Just waiting to be picked up, off to the 'ring for a long weekend.

Going in mate's E46 M3, bit of a baptism of fire as it's been a damaged repairable car which has had most of the front end replaced and he's never had a RWD car before

Should be fun.

 

Sounds awesome!! Have a great trip Gary. And keep an eye on his rwd antics on the karrousel

 

Thankfully the non-functioning DSC (traction control) has started working on the trip down, still packed my helmet though.

 

hope you packed spare undercrackers as well

have fun

 

Have a great weekend! I'm hoping to get back out there again this year but I guess the weather will be taking a turn for the worse soon.

 

Make sure he doesn't turn it off !!! fuck it take the button off so he cant!

 

The 'ring really is the greatest place on earth! I've been over there twice this year in the AMG, can't get enough of it! Have a great time, be safe and tell your mate to just drive to his abilities and not try any heroics as the track will always win.........

 

On the Karrousel in April this year

 

And again in August this year, this time with my 8yr old sat in the back. You can just see his dome head sat in the middle, loving it more than anything he's ever experienced before!

 

We were ment to be going today but everyone has backed out and ive just bought my first house safe trip and don't forget to post your pictures when you get back.

 

Hmm, interesting trip.



One particular lap coming round Galgenkopf, sounded and felt like OSF wheel was coming off, limped off track, turned out to be the OSF strut had turned in the hub and machined the wheel rim. RSR wanted 35euro + vat to swap a tyre/rim, so Paul ended up doing a dodgy car park deal at Micheala's guesthouse in Welcerath, bought a set of Team Dynamics 18" Pro-Race with Avon ZZRs - One way to sort it.

That was part of an M3 18" wheel..





Monday turned into T13 and spun, turned out to be the M3's PAS fluid, the banjo had came loose out of the pump and dumped oil so was charged recovery to ATG and a spillage fee, about 340 euros altogether. Luckily no-one else crashed on it, although a DAU plate mk2 Golf span too.

Was mad busy Sunday after being wet Saturday, lots of closures as usual.

Oil light came on advising top-up.. 32 euro 50 cents for 1 litre of oil (Castrol Edge, with M3 & Nurburgring tax applied)


Was good to get back over, broke up the trip back with a night in Gent (awesome steak) and bit of sight-seeing in Bruges today.

Will add some pics when I sort them.

 

Tailgating w*nker, being towed from Mullenbach to Herschbroich by a E36 touring.

 

trip going well then lol

 

I was only saying on Monday, I've been going over (infrequently) since year 2000, done 250-300 laps and never had an issue. This weekend,carnage..

 

Was BUSY Sunday.

 

Now that is busy

 

Is that a Santa Fe in the middle beside the Caddy???

 

Probably, there was a Reliant Robin in del-boy colours going round Friday.

 

This seemed pretty rapid..

 

Cool pics, looks bloody busy in that pic, would shit myself trying to get a reliant robin round the Karrousel

 

This was driftingtheshitoutofit every lap, old M5

 

we popped into bruges on our last trip, was blown away what a gem

 

brilliant pictures, that wheel is mullered

 

Lovely city, odd shops.

 

Looks like a nice trip Gary

 

A friend of mine, Will. Proeprly abuses that car! A friend spoke to him when he was over there and said he was doing around 8.45.

This was the car the day before he left!

 

I'm glad it wasn't that busy the two times I've been this year..... that'd just do my head in queueing..........

 

Anyone looking for 'ring pics from TF , found this great link.

http://www.ringportal.nl/en/photography

 

It was mental, queues from the roundabout both ways, massive queues to get on and off track, was wet Saturday and dry Sunday so lots of closures.

Even Monday was busy.

 

The roundabout near the grand prix entrance back through the village? I remember queueing back in the overspill carpark behind the small roundabout behind the Devil's Diner and that was bad enough......

 

The roundabout near the Zufahrt Nordschleife entrance (ie,the car park)

 

This article from Dale at BtG shows how busy it was on Sunday.

http://bridgetogantry.com/2/index.ph...urgring-really

 

Seems like you guys had a great weekend, always nice to be @ the ring

Would you go back with the M3 ?
How many laps did you do before things went wrong ?

Never seen it that busy, wouldn't like it

 

Not very many at all.

 

You said before you went it was a baptism of fire, damaged reparied car, sounds like the trip ended up costing a lot of money. sounds to me like you had more luck than bad luck, could have easily ended up killing your selves, or even worse some one else. People spend a lot of time and money getting their cars prepared for a trip like this for a good reason.

 

Just because the car is damaged repaired doesn't make it dangerous.
Looks like they just had some bad luck with things like the pas banjo bolt etc but balanced out with good luck with the spin not causing anything worse

Looks like a good trip and as the op has had several ring trips before it wasn't like he was unaware of what to expect.

 

Exactly. It's not like any of us hadn't been before, as I say I've been going over infrequently since year 2000 and never had an real issues,but seen many.

As soon as we span off we did the right thing and got off the track, onto the grass not to cause any further fluid spillages.

Someone earlier in the weekend had dropped oil over half the length of the track, trying to limp off to save a recovery fee, instead of doing the right thing and getting off the track onto the grass immediately.

No getting away from the fact it is a dangerous place, and sometimes the implications of what 'could' happen don't bear thinking about.

I could tell you a lot of horror stories.