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Adenau, Nurburgring this weekend...
- Thread starter saxo180
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L11 is mine mate. What car were you in?
I was stood next to the Smart Roadster as it pulled into the cafe car park.
Was a good weekend, shame about the weather on Saturday afternoon though.
Was a good weekend, shame about the weather on Saturday afternoon though.
Yeah, Take it you seen the sticker? Only just got home this morning and already can't wait to go back haha.
Awesome place!
Not properly. Somewhere around the 10:20 mark. All our laps were full of accidents.
I did about 9:40 in the mrs daily with 20-something stone of passenger last time without trying too hard when we were there on RSR tyres, im sure sub 9 even on a standard clio 172 on decent rubber wouldnt be out of the question if you try pretty hard.
IIRC I was doing under 9 in porkies one with a passenger when it was standard engine but on decent suspension a few years ago.
IIRC I was doing under 9 in porkies one with a passenger when it was standard engine but on decent suspension a few years ago.
NorthloopCup
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Very easy tbh. Did it in mine a few years ago on toyo t1r's. Down in the 8min 30's now in a stripped out cup and kw v2 suspension. Plenty of time left in the tank as well tbh.
Sounds believable to me mate although you must be more committed there than me (or more talented or both!), but I can easily see where i missed a minute, and stripping it out is going to help loads of course.
NorthloopCup
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NorthloopCup
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Track knowledge is the key chip, as I'm sure you know! With that place it's a necessity!
Will have a watch later
Yes track knowledge is everything, Ive only ever done a few hundred laps and they are spread over a ten year period so I am far far far from perfectly familiar with the place although I do have a reasonable idea.
NorthloopCup
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Will have a watch later
Yes track knowledge is everything, Ive only ever done a few hundred laps and they are spread over a ten year period so I am far far far from perfectly familiar with the place although I do have a reasonable idea.
Excellent!
Its normal for me to go over there and do 30+ laps when I'm there tbh which when spread over 10 years + of going soon adds up to a lot of laps!! Lol! I've got to have done in the region of 350-400 laps not including the many thousands done on the ps2....... Lol!
I know every bit of the track in good detail as well. DN day for me next time I think, with the aim of cracking the 8min 20's btg, or faster.
I never time myself there but occasionally glance on videos to see times after I get back, an accident in 2005 put me off every trying hard there again, lol.
Ive heard the playstation is an amazing way to learn, Ive only done a few laps on it but can really see how it would help.
We did 30 ish laps first couple of times we went but I do more like 20 over a long weekend now, I have a much more relaxed outlook to the place these days and no interest in pushing myself just enjoy driving around fairly quickly being a tourist, very different to how I treat combe etc but thats part of what makes it fun to me, its a relaxing holiday not a mad track session.
I didnt get to go at all this year, I think thats only the second year out of the last 9 or 10 that I havent been and I always used to go twice a year or more, sadly these days a combination of being busy and limited finances stops me going more often.
The DN days are great, try and get spa on the trip as well, thats a nice little bonus on the way home
Just been watching the video, you're certainly going a lot harder than I do these days since the crash, fair play
You ever had an off there? Its not a great experience TBH, lol.
This is only lap I uploaded last time, touristing it around chatting away to bigash:
Ive heard the playstation is an amazing way to learn, Ive only done a few laps on it but can really see how it would help.
We did 30 ish laps first couple of times we went but I do more like 20 over a long weekend now, I have a much more relaxed outlook to the place these days and no interest in pushing myself just enjoy driving around fairly quickly being a tourist, very different to how I treat combe etc but thats part of what makes it fun to me, its a relaxing holiday not a mad track session.
I didnt get to go at all this year, I think thats only the second year out of the last 9 or 10 that I havent been and I always used to go twice a year or more, sadly these days a combination of being busy and limited finances stops me going more often.
The DN days are great, try and get spa on the trip as well, thats a nice little bonus on the way home
Just been watching the video, you're certainly going a lot harder than I do these days since the crash, fair play
You ever had an off there? Its not a great experience TBH, lol.
This is only lap I uploaded last time, touristing it around chatting away to bigash:
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NorthloopCup
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I never time myself there but occasionally glance on videos to see times after I get back, an accident in 2005 put me off every trying hard there again, lol.
Ive heard the playstation is an amazing way to learn, Ive only done a few laps on it but can really see how it would help.
We did 30 ish laps first couple of times we went but I do more like 20 over a long weekend now, I have a much more relaxed outlook to the place these days and no interest in pushing myself just enjoy driving around fairly quickly being a tourist, very different to how I treat combe etc but thats part of what makes it fun to me, its a relaxing holiday not a mad track session.
I didnt get to go at all this year, I think thats only the second year out of the last 9 or 10 that I havent been and I always used to go twice a year or more, sadly these days a combination of being busy and limited finances stops me going more often.
The DN days are great, try and get spa on the trip as well, thats a nice little bonus on the way home
Just been watching the video, you're certainly going a lot harder than I do these days since the crash, fair play
You ever had an off there? Its not a great experience TBH, lol.
This is only lap I uploaded last time, touristing it around chatting away to bigash:
No mate never had an off there but witnessed a biker death first hand. We got arrested on the spot and had to prove our innocence. Video camera in the car ftw, but not a nice experience all the same.
Believe it or not, I wasn't pushing that hard in the 8:31lap either. Possibly looks/sounds worse due to the tyres catching.
I'll have a watch of your video later on! Lol I've seen the picture of him in the passenger seat of your/Lesley's Clio - lol! That is all!
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I've literally done about 20 laps in total so an all out attack on time isn't and wasn't my goal. Just go for the experience and fun.
Maybe that'll change when my clio isn't a daily driver anymore.
Northloop, I watched your video yesterday of that lap, well played.
Maybe that'll change when my clio isn't a daily driver anymore.
Northloop, I watched your video yesterday of that lap, well played.
NorthloopCup
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One of my laps, try not to laugh too much haha!
[video=youtube_share;BnOxvnmk9K4]http://youtu.be/BnOxvnmk9K4[/video]
[video=youtube_share;BnOxvnmk9K4]http://youtu.be/BnOxvnmk9K4[/video]
NorthloopCup
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Another one for me to watch later!
Yeah being in my mrs daily didnt exactly increase the amount of commitment I wanted to show TBH, nor did knowing we had already paid for spa and wouldnt be going if I had an off or a mechanical failure from driving it too hard, lol.
But all excuses aside, im simply not as quick as mr northloop is, even if I was trying, and even if it wasnt a daily etc, he'd still wipe the floor with me!
Another lap.
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That second one, I kept waiting for the white Megane.
But yeah I know I'm not that quick.
But yeah I know I'm not that quick.
haha, surprised it didn't actually fall apart half way round.The silver 172 you saw is a real shed
Yeah its a lot harder to get a clear lap than at a uk track, as getting on clear lap there is like getting 5 in a row at combe!
