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September 22nd 2008, 15:31
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Humble: in-car videos are strictly forbidden there, as is keeping running timers in the car and right hand side overtaking.
They have these 'rules' as there are very many accidents with quite some casualties. The Ring authorities are very scared that the many accidents may lead to closure of the Nürburgring by the politicians if accidents and especially casualties go up any further... So, I didn't intend to give any other cars any run for their money as acting tough can cost you your car, big fines and damage costs to the track (closure because of your oil spillage of your own stupid accident costs up to 1500 euros per hour...) and ultimately lives to yourself and motorists falling by your oil loss. Having said all that....the track is SOOO unbelievebly nice and some curves are soooo tempting to be taken at some speed/acceleration that I could not resist to push the pedal down where I could see where I went and no traffic was ahead of me. Because of the trackday at Zandvoort the weekend before I knew the engine and car were in great shape and all felt very reliable And yes, some Audi S6 behind me could hardly gain up on me, but I let him pass anyways and kept behind him the rest of the remaining of the 20 km's track  Track knowledge is EVERYTHING there, as a lot of the corners cannot be seen untill your almost halfway through it. This is because most are just over the hill when they turn... The differences in heights is what makes this track so unique imo. At some points the entire car was pushed hard into the shock bump stops on all 4 wheels when going downwards and hard uphill again. You could feel it in your stumich (sp?) and ears. The carroussel was very special as well, but very bumpy! I short, the car stuck to the track like glue due to all the mods and wide sticky tires and our 3 beetles had more spectators in the car park than all the GT2,3 RS's Lotus's and whatever had Quote:
 Luckily, no harm was done and we drove over the side and onto the track again.. pfft.And this was after the frst lap where I could just brake for this corner and thought to be more carefull for this one next time... That is how dangerous my enthousiasm for 'spirited' driving can be.. Preparation is therefore also very important and if I would have timed the curves or distance for this curve, I would have better anticipated it. Upside is that all other corners are less threathorous (sp?) and were ultimately fun to drive through. Pity we couldn't do a WOT down the straight, although a certain new 911 did try to pass me coming up the straight. Well, that was untill I saw him wanting to pass this little bug..hehe, so it was open road, no bends and he didn't pass and had to arrange behind me to exit the Ring halfway the straight Yeah, I was very carefull....  While aiting for the TouristenFahren to open, we thought this was a Nissan Skyline, but later i heard it was the new Honda NSX...the sound of it running at topspeed down the straight was breathtaking!: Turn the sound to max and listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s1-Z5xWKGI 
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#2
September 22nd 2008, 15:33
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This is our second lap driving through the gate. Just ignore the last part
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFCW3aPDcY
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September 24th 2008, 17:35
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AWESOME!!!
So spit it out, what were the lap times? I'm sure someone glanced at their watch. I loved that track with the ****box rental. To lap it in my aircooled...... i'd pee myself.  High five to you guys, sooo jealous! Love the pics. Pete
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September 25th 2008, 02:06
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Thanks Pete, but since you've been there yourself, you know it is not allowed to run a timer in the car as it is to film during driving in order to avoid bravoury.
I really wasn't concerned about a time on a very dangerous track with 73 corners, a lot of them blind over a crest... Add to the fact that your coming onto the track and driving off on the same straight, and you may understand that timing is a bit pointless imho. There was an olderly gentleman at the car park that had a lot of experience with porsches, even worked on 917's back in the days and did hundreds of laps himself there that said my car could do under 10 minutes... Its just the driver that has no experience...
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September 30th 2008, 12:39
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Quote:
http://marknauta.nl/extra/ring/ring14sep/ Quote:
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October 2nd 2008, 09:04
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Then I sincerely apologize for the misunderstanding
Another TIV engine and replicar enthousiast imported his speedster into Australia in a container he shared with a certain....Cam. I thought 'how many aussie Cams that are aquinted with another VW/type 4/german enthousiast can there possibly be? Well, there you have it... Sorry mate. PS I really was a very nice car though!
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