 Drove the Nurburgring last month on tour, In a 997 Carrera S |
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| DonTraver |
 Oct 14 2005, 05:07 PM
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Went on a 11 day Porsche tour to Germany. Put over 2000 km on the 997S, drove laps on the Ring, hot laps in a Carrera GT at the Liepzeg Porsche Factory, saw Dachau, grim, cruised the Autobahn at 270kph(170mph). Some of the guys say they got up to 305kph, I was in too much traffic so only got up to max of 275kph. The company was Autobahn Adventures, Mark and Tina.
Had a great time, came home and promply got sick, so that's why the late post, I was picking up meds when the 6 got hit. I just downloaded my camera from the trip yesterday. I need to edit them for size and will post later. Oh yeah, here's a great link to a video of a lap at the ring, 5 laps cost 50 Euro, but remember, 1 lap is 14 miles, 5 laps, about 70 miles, woohoo. http://www.dgtalpimp.com/m3_gtr_nurburgring.wmv Later, Don |
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| seanery |
Oct 14 2005, 05:20 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,852 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
That video confused the crap out of me until I figured out that they are using the F1 track.
I've seen it before, but that was before I knew my way around the track (Project Gotham II & Forza Motorsports). That is a stellar lap he's showing us! If you want to drive the track, Forza's version on XBOX is about 99% true to what you saw Mr. Stuck doing in his BMW GTR - which you can drive in Forza, too! |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 14 2005, 05:21 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
very cool don!
sean - i thought the same thing. i never went through all the crazy f1 stuff |
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| seanery |
Oct 14 2005, 05:23 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,852 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
oh, and I hate you Don!
j/k...I'm very jealous, that is on my list of things to do before I'm called away from this great place. |
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| olav |
Oct 14 2005, 05:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,107 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Los Gatos, CA. USA Member No.: 34 Region Association: None |
sounds like you had a lot of fun.
That video man all the cars he passed were just toddling along it looked like. I wonder how fast he was going on the last straigh when he passed that GT3. |
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| seanery |
Oct 14 2005, 05:29 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,852 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
When I've driven the M3GTR, on the main straight at the end of the lap, I top out at about 173mph....The long straight on the backside (about 1/2 way through) I can do about 165.
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| Gint |
Oct 14 2005, 09:44 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,075 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Fantastic Don! We need pics!
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| SirAndy |
Oct 15 2005, 12:44 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,644 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
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| TINCAN914 |
Oct 15 2005, 07:17 AM
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Summer's Commin... Group: Members Posts: 2,440 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Colorado Springs, CO. Member No.: 4,611 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Sweet... It looks liike the other cars are just standing still when you drove by... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:11 AM
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I only wish I could drive that good. The driver if I'm reading it right is Hans Stuck.
Here's a pic of me after finishing my laps. There was 3 accidents on my last lap, 2 bikes, and 1 bmw went into the rail. Figured I'd better stop before I wipe out the rental Porsche. The Ring is only open in the evening, so there's a couple places where you have the sun right in your eyes, visors won't help. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:27 AM
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Tires after laps at the Ring, woo hoo
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:29 AM
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Saw my first Cayman S after the laps. This one was all set up, roll bar, 5 points, etc. Sweet, it was at the hotel.
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:30 AM
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Took picture accelerating to 270, after 200 you keep both hands on the wheel. yeehaa.
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:32 AM
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Me getting in the Carrera GT, the driver was soooo cool, drifted the GT around every corner, said he goes thru a set of tires a day, sometimes two set, depends how many rides he gives. He just got picked to drive the Porsche Cup series.
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:33 AM
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Wall decoration at the Ring Hotel, cool.
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:36 AM
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The 917 that won Le Mans, Wow, they also had the GT1, the 959 that won Paris-Dakar, a lot of history making cars at the Liepzig customer center. Have you ever had Porsche chocolate with your coffee, Porsche sugar too. I brought some home too, lol
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:38 AM
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Entrance to the Ring. It's run like a autocross, you have to stop after each lap and use you lap card to get back on for another lap.
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:42 AM
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View from my room at the Ring.
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:54 AM
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And the 997 Carrera S that I put over 2000 km's on. It was sweet with the electronic suspension control, street or track.
Autobahn Adventures are putting on another trip next year in September, I just signed up to go again. |
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| DonTraver |
Oct 15 2005, 09:56 AM
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Forgot the picture, here it is.
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