I might be up for this sounds a blast.

Wot would you lot suggest budgetting on for the trip to check funds.

 

800 quid per car approx

 

me and Aj are 'gonna' be going

 

And that is everything chip hotel petrol beer etc

 

 

Aprpox breakdown of costs:
Tunnel = 150
Petrol to travel there and back = 250
Hotel = 100 per person
Food/Beer = 100
Ring Petrol = 100
Ring tickets = 100

For more people its approx 200 each in food/beer/hotel

VERY approx though, especially amount of petrol used as it depends so much on where in the UK you go from of course!

 

I left my mobile in the car. DOH

 

I WILL be going to this one - reckon Stockton would be up for sharing the driving!

 

RW is starting to boil at not being there

I can see a return next year but probably september - better chance for "good" weather.

 

Good weather is just so much less essential than people make out.

Its still great fun doing the ring in the wet, the only real difference is your ten quid lap lasts longer and it takes less petrol, so its all good.

Nice to get at least one dry day for some "flying" laps of course, but dont let a bit of rain put you off, it didnt spoil it this time.

 

it was closed due to snow when we were there in easter! LOL - was quite essential! - 1st lap out in a scoob and we spun out of carousel - 2nd lap local rolled in front of us - a warmer track is grippier!

september has been 2 scortchers and its when you get to see all the amazing local machinary such as EDO porsches, diablos etc all on track with you but too busy and too many incidents - rain in september sounds best lol

 

We went May last time IIRC and it was fucking scorching then, literally we could have spent half the time sunbathing if we wanted

 

Snowed when we went in April that time too

 

bugger my car might dissolve in snow being a ford and all

 

If its gonna snow in april then i think i'll give it a miss...

 

Martin,
Please explain your logic, you are basing your poor weather on the ONE time you came in April (2001) and it snowed on the Sat night / closed track Sunday.

The subsequent four times we have gone that time of year following that trip, the weather has been 100% perfect with NO rain what-so-ever. In fact this trip has been the worse weather I have ever experienced at the Ring, as there was not one full dry day .

 

Thought it snowed the next year exact same time of year when pon was there?
I would rather go may or september etc but would not go april.

Are you still sore my shitter tanned your "500hp" touring car engine in the power stakes? lol

 

Mike - sort your facts out!

It snowed the following year when you'd just bought the Escort, remember

Have one of these that you seem to like collecting

 

Would you guys say the convoying there and back in the cars was part of the fun or just once you got there.

Reason I ask is I cannot miss another one of these trips but i'll need to decide whether to fly into Germany from Spain or fly back to the UK and jump in with someone for the full trip.

Any ideas?

 

I did the journey shared between Mike's Escort, and the Reyland Escort and 3 door.

I've never had so much fun with my clothes on, especially when Martin did a full bore launch across five lanes of motorway from the hard shoulder, AND did a top speed run I have it on video

The journey back was one of the worst experiences of my life, as Neil and I had been HARDCORE drinking the night before, and I've never been so close to throwing up and not managing it in my life -the whole journey back was horrendous, apart from the porn.

 

The journey was 90% just boring driving, and 10% a proper laugh, i would still have enjoyed the trip if i went straight there, so id probably do that if i were you Clare.

 

Christ I remember that Journey PON!

PON whinging about feeling sick all the way home, Mike on the moral high ground about being a teetotaller

It's snowed there both times I've been in April...

Neil.

 

Neil - if we went again, and took my car, would you be up for sharing the driving - fully insured of course.

 

Yes, but the snow on that occasion cleared up pretty much instantly and did not affect the trip. Only once has poor weather in April closed the track . The snow on the occasion you are talking about was melted and the track completely dry by mid-morning .

 

Journey there - scotland to england in RST giving it wellie with friends - norfolk to dover in "supposed 500hp" cossie - some of france in a scoob then rest of journey in an EVO prepped RS200 journey was ace fun Some convoys are more fun than others
Another time we took an evo6 the whole way - one car and still a hoot

 

Its well worth sharing the driving IMHO

When me and John went he added me to his insurance so i was fully comp, and we arranged beforehand what amount of money i would put towards it if i binned the car for him.

 

If stockton goes the scots will have to make it in something - scraping the barrel and the st170 can go! If I fix it inbetween LOL

 

[MikeR mode] 395@ wheel WITH 12 degrees of ignition retard thank you [/MikeR mode]

 

roflol

Rich - i was waiting for my phone to go lol

 

I can't miss this one!

 

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMON.....

another FF feature methinks

 

I only bother phoning my "friends" that keep me in the loop .

 

Im sure thats true, but the board doesnt need to know about it

 

I still cant beleive you nodded off as soon as you got in the fucker!!! Not even out of the petrol station and Dumped is sending up Z's!!!

PON - It would be fun, but we'd have to plan a long way in advance with my current financial situation! Hardcore basting out all the way from a rastafarian handbag cabletie'd to the rollcage!

Neil.

 

Me too mate - sensible financial planning. Unfortunately we're not from the "fuck it, I'm loaded" school of all things car related.

I'd put some tunes in it before going though for sure - what trip to the ring is complete without "Blue Monday"

 

Pon, even for people on a modest income, it cant be that hard to come up with a grand by next april surely?

After all, 2 nights a week doing an evening shift in mcdonalds would cover that, and thats hardly something you need to be massively qualified to do.

 

so you reckon a grand all in for the weekend then yes?

 

ROFL - it's not that Chip. It's justifying the expenditure.

 

yeah and then you'll hopefully have a wicked time and some change!

alex

 

Andy, yes a grand is extremely realistic for everything except covering the cost of a breakdown.


Im thinking of buying an E36 325 for the next trip (not easy for me to insure some of my cars abroard at the moment as my existing insurance wont cover it and finding insurnace on half a dozen heavily modified cars in one policy isnt easy)
If you like you are welcome to go for a part share in that, and share the driving/petrol etc as i may be doing that with at least one other person anyway.

At the end of the trip if its in one piece we sell it, if someone stuffs it up they pay the others back their share, something like that.