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zarnd
01-07-2008, 08:41 PM
Well, a couple of weekends ago, we ventured off to the Nurburgring once again. My girlfriend came with me, she is from Czech, and i was also to meet her parents for the first time at the Nurburgring as it is about half way for them. So, with her only driving the car one time before, we stopped in Belgium and she took over!

i was nervous

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She was enjoying herself

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100mph on her first go!

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I got back behind the wheel, you couldn't tell that i was not at all nervous as to what had just happened!

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A lot of pollution on the way down

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When we got there, we got to see the VLN race, here are some pics from a different vantage point to normal

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This car was so fast, it was unable to be photographed!

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Nice track toy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/zarnd/P1010844.jpg

Some of Jochen's pics. I convinced my girlfriends Mum and Dad to ome for a ride, and also Mikem came for a pax lap too!

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It was a small group of is, only 7, and the Pistenklause entertained us both nights and a fantastic time was had by all!

On the way back rom Germany, we stopped in Deauville in Normandy for a few days of relaxation

Leaving the 'Ring we drove on the B410 - absolutely fantastic!

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Approaching Deauville

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Once we were there, my girlfriend is devastated that we had left the 'Ring and is virtually unconsolable

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as we had to spend three days lying on this beach

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Overall, we did 1269 miles, and the car faired fantastically! Overall consumption is below, 1.

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Roll on September!

cheers
M3-AQ
01-07-2008, 08:45 PM
excellent write up and pictures!! Your m5 looks the business!!
mystic sport
01-07-2008, 08:59 PM
Mate, that has made me so jealous. Just told Kerry we need to get the sprogs looked after so she can come to the ring and take the M3 round herself. I told her I would then take her out for a lap and see if I could make her scream :D .

Duuuuuddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that ain't nervousness, that is you getting a .......................................... :p .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/zarnd/P1010827.jpg
sonny
01-07-2008, 09:16 PM
nice write up, says avg speed 57.1...now is that correct :D
Moe
01-07-2008, 09:24 PM
Glad you had a good time roads look amazing
mikem
01-07-2008, 09:46 PM
Nice write up, here`s a pic of your other half going topless. :p
Black Sabbath
01-07-2008, 09:58 PM
Glad to see you both had a good time :) .Nice piccies :cool:
peppernick
01-07-2008, 10:04 PM
Duuuuuddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that ain't nervousness, that is you getting a .......................................... :p .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/zarnd/P1010827.jpg
Bwahahahahahahahaha ............. :D


It was a fantastic weekend. Weather was perfect. Some really good pics there Alex :cool:

September is going to be fun :)


Looks like both of us need to get ourselves some of those 'Bilstein Specials'; mine is a bit saggy ...... :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/peppernick/T8J_3201small.jpg

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Amuro
02-07-2008, 01:44 AM
How come you two got some pictures like this and i get nothing from Froznspeed? I am so upset now that i have to go again sep..:D :D
Looking forward to meet you guys up again.
peppernick
02-07-2008, 01:48 AM
Send Jochen an email before your next trip and ask him to look out for your car ;)
Amuro
02-07-2008, 01:50 AM
Send Jochen an email before your next trip and ask him to look out for your car ;)
OK Nick. Will do this time. Thanks for the tips..:)
mnathan
02-07-2008, 07:37 AM
Good write up and stunning pictures!! :D Very sporting (and lovely ) GF! How did your lap times compare to mikes?
zarnd
02-07-2008, 07:52 AM
Good write up and stunning pictures!! :D Very sporting (and lovely ) GF! How did your lap times compare to mikes?

difficult to say. Mikes car definately pulls away very very well and has a lot more torque. I would definately say that Mikes car is the faster car, but when we were going round we didn't get a clear lap so there was always stuff there.

At the end of the day, we are both as nuts as eachother on there!

cheers
Doc Matt
02-07-2008, 05:19 PM
Awesome pics, weather looked lovely. I would have come to this one you know. Mandy had gone away with the girls and I had booked that weekend to go. Stayed in on my tod and no way was I coming as a passenger.

By September I should have had my insurance payout and fingers crossed bought another car, it won't be an M5 this time, but it'll still be german, and very fast ;)
zarnd
02-07-2008, 05:55 PM
thanks Matt. Looking forward to seeing what you get, any clues? or have you not decided yet?

cheers
SpeedTrap
02-07-2008, 09:42 PM
Send Jochen an email before your next trip and ask him to look out for your car ;)

Can you pls send me a PM with his email?:) Will be worthwhile when I take my car there with a few extra bits in place:) J
peppernick
02-07-2008, 11:24 PM
Jerome, Jochen's email frozenspeed@gmail.com



thanks Matt. Looking forward to seeing what you get, any clues? or have you not decided yet?

Got to be a 911 ;)
zarnd
03-07-2008, 08:37 AM
nearer the time, i will contact Jochen, let him know the dates we are all going etc...Then, if he is going to be there on that date we will do what we did in April where people who thought that they would be interested in photos PM'ed me the make, model and reg number of their car which i forwarded onto Jochen, and everyone then got some photos!

cheers
autotrader
03-07-2008, 09:16 AM
out of interest how much does each photo cost? rip off or ok?
zarnd
03-07-2008, 09:27 AM
depends how many you buy etc...and whether they are sent to you via post as prints, on a cd, or emailed to you etc...

cheers
SYE
03-07-2008, 05:04 PM
nice pic's alex.
mystic sport
03-07-2008, 08:53 PM
nearer the time, i will contact Jochen, let him know the dates we are all going etc...Then, if he is going to be there on that date we will do what we did in April where people who thought that they would be interested in photos PM'ed me the make, model and reg number of their car which i forwarded onto Jochen, and everyone then got some photos!

cheers

I need to email him as well Alex as he sees he is willing to put a frozenspeed sticker on my car - wonder if that means a discount :p . Also picking up a yearbook ;) .
zarnd
03-07-2008, 09:17 PM
i got my yearbook, and sticker this time around,

does ook good on the back of the car!
mikem
03-07-2008, 09:53 PM
If a few people are prepared to spend 40-60 euros each. You`d be better off hiring him for the day. You can then get rolling pics from another car and you can try different parts of the track (maybe try drifting a little if you know where he is and its quiet). That pic Mystic got coming down the hil would look awesome as a group shot. ;)
mystic sport
04-07-2008, 07:09 AM
That is an awesome idea Mike. I will email jochen through northloop and see what he has to say ;) .
zarnd
04-07-2008, 08:11 AM
If a few people are prepared to spend 40-60 euros each. You`d be better off hiring him for the day. You can then get rolling pics from another car and you can try different parts of the track (maybe try drifting a little if you know where he is and its quiet). That pic Mystic got coming down the hil would look awesome as a group shot. ;)

100% yes from me, would be great!
Amuro
04-07-2008, 09:16 PM
100% yes from me, would be great!
I am in too Alex..:)
zarnd
07-07-2008, 11:06 AM
I have sent Jochen an email to see hwat he says, will post back when i get a reply!

cheers