Grundy Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Been a little while since I've created a thread. For those that don't know Eleanor, she's Tarmac's special girl, of all the 100's of girls in the brothel, this is Tarmac's go to girl, Special little prostitute Anyway, earlier this month me and mouthwash (plus a few outsiders) went over to Germany. ,,,,what a place! Incredible over there! The roads are perfect, the food is fantastic and motorway drivers know how to drive! Basically the complete opposite to the UK!. So, early in the morning we arrive at Dover - Thats the 5 cars that went. Then onto the train, For anyone worried about the narrow paths, just book your self into the Vans/Large vehicle carriges, so much better and no additional cost. Was a tight squeeze getting onto the carriage, then was a bit iffy going down the train. For less hassle, just go on the larger carriages as I found out on the way back, as the french said I was too low and wanted me on the other carriage So we arrive in Calais, off to our first destination...Spa. At first I was all excited about this road trip, then I soon realised it was all just motorway driving Wasn't the most exciting roads. After several hours of driving we arrived at Spa, wow what a place! We were even lucky enough to arrive on what seemed to be some sort of public track day. The photo's really don't do the track any justice, that road is fudging steep! Where we parked up for Spa After about an hour, we set back off on our trip to The Nurburgring. Autobahn was okay, different to what I expected, in my head it was just a long straight road But turns out it's just like any motorway, has it's bend, inclines etc. Hit 155mph, then the car felt a little unsafe, might be due to the various areo on the car I then thought I'd give it another sprint, until I noticed my bonnet flexing Pulled over, thinking it was just loose on the latch, but it wasn't. We raised the cacth a few mm after spraying and fitting the front bumper to not mark it, so looks like there was some airflow going through there. Lowered it down which seemed to help. But will be ordering some bonnet catches for piece of mind. So we then arrived at our hotel - Hotel De Nordschliefe, place was awesome! Friendly staff, clean hotel, good breakfast! Oh and this view.... Waking up to the sound of engines and cars racing round track was awesome! This is what you could see through my camera (as opposed to my phone) Was awesome! Took a trip down to a local village, again, great food, good prices! Took a walk from our hotel up to the track to get the camera setup for motion pictures. Got really luck with this shot... The views are just incredible! That's our hotel just down there on the right.. All lined up at the start of the Nordschliefe On our travels we found a wild Bulletmagnet! Again the scenery if just amazing! Me and Mark (Bulletmagnet) went a bit rogue and climbed over a half demolished fence to get real close to the action... Seemed to be a BMW experience day going on. 3 Amigos 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 So, onto the laps... They were good, again, it was different to what I was expecting. It's a hard track! Anyone who says it isn't can go fudge themselves. Respect the track or lose your car. On UK tracks, I love cornering, and I brake late, corner hard.... was the complete opposite here So many blind corners, narrow exits, inclines etc. A few corners too which catch you out, you think you can put the power down as you're coming out, yet the corner still carrys on Had a couple of issues on track, which may be a result of something I'll explain at the end of the thread - but basically it felt like abs/tc kicking in on inclined corners...when it should. I.e. a corner at 30mph, nothing should slip yet the system wanted to jerk the car about. Thank you to Mark for the images! As low as it might look...it didn't scrub or scrape on track, was perfect Although I bottled the carousel due to the ride height I didn't bother timing my self as I wasn't expecting anything special, I'd need a good 10 laps before I could even start to remember this track Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut luckily enough, something else was available too.... The GP circuit! OMG! What a track, loved every minute of it! For the price of a lap, you could get 15 minutes on the GP circuit. Was such a fast paced track with some great corners! Although was a bit trickier with bikes on the track too, it was like a normal track day in the UK. You'd queue up and send you out in bulk etc. The first time was better than the first due to less bike, but the second time we had about 20 bikes out there. Was insane. They just didn't care for track rules, they'd over/undertake where ever they could. But I just kept to my own space and just had open track, was awesome! Bulletmagenet had the honors of being a passenger, so he can give you a true opinion on my driving Mouthwash has some footage, nothing special though so will see about uploading. Waiting to be let on the GP She got a little hot. Another shot from track Then obviously, we had to do this And my favorite shot of the week.. Then sadly it was home time. But this time I got my own carriage And a much wider one too - And obviously my Nurburg Sticker, so it's offical Would I go back? 100% yes! Was amazing, loved every second of it. Just wasn't enough time to do everything you wanted to do though. Definitely going back next year 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StevoD Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Looks like you had a fun pal Even if you do did book on a date i couldn't go even tho you said it would be in may Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Although was a bit trickier with bikes on the track too, it was like a normal track day in the UK. You'd queue up and send you out in bulk etc. The first time was better than the first due to less bike, but the second time we had about 20 bikes out there. Did i type this for you or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Cracking write up fella, looks like you had an amazing time With regards to the ABS/TCS issue, did you have TCS on at the time? Were you doing any braking when this happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Although was a bit trickier with bikes on the track too, it was like a normal track day in the UK. You'd queue up and send you out in bulk etc. The first time was better than the first due to less bike, but the second time we had about 20 bikes out there. Did i type this for you or something? oops I've done a Stevo #teamtarmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Sally (my car!) thought she was Tarmac's go to girl :cry: :cry: You haven't included the write up of all the porches you saw, never seen someone so excited to see a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Sally (my car!) thought she was Tarmac's go to girl :cry: :cry: You haven't included the write up of all the porches you saw, never seen someone so excited to see a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building :p Wut? Also I don't like Porches, GT3 or GTFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice ring pics Looks like a brilliant trip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveyboy11 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice write up, I really need to get myself to Spa it looks incredible! Done the ring 4 times now so want to get to Spa next! Also your zed looks epic, really like what you've done with it mate! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Looks like a great break away, bet you loved it. Interesting write up and your car looks fabulous in those photos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Fantastic pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Looks like you had a lot of fun Matt. Cars looking pretty mean too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogman Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Quality mate, looks top notch! Definitely inspired me! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoundDog Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice write up Matt and great pictures. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodyboarder81 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Great little read and looks like you had a great time with great weather ..... Also love the tyre stickers/ decals...... Are you sponsored by Tarmac? ( genuine question) Edited June 22, 2015 by Bodyboarder81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Awesome Matt, looks like a great trip was had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedutch Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Looks like you had a great time and some great pics, guess your photography skills have improved somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwanprice12 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Great read and crackiing pictures! Would enjoy doing this one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 So glad you guys had such a great time and am really jealous for about 4 days! Lol Great pics too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thanks for sharing and some quality pics there. Useful info on the tunnel train carriages too to help save the wheels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker11 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Nice write up and pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Sally (my car!) thought she was Tarmac's go to girl :cry: :cry: You haven't included the write up of all the porches you saw, never seen someone so excited to see a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building :p Wut? Also I don't like Porches, GT3 or GTFO. You messaged when you were there saying you saw some awesome porches. You meant Porsches, I was making an (apparently not!) funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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