Nurburgring closed this year for tourists!

[Raify]

PetrolTed said:

Pikey, please step this way for a beating...

Here, let me hold your coat.

[pikey]

Hey Ted, whatever happened to your "you can watch from any of the trees" article that started so well? I was looking forward to that!

[NAS]

LOL

Good thing I'm moving to Germany. With Dutch plates I'm sure they wouldn't have let me on without a caravan attached to my car!

[cheburator]

I also heard thru my brother who lives 40 miles away that no new comers would be accepted this year. Unless you drive a pork, a scoob, a csl or an evo and can do BTG in reverse in less than 8:35 then you have no chance of making it on track either. Ask the regulars...

[flemke]

Raify said:

Seems strange to install that new ticketing system to reduce congestion, and then ban ze non Germans.

Not to mention the ticket machine especially for RHD cars.

[jacobyte]

cheburator said:

I also heard thru my brother who lives 40 miles away that no new comers would be accepted this year. Unless you ... can do BTG in reverse in less than 8:35 then you have no chance of making it on track either. Ask the regulars...

Looks like someone else has heard that, too:

www.flatchat.co.uk/docs/webcam1.jpg

[Adenauer]

I'm suprised it's taken them this long to make it public. The desicion was made in the first week of January and in the local "Wochen Spiegel" newspaper two days later, personally I think it's not such a bad thing, it'll give the surrounding forest a chance to recover. They did say the ban on tourists will only last five years.

[shnozz]

pikey said:

PetrolTed said: I think this is Pikey's way of trying to reduce congestion on the ring Hell, it was worth a try!

quality mate.

[klassiekerrally]

Strange, on the website they say this:

Nurburgring website said:

Touristenfahrten auf der Nürburgring Nordschleife jetzt auch in der kalten Jahreszeit möglich Einmal mit dem eigenen Auto oder Motorrad um die legendäre Nordschleife fahren, die 20,8 Kilometer um berüchtigte Kurven und über berühmte Kuppen – für echte Motorsport-Fans gehörte die so genannte Touristenfahrt bislang zu einem echten Saison-Highlight. Ein Erlebnis, das dieses Jahr erstmals auch in den Wintermonaten für Begeisterung und nachhaltige Erinnerungen sorgen wird. Von Dezember bis Januar (vom 03.12.05 bis 28.02.06) wird die Nordschleife täglich von 9 bis 16 Uhr geöffnet sein, auch an Feiertagen (ACHTUNG: Bitte beachten Sie folgende Hinweise). Safety first - bei Schnee oder Glatteis bleibt die Nordschleife für Touristenfahrten gesperrt. Aktuelle Informationen über den Streckenzustand und eine evtl. wetterbedingte Schließung können alle Nordschleifen-Touristen hier im Internet bzw. tagesaktuell an Wochenenden und Feiertagen unter Tel.: 02691 – 302-620 oder 630 (täglich von 9 – 17 Uhr besetzt) erfahren.

Not a word about foreigners being banned.
The news item says it is possible to drive on the Nordschleife from 03.12.05 'till 28.02.06, every day from 09.00 'till 16.00 hour.
Except when ice and snow make things too dangerous, which is the case right now.


>> Edited by klassiekerrally on Thursday 2nd February 14:00

[pikey]

I fan yoo :takes a bow:

[Adenauer]

B-lox, hadn't seen you'd already owned up Ben!

[pikey]

Adenauer said:

B-lox, hadn't seen you'd already owned up Ben!

Had to. Ted knows where I live and believe me... you wouldn't like him when he gets angry!

[dangly]

they will lose 100s of 1000s of pounds. If someone crashes they pay and if they are killed they make enough through ticket sales to cover armcos!!!

Gutted if true tho!

[PetrolTed]

It's not true - it was a wind up!

[dangly]

PetrolTed said:

It's not true - it was a wind up!

Oh how rude

[sundeep]

pikey said:

PetrolTed said: I think this is Pikey's way of trying to reduce congestion on the ring Hell, it was worth a try!

just need to avoid another porsche convoy !