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Adam_B

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:30

stolen from vx220.org.uk

dodgy bit of maintenance work on an open track = bad times!

http://jalopnik.com/5845899/rented-corvette-and-ring-taxi-crash-at-nurburgring-cause-130k-in-damage

cause, 5mins in, sign just comes out of nowhere! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee0QPWUwmgA&feature=player_embedded

For the last couple of years Ive though I would not bother going back to the Nurburgring, which is a shame as it we had an amazing time the first few times we went out, but it just seems to be getting worse and worse.

[Edited on 03-10-2011 by Adam_B]

Nath

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:32

Ouch!

IvIarkgraham

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:33

road works?

Ben G

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:33

road works on an open ''track''

mwg

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:35

BRIDGETOGANTRY.COM

Looks like carnage. Fancy doing maintenance like that.

Steve

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:38

This kind of thing has always happened its not really worse then before

Nath

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:42

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
This kind of thing has always happened its not really worse then before

Steve defending the Ring non-shocker.

IvIarkgraham

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:42

i'd be pissed off if i was on there whilst road works were going on

its about time the made it a track

adiohead

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:43

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
This kind of thing has always happened its not really worse then before

than

willay

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:44

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
road works on an open ''track''

Yeah open toll road anyway, sometimes repairs can't be done straight away so they will repair it and open it to the public while its still going on. There will be signs showing where the work is being done at the gates and there will be plenty of signs+cones showing where its going on. See it every time we go there.

willay

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:45

When we were there last week watching a track day they fixed armco + cleaned up fluids during the lunch break. They do not fuck about

VrsTurbo

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:46

Police are still investigating, but cite "excessive speed" as the cause.

Graham88

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:46

Shocking. Nurburgring need to pull their finger out because that situation could have easily been avoided simply by someone waving a flag or an earlier roadworks sign.

Adam_B

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:47

quote:
Originally posted by Nath

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
This kind of thing has always happened its not really worse then before

Steve defending the Ring non-shocker.

he didnt even know how far away it was when we first started going, so Steve talking bollocks non-shocker.

willay

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:50

Just seen the video and that is terrible (position of cones/signs)

- But I stand by my comment that usually they are up to scratch on that sort of thing! When I broke down this year before they would tow me off they were asking me if I had clipped a road side worker

Adam_B

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3rd Oct 11 at 12:51

are you still bombing around in that Astra Willay?

3CorsaMeal

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3rd Oct 11 at 13:01

lots of UK plates whenever i see ring pics etc

3CorsaMeal

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3rd Oct 11 at 13:04

seems weird to me that you can be bombing along in a car and come across a motorbike, transit vans and even heard of coaches

fazza

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3rd Oct 11 at 13:06

who the fuck would want to work on a road where people are doing 100+ about a meter from where your standing

fuck that

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3rd Oct 11 at 13:12

there are speed limits at the site of the work for that reason fazza

[Edited on 03-10-2011 by jr]

CorsAsh

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3rd Oct 11 at 13:28

Is that a Ring Taxi against the armco? edit: just seen the link, ouch.

Was talking to Joerg, the guy who runs Ringhaus now, and he was saying there's been loads of smashes recently. Too many people with something to prove.

[Edited on 03-10-2011 by CorsAsh]

FlamingCorsa

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3rd Oct 11 at 13:50

sure the ring is great to go round but seeing these and other stories and crashes, give me a track day over it anyday! betta organised, no busses to watch out for, or road works for that matter! and much cheaper! especially if u crash!

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3rd Oct 11 at 14:21

i just dont get it....

Why on earth do folk travel so far and pay so much to do tracktime with bikes/vans/buses/roadworks

We have world class tracks in the UK with proper rules, and safer conditions.... use them

Steve - not picking on you here, but you are a prime example (i may be wrong). How many UK track days have you done? How many times have you been to the ring? Why not do more UK trackdays with the money you are spending on 'Ring' trips?

All you tend to read about is folk moaning about traffic, accidents and deaths. Some of the videos you see of the general public days look like comedy sketches.

Steve

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3rd Oct 11 at 14:29

I'm not defending it its always been a bit dodgy as Fuck

Steve

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3rd Oct 11 at 14:32

The ring is epic AK you won't get that experience here no matter how much you spend here , how many times you been to the ring

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