hairnet Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 She haz mx5 cough But this was queueing also Zantimisfit, Lacquer Peel, chaseracer and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Those TURBO INTERCOOLER badges were the coolest thing ever. mrbenn, Vince70, overrun and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Watch out for lift-off oversteer round that place. Ask me how I know. Great place. Need to go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Can you imagine an AS ring trip? It'd be the shittest and best thing ever in equal measure. billyboy406v6, lisbon_road, holbeck and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Can you imagine an AS ring trip? It'd be the shittest and best thing ever in equal measure. If we went as an AS trip, I dare say there'd be fewer cars coming back than go out AMC Rebel and Faker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 What is the fine for dumping a load of coolant and half an exhaust on the ring? oldcars, Vince70 and cms206 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 What is the fine for dumping a load of coolant and half an exhaust on the ring? About £1500 - track closure. £3000 for a mild accident. I've been countless times but won't drive on it again - it's just not worth the risk of a financial bumming. Perhaps one evening on a dry day when it's not busy (good luck with that) you can have a semi swift buzz around, but too many local heroes, driving gods, bikers and general hazards. I stopped going when the car park was overflowing and the circuit was closed more than it was open due to crashes. There are enough brilliant UK circuits. Pillock, Barry Cade and Faker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 You can get away with stuff as long as the car keeps running and you can get away from the scene. We killed a golf gti with a cracked sump by driving it off the ring. Most of the oil was on the grass so no bother really. Thencar was worth £600ish at the time but recovery would have been a lot more as mentioned above. Just don't be a complete dick (something my mate failed at) and it's fine there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 So if you run out of talent on a bend and stack it, you get a £3000 bill? Oof!! Wonder if the old travel insurance would pick up the bill for that! 'Hi, yes while on holiday, we took our 20 year old Astra for a lap on the Nurburgring, as you do, and I've gone into the back of a German Stockbrokers Audi, I think I've killed one of the passengers and he looks in a bad way too, the helicopters on its way. Can you send me the claim forms through please?' NorthernMonkey, Vince70, oldcars and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Those TURBO INTERCOOLER badges were the coolest thing ever.My 90s garage midi system agrees. I also had said car badged as Disastra. It seemed original, then! Sheefag, Lacquer Peel, M'coli and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Does your h-fi have a Turbo Bass button? That used to be instant cred overrun and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 You can get Ring-specific trackday insurance. I reckon it would be madness not to.Many normal trackday insurance policies and a lot of normal road policies specifically exclude the ring. Someone always pipes up about how its technically just a German toll road open to anyone so road insurance will be fine.....I wish them luck arguing the toss with Direct Line as to how their MX5 became upside-down and wedged into the side of a track-spec supercar. cms206, Barry Cade, Vince70 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Does your h-fi have a Turbo Bass button? That used to be instant cred Yeah lol. It used to be my parents, even as a nipper I knew hi-fi wasn't flashing lights and CD changers. Still, it kicks out the DnB like a good 'un. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Some UK companies state they do not cover for the 'ring, Admiral did so on mine about 6 years ago, - on a Polo 1.9D!A friend of mine who does a lot of sprinting, hillclimbing etc has relatives in Germany and has 1/2 shares in a German reg car because of this issue, he does like a play. A local lad in the same motor club hit a 911 GT3 with his M3 at the ring and received a writ back in the UK. I'm told he made a "reduced but substantial payment" a couple of years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 If we went as an AS trip, I dare say there'd be fewer cars coming back than go out Who are you kidding, all the car trailers would be returning with French chod aboard. The Moog, beko1987, Vince70 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Says in specific does not cover use on the Nurburgring and or use in time trials. Basically they have to legislate for the idiots that could potentially do a lot of damage/cost, they'll have had to pay out on some nobhead who'll have stacked into a Porsche or something. I don't doubt there's some tremendously skilled drivers on there, but I'd also wager there's an awful lot of people in Vauxhall Astra VXRs with that script up the side of the Windows going '...because Astra' who are probably severely out of their depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatdaft Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Supernaut, robinmasters, The Moog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 The thing about the 'Ring is... It's very very slippery in the wet. More so than your average Milton Keynes roundabout. And your usual reference points with regards to speed (traffic, road markings, signs etc) just don't exist, compounded by heroes flying past you in Skylines at 150mph. So you find yourself piling into an adverse-camber right hander - with no clue as to how tight it's going to be - at 70mph. Cue understeerundersteerundersteer SHIT! oversteer! no time to correct... going backwards... just a passenger now... grass... FUCK that's the barrier... Clonk - hit the barrier - but not too hard. OK, we've stopped. Facing the wrong way in the middle of the track. Turn it around... Car seems alright and it's a twenty minute drive back to the exit - at a nervous 40mph - hoping we'll get away with it. But the bruised n/s corner and mud up the wing gives the game away, and you're directed to 'mission control'. "So, you had an accident?" asks a stern German. "Little bit," you reply. "You hit the barrier?" "Little bit." "You must show me." So, you're taken for a ride in a diesel Astra - at about twice the pace you were just doing - and asked to point out the damage you've caused. A little blue paint identifies the spot. Luckily it's not considered significant. Financial bumming averted. You live to 'Ring another day. Car looks very secondhand. Pride lies in tatters. Chalk it up to experience and take the Ring Taxi next time. mercedade, KruJoe, The Moog and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 A few years ago with two friends I did the Ring in my 735i, the 450SEL took off at full tilt and I could only stay with him because I had higher levels of grip from my younger BMW and we left the 528i for dead! Vince70, wuvvum, worldofceri and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclecalzone Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 It's somewhere I'd like to try and have a crack at, though maybe not in my own vehicle or with enough funds to cover a rental and properly insure it due to the aforementioned expensive "ring stings" It's always interesting seeing someone taking something round that's completely the opposite of the usual track weapon choices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I took an Allegro round 10 years ago, it's brill. Years ago all sorts of old shite was taken round but nowadays it's all Porsches and stuff. I did see a LWB transit pick up with ladders tied to the roof going round though. I'd deffo recommended going to anyone. oldcars and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I took an Allegro round 10 years ago, it's brill. Years ago all sorts of old shite was taken round but nowadays it's all Porsches and stuff. I did see a LWB transit pick up with ladders tied to the roof going round though. I'd deffo recommended going to anyone. Yes that's how it was when I did it including a Transit, Porsches and the Ring taxi that lost it onto the grass, but gathered it all together again and carried on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Maybe it was Sabine trying again for an under 10 minutes tour in a van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I did it on a Yamaha TDM900 c/w 3 piece luggage.Flat stick 127mph.Again with no luggage, flat stick 127 mph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 There's a video on YouTube of somebody going round in a Dolly Sprint which conks out halfway 'round and he has to improvise some wiring in the engine bay at the side of the rack to get it going again before the marshals find him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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