Yup! He was awesome and was originally from Belgium. I was very impressed how well he was able to guide me with 100% trust. The car was so balanced and without crazy HP I was able to carry a lot through the turns without too much lifting and wasn't too bad with the compressions either.
A BMW crashing there is like a Mustang hitting the crowd in the US I think.
Yeah.. that 1-2 shift is a crowd evacuator ha-ha.
If U cant drive, then yeah probably.
Generally when you take out a crowd, yeah, you can't drive.
130k is a lot of money my friend. You paid $90,000 more for your car than most of us did in the United States. The list of benefits you mentioned may sound compelling on paper, but here in the U.S.A. if you take care of yourself and work through college, you get ahead. Way, way ahead.
90K'ish IS alot of money. Not gonna debate that. I hate our 150% car taxes as much as the next guy. 6-7 years ago it was 180%.
Hell yeah man this is the dream! Very cool. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. It’s one thing to drive it in a game another to do it!I was down there two weeks ago with the company. We are a small 5 guys carpenter company.
The boss invited us down there for a fully paid 3 days weekendtrip.
He even paid for my 102 Octane gas. All 5 tanks.
We left Copenhagen at 3 am. and began our 830 km roadtrip down to Nurburgring. We landed mid day, found the hotel, parked the cars and then what we was there for: The experience and just the feel of the area.
Friday we saw some of the track. Got a feel of the vibe that there are alot of it. So many nice cars. Build or bought. Cheap or expensive. It was all there.
Saturday morning he had rented two trips in a BMW M5 CS Ring-Taxi. As I was the only one who wanted to drive there, I got two trips in the taxi. Should be enough to remember all the tricks of the almost 12 mile track right...? Shit no!..
After the two laps we drove over to watch some track action by the 'Youtube Corner' for a few hours.
I was soaking it all up. If I was to hit the barrier this was NOT the place to do it.
We went up the track to find some shade, as it was 33 Celcius and nothing but blue skies. Me thinking I could remember more of the track, the more I saw...
I was there to try it myself, so after a while I said, I'm ready now. I really wasn't that ready really. I was kinda nervous. My insurance wont cover accidents here, and due to our car taxes it's a 130K'ish USD car. So there's that.
I went to my car, drove the 2-3 miles to the track entry. Swiped my ticket. Drove onto the main straight, accelerated to 183 kmt, before I let it run towards the first turn. There a long series of slow turns at the start. Quickly found my self feeling at ease behind the wheel. Some cars passed me. I passed some. Was hoping to find some cars I could follow around as I couldn't find my way around all the turns. Alot of them are more or less blind.
Well I reached the YT Corner, and then the track was yellow flagged due to two incidents.
Rest of the tracks was all the cars just going back nice and easy.
I drove straight to the ticket booth. I wanted more!
Track was closed for 30 mins. When it opened up again I was at the entrance pretty quick. One slower car was in front of me, thru all the first slow corners, till the Flugplatz right hander. Then I just went with it and drove comfortably fast, but still I was holding back in some of the blind turns and drops (track has a 1000feet height difference). Wanted to get the car home in one piece.
Did the Bridge to Gantry in 9:17, and I'm stoked about that for a first real clean lap.
The guys from work, didn't think I was actually gonna go that fast, but they appreciated the screeching front tires when I went past them. They had spread out, so I got some footy from different corners. Pretty cool to have those.
Next day I gave my boss a ride along, and he enjoyed it a lot, even tho he though I would kill him.
I gave my brother a trip down there for x-mas. Hopefully we will be able to go down there this summer. Cant wait!...
Pic is from the Fuschröhre section, and I was going 127 kmt thu the corner. My Pedders coils was on the hardest setting, but the car has a nice lean here.
Car taxes, both sales and yearly, are many, many times higher than in America. Unfortunately after multiple generations of indocrination Europeans think that the "free" benefits they get are "free". Of course that couldn't be further from the truth given the outrageous taxes. Also keep in mind that Income tax rates start at the level that we have here in the US for rich/upper income earners - let that roll around in your head for a while.
