Nurburgring: 1 - Ludo the "driver": 0

Here is the result of my trip to nurburg:

As often, it happened during my final lap. I was looking to beat my best time (9min14s) and got a bit too far on a braking. Basically tried to brake and steer simultanously (note for later: not such a good idea).

Anyway, I was a bit ****** off at the time but got over it. Damaged are really lmited: exhaust tips (the exhaust was fitted 3 hours prior my meeting with the safety rails ) and bumper. well the ego was hurt too but I got over it too!

Could had been a lot worse as I was "racing" with a couple of swedish porker and M3s.

Ludo

Ouch!  Gonna fix it before Mondello, or wait until after?

How was the trip aside from that, and how were you getting on against the Swedes before your tip?

the off course excursion was in the S a little bit after the old pit lane, 5 or 6 corner after. I was very fast (too fast??!) through the first one and had to brake hard (too hard) to turn in the second one.

Bumpercover is gonna be used as a garage hornement (along with a ducati 900ss fairing and the 916 fairing I reworked on the carol track in France a few years ago ). I have a friend making me a sticker for the bumper with  nurburgring 1 - Ludo 0 .

The only damage is to the bumper cover, the aluminium bumper has nothing, I took it apart yesterday evening. I'll put all that in the categorie of: "cool story to tell the grand children one day!"

I am hopefull of getting a good replacement one, in the right color off some scrapy in the near future.

To be honest with you, I love this car, but I love even more my GF (she was in the passenger sit), myself and my legs and all the other body parts much much more. There are way worse thing than that in life. Actually I would have been more pissed off if I saw the car like that coming back from a shopping trip. I think we all know the risk we take going to the track to push the car to the limit. It's been a good lesson for me, and not a very expensive one, life goes on.

Now, for those who thought my exhaust sounded great the last time, wait to hear the new one (hiop ractec SS headers, downpipe, stock cat for the moment and SS backbox with slightly bent DTM tips). It sound so race like above 3500rpm, and get a good bit of rasping on downshift. The rumble at idling is also very nice.

Well at least you know that you were trying hard - you weren't just cruising round! 

I'm sure you had a blast and when it's all patched up you won't worry so much about it.  As you said at least you are ok and your girlfriend and it's not like you were coming home minus the car altogether!! 

Very jealous of such a great sounding trip - scars or no scars!  I hope you get over the repair bill soon.

One of my friend, who is a gentleman racer in the porsche 911 cup, told me he was proud of my driving skills: "if you don't crash sometimes, it's because you're not pushing hard enough!"

I located a bumper yesterday in the UK for €140 delivered, no cracks, just a bit os scuffing (I think) so II'll just need to get it respray, not too bad, probably around €300 all in (do I underestimate the paint bill?).

Not Bad, Ludo.  What about the exhaust?

Poll:

I have been offer a brand new bumper, primed for €309

I can have a used one woth no crack for €140

What do you think is the best choice (well value for money, the best one being the brand new one obviously)?