Nurburgring Visit 2010
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Those Porsches are immense 
And the 458 is alright
And the 458 is alright
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I'm going in 2 days... bricking it! :/
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Hire a stage 2 Suziki Swift from rent4ring.de!!
They're just behind the Rewe supermarkets in Adenau, great little cars and fully insured etc. Reasonably priced too
erm what?
I want to go back!
I would have to go for a week next time and get at least 1 day out there taking photos! Great pics, love the ring-taxi one from behind! No Sabine while you were there?
Nope didn't see her at all, saw a 911 GT3 RS that seeemed to be owned by her, but no appearance from the lady herself
I'm using the 2nd gen Flip Mino which I think is a fantastic bit of kit really for what it is, I have it mounted on a Manfrotto 3D junior camera head, which itself is mounted on a manfrotto superclamp:
Although I managed to get 2 vids I was still sneaky about it, as I wasn't sure if the people on the barriers would get shirty, I had my mount all set up (tbh I always leave it on in the car as it doesn't really intrude) and then once past I just went and fitted the camera on, which was fairly quick and easy to do. Then once I got past the gantry and onto the long straight I took it off again just in case.
It's the sort of thing you *may* get away with...but I just didn't want to risk it with the wrong person on the wrong day and taking a massive dislike to you about it and kicking me off/out.
My recommendation is to do something like i did if you can, which might be tricky but I think it's about the only way to be safe. Something one of the other guys I went with did was to get a cheap suction mount (off ebay I think) to stick on the window, had all the camera set up and then his passenger would just stick it on the window once past the barriers.
It's the sort of thing you *may* get away with...but I just didn't want to risk it with the wrong person on the wrong day and taking a massive dislike to you about it and kicking me off/out.
My recommendation is to do something like i did if you can, which might be tricky but I think it's about the only way to be safe. Something one of the other guys I went with did was to get a cheap suction mount (off ebay I think) to stick on the window, had all the camera set up and then his passenger would just stick it on the window once past the barriers.
Maybe its the mercedes truck
It's a public road, as said you see quite a few coaches and other vehicles being driven round.
Nice thread
Lovely pics and nice vid, I want to go. Not sure how my swift sport will do lol.
How much (about) did it cost you for a few day? if you don't mind.
Costs can be quite cheap and all depends on how many laps you do really, but this is how much it cost for me for the recent trip:
Hotel (4 Nights) - €140 / £120
Ferry - £36 return
Ring Laps x 6 = €119
Food = €70
Fuel ~4 tanks = £200
Total = £514 + a bit*
*Few other bits and bobs like breakdown cover and extended insurance cover, but that all depends on what you've got already.
It's a trip that certainly can be done for less if you want, especially if you don't stay for as long or have a more economical car, but it's not really a cheap getaway, but the cost could be spread out over a little bit (e.g. paying for hotel and ferry before you go).
I wouldn't worry about your car either, there were some quick little swifts going round there!
I went for 6 days, got back yesterday. Only managed 2 laps which I was a bit annoyed about. Tried to get on again on Saturday but it had closed early for some reason.
Quickest lap was 12:12 but they were both relatively easy and I certainly wasn't going to give it death. 1st lap I spent most of it staying out of the way of the other cars to get a feel for the track and on the 2nd, I started to get brake fade part way through so had to ease off.
Absolutely epic fun though! Nothing can prepare you for the experience. Itching to go back next year!