trevorcossie

that gatebil in norway looks the nuts ...some bloody quick and rare cars and loads of fords .and most importantly loads of scandanvian woman ......it looks the part

regards matt

andy130

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yeah id love to go but money wise it isnt cheap, but for the ladys i think its worth the money

Chip

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Its definately on the list of things I want to do soon, probably just to spectate though.

trevorcossie

the audis and cossies are mustard .theres nothing like that is there surely ...the track rules are to strict

alanfordtw-15

ive been three times, always to the rudskogen track.
some of the highlights that spring to mind from the trips include watching two escort cosworths side by side 4wd drifting in front of the reyland escort
endless 4wd audis drifting
watching the 2400hp granada light the wheels the full lenght of the kilometer straight
a 600hp fwd civic vtec turbo!
seeing a near standard looking audi 80 beat the norris evo twice on the drag strip, fastest car i have ever seen
getting three laps as passanger in a bmw z4 24hr touring car
getting a passenger ride in the extreme track session in a 740hp all carbon fibre supra on slicks
all that on top of the maddest modified cars everywhere, wild partying all night every night(better than most music festivals) and very friendly women
if you are into cars, you haven't done it all until you have been

my advice would be to avoid norway due to the cost and fly into gothenberg sweeden and travel to rudskogen from there as it is the same distance and that country is much cheaper

Porkie

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Its NUTS!!!!

makes you realise what a nanny state this country is.

Someone will die there soon though in my opinion though...

hope I am wrong on that one!

the health and safety is just COMEDY!

amazing weekend though. well worth the trip.

pig

what are the dates and rough costs for those that aint been fellas please

RC4

http://www.gatebil.no/index.php?language=gb
check it out later dec/jan the 2010 dates should be up but in events they try for usually the same weekend/dates

RC4

tis not far from moi,i live near the border of norway in sweden and to save a hell of a lot of money i,d go this way------------
ryanair fly to oslo (torp)from liverpool/london c.a 1.5 hours drive to oslo (rent a car?)
torp.no address for the airport
then you drive up to oslo but head for horten where there is a ferry that takes you to a place called moss see here

http://www.viamichelin.com/web/Itine...raryFuelType=0
its about Ł15 over with the car and then when you get to moss about 1 hours drive to rudskogen
p.m me nearer the time i (may) pick up 3 of you in my wifes bmw and follow you as i am driving this route next week to go to liverpool for new year
but trust me this is the easiest way and cheapest way to get there i can even probably get you somewhere to stay just over the swedish border
p.m me nearer the time if intrested that includes you porkie

cossiejsy

one day i will get accross and see it

Drunken Master

Would love to go to this! How much are the tickets?

andrewg

i was there! well worth a look and would go and to the rudskogen circuit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2tSp6FKZds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ckWdFk1l8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcqa-uJ80Tk

Twins

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Went a few years back to rudskogen ,fantastic weekend ,makes our track days look tame

Matt Lewis

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did it 2008 top event, thinking of doing it again this year..........long drive though

Matt

foreigneRS

been twice - would like to go again sometime before someone dies (as porkie says) and it gets tamed

derekd

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well worth the trip lads valer is a good track too not to far from me 1 hour or so its a must do if u like fast cars and nice woman

Alex_86

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yes been there

MunkeyboyRS

To the guys that have driven there, what the drive like, fuel costs over the different country, guessing it'll be something like 1500+miles round trip? Is it a sensible idea to do in a 20year old ford?
Its something I've all thought would be a great thing to do.

JHS

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I've done it the opposite way plenty of times. Drove my Escos to Ford Fair in 2008 for example. Ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg is one option cutting down on the miles, but its expensive. Go on Google maps and use the route planner, gives you an idea of distance. If you're driving all the way from England via France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden then into Norway you're most likely looking at closer to 1500 miles one way.

JHS

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Hope to see you there, if not, I'll see you at Ford Fair

JHS

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So when are you coming back again...?

MunkeyboyRS

I think, if I was to do it, Id drive the fully length one way and ferry the other.
I think fuel price work out about the same as her for France, Germany and Holland, but what's it like in Denmark, Sweden and Norway? would the best way to work it out be use UK prices? what would be a sensible amount of days to do the drive, with a def over night stay in ADam?

Matt Lewis

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Cost me Ł900 there and back with food, hotel and fuel and was a laugh driving over, 3000miles round trip

Alex_86

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Hm, why dont you drive to newcastle take the boat to Stavanger
then drive from stavanger to rudskogen?

long way
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...45&ie=UTF8&z=6


not so long way

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...46&ie=UTF8&z=8


edit:
rudskogen and gatebil is not in moss, but before moss

Matt Lewis

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i thought that ferry service had been scrapped???

Matt

JHS

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You're right, it hasnt been running for 2-3 years at least.

DFDS Tor Line does has a cargo ship between Immingham and Brevik though, they have some room for passengers. But I'd rather drive than be stuck on some crappy cargo ship...

Info:
http://www.dfdstorline.com/DfdsTorLi.../NorBridge.htm

Prices:
http://www.dfdstorline.com/DfdsTorLi.../NorBridge.htm

JHS

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Fuel prices vary everywhere, if you have to worry about fuel costs you shouldnt be driving that far anyway. Scandinavian countries might have slightly more expensive petrol, never compared to be honest. Wont make much of a difference to the total anyway.
If you're going via Amsterdam then I'd use one day from UK to Holland. Then next from Holland to Norway. The 2nd day will be a long one...
Most sensible is really to fly though, only reason why I drive to UK every year is because Im buying loads of stuff too big to bring back on the plane. Also, no offence, but a RS Turbo really wont be anything big at Gatebil. Meaning you'll get directed to camp area or normal carpark, where it might get broken into or damaged.

AGAR-COSWORTH

If there are ferries from Scotland or the Newcastle region to Norway next summer (2011) I think I'll go.

RC4

DFDS STOPPED THE NEWCASTLE-GOTHENBURG(SWEDEN) 3/4 YEARS AGO
oops caps
see my post above there is even a new airport from my last post(see above) that goes stanstead-norway (rygge) thats the one you want not far from gatebil at all!!!
i travel 3/4/5 times a year via ryanair but i go (torp) norway-liverpool direct flight cheap as chips that would be ok for any northerners wanting to go

RC4

car rental is reasonable if theres 3/4 people

Glenn_

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I would love to go there.

AGAR-COSWORTH

Thanks for that . Would really like to take a car with me though and do a driving tour of the country though. There was a great feature in EVO magazine recently about a few journalists who did the same.

BillyCabrio

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Sounds sensible enough, car +4 people - the costs could work out ok

BillyCabrio

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lol... Scrub that, another ferry service gone!

Newcastle to stavanger been scrapped too.

paddyrs

it looked like a handy rute. still a mate or two with you could be fun. id love to go i am hopen to go this year just have to see how bad my rebuild hits my pocket