This is a basic costing for myself and my passanger (Pollocks on here - he has thrown money at me to garantee his place )



Nurburgring 2006 Price Analysis

Hotel - £200 5 nights, 2 Person
Ferry - £270 Return Crossing Hull to Zebrugge - Car + 2 People
Fuel - £130 Huddersfield to Der Nurburgring (Return)

Total for Basic Travel and Accommodation £600 for 2 People
Price Per Person For Above £300






I have to say, that isn't a bad price at all - as it excludes the hidden costs of a hotel in folkstone on both outward and return journeys (thats 90 to 120 there) and it saves another 150 quid in fuel aswell



I must say this now - anyone who is thinking of going and umming and aarrring about it - just DO IT - seriously, i was umming and aaring about it untill Stu told me to get my arse in gear and do it - and i seriously do NOT regret it at all - the BEST weekend of my life - even Las Vegas did not come close to it


I for one can not wait untill April - its going to be fantastic


Just a few pictures to make you drool


the Pictures can be found on my Photobucket account - go here:




http://photobucket.com/albums/y241/G...ll%20Pictures/



so to anyone doubting to go or not - just bloody go - you will NOT regret it

 

Heres Mine for Nicole and I from last September: (as i reckon you have missed 1 or 7 items pal)

Fuel for 1400 miles @ 20mpg: £350
Hotel at Folkestone going: £50
Hotel at Folkestone returning: £50
Hotel at Nurburgring for 3 nights: £100
20 laps of ring: £260
Fuel for 20 laps @ 10mpg: £140
5 days food for 2 (£40 per day) £200
Total: £1150

Additional expenses:
Greencard for policy: £30
Extra insurance for Nicole on car: £30
Travel insurance: £60
Euro breakdown cover: £65
Eurotunnel: £130

Total Cost: 1465.00 for us both. And that was for 3 nights.

Read my story HERE:

 

WOAH! how bright are those shoes? sounds like a good budget there though,im well up for this in the datsun!

 

Good pics there mate

 

Stu - i missed them on purpose as its a "get you there and back" thing providing you have all the relevant insurence and breakdown cover sorted

Laps of the ring etc etc will come under the spendies and the like

and the hotel will be a floating one from hull this time


and you never ate £40 a day did you

 

The plan is to go to the Ring in Spetember where if things go to what I want I may be getting engaged while over there

 

Nice pics. What were any of your best times for doing a lap then?

 

What were your best lap times i ment to say

 

How many people automatically allready have european breakdown cover, car insurance and health insurance Gracie?


Unsure, but that only £20 each mate, for breakfast, dinner, snacks at fuel stations and all the late night food & drinks at Pinochios!! Surely not excessive?

 

AJK-Dan - i never timed the laps i did, but the one i videoed was around a 9:45 from bridge to gantry

 

Well I can't bloody wait matey. Just hope my pal can come. At the end of the day he can make a good contribution and still have some spends with £400.

Hope he doesn't let me down.....

 

Fair point about the eurocover Stu

now you break down the costs of the food for the day i can see it easily adding upto £40 for 2 people - especially with the prices of snack food over there , Altho Pinnochios was nice and cheep for pizza

 

Sweet lol, just comparing my lap times i get on Forza Motorsport as its the closest i'll get to going there for a few year yet

 

But on Forza Motorsport you don't have to worry about getting home if you bin it into a barrier at 150mph

 

Done that many a times

 

I can do the Ring in 7 and bit minutes on the PS2 I think if I tried it for real I would be visiting casualty

 

What car was that in? With my highly tuned Skyline R34 its 8.15 i think.

Acelleration 10.0

Top Speed 9.8

 

I best add a ton to my budget tho. I owe Chip £50 plus a dinner He best not put his beer on that tab

Stu, Liverpool Victoria cover you in any EU country

Will still need breakdown cover tho.

 

liverpool victoria suck arse - hey won't cover me this year as i'm not "over 30 years old"

 

Escort Cossie 7mins 40 something seconds with 300bhp and hard tyres

 

Escort Cossie on Forza Not available on XBOX version i don't think.

 

I never said Forza

 

Whos going over by tunnel in April?? Dont want it to be just me and Stu, we'll end up getting lost somewhere

 

We are still unsure TBH...

 

Well if its gonna be just me and Stu on the tunnel i need to know now, coz ill cancel the lot..im not going over on our own...

 

There was bloody loads of people going on teh tunnel hun, look on teh right topic, this is NOT it

 

Not sure yet Kim. Got the hotel booked for the extra night but still may go by Ferry. Absolutely no idea yet.

As said before Stu cleaned up the posts, my mate has just told me he might not be able to afford £400 after I told him he could come with me on that. I dunno how the fook he was ever expecting to come if he can't get together £400

Now the lad's getting married this year which is fair enough, he has to save up. But I'd rather he'd just said from the off that he can't afford it

I may now end up needing a passenger of my own but most of the people I know off here are already going.

Waiting for a final answer from him now.

 

I only booked the tunnel though coz you and Nic said thats the way you were going, we wanted to travel with you guys, we would have rather done the ferry...but hey ho its done now...

 

same here



or I'd of gone cheap on the ferry

 

Kimmy, i have booked and 100% paid for the Tunnel, as i told you before, nothing has changed It was only THEN that everyone else decided to go by boat... maybe they are trying to tell us something

It was just mentioned that maybe we should all go by boat instead? Ive heard nothing about it ever since, but hey, my tickets are paid for, job done. you know me.

 

Kim i am going on the tunnell with chip etc. I am travelling from doncaster with 1 other car. So if you want to travel down with us it is not a problem. It is a very straight forward journey and only took me 3 and a half hours on my last trip on the tunnell.

Ferries good but not as fun if you do it twice a year.

 

I haven't made up my mind yet. I may well join John at Donny and drive down to the tunnel. I've never been before and if I go in September I can take the ferry then.

We shall see........

Best part is that I'm going there to learn the ring in my Fiat, and hopefully returnin in September with a Beemer

 

EXACTLY I know what your like for changing your mind!! It would have been easier on Stu for the ferry as he is doing ALL the driving, as im too young to be insured on his esccos. I enquired about cancelling the tunnel, but they dont refund in any circumstances..


john - cheers hun...ill defo need to follow someone if it comes to it...coz as many will tell you I have no sense of direction at all!!!!

 

im going via tunnel and looks like i might have my passenger as well

 

Honestly? !! ?
Well, Tunnel it is then......

 

The ferry is a laugh but i dont half make myself ill on it. Eat as much as you want normally means 3 huge plate fulls of roast beed, including starter and puddings. Then drink myself stupid and hope you dont get breath tested on the other side as they seem to like doing as you roll off the ferry.

 

pmsl well in that case andy fook the £150 im going ferry joke

Ye Stu, I called when you first mentioned it and she said they dont refund, hence why i was worried as I cant afford to loose £150 I can double can double check but thats why i was panicing a bit, coz thats wat they said else id DEFO go ferry tbh!!

 

git.. anyway its nearer £182 now

 

fpmsl..na thats just for you

 

im booked on the business class section of the train