V12VS Nurburgring Nordschleife

[RSbandit]

So I've just returned from a fantastic few days in the Eifel Mountains with Destination Nurburgring and their double header track day on the Nordschleife. Car park was full of some pretty serious kit...Porsche GT3s/GT3RSs/ GT2RSs, Mclaren 570s and 720s, Ferrari 488s, numerous Radicals and Caterhams and even a Dodge Viper ACR. My car was the only Aston in attendance and it got a great deal of attention from the people there as I think Astons are quite rare on events like these. The car itself was a joy on this track, such a willing partner and a wonderfully gutsy engine that just kept pulling especially on those long uphill sections where torque is king. It seems the car really comes into its own when being pushed a bit harder, gearbox is so well suited to the engine and the brakes were absolutely solid no hint of fade whatsoever. And the noise of the V12 at full chat down the main straight well its just one of the greatest car noises ever! I love the car even more after this bonding session at the worlds greatest racetrack...what a place and a what a car! HAve some pics will post shortly

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[anonymous-user]

Nice! I toyed with going there this weekend just gone without knowing an event was on. In the end I decided I didn’t know my car well enough yet to be playing with it there, and CBA’d to find insurance cover.

At Le Shuttle terminal on Sun pm I saw a white 996 GT3RS and a blue 997 GT3 parked up. Wonder now whether they’d come from the Nordschliefe.

Astons do seem to pick up a *lot* of admiration in Europe I noticed.

[RSbandit]

I took mine to a MSV trackday at Bedford (most forgiving track out there loads of runoff) to get a better feel for the car before taking it to the Nordschleife...was a good prep of course the Ring is a totally diff animal! The Aston forum doesn't appear to be so interested in Ring trackdays!

[Gingernuts]

Living just by the ring I can vouch that they are well suited to it. Mine makes weekly appearances on the ring and 99% is the only aston about and like you say the attention is quite amazing. People just dont seem to think of then as something that is suited/capable of it.

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