Nurburgring W/E Sept 16-18
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Printed Date: 03-May-2024 at 16:11
Topic: Nurburgring W/E Sept 16-18
Posted By: Eamo
Subject: Nurburgring W/E Sept 16-18
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 06:31
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Myself and a few buddies are going to the ring. theres a few bm's and some jap performance cars as well.
Its gonna cost around €450 for boats and €250 for hotels. All you need after that is beer money and petrol. Anyone wanna come along? |
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Posted By: Fey!
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 07:03
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A few of us were kicking that idea around recently. Unfortunately A) I'm not a good enough driver B) My car isn't powerful enough and C) It's my fathers 60th that weekend.
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Posted By: BM Fan
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 08:43
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What is the schedule like - when are you heading out and when will ye be back in Ireland
------------- Martin In BMW exile at the moment (Shame on me for lurking!!!) Previous Models 2001 E39 520i Auto 1996 E36 M3 Evo Individual 1996 E36 328i Coupe 1997 E36 318i Conv 1992 E36 316i Sln 
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Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 09:16
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leave dublin at 9pm wed 14th
arrive holyhead at 1am drive to dover (6hours) leave dover on 10am sailing arrive calais 1pm 6 hr spin to the ring arrive thursday night around 9pm track open fri 1.30pm to 7.30pm, sat 1.30pm to 7.30pm, sun 8am to 7.30pm start back 9am Monday back in Eire around 10pm Tues night! ------------- |
Posted By: ludo
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 09:21
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I should be there around those dates as there is a z3 meeting around the strasbourg area in france that I'll attend but for the WE it will be the z3 meeting though! On tyhe 15/16 or 19/20 I'll be on the ring doing some suspensions developpement work with Hiop for z3s! On the travelling note: I think it's cheaper (300€ for the boat) to go from rosslare to cherbourg then drive through france to the ring (around 900km I think, about the same as going accross UK and then to the ring!) |
Posted By: AHEALY
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 10:21
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I'm sure the craic will be mighty as they say, but it will work out very expensive, and you'd be in some state on Thursday night after driving and other transport. Might be cheaper to fly direct and hire a car and then trash it. ------------- Ado '97 523i & 95 M3 97 Subaru Impreza WRX Sport Wagon (sold) |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 12:08
its not that expensive - should be around €1500 all in which is not much. sure ye can thrash a rental car but we want to be able to say we tracked our own cars on the ring ------------- |
AHEALY wrote:Posted By: ludo
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 12:27
| Also, you can get hotel much chepar, look for F1, Permiere classe, and B&B hotel. Should be about 45€ per room and you can get 2 signle bed in a room! |
Posted By: BM Fan
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 12:38
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Six days is a long time - might fly and hire, do the saturday (responsibly) drink beer and fly home sunday
------------- Martin In BMW exile at the moment (Shame on me for lurking!!!) Previous Models 2001 E39 520i Auto 1996 E36 M3 Evo Individual 1996 E36 328i Coupe 1997 E36 318i Conv 1992 E36 316i Sln
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Posted By: BM Fan
Date Posted: 24-June-2005 at 12:50
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Aer Lingus Sat 17th 6:50 arrive Frankfurt 10:00am Frankfurt airport to the ring 165kms 1hr 45mins Arrive ring at 1pm Fly back 19:50 sunday night into Dublin 21:00 Flights 162 Yo Yos Car hire Z4 300 Yo Yos A4 / 3 series 150 Yo Yos Good weekend for 500 - 650.00 + track money, anyone else considering now? ------------- Martin In BMW exile at the moment (Shame on me for lurking!!!) Previous Models 2001 E39 520i Auto 1996 E36 M3 Evo Individual 1996 E36 328i Coupe 1997 E36 318i Conv 1992 E36 316i Sln
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Posted By: US M3
Date Posted: 28-June-2005 at 18:31
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I was over at Easter when the F1 track was open, All I can say is if you are going for your first time the fly/drive option is well worth it You can also fly into Dusseldorf aswell, and Sixt are the best to get something nice off, like a Z4 which usually turns into a brand new SLK. ------------- 1990 E30 M3 (US MODEL) 2008 BMW 520D M SPORT |
Posted By: AHEALY
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 11:09
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I dont know whether I can go, but certainly fly/drive would be a better proposition for me, and sharing the cost of the rental and track would also be a bonus. Eamo - I understand what you are saying, and if you have €1,500 to spare then yes, go for it. ------------- Ado '97 523i & 95 M3 97 Subaru Impreza WRX Sport Wagon (sold) |
Posted By: AHEALY
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 11:12
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Oh I was just thinkin'. What if you crash your rental on the track. Presumably the rental companies are giving you the car on the understanding that it is not for track use. ------------- Ado '97 523i & 95 M3 97 Subaru Impreza WRX Sport Wagon (sold) |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 11:34
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so any takers lads?
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Posted By: Robbie Bradford
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 11:45
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Definetely on the cards for the future but i doubt i'll be able to go in sept. We'll just have to wait and see. ------------- http://www.BMW-driver.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=21 - http://www.BMW-driver.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=21 |
Posted By: US M3
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 19:20
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Sure everybody would need a car each
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Posted By: Kin Mak
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 19:23
I wonder how much to rent a CSL... ------------- http://www.kinmak.com - KinMak.com - http://www.elara.ie - Elara Online |
Posted By: US M3
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 19:31
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Get onto Avis, they had GT3's in the airport when we were collecting our cars at Easter in Dusseldorf ------------- 1990 E30 M3 (US MODEL) 2008 BMW 520D M SPORT |
Posted By: Kin Mak
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 19:36
I am there... ------------- http://www.kinmak.com - KinMak.com - http://www.elara.ie - Elara Online |
Posted By: US M3
Date Posted: 29-June-2005 at 19:42
All I can say is it will be the best fun you have ever had. Its car heaven with decent car heads there, no feckin boy racer ****e over there. ------------- 1990 E30 M3 (US MODEL) 2008 BMW 520D M SPORT |
Posted By: kevin
Date Posted: 02-July-2005 at 05:21
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We will be at the ring that weekend. Hotel & Ferry booked. Hope to see your Cecotto there Eamo. For those flying over, take care with those rental cars 
------------- Kevin '04 E46 330Ci Convertible '08 E61 535d Touring (TorqueMeister Towbarge) ’95 E34 M5 ’89 E30 M3 (Cecotto) |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 03-July-2005 at 07:46
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kevin - cant wait to meet up - am booking at the end of this week.
you may give me a passenger lap so I know what to expect! ------------- |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 20-July-2005 at 07:11
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well - am all booked and cant wait.
get the ferry wednesday night at 9pm on sept 14th and will arrive in Nurburg at 8pm thursday night. 6 cars going - my m3, e30 325, e30 323, e36 320, skyline and an mitsi evo 4. cant wait to burn off the jap cars on the autobhan as they are limited to 112mph!! ------------- |
Posted By: ludo
Date Posted: 20-July-2005 at 07:40
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Eamo, I'll be there too!!! I'll be on the ring on the thursday evening and then friday from 14.15 when the gates open. On my way back from my 2 weeks holidays! I'll be leaving on the friday evening to go to a Z3 meet in France. I might be there with another couple of z3s |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 20-July-2005 at 08:33
nice one!!! looking forwrd to hooking up! ------------- |
Posted By: kevin
Date Posted: 20-July-2005 at 15:37
Take care with the speeding the police just love collecting cash from the brits. No problem with a passenger lap, I will need a couple of sighting laps first just to refresh my old brain cells. We arrive on Friday afternoon. Cheers ------------- Kevin '04 E46 330Ci Convertible '08 E61 535d Touring (TorqueMeister Towbarge) ’95 E34 M5 ’89 E30 M3 (Cecotto) |
Posted By: Robbie Bradford
Date Posted: 20-July-2005 at 19:20
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[/QUOTE]Well done Eamo, Good job he's Irish then ------------- http://www.BMW-driver.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=21 - http://www.BMW-driver.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=21 |
Posted By: kevin
Date Posted: 21-July-2005 at 12:45
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Sorry
I wasn't thinking it would have been better to say they also like Euros
from anybody driving cars not registered on mainland Europe........
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Posted By: ludo
Date Posted: 21-July-2005 at 13:45
| Well, trust me, in Francve at the moment they'll take everyone euros! people get done for a speed excess of 1km/h and fined 90€. |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 13-August-2005 at 11:44
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less than 5 weeks to go now!!! ------------- |
Posted By: ludo
Date Posted: 13-August-2005 at 13:26
Yep, car is almost ready, just need to fit the SS braided hose, put the new brake pads on (axxis ultimates), ATE gold 5.1 and off I go.
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Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 13-August-2005 at 13:33
id bin the ultimates ludo - sorry. i put a set on the front of my ccar and literally wore them out in one track event in mondello. yes mondello is hard on brakes and I did bed them in as recommended but after each session there was blue smoke coming from the wheels!! they even managed to score the disks! i'll be putting blue pagids back on!! ------------- |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 02-September-2005 at 09:14
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at exactly this time 2 weeks from now I will be just finished my first ever lap of the ring!
hopefully all goes well. Im like a little child on xmas morning! ------------- |
Posted By: adwo
Date Posted: 02-September-2005 at 17:09
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It that because you stand a fair chance of meeting me IRL? Scary! Adwo |
Posted By: Fey!
Date Posted: 03-September-2005 at 06:59
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When you lot are bringing back the piccies, make sure you bring us a few of Sabine!!!! ------------- "http://www.tempoantiques.com"">
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Posted By: adwo
Date Posted: 03-September-2005 at 08:55
Sabine? Come on, get real, she's ugly with a big ass. If you like it that way fine. But she is simply not handsome or even sexually attractive. She drives cars fast and is a PITA on the track: too much male hormones and showing off while endangering other traffic on the track.. Phewww, Adwo |
Posted By: Fey!
Date Posted: 03-September-2005 at 09:25
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Sooooo, you fancy her too, then??? I think the gent doth protest too much!!! ------------- "http://www.tempoantiques.com"">
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Posted By: topazman
Date Posted: 03-September-2005 at 12:25
God ye are sorry boys plenty of other Fish out in the sea to drool over I have to admit she is a pretty handy pilot but that is as far as it goes in the pretty stakes she is nothing too special just that she likes Big Boy Toys  ------------- Now 2004 M3 Coupe Silver Grey with all the bits |
Posted By: Fey!
Date Posted: 03-September-2005 at 12:33
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And that is bad because.....????? ------------- "http://www.tempoantiques.com"">
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Posted By: US M3
Date Posted: 03-September-2005 at 13:24
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I know the feeling Eamo, before we went over, it is just so addictive ------------- 1990 E30 M3 (US MODEL) 2008 BMW 520D M SPORT |
Posted By: Eamo
Date Posted: 05-September-2005 at 05:12
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11 more days to go!! ------------- |
Posted By: Fey!
Date Posted: 05-September-2005 at 05:44
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We're all jealous!!! ------------- "http://www.tempoantiques.com"">
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