Nurburgring May 2006

Vertigo · 17 Dec 2005 at 10:22

The cost obviously depends on the exact format and how fuel efficient your car is. Our last trip was 5 days, two of them on the 'ring, and I spent around 600 quid.

Budget £100 for the crossing, £60-70 per night for food and lodgings, £40 for 5 laps of the ring, £15 for a session of karting. Fuel-wise, it's a 1000 mile round trip, so work it out for your car.

With regards to the crossing, it's around £100 for the tunnel and £50 for a ferry. The extra £50 is money well spent IMO, as the tunnel is so much easier. Considering this extra will be less than a tenth of the overall trip cost, it's hardly a big deal.

Vertigo · 17 Dec 2005 at 10:23

Gilly said:
Its a lot of money for not a lot of distance though :/

Not in the same league as the 'ring itself though, that's about 60p a mile

Gilly · 17 Dec 2005 at 10:24

Thats £50 better spent on beer :/

Vertigo1 said:
Not in the same league as the 'ring itself though, that's about 60p a mile

Yeah but thats the reason we're going on the trip

TomO · 17 Dec 2005 at 11:18

what happened to a trip in march time? :confused:

not that i am keen to go back or anything....

drexel - an idea of costs for an non oil burner; i had a full tank in the morning and i had to put more in at about 3 o'clock. i was averaging about 100-120 miles to a tank on the 'ring (70 litre tank), i think i did 10 or 11 laps that day

cruel_kindness · 17 Dec 2005 at 11:19

Count me in as a maybe-er, will have to see how much money i have round that time

Big Spender · 17 Dec 2005 at 11:30

a maybe from me, hopefully should get my car in febuary/march-ish, and im up in scotland so its a long trip to the tunnel (looks like ill have to invest in a good sat nav to get me there

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Pants · 17 Dec 2005 at 11:34

A maybe from me (and brother). We have been wanting to go down and it will be easier in a group.

rG-tom · 17 Dec 2005 at 11:41

Vertigo1 said:
The cost obviously depends on the exact format and how fuel efficient your car is. Our last trip was 5 days, two of them on the 'ring, and I spent around 600 quid.

Budget £100 for the crossing, £60-70 per night for food and lodgings, £40 for 5 laps of the ring, £15 for a session of karting. Fuel-wise, it's a 1000 mile round trip, so work it out for your car.

With regards to the crossing, it's around £100 for the tunnel and £50 for a ferry. The extra £50 is money well spent IMO, as the tunnel is so much easier. Considering this extra will be less than a tenth of the overall trip cost, it's hardly a big deal.

iirc it was £35 for the ferry, and dave just quoted £140 for the tunnel...thats nearly £100!! indeed, money better spent on beer, food, and petrol

Tom.

Gilly · 17 Dec 2005 at 11:56

rG-tom said:
iirc it was £35 for the ferry, and dave just quoted £140 for the tunnel...thats nearly £100!!

Hahahaha

Nice

Vertigo · 17 Dec 2005 at 12:57

TomO said:
drexel - an idea of costs for an non oil burner; i had a full tank in the morning and i had to put more in at about 3 o'clock. i was averaging about 100-120 miles to a tank on the 'ring (70 litre tank), i think i did 10 or 11 laps that day

The M5 versus the Rex should be interesting, both on the 'ring itself and the way over

Vertigo · 17 Dec 2005 at 12:59

rG-tom said:
iirc it was £35 for the ferry, and dave just quoted £140 for the tunnel...thats nearly £100!! indeed, money better spent on beer, food, and petrol

Bloomin' 'eck, didn't realise it was that much. Must have missed the £140 post, was more like £110 when we went but I spose that was the off-season.

£35 return ferry!? That's impressive. The cheapest I've ever seen is around £25 each way.

TomO · 17 Dec 2005 at 13:21

Vertigo1 said:
The M5 versus the Rex should be interesting, both on the 'ring itself and the way over

probably take the 200 over next time, which should be a fair match, i would hope to have it running about 310bhp and 1100kgs.

if not M5 always an option

damn - just thought of the limiter cutting in at 160 GPS

TC_Overclocker · 17 Dec 2005 at 13:21

I'd be up for this... what dates we talking about because I'm turning 21 on the 30th of May

James_N · 17 Dec 2005 at 15:31

me and a few mates from work are planning a trip for around about this time. We were waiting for the 06 calender though to see the opening hours and when the best time to go would be....so id possibly be there anyway depending on dates.

Vertigo · 17 Dec 2005 at 16:04

One thing, if we're going in May I think we should definitely book accomodation beforehand this time. It sounds like Dave and Andy were lucky last summer, as when we went back at the end of October the hotel didn't have room for four of us and we ended up in the B&B across the road (which was still excellent). If we end up with quite a few going (wishful thinking maybe) then we could have problems just turning up.

austinpowers · 17 Dec 2005 at 16:08

Let's go camping this time

Ah wait.... Maybe not such a good idea

Mic · 17 Dec 2005 at 16:14

Vertigo1 said:
The M5 versus the Rex should be interesting, both on the 'ring itself and the way over

Im sure they are both perfectly capable at legal speed limits!

I'd go but to be honest, taking a stock focus around the ring would be painful to watch.
However if I ever do get around to buying a CRX track car.
Ill join ye!
Unlikely though.

Vertigo · 17 Dec 2005 at 16:15

austinpowers said:
Let's go camping this time
Ah wait.... Maybe not such a good idea

No chance, I'm an old fart and I need my creature comforts!

DreXeL · 17 Dec 2005 at 16:16

Vertigo1 said:
The M5 versus the Rex should be interesting, both on the 'ring itself and the way over

Absolutely :cool:

I honestly think I would have to budget about £1k for the whole thing though

Vertigo · 17 Dec 2005 at 16:16

-Mic- said:
Im sure they are both perfectly capable at legal speed limits!

A decent chunk of the route over there has no speed limits

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