Nurburgring; rental cars.......

[OdramaSwimLaden]

Can one still rent a car in Germany (normal car) from the likes of Avis, Sixt etc, etc.....and legally drive on the 'Ring without invalidating the insurance?

Any help appreciated.

[Justayellowbadge]

Absolutely.

No problem at all.

Let us know how you get on.

[CK_N4S]

Not anymore.

As I remember the latest changes the big rental companies now explicitly exclude the Ring from their policies. This is what I have been told.

Is probably best checked, by reading the German Avis rental contract, and see if Nurburgring is mentioned in the document.

CK

[OdramaSwimLaden]

Justayellowbadge said:

Absolutely.

No problem at all.

Let us know how you get on.

That'll be a no then?

[Justayellowbadge]

OdramaSwimLaden said:

Justayellowbadge said:

Absolutely.

No problem at all.

Let us know how you get on.

That'll be a no then?

Indeed.

Don't the hire companies now have spotters at the ring?

[RDMcG]

Generally hire companies exclude you from driving on the NS. There are dedicated, ( not cheap) rental companies at the Ring such as RSR who will rent you cars for the track.

[monthefish]

Justayellowbadge said:

OdramaSwimLaden said:

Justayellowbadge said:

Absolutely.

No problem at all.

Let us know how you get on.

That'll be a no then?

Indeed.

Don't the hire companies now have spotters at the ring?

Last I heard...

[gtidriver]

I read that if one of the full time spotter catch you at the ring 1000 euros is debited from your card to cover new brakes and tyres, also youll be band from the hire company.look on nurgbergring.org.uk everything that you need to know.

[rallycross]

What about if you hire one from a bit further away, eg just over the Dutch or Belgian border?

[OdramaSwimLaden]

rallycross said:

What about if you hire one from a bit further away, eg just over the Dutch or Belgian border?

Good plan; anyone know the answer?

[Rubin215]

Why not just hire one in the uk and drive it over?

I'm sure your local rental company will be able to help out and wouldn't have a clue you were thrashing it stupid.

just don't prang it...

[Veeayt]

CK_N4S said:

Not anymore.

As I remember the latest changes the big rental companies now explicitly exclude the Ring from their policies. This is what I have been told.

Is probably best checked, by reading the German Avis rental contract, and see if Nurburgring is mentioned in the document.

CK

It's probably happened when my mate crashed Avis' Porsche in 2007 and he won the lawsuit against him in 2009. Even been paid back legal fees

As the Ring considered a toll road by German officials, Avis had no legal rights to ban it. Now though they probably found the way..

ETA
x_b74ee9ff by Veeayt, on Flickr

Edited by Veeayt on Friday 12th August 05:14

[Pints]

Ouch!

[0a]

Looks painful!

[Veeayt]

Well he only bent his glasses, thankfully.

[JonnyFive]

Rubin215 said:

Why not just hire one in the uk and drive it over?

I'm sure your local rental company will be able to help out and wouldn't have a clue you were thrashing it stupid.

just don't prang it...

Most UK Rental Companies you can't take the car out of the UK. IIRC.

Just rent one over there, Rent4Ring do some Swifts for relatively cheap.

[CK_N4S]

Veeyat: ouch!!

Funnily enough I was send a link yesterday, to a clip of a GT3 crashing at that excact point on the track

CK

[hostyle]

rallycross said:

What about if you hire one from a bit further away, eg just over the Dutch or Belgian border?

No good, they have the same rules in their contracts.

[98elise]

Veeayt said:

CK_N4S said:

Not anymore.

As I remember the latest changes the big rental companies now explicitly exclude the Ring from their policies. This is what I have been told.

Is probably best checked, by reading the German Avis rental contract, and see if Nurburgring is mentioned in the document.

CK

It's probably happened when my mate crashed Avis' Porsche in 2007 and he won the lawsuit against him in 2009. Even been paid back legal fees

As the Ring considered a toll road by German officials, Avis had no legal rights to ban it. Now though they probably found the way..

ETA
x_b74ee9ff by Veeayt, on Flickr

Edited by Veeayt on Friday 12th August 05:14

I find that really strange. When you hire a car you and the company have a contract, if one of the conditions is that you can't go to the ring, then you will be breaking the terms of the contract.

PS if your mate knew the ring was excluded then he's a tt.

[JonnyFive]

http://www.rent4ring.de/en/info/rentals-for-the-no...