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R1CH

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17th Jan 08 at 17:45

It goes down left down the hill into this section http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHL6PzNtm48 where a civic decides to crash!

Paul_J

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17th Jan 08 at 17:48

pmsl i love these! so many people crash due to lift off oversteer / dabbing the brakes mid bend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IqmeuX7ffo&NR=1

idiots.

Dave-Creations

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17th Jan 08 at 17:50

all those laps of the 'ring on gran turismo finally paid off

i wanna drive it for real, love it so freekin much

R1CH

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17th Jan 08 at 17:50

That Civic video shows how steep the kerbs are on the track as well. !

Steve X16XE

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17th Jan 08 at 17:56

Right

Cheers guys.

I was wanting to know what my chances will be up against a Type R civic (old ish one) and a clio sport.

By then my Corsa should have 140bhp and weigh about 750kgs. But due to the increased final drive, i'll be hitting the raised revlimit at 120 or something like that. But i should be able to get to that figure very quickly.

Steve X16XE

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17th Jan 08 at 18:00

quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
pmsl i love these! so many people crash due to lift off oversteer / dabbing the brakes mid bend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IqmeuX7ffo&NR=1

idiots.

that was a pussy tap. If your going to do it, then make it a good one.

R1CH

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17th Jan 08 at 18:01

There is such a wide range of cars on the ring I would worry about your speeds, I remember corning at 120mph ish and have E30 bmw's go around me on the corner!

Steve X16XE

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17th Jan 08 at 18:05

WoW. I bet that was interesting seeing that.

James_DT

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17th Jan 08 at 18:10

Remember to consider the new rules with modified cars. All modifications need to be TUV approved.

R1CH

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17th Jan 08 at 18:16

quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
Remember to consider the new rules with modified cars. All modifications need to be TUV approved.

Dont think there is that much to worry about

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/tuv/index.html

Paul_J

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17th Jan 08 at 19:53

As Rich said, the nurburgring is less about having a quick car and being a good driver / knowing the track...

Even a slow car would be passing loads of other cars if driven properly.

SportBoy

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17th Jan 08 at 19:59

even a tranny van
also if your worreid about the trip down being boring .. no interior or stereo etc get an ipod or somthing

[Edited on 17-01-2008 by SportyBoy]

ClaireF

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17th Jan 08 at 21:21

i went last febraury but we neva got to go on the ring, bad weather all shut down hehehehe

Gsi_Ire

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17th Jan 08 at 22:15

i read somewhere the have introduced a 95Db noise limit too??

WU-TANG- DAN

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17th Jan 08 at 22:16

it would be a hell of an adventure gettin there!

Ian

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17th Jan 08 at 22:27

That CRX almost kept that. Just unlucky he appeared to still be steering in to things when he slowed enough to get some proper grip back.

There's an even funnier one with an E36 BMW who gets about 15 yards in and steps it out. Bad to laugh but to drive that far and crash on the first bend is something you would probably need to laugh about yourself.

RS6

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18th Jan 08 at 00:14

i would love to go deffo take the corsa!

Doug

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18th Jan 08 at 00:19

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
That CRX almost kept that. Just unlucky he appeared to still be steering in to things when he slowed enough to get some proper grip back.

There's an even funnier one with an E36 BMW who gets about 15 yards in and steps it out. Bad to laugh but to drive that far and crash on the first bend is something you would probably need to laugh about yourself.

Ahhhhh yes the 7 second ring hero.

I actually know him

And it was an E30 not E36

Steve X16XE

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18th Jan 08 at 00:30

I remember seeing that. If i did that then i would never drive again

adam54

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18th Jan 08 at 15:33

steve i have been viewing a few of the crash videos on youtube and have decided im not going.....lol, only kiddin but i think al take my first lap rather steady, and im deffo sorting the ibiza's brakes out, and a couple of other things before august!

R1CH

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18th Jan 08 at 17:35

quote:
Originally posted by adam54
i think al take my first lap rather steady,

Thats what i said!!

Then a MGF went past me -> flat out after that until I cooked my brakes!

Doug

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18th Jan 08 at 17:44

Can I recommend one of these:

make your passenger worth having and not just extra weight. They can keep a look out behind you for any porsches comming up behind you at 170mph and warn you so you can keep out of the way.

Very handy as you will find yourself constantly looking in the wing mirrors and rear view mirrors as there is alot of fast traffic!

Adam_B

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18th Jan 08 at 17:47

quote:
Originally posted by Dave-Creations
all those laps of the 'ring on gran turismo finally paid off i wanna drive it for real, love it so freekin much

its totally different, you will shit your pants

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18th Jan 08 at 18:00

i dont get it.....

people go all this way to drive a mega tricky track.... when they prob havent even got the hang of driving a simple track at speeds...

doh

Adam_B

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18th Jan 08 at 18:22

its still enjoyable tho even without going at 100% maximum attack

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