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[bazzio]

finally put the lap on youtube,http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vx220+nurburgring&search_type=&aq=f

[Mike (Cliffie)]

8:43 BTG with passenger at beginning of July. Last time I will ever go there having found out how much trouble you can get into when the German's see it as a public road and therefore insurance is mandatory and my insurance company see it as a race track and don't cover me. Glad I didn't hit anything; writing of a GT3 and injuring the driver would have ruined me.

[bazzio]

This might work,

[bazzio]

8:43 BTG with passenger at beginning of July.

Last time I will ever go there having found out how much trouble you can get into when the German's see it as a public road and therefore insurance is mandatory and my insurance company see it as a race track and don't cover me. Glad I didn't hit anything; writing of a GT3 and injuring the driver would have ruined me.

Thats the risk you take,....

[trackpig]

I know some people think its not a good idea to time your laps @ the ring but i do and was wondering what times you chaps have done?? my pb is 8.59 btg and ill be putting it on youtube in the next week or so..

do you think you will be able to go quicker next time, bazzio?
I reckon you are fairly maxed out now- you have reached the peak of your ability.

take care

[slindborg]

my only timed one out of 10 laps was able to be done with a sundial I had a laugh so it didnt matter

[denno]

I know some people think its not a good idea to time your laps @ the ring but i do and was wondering what times you chaps have done?? my pb is 8.59 btg and ill be putting it on youtube in the next week or so..

do you think you will be able to go quicker next time, bazzio?
I reckon you are fairly maxed out now- you have reached the peak of your ability.

take care

Strange first post

[southpaw]

I know some people think its not a good idea to time your laps @ the ring but i do and was wondering what times you chaps have done?? my pb is 8.59 btg and ill be putting it on youtube in the next week or so..

do you think you will be able to go quicker next time, bazzio?
I reckon you are fairly maxed out now- you have reached the peak of your ability.

take care

Strange first post

taken 9 months too

[m@thew]

http://www.youtube.c...re=channel_page

My friend did a 8:00 lap while we were there in May this year.

This is in a standard BMW Z3M

[bazzio]

I know some people think its not a good idea to time your laps @ the ring but i do and was wondering what times you chaps have done?? my pb is 8.59 btg and ill be putting it on youtube in the next week or so..

do you think you will be able to go quicker next time, bazzio?
I reckon you are fairly maxed out now- you have reached the peak of your ability.

take care

Strange first post

taken 9 months too

he's a strange type of lad, the phrase is known as a bullheed!!
also ill be looking to take off 10secs next year on r888's, so yes 'trackpig' i will be a bit quicker.....be safe!!

[danger7]

I was at the ring very recently and taking lap times to a local and a veteran of the ring he laughed about it, if you are not in a car insured in Germany then you are really taking big risks, ok if you are driving at 7/10's but it becomes seriously expensive at the ring if things go horribly wrong as Cliffie states in a previous post. Having hit the armco at Spa last year and paid 560 euro for priviledge I can relate to what Cliffie has said, be careful and all these tenths of seconds you save, what are you going to do with them? Cheers Ian

[trackpig]

I know some people think its not a good idea to time your laps @ the ring but i do and was wondering what times you chaps have done?? my pb is 8.59 btg and ill be putting it on youtube in the next week or so..

do you think you will be able to go quicker next time, bazzio?
I reckon you are fairly maxed out now- you have reached the peak of your ability.

take care

Strange first post

taken 9 months too

he's a strange type of lad, the phrase is known as a bullheed!!
also ill be looking to take off 10secs next year on r888's, so yes 'trackpig' i will be a bit quicker.....be safe!!

Its taken 9 months as I am a little shy!

Bazzio- r888 and 10secs off? See you there big lad.

As you were

[Crabash]

I was at the ring very recently and taking lap times to a local and a veteran of the ring he laughed about it, if you are not in a car insured in Germany then you are really taking big risks, ok if you are driving at 7/10's but it becomes seriously expensive at the ring if things go horribly wrong as Cliffie states in a previous post.

Having hit the armco at Spa last year and paid 560 euro for priviledge I can relate to what Cliffie has said, be careful and all these tenths of seconds you save, what are you going to do with them?

Cheers
Ian

Agreed, I actually didn't go any faster than last year during this years fun, however I did achive similar laps times without pushing at all, I decided the fun is in getting corners right not the lap times, wasn't flatout on any of the straights and well within the limits on the corners, just being smoother and knowing the track a little better made me much faster with less risk.

[danger7]

it takes over 200 laps to know the ring, phew that's expensive!

[bazzio]

I know some people think its not a good idea to time your laps @ the ring but i do and was wondering what times you chaps have done?? my pb is 8.59 btg and ill be putting it on youtube in the next week or so..

do you think you will be able to go quicker next time, bazzio?
I reckon you are fairly maxed out now- you have reached the peak of your ability.

take care

Strange first post

taken 9 months too

he's a strange type of lad, the phrase is known as a bullheed!!
also ill be looking to take off 10secs next year on r888's, so yes 'trackpig' i will be a bit quicker.....be safe!!

Its taken 9 months as I am a little shy!

Bazzio- r888 and 10secs off? See you there big lad.

As you were

so what will you be going in next year? mnr or m3??

[Duncan VXR]

Sooo many threads and pm's to read lol - but I am back Well it was at the beginning of my trip so not been stupid and did a 8min 12 BTG but did manage a 156mph speedo reading (154mph gps) not sure I will go that much quicker as it felt proper quick and not willing to drive some of the corners flat out even though the car can. Oh and not pushing that late braking too much lol Would love to see what the car could do in the right hands, maybe no me in the passenger seat though DG

[SteveA]

Well it was at the beginning of my trip so not been stupid and did a 8min 12 BTG

Man that's fast! I can manage 7min 25 BTG on Grand Turismo and thats without the impending fear of death and no traffic at all. You got any video footage?, would like to see what lines you take through the Pflanzgarten complex.

How many laps have you done to get that time?

Edited by SteveA, 12 August 2009 - 01:08 PM.

[Duncan VXR]

My friend may have some following in his track tweaked CSL but never got any myself my mount does not work in the vx (big suction mount) and they are funny about recording now. Fear if I was recording it would bring out the crazy in me lol, bad enough knowing my passenger was timing If I go back in September I will make sure I get some and maybe push on a bit more as I will not have another 3K to drive around Europe after lol I kind of know the track quite well (as well as 120 laps shows you lol) so it may not be the best lines for everyone in all cars but use a lot more of the track on the blind corners which really helps to keep the speed up. Vx seems to like a few different lines than in the CSL and always feels like it wants to hurt me when I take the pee so 4 wheel drifts to the min! Started with the CSL training guide t the ring for lines and just tweaked from there to suit my own style / lower level of skill DG

[bazzio]

Sooo many threads and pm's to read lol - but I am back

Well it was at the beginning of my trip so not been stupid and did a 8min 12 BTG but did manage a 156mph speedo reading (154mph gps) not sure I will go that much quicker as it felt proper quick and not willing to drive some of the corners flat out even though the car can. Oh and not pushing that late braking too much lol

Would love to see what the car could do in the right hands, maybe no me in the passenger seat though

DG

cracking lap that is!! well done!. what tyres you runnig ?

[Duncan VXR]

R888's / Nitron suspension