I just returned from Nurburgring

Very Cool!

 

Good for you William!
someday for me.

 

Who did you rent from? I did the same thing back in May (renting from RSR). Yes, the ring is something else. The craziest tracking experience ever.

 

Awesome! I'm definately doing it someday.

 

Drove my 550M on it last September. Utterly weird, but fantastically addictive. However, I was very glad I waited until the last half hour when the track was virtually empty. It's crazy at midday.

Must go back! I wonder how my TVR Griffith will fare there, it's quite a bit quicker than my 550 below 200km/h.

Well done William, you are right - it is a must-do, but for me (3 hour drive from there) a lot easier to arrange than for you. Kudos! On the other hand, driving your own Ferrari there uninsured is also not for the faint-hearted.... I think this rental option is not bad!


Onno

 

Congrats . I defferently want to do this sometime in the future, i've been to the town of Nurgberg and saw a Porsche blast round the F1 Circuit, but the nordschleife is completely different. The 3 series BMW's sound very cool.... How many laps could you do? How much was it?

What the hell have you done to your Z06 to get 630hp? That would be so much fun to do it in that car with that power.... just don't do it in the wet, heard it rain alot there lol.

Congrats again... sounds like a blast!

 

I used these people http://www.rent-racecar.de/gb/index.html

Next time I'll get a bigger engine !

 

That is a cool outfit - on my list when I next go to Europe!

 

Thanks.

 

I did two laps in a rented (Hertz) 3 series BMW in 1993. Unbelievable experience. I was in Germany for work. Two co-workers rode with me. One drove a lap also. One held the video camera. They never heard of the place.

On both of my laps I was not able to dive into the caroussel because I was being passed by motorcycles. I used the left window and the sunroof open to stick my arms out to point to which side I wanted to be passed.

Once in your life you must go.

Jack

 

Amen! Fun playground indeed

 

William congratulations! Someday hopefully, but you should take the F40 and put it to the test! The corvette might be a great car, but I would bet the F40 would be better, in all respects.

 

No pics???

Hopefully I will be able to drive on this great track one day!

 

Amazing you were able to drive at all - for comparison how it looked like on Saturday, see here. But I hope the OGP on the F1 track provided for enough amusement during that day, even without driving

 

I need to get acclimated to driving cars fast, I'd love to ride it on the bike though...

This thread is motivational, that is for sure.

Sounds like a great time.

 

Hi everyone,
So I'll be there in a week and a half; I'll finally have some free time to drive a couple laps on the track. Any tips from members that drove there already? Any embarrassing situation that I can learn from?
I'll probably end up renting an A3 or 3 series from a nearby city and will drive it to and on the Ring.
Thanks for the feedback.

B

 

HossB, all the German rental car campanies have a Nurburgring exclusion in their policies. And these days they are all fitted with trackers so not worth the risk. If you want to drive a couple of laps you're better of renting from RSRnurburg, rentaracecar or rent4ring.

BTW saw this funny video
Americans at the ring don't have the best reputation, hahahaha -> [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdCORe7sFOY[/ame]

 

Source for this?

Although every single one of the ~250laps I've driven on the ring, including my very first, was in a rental car (everything from a beetle cab to Opel Speedster) I'd tend to agree with E40's suggestion. The NS is much more crowded nowadays than my first trip in '98 so the chances of an incident are higher.

I'll still take rental cars on the NS (understanding that any incident will be paid for completely out of pocket) but as a beginner probably not a good idea.

Though if you keep an eye in your mirrors, promptly move right with blinker on when faster traffic appears, and keep a level head I'd still do it.

Also, mill around the parking lot and try to meet people. It's not all that hard to get passenger laps with people you feel comfortable with, but it helps to have a helmet along.

Have fun and let us know how it goes!!
Kurt
http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x155/kedelbach/Nuerburgring/?start=all

 

if you haven't already spend some time here:
http://nurburgring.org.uk/

BTW - I'd take a 3-series over an A3 any day for the Ring. Had a 320d wagon last trip (on winter tires even though it was august) and it was fantastic.
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Thanks E40, I was not aware that ALL of them have that in the terms. The RSR site looks good; I'll check it out in detail later.
Hopefully when I will be driving on the course it won't rain so much ... and luckily I'm only half American, so I'll be twice as good