It's snowing!!!

mmm-five

mmm-five

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Yes, the Ring is still open - and my car is on SuperSports.

There are not a lot of cars on track (i.e. less than 10 on average vs up to 300 on a summer's day) :driving:

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It was actually more difficult driving it back from the Ring to the hotel after my 10 laps (done 3 days, and got to save some of my 50 laps for the forecasted better weather on Thursday) - and the track was closing anyway.

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Marlon said:
That's a bit rubbish :(
Hope weather improves for you :driving:
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It’s not rubbish, it’s lots of fun. Slow speed, relatively ‘safe’ sideways action...for example, spinning up the rears, in a straight line in 4th at 2000rpm :P
 
Snow... SuperSports... OMG

Was 2 degrees yesterday in Poland, then 20 degrees today... having to drive back Friday so fingers crossed....
 
That looks like a whole world of fun. :D Just in from an open top drive over Dartmoor. Absusute hoot. :driving: :thumbsup:
 
mmm-five said:
Marlon said:
That's a bit rubbish :(
Hope weather improves for you :driving:
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It’s not rubbish, it’s lots of fun. Slow speed, relatively ‘safe’ sideways action...for example, spinning up the rears, in a straight line in 4th at 2000rpm :P
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Cool :thumbsup:
 
Snow has already gone, and it’s back up to 9°c.

Which is lucky as we’re off on a 300km drive around the region today.
 
hopefully not rubbing salt in the wounds, just got back from the ring this weekend and the weather was pretty amazing! :wink:

To make things even more crazy it was touristenfahrten + gp-strecke!

Not gonna lie, i'm a bit of a whimp so decided to only take 1 very safe lap around (just to say i have in my Z4). But paid (Ouch that price!) for a hotlap in the Jag F-Type (He done about a 11.00 - 11.30 lap for that layout!) which was all i needed :P

When did you get back? I saw about 7-8 Z4's over the course of the weekend! :thumbsup:
 
Action Jackson said:
When did you get back? I saw about 7-8 Z4's over the course of the weekend! :thumbsup:
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Got back late Saturday night after 4 days of lappage - admittedly not as many laps as I would have liked (always leave wanting to do more), but the cost is getting a bit much (50 laps = £1000-£1200 depending on what day it is).

Saw a couple of Z4s too - especially liked the stripped out white Z4MC (which was probably at least 300kg lighter than mine - as I had a 110kg passenger with me every lap).

I thought I'd save some lap credits for the weekday/Thursday session to get the most out of my credits - but I didn't realise Thursday was a national holiday and thus eats credits at the weekend premium rate :thumbsdown:

I also think I'll be swapping out the EBC Orangestuff pads, as they're not suitable for my style of driving at the Ring - as there are too many cooling down sections so the pads go from 's**t, there's no brakes' to 'rip your face off' to 's**t, the brakes have gone' over the course of a lap.

If you keep that in mind and touch the brake pedal a bit whilst approaching the end of a long straight, then you'll get some heat into them - or if you're driving at Cadwell, Oulton & the like with shorter gaps between heavy braking sections.

Not suitable for a daily driver!
 
I was amazed at how much it COULD cost for a ton of laps, With the amount of laps you done, you were not far off from saving money by getting a season pass! :P

Was mainly chilling (quite literally saturday! - Freezing cold!) at Eschbach, Brunnchen and Pflanzgarten. I gave a little cheer every time I saw a Z4 go past, If you went past Saturday at any point, you would of got a cheer. :lol:

Sounds like someone needs to sort out a Z4 roadtrip to nurburg for next year *nudge* :poke:
 
Wasn’t on track on Saturday as we arrived late Saturday evening, and left the following Saturday morning.

Every year I consider a Jahreskarte, but I ever think I’ll do enough laps make it worthwhile. One of my mates however has done 500 laps this year, so has spent multiples more on fuel, tyres & break pads than on laps. He only comes off to refuel or replace pads (about 3 sets of the cheapest pads he can find for a Seat Leon Cupra).
 
mmm-five said:
Wasn’t on track on Saturday as we arrived late Saturday evening, and left the following Saturday morning.

Every year I consider a Jahreskarte, but I ever think I’ll do enough laps make it worthwhile. One of my mates however has done 500 laps this year, so has spent multiples more on fuel, tyres & break pads than on laps. He only comes off to refuel or replace pads (about 3 sets of the cheapest pads he can find for a Seat Leon Cupra).
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500 laps?! That's impressive! I didn't even think to consider the cost of tires/brakes/fuel as well! :o
 
Just been sent a link via a 3rd party which captures some of my many laps over the years.

https://www.racetracker.de/event/morePictures/5539890-7d2c852babc4a96314ad676300837c79
 
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