Craig T.

Anybody been to Nurburgring? I will be in the area in late August (Spa F1) and was wondering if anybody has done one of the rental race car track programs? I don't want to spend $2500 to do 10 laps in a 991. I just want to drive around the thing in something fun.

Any personal experience from Rennlisters?

http://www.rentracecar.com/?page_id=348

TT Surgeon

Be careful, I heard they were setting up a massive camp city for the migrants right in the middle.

Craig T.

I believe that situation will be resolved by Aug 2016. Germany is not likely to sustain any practice long-term that resembles a concentration camp.

ExMB

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I don't think so. Is it in the USA?

Jon Moeller

I just reviewed Sixt's website, and didn't see any 'Ring exclusions, which might mean that they're still fair game. Six years ago, I rented a 318d from them, and ran 5 laps at the 'Ring with it during the Tourist sessions. It was a blast, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone. Realistically, no one will be able to utilize the capabilities of something like a 991 without a ton of laps at the 'Ring. With the 318d, I was able to keep my foot to the floor in a lot of the sections that you'd be coasting on in a faster car. If you're not too risk-averse, I'd say to give this a shot.

-Jon

Craig T.

That's a good point. Maybe I'll rent something a little more sporty for the trip and just use it there. I'm not that risk averse, and have my cup license so I'm used to traffic on the track. What's the worst that can happen. I have to buy a totaled A3 :bang head: I'm renting in Stuttgart, so they'll never suspect Nurgurgring is a destination stop.

shospecialist

I went few years ago. Rented a Alfa Romeo 75 from RSR.... Very interesting experience.

Glyndellis

The last time I was there was in a turbo diesel mini bus on winter tires. Not recommended as a fast way round, but I had 5 people with me. We saw a lot of people in Suzuki Swifts from http://www.rent4ring.de/en/

Try searching on Google for "Ring Rentals"

grrrmonster

My tea search pointed me to not use the regular rent a car vendors (europcar, Avis,sixt). Part of what I found was if you were caught running on the ring in their car you would be forever banned from renting from them- and since I depend on them for business that wasn't an option. I used a company near the ring rentracecar.de and rented a VW scrucci properly setup for track driving (rollbar, race seat, harnesses, proper brake pads, tires) for about 350 euro for the day. They had cars to fit every budget from Clio to Porsches. And insurance for driving the ring.

Treated me well, car was great. The ring is quite challenging- and there are plenty of gt3 pilots who clearly go there every week. Hardest part was staying out of their way. You can get a ride in the BMW ring taxi which I would highly recommend. Need to book a reservation on that weeks or months in advance however.

Cory M

Craig-
Talk to Jim Copp. He's been and even rented a cup car for a couple of laps.

Juha G

Yes, I was just there past weekend with my 993...

CosmosMpower

How much was it to rent the 318D? Going next month debating whether to drive my wife's new 16 M3 on the ring or just rent a cheap hatch. Can you rent a helmet? I don't want to lug my helmet around.

Juha G

You absolutely cannot take a normal rental car to the TF... You will get banned for life (by the rental company).

Cheapest is to rent a Suzuki or similar from RSR, Rent for Ring etc. there are several companies that rent these cars.
You don't need a lot of power to go fast, it is a momentum track. A well setup and well driven Swift will blow off doors of many faster cars with poor setup/tires/Driver.
I think a Swift costs 150-200/Day (you can have it for the entire day) and then pay some fee per lap.

Juha G

I dare to disagree... If you are an experienced driver you'll get familiar with the track really quick. Despite the 180 or so corners (don't remember how many there are), the track is easy in that sense that there are very few blind sections. 95% of the track you will be able to see where you're going so if you are comfortable behind the wheel, you can go very fast from the get go.

But like I wrote in the previous post, you can have a lot of fun even with a low hp car there. It is mostly a momentum track and once you get it flowing you'll be passing a lot of cars with much more hp.
In that sense you get better bang for the buck in a cheaper lower hp car.

Craig T.

Thanks Cory. I found a Pelican thread on Jim's trip. That man live's the life or Riley

Kip W and I are driving right past the Ring on the way from the Porsche Museum to Spa. We'll have the wive's with us, so the stop at the Ring will be fairly short. I just booked 10 laps in the VW Scirocco Cup+. That should be plenty to experience the track. Kip and I will do 5 laps each.

My wife works for a German holding company. One of the managing partners is friends with a senior exec at Porsche HQ. He's going to arrange a private tour. Should be a fun trip.