every weekend there results in at least one accident. Some minor. Some fatal (usualy about 5-10 per year). So expect an accident to happen to someone at some point while you are there. They usually shut the track, clean up the mess then re-open.
2. Its a very long track. You won't be able to memorize it no matter how many times you play it on your xbox. So drive it like a B-road you don't know.
3. Weather there is funny. It can literally be sunny on one side of the track and pissing down on the other side. Again, just drive it like a B-road.
4. Lots of the corners and crests are blind. Its your choice whether you hammer round flat out knowing there could be a pile up, workmen, oil on the track or whatever on the other side.
5. Its a public road, so open to everyone. Cars, buses, motorbikes. You will be faster than lots of stuff and slower than a lot of stuff, so remember some track etiquette. Indicate and move over to allow people to pass you, wait for others to do the same.
6. If you can get hold of one, I'd wear a helmet. Its not compulsory and lots of people don't bother. It's your bonce.
7. Take the time to do some basic checks on your car. Check your tyre tread and pressures, oil and water levels. Make sure your wheel nuts are tight and you have plenty of meat left on your brake discs and pads. Just the common sense stuff.
Other than that, enjoy yourself.
Costs and other info are on the track website.
Lots of places to stay, both in the village and at Adenauer. My fave is am tiergarten (Sabine Schmidt's place) which has decent rooms and the PistenKlaus restaurant (steak on a stone). But that's just my personal fave.
Regarding the ring itself, I'm no flash driver but I would proffer the following:
1. Every weekend there results in at least one accident. Some minor. Some fatal (usualy about 5-10 per year). So expect an accident to happen to someone at some point while you are there. They usually shut the track, clean up the mess then re-open.
2. Its a very long track. You won't be able to memorize it no matter how many times you play it on your xbox. So drive it like a B-road you don't know.
3. Weather there is funny. It can literally be sunny on one side of the track and pissing down on the other side. Again, just drive it like a B-road.
4. Lots of the corners and crests are blind. Its your choice whether you hammer round flat out knowing there could be a pile up, workmen, oil on the track or whatever on the other side.
5. Its a public road, so open to everyone. Cars, buses, motorbikes. You will be faster than lots of stuff and slower than a lot of stuff, so remember some track etiquette. Indicate and move over to allow people to pass you, wait for others to do the same.
6. If you can get hold of one, I'd wear a helmet. Its not compulsory and lots of people don't bother. It's your bonce.
7. Take the time to do some basic checks on your car. Check your tyre tread and pressures, oil and water levels. Make sure your wheel nuts are tight and you have plenty of meat left on your brake discs and pads. Just the common sense stuff.
Other than that, enjoy yourself.
Costs and other info are on the track website.
drive it like a b road is top advice
i don't know if the dates are up for this year - basically its not open as much as you'd think it is. I went down for a weekend this year - got an early train across saturday morning, late one back sunday night.
we paid
night in a hotel ~ £100
fuel ~ £200
train ~ £50
laps ~ £100
pistonklaus ~ £60
for 2 of us
the gp streke was open as well the weekend we went, as well as some VLM racing on saturday morning. The GP track was the shortened version but it was fun cos you could really push the car without consiquence, which isn't the case on the main ring (think I spun 3 times on the gp circuit trying to do drifts). there's also less cars on there and the visibility is much better.
I would say that playing the track on forza\gt4 is good to learn the corners (do it with the hardest tyres you can find to get some approximation of real grip levels), however its not the same as the real thing. when the track is wet its very very greasy, but when its dry its nice. You can walk\cycle round it at night when everyone's in bed - quite good fun
i don't know if the dates are up for this year - basically its not open as much as you'd think it is. I went down for a weekend this year - got an early train across saturday morning, late one back sunday night.
we paid
night in a hotel ~ £100
fuel ~ £200
train ~ £50
laps ~ £100
pistonklaus ~ £60
for 2 of us
the gp streke was open as well the weekend we went, as well as some VLM racing on saturday morning. The GP track was the shortened version but it was fun cos you could really push the car without consiquence, which isn't the case on the main ring (think I spun 3 times on the gp circuit trying to do drifts). there's also less cars on there and the visibility is much better.
I would say that playing the track on forza\gt4 is good to learn the corners (do it with the hardest tyres you can find to get some approximation of real grip levels), however its not the same as the real thing. when the track is wet its very very greasy, but when its dry its nice. You can walk\cycle round it at night when everyone's in bed - quite good fun
Find out the best fuel prices online. It can be a diference of up to 10-12 cents per litre, depending where you tank, even in a city. REAL supermarkets tend to have a fuel station nearby, which are usually the cheapest. Do not tank up on a motorway. Some days of the week tend to be more expensive, I can't remember which.
Beer is also very cheap in germany. My faveroute is krombacher and you can get a huge crate of the stuff for peanuts.
Beer is also very cheap in germany. My faveroute is krombacher and you can get a huge crate of the stuff for peanuts.
thanks for all the advice.
yee general comments seem to be to drive it like a B road and not get to ahead of yourself!
will look into these places to stay i think we will also be stopping in amsterdam or rotterdam there or back as 1 of my mates is dutch and insists we stop there!
isit possible to be insured on the track? if so how?
Thanks
L
yee general comments seem to be to drive it like a B road and not get to ahead of yourself!
will look into these places to stay i think we will also be stopping in amsterdam or rotterdam there or back as 1 of my mates is dutch and insists we stop there!
isit possible to be insured on the track? if so how?
Thanks
L
bqf said:
Best place to stay - Sliders guesthouse, run by 'Ring fanatic and all-round top bloke Brendan (Mororbike man really but also has a track car). Worth staying there just to get him to guide you round the track. The guesthouse is nice, esp for a group of lads as there is a massive fridge full of beer, cooked breakfasts and non-stop car banter. Can't recommend it highly enough.
+1. Does he still have Lenny? Been a few years since I was there.Tip:
When caning it round the 'ring if you see any spectators SLOW DOWN. They watch in the places where people are most likely to crash.
All you need to know is already on the hundreds of Ring threads here and on this very wonderful site : www.nurburgring.org.uk
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