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Originally posted by Paul_J
Question is, do CS people actually go and have meals and relax in the town, or do they scurry off back to their mansion house early to get plenty of sleep like boring old men.

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Originally posted by Paul_J
Question is, do CS people actually go and have meals and relax in the town, or do they scurry off back to their mansion house early to get plenty of sleep like boring old men.

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Originally posted by Paul_J
the nurburgring is not just about being on track. That's maybe 1/5th of the experience.

I personally find full track days in the UK expensive and boring. You get up early in the morning, drive up to the track, sign on etc, go out on track open pitlane and by lunchtime you've pretty much had enough of that track and want to go home... You then drive home knackered at the end of the day and have to replace the tyres / brakes you destroyed during the day.

In comparison to the Nurburgring, which is like a holiday... no it's just 'an experience' ... The whole area is a beautiful mecca for car lovers. Whether you're sitting in a restaurant or taking a walk around the area, everyone has a passion for cars / motorsport.

Then when you do go out on track at nurburgring it's a genuinely heart in your mouth experience. Unlike a track day where if you make a mistake on a lap you just get a bad laptime and try again, at the nurburgring you have to wait AGES to get another lap and if you get it really wrong you end up having an accident. The track, e.g. the layout etc is just great fun too... loads of sweeping fast bends requiring balls to keep on the throttle. Also finally it's not that heavy on tyres / brakes, e.g. compared to a track day so you don't need to replace a set of tyres after a few laps!

Ultimately, until you go - you can't really comment on it. However, I used to love the atmosphere in the evenings eating at the restaurants or having a drink in the bars in the warm continental summer almost more than going around the track. There was always someone with a story to be heard.

To be fair, I haven't been back for a few years - and partially this is down to the fact it got ultra busy / mainstream - plus the people I were going with seemed to do less of the going out for meals / few drinks in evenings (and instead more of an early to bed for an early start on track attitude... )

I can imagine you actually liking it AK, well that's assuming you actually mixed with locals and went out and didn't just think it was a one off, drive to the track, do a lap, go home affair like a track day.

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