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So, i have been in Germany for the past 3 weeks doing a software training course in a town about 30 mins from the Nordschleife and the temptation to go was to great.
So the first time i did 4 x laps in a VW Scirocco with a professional driver (only way i could hire a car purely for the 'ring that wasnt a suzuki swift). And my god it was ******* fun. But ended up costing me nearly $1000AUD. So i had an Audi TT 1.8T on the weekends to get myself around and i thought id go back one more time before i went home, but this time in the rental car - with no race instructor. The Scirocco has race spec brakes and roll cage etc and the difference in braking was extremely noticeable and the Audi's brakes were very soft after each lap. They also were so hot they were smoking so i had to give it about a 15 minute break between each laps and took it for a slow cruise to town and back to let them cool. Anyway i thought id share some pics, and a video of one of my laps. Obviously im not a professional driver ![]() If only europcar knew what i was upto in their rental ![]() If anyone ever has the opportunity to do this however, i would highly highly recommend it. it was absolutely brilliant. ![]() If only we had something close to this in Australia! ![]() http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtf35ypwHqI&hd=1
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Where was Sabine Schmitz???
But seriously though, well done. Its in my bucket list of things to do... the track i mean.
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nice one!!!
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![]() Nice though id love to even go and see the famed track.
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VN/VP Commodore? I am guessing its an Omega?
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Well done!! Thanks for sharing.
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Probably Europecar does know you were there as they have people checking number plates.
On another forum a guy had a extra charge mailed to him for tyre wear as they had proof he had lapped the ring in there hire car.
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sounds like money well spent to me. I'm sure many rentals get treated worse than a few hot laps.
I don't know why australia doesn't have something like that.
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nice work!
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Some hot lap of the Nurburgring, that's on my bucket list!!
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Very cool.
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Niceee!!! That Hommodore is probably a Toyota Lexcen?
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Well done, +1 to the list brigade. Im pretty sure Lexens were so pov they were just for Australia. |
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July next year .....can't wait .was thinking of buying a car then selling after holiday ,doing the ring is 1 thing I have always wanted to do .
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^^find an el cheapo Pug 205 Gti or something, that way it should be a little easier to sell. GL.
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I reckon you did pretty well Kurt! Looks like a lot of fun. Any idea on what speeds you were going (roughly)?
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well done , it looks well worth the money, i like the courtesy on track too, everyone moves over.
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Nice one...........did you see any other hot cars on the track ?
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100% you have to do this.
on a side note, you can hire some awsome cars in germany/holland pretty cheap. like a manual BMW 335 for less than 200 euro. and the track is so long you actually feel exhausted after a few laps. you dont have to drive fast either, lots of tourists and slow **** porsche drivers |
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Hi guys thanks for all your comments, as i said it was absolutely brilliant and if i could go back i would! i tell you what if i lived near there i know what id be doing almost every weekend
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There was also a few ferraris, nissan gt-r's, corvettes, a mustang. A lot of eye candy!
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I will be there in 2 weeks, having 2 days and am looking at the sirroco from www.RentRaceCar.de. are you saying if you havnt been there beofre you ,ust have an instructor and not pay the 350 euiro for 4 laps but much more? if thats the case the clio sport looks good, as its a manual:
how did you find the auto geqrbox in the sirocco? not keen on that ,yself Cant zqit wait!! pardon ,y spelling, <I a, on a french keyboard and bqckspace doesnt zork for some reason! |
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As i am under 25, i could only hire a Scirocco if i had an instructor come with me. If you're over 25 you can hire any car. but the excesses get pretty ridiculous (25,000 euros for the M3). So scirocco was all my budget allowed for. Nice little car though and pretty powerful. The company was fantastic and the instructor was really good. I highly recommend them. I would have gone back with them again, but it was just a little to expensive to do a second time. It was really handy having an instructor your first time as its very complex with alot of blind corners and other traffic to watch out for. But again, highly recommend this company they are really helpful. Just shoot em an email they speak perfect english and they answered all my questions very quickly.
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For not wanting to drive 'too' hard you sure seemed to be giving it a red hot go! Wicked.
On another note the shadows over the track really grind my gears... Yes yes I know its 20k with or track and I should relax, but they distract the buggery out of me and make me edgy. Especially on a bike... |
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Rrrrrrrrr!
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