Cossy Chris

I am looking at taking a trip to the nurburg next year in my evo 8 for around 4 days, was wondering off people who have been what it cost them to go? Hotels, fuel, food etc.

Cheers

JonnyBravo

£1000 minimum

That also depends on where you stay and how many laps you do as their nearly 25 euros a lap nowadays. My mates GTR was just managing 4 laps to a tank as well as was the Cossy so it can get very expensive.

Well worth it though !

scholesyy

ive never been but i looked into it at the begining of the year and after chatting to a few who had i seem to remember it cud be done on a budget for around £600+

Cossy Chris

Yes I was thinking of around £1500. Always wanted to go so should be worth it.

pete mcrash

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bit cheaper if u go in 2's..........but lap time has gone "right up"........so think about min 600-1k..............

Cossy Chris

Ye the missis wants to come but not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing! lol

oibren85

Cost me £500 this year. but that doesnt include the trip back so add an extra £100.

mr_joe0606

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Am going in september and cant wait going with smooth torque performance n got about 1000 saved up so far should be good first time .

Joe

pete mcrash

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.........fair enough.......but ourlass shits herself if i put my foot down.....and no fuckn way would she last a 13 mile lap in the car.......

JonnyBravo

Just seen your location, what do you drive as I'm only in Needingworth and work round the back of Minnarrs !

Rick

1k if you do 3 or 4 laps, price goes up quickly if you want more. Worth it though, love it.

cossie604

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I went there earlier this year, only spent around £300 personally for a four day week end trip.....but we were two up in one car. Stayed at hotel Zurburg just up the road from the tracks main entrance. Laps from what I remember were 33euro each.....but the rest of the trip was done to quite a budget as it was a kinda last minute thing for me. Either way, Im deffo going back next year to do it properly ie lots of laps and lots of living it up (not much Bitburger though...not keen on that stuff lol). Sabine's parents place just down the road from that hotel does cracking food btw.

cossie604

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ps that trip was in a screaming little 205gti 1600....next year the fuel bills will reflect a much more interesting car being taken

orionmojo

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is it really worth speding all that money for 4 laps though?
Seious question btw.

i'd want 2 or 3 days there with 5 or 6 laps a day if i went i'm sure. maybe my car wouldn't though lol

furry

My trip in may cost me £300 Inc hotel / fuel / laps and fuel etc

I stay at the ringhaus 500yards from the ring entrance. Back off again in sept.

Rick

You make a good point.

I go with the PF lot who have been going for a good few years, and know the track well. Nige & Si B, go in their Evo's and there are always a few other sports cars there. I've always been in a BMW 5 series which is an amazing motorway cruiser but not really a track car - but it does well on the Ring. I only do 4-5 laps in that as i'm happy with that - the rest of the time I'm a passenger in lots of cars which know the track well.

The passenger laps are really fun, and help you learn the track too. The thing is, it's not just about the track - it's the whole experience - this is nothing like a normal track day, good as they are. It sounds silly, but it's a really relaxing trip. The scenery on and around the track is incredible, as is the local hospitality. There is a constant stream of exotica, and even if you don't do one lap there still doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. There are lots of spectator points to watch and take photographs, and to lie in the sun. Evenings are spent with good company drinking good beer.

I love it, and next year I'll be taking a much quicker car. I've been the last 3 years, and plan to go many many more times.

Rick

JonnyBravo

We usually stay at the Ringhaus or Edgars if you know him.

Its nearly a thousand miles round trip from here so thats a fair bit of petrol, I did 35 laps on my first visit too so obviously we did get through a fair bit of fuel !

JonnyBravo

k7bhp

I just came back from my 1 st visit, wow it's magga , digs were 40 euros a night( about 38 pound) with breakfast . It's 22 euros a lap but the more you buy the cheaper it is we got 16 laps for 250 euros so 19 a lap,you can always sell your card if your car goes wrong . We went over in a Subaru and a 500 bhp sky line it cost us 750 pound in fuel, most of that in the skyline my Subaru did 32 to the gallon , as for fuel it fucking expensive over there so fill up in Dover , there were 3 people in each car so with ferry fuel and digs 2 nights and food and beer we only spent 350 ish each, we took food and cold drinks ie pack up for 2days just to keep the costs down. It's mint and 10 mins a lap is easy , have a good time and enjoy

cosevo

heading out in 2 weeks time in the rs1600i, taking £1000 worth of euros, try to pay cash for everything, usually run out on the last day and stick last few things on the card, also only get about 4 laps to a tank, but then again, the cars never managed 4 laps without a breakdown since it was turbo'd .... pmsl

nigel b

for that sort of cost i think i would prefer to spend the time at spa instead

oibren85

Drive a Focus RS Turbo and live in Earith so know Minnarrs well. Sure i know you in a round about way also, i used to be Hollys Smiths bf.

rstoughy

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Few of us are off there the end of the month.

The costs can mount up thats for sure but i think if you are any kind of petrol head then you have to do it at least once in your life.

Ferry from Hull - Zeebruge return with car and cabin £180 each
Staying @ Eddy's place 90euro per night inc breakfast
Track insurance £175
Travel insurance £20ish
Euro recovery on top of uk cover £25 (or you could go for ADAC cover at 98euro)
Insurance green card from UK company £?
Then you have the fuel, god knows how much i will spend travelling from Aberdeen to the ring with as much laps as i can get then back £££

Yes it's going to be expensive but if i dont do it now i probably never will. If i really enjoy it then there is the danger that it then turns into a yearly thing causing financial ruin

Chip

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Si B has done it in an evo 8 and published all costs on here, go and search out his posts is your best bet.

Its a 1k+ long weekend though realistically for 2 of you including food etc.

Windle

went over a month ago in 400 BHP evo 8,

set off friday 6AM got back monday 11PM stayed 3 nights.
around 6 laps

total cost bassed on 2 per car for me was £453
Fuel
Ferry
RAC european
3 nights b&b
laps, food drink etc...

the lot,

It cost the lads who weren't sharring cars about £600

Evo did about 21MPG but we were never realy under 100 for majority of the journey! i found petrol 99% the same price as this country with the euro conversion?

James998

Been 3 times and say around £700-£1000 depending on how many laps you do. That was splitting the 'road' petrol 50/50 with someone else, aswell as the hotel, and I did 22 laps last time I was there, heading down on the friday morning, returning tuesday night.

Try Villa Huegel for somewhere nice to stay, its literally 300 yards from the track entrance and its shit hot. I've also stayed in Hotel Zur Burg, almost as nice and as close to the track entrance. Both aren't cheap places but if you want to walk into nurburg for some beers of a night time, or walk to the track to watch its ideal!

Si B

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Cheers Chip - here's the post in question:

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...s-of-pics.html

Breakdown of the costs at the end of the post































Ah sod it, for the lazy gits who can't be arsed to click the link:

Now for the stats!

Total journey mileage of 1287 miles. Total fuel used 317.7 litres, at a cost of £333.10

Trip average MPG was 17.51, best was 25mpg (at 85mph cruise) worst was 8.5mpg on the Ring .

Additional costs that need to be born in mind (and based on £1 = Euro1.36)

Ferry £34 (total for 2 people £68)
Hotel £20.58 per person per night (£41.16 total)
Food £60 (Breakfast part of hotel bill, we also took some coke, pasties and pork pies etc with us)
RAC Euro Cover £28.35
Insurance Green card £17
Offroader hire £25.70 each jeep
Offroader repair £110.30
Taxi £6.25 each
Ring laps £140 (plus the car did a few extra laps kindly supplied by Chip and Phill)
1.5 £21.30
4 £47.05
8 £91.17
15 £161.76
Year card £658

My total spend on the 3 day trip including laps, repairs, fuel etc etc: £699.40

Porkie

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Thats WELL cheap!!! My Hotel bill alone was over well £2k for the 3 days

Nice one Si. Shows it can be done cheaply!

Chip

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Does that include me and the others who were drinking on your tab at the bar?

My hotel bill for 5 days on that same trip was 200 quid

That was 3 years ago though, so not so cheap now.

I thought he had done a more recent one TBH when I suggested looking at his costs.

Si B

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As Chip mentions below - was 3 years back nearly - the Euro was weaker, and the Ring laps cheaper etc.

Plus your hotel was a tad cooler than ours


I've still got the receipts and a half written report from this year to finish off Chip - think it will be interesting to compare

Ginge !

DONT FORGET WE DONE LONGER THAN 3 DAYS ALSO, that can make a big difference to the trip as its around a extra 100 quid per day when you are there just for hotel and food ect

i always do a min of 1k but this year it was alot less,,,,,, i recomend not taking the other half and go as a passenger instead pmsl

GaryHurn

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i plan to go next year for sure

Jim Galbally

to be fair, we gambled away about 20% of that for you

Chip

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Going to take a big hairy set of balls to take a 400bhp nova round there

GaryHurn

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i will try and grab some passenger rides first before i take mine, will have to see, be fun though

Chip

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I'm struggling to find adequete insurance for any of my vehicles at the ring and dont want to go without it

Jim Galbally

400bhp nova on a first trip?

good luck mate

Jim Galbally

chip what u after, a standard policy that doesnt have worded exclusions on them, or you using trade?

Chip

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I want a policy with a company on a modified car that is from someone who will give me a "yes" to the question "am I covered at the ring for 3rd party" so that I dont run into legal wrangles if I need to claim.

Jim Galbally

fuckinell no wonder you cant find anyone