Ahh, I'm still unpacking and sorting things out, but it was a great trip.
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On Friday, Si Cook and I were driving up from Lucern and the plan was to arrive at Nurburg at 5pm and do a few laps with everyone else, but some Blokes on their Bikes who normally cycle around France
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had wandered into the part of Germany we were driving through
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- roads were closed, and with a couple of big accidents on Motorways we only made it Koblenz at 9pm.
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Saturday morning we got a early start from Koblenz to head to the Ring for opening time at 8am
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- but it was quite foggy en-route, and even though we arrived just after 9am at Breidsheid the circuit was closed due to fog.
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That gave us enough time for a coffee and to buy some Nurburgring stickers for the cars.
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When it did open, it turned into a warm sunny day which was unexpectedly quiet on the track, given the Truck Grand Prix that was happening at the main Grand Prix circuit.
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I spent most of Saturday getting to grips with the Roadster on the circuit
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- you can tell its much lighter than the Mk2 Turbo as it feels much more responsive to steering and throttle inputs.
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I spent the day doing a few sighting and pace laps, even getting a couple of laps in where I didn't see anyone else out on the circuit.
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By 6pm most people had left, leaving us to carry on.
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I did 8 laps through the day on Saturday
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Saturday night back at Koblenz we heard the open air Anastasia concert that was going on next door, and headed out to a recommended Italian for food, wine and beer, getting back rather late
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Sunday morning the weather looked good, but the day before had taken its toll on a few people and they opted for a lie-in rather than getting to the circuit for 8am.
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Sunday was a lot busier at the circuit, and I used the remainder of my 12 laps up, plus another couple from Dom, making a total of 14 laps for me this time.
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The last two laps I did at the circuit were really good
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- I was deliberatly making really smooth my steering and throttle inputs, and the Roadster did some really nice laps.
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I didn't time them and unfortunatly didn't get any footage of the laps as the camera's battery came off just as I was joining the circuit.
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I've only got half a lap's worth of footage of me joining the circuit just after lunch.
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A nice surprise was to meet Michael with his Yellow Roadster from the German MR2 forums who had a very nicely kitted and modified Roadster:
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and I took him for a drive in my Turbo'd roadster.
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We also got some pics of all the MR2s that were there on Sunday:
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I've got more pictures and video clips which I'll post up later this evening
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- but all in all, a really good trip
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- Si Cook in his RX7, DoM in his Integra, Lauren and Mark in their Mk1 NA, and Myself and StewartE with Roadsters
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, plus Alex who was along to blag rides in anything and everything
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If anyone is tempted, I know of a trip that is being planned in September, but I'm not certain that I'll be able to make that one myself- if you're interested in joining that one, drop me a PM and I'll put you in touch with Roger H who is organising that trip
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Cheers!