Rex Nurburgring Trip

[Bobfish]

Well, as we come out of christmas i think now is a good time to start looking at a rex ring trip!

We went last august and i can safely say it was the most enjoyable weekend away ive ever had. The people are great, the track is amazing and the general atmosphere is simply excellent.  The drive through europe was fun, all in all a great trip - and all can be had for not alot over the price of a day at silverstone!

When i went there, EVERYBODY was starting at my car. It seemed many of the porsche/ferrari drivers had never even seen an RX7 before!

So in short i want to arrange a big trip for us MRC boys. Price guide and itenary as follows:

leave on one Friday morning / afternoon and make our way down to the channel tunnel.  Take the train over there and do the 4-5 hour drive from France over to nurburgring. Spend the Friday night in a local hotel (there are loads, all safe to leave your car in too!) and then start on the track on the saturday morning. Spend the day on the track saturday and sunday,and leave monday morning heading back to the channel tunnel.

When we went it cost us:

120 ish for train both ways PER CAR (so if you have a passenger you pay 60)
80 euros a night for hotel, double room.
laps of the ring 10 euros each.

So all in all, your looking at circa £145 for travel and accomodation + petrol costs (i think its 385 miles from france to nurburg, can be done in just over a tank if driven sensibly)

When i went i spent pretty much £500 for the entire weekend, thats everything... and i had a good few laps of the ring too.

So yeah, lets get as many as we can so we can convoy over...ive already arranged a trip with my friends, dates TBA....attendees so far are:

Me in my (by that time) 280hp ATW rex
Friend Darren in either his 330bhp S2 escort RS turbo or 380bhp 3dr cossie
Friend Chris in his 440bhp cossie engined S2 RS turbo
Friend adam in his 280bhp westfield or 260bhp skyline
friend david in his 280bhp scooby Sti
Friend James in his 200bhp fiesta RS turb

So cmon guys, let me know who is interested - i can honestly say that its well well well worth all the travel, ive been to many tracks over my short years and nurburgring beats them all hands down for experience. It really is the most rewarding drive you can get.

Here are some pics from last trip to whet your appetite:

























(i overtook this one on the track!)


this was NEXT DOOR to our hotel:



our hotel





Go on...you know you want to. Just put your name down and when we decide a date we will go furthere with arrangements. Itll be end of march beginning of april time.

[AtomicRex]

I will put my name down, as long as it isnt on a weekend Im racing

[Bobfish]

excellent, id love to see your car in action!

So far:

Bobfish
Atmoicrex

[AtomicRex]

Cant go on the Easter Weekend....and frankly wouldn\'t!  Way too busy!!!!

I know its known as the Green Hell....but Easter makes it look like paradise!  So many crashes, and a good chance of Snow, since stopping running tours over there Ive avoided Easter with a passion.

They will have the calendar out soon

[antnicuk]

oh the memories!

[Jit]

as long as it aint in jan or feb, count me in!

[antnicuk]

trouble is the V10 will only do 9 mpg!  it will cost me a fortune in fuel

[Jit]

trouble is the V10 will only do 9 mpg!  it will cost me a fortune in fuel

err..that comment might be more apt if made on a honda forum! not a forum which should be looking to buy shares in shell!

[NurburgRob]

I\'m going on the 5th July till the 10th

[antnicuk]

err..that comment might be more apt if made on a honda forum! not a forum which should be looking to buy shares in shell!

I think that i averaged about 15 mpg in the rex when we went in june but we sat at about 95 - 100 all the way there and back which didnt help especially with my 4:3:1 diff

[RemarkLima]

Personally I\'d be keen to go... But maybe take a few days off work and go towards the end of the week and not get so much weekend traffic...

But it\'s been a couple of years since I\'ve been, I\'d love to go again!

[AtomicRex]

Here is a video on Pistonheads that captures the true essence of the Ring

http://www.pistonheads.tv/video.asp?id=693

[TonyC]

I\'d recommend a visit for anyone thinking about going. I can\'t put my name down as my RX7 won\'t be road legal, but it is well worth the trip.
If you want a flabour of the place and decent first hand experience try this wiki:
http://www.justgofaster.com/JGFWiki/tabid/70/topic/the+Nurburgring/Default.aspx

[antnicuk]

thats a great video,  i think i\'m cross eyed now,  was a bit wet for me though,

[AtomicRex]

Tony...If you have some experience of the place then you are more than welcome to come along and share my little girl.....just treat her gentle!