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Post by Micro Machine on Jul 8, 2012 12:36:17 GMT
Only an idea at the moment, any1 fancy doin Germany next year ?
July August time , don't expect it to be cheap maximum would be a grand at a guess but that would be travel, accommodation, food and track time. Make a very long weekend of it.
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Post by mykool on Jul 8, 2012 18:43:59 GMT
i'd be game, person to talk to is aj, hes been a few times and knows all the routine etc :-)
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Post by Micro Machine on Jul 8, 2012 19:20:47 GMT
Sweet, try and keep costs down so maybe camping near or very cheap b&b. I figure if we camp we can party all night
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Post by BloodTypeR on Jul 9, 2012 14:51:09 GMT
1,000,000% up for this!
There's a site/blog about a guy who does loads of trips there.
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Post by BloodTypeR on Jul 9, 2012 15:19:06 GMT
Ben Lovejoy was the guy/blogger. Looks like his sites now gone official: nurburgring.org.uk/ Sent from my GT-I9100 using ProBoards
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Post by Micro Machine on Jul 10, 2012 11:00:35 GMT
The bit that bothers me is the insurance, not to bothered bout my car it's twating a Porsche or taking a biker out. Think I can wangle me health insurance.
What would you guys prefer ? Bnb or camping ?
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Post by BloodTypeR on Jul 10, 2012 15:09:48 GMT
The link I posted has some good stuff: SOURCE: nurburgring.org.uk/prices.php1 lap €26 4 laps €89 25 laps €490 Jahreskarte (see below) €1,445 Note that all tickets are valid for a calendar year only. Lap credits expire at 31st December and there are no refunds. Costs for a weekend at the Ring: If you want to get an idea of all-in costs for a weekend trip, for a 'standard' weekend (out Fri, full day Saturday, half-day Sunday, return Sun afternoon/eve) from London by car, the costs look something like this: Channel crossing: Varies, but say typically £120 Petrol en-route: Typically 2 x £60 = £120 Petrol for the Ring: Say £90 Bed-and-breakfast per person: £25 per night x 2 = £50 Food: 2 x dinner, 2 x lunch, food en-route, beer = £100 Total = approx £500, plus laps as above. Not to then throw a dampner on it: Optional extras available at additional cost include armco repairs, safety car attendance, vehicle recovery, track closure, hospital stays and helicopter rides. I recommend avoiding these. If you can't, then the following price-list may help: Base fee for attendance of armco truck: €150 Removing damaged armco: €10/metre (x2 or x3 or x4 for multiple-height sections) Replacement armco: €31/metre (x2 or x3 for double/triple height) Removing damaged armco posts: €5.10 each Replacing armco post: €39 each Safety car attendance: €82 per 30 mins (car + 2 people) Circuit closure: €1,350 per hour Recovery truck: €190 (inc VAT) Hospital stay & air ambulance: Let's just say, do NOT go there without travel insurance! (Though a European Health Card - which replaced the E111 - may cover the hospital bit.) Everything except the recovery truck is then subject to 19% VAT.
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Post by BloodTypeR on Jul 10, 2012 15:16:17 GMT
Insurance: nurburgring.org.uk/insurance.phpQuote: Buying track day cover Track day insurance companies can provide insurance for you on Nurburgring TF sessions and track days but it is expensive (starting at the higher of £250/day or 1.5% of the value of your car), and policies often have high excesses and low maximum payouts (for example, an excess of £5,000 and a maximum payout of £20,000). The price for insurance usually decreases for two or more days, on the basis that if you didn't crash the first day, you're less likely to crash on subsequent days. The top five UK companies in this field on Google are: MIS REIS Everitt Boles Competition Car Insurance OAMPS These policies may include damage to the track, but almost never include third party damages to other cars or drivers. If you can be blamed for a multi-car crash on the Ring (say due to an oil leak from your car), the crash damage can easily run into hundreds of thousands of euros. Add in the potential for damages to other people and it could easily reach millions of euros to settle a claim. Add in the cross-border element and it becomes easy to see why insurers have zero interest in covering Touristfahrten driving for a small fraction of their customers. If you run an insurance company and would like to offer a fully comprehensive insurance product for UK visitors to the Nurburgring, please contact me through this site.
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Post by BloodTypeR on Jul 10, 2012 15:20:35 GMT
I'm still up for it....BUT...I am also interested in attending a few UK Track Days before hand. Bedford Autodrome, Snetterton etc are all good beginner tracks. As Ant said, crashing your own car is the CHEAP part...smacking a Porsche or dropping oil on the track and you being at fault for causing a multi car pile up, then were talking hundreds of thousands!
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Post by BloodTypeR on Jul 10, 2012 15:26:13 GMT
Another option could be Car Hiring? Obv talking more money with less risk. Not sure if we could even just hire one car and spread the cost among us? Buy 12 laps and have three each of something?
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Post by Micro Machine on Jul 10, 2012 16:01:26 GMT
How much is a lambo For me I think there's more risk driving a hire car, especially if its a left hooker. Defo up for the uk tracks.
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Post by BloodTypeR on Jul 11, 2012 13:30:19 GMT
Bedford Autodrome! Pretty much slap bang between us and also one of the best novice tracks!
This year or next? :-)
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Post by adjones91 on Jul 18, 2012 19:57:20 GMT
Let's go kiddy winkels
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Post by Micro Machine on Jul 19, 2012 1:08:11 GMT
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Post by Nath on Jul 19, 2012 9:20:55 GMT
It's not true dude:
"This is entirely untrue, the translation from the German is incorrect. The Nurburgring circuits are owned by the government and are currently leased to a private company for them to operate. The private company are in the process of removing themselves from the contract. There is some uncertainty as to who will operate the tracks in the future, it may be that the government will operate it directly again, as happened in the past. There is no serious threat, just a lot of politics. The media really need to stop reporting what they think is happening and just see the track opening as usual. If there is any damage being done at the moment it seems it's mostly the media causing it."
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