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Old 04-30-2010, 01:04 PM   #1
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In the Nurburgring car park

I found these pics on my camara from last summer(2009) just as I was getting ready for my lap!




















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Old 04-30-2010, 01:11 PM   #2
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HA! The red car #123 (3rd from the bottom) is an "Opel Manta" which was the "poor man's Corvette" in Germany.
That was my first car (mine was white and got a whupping 60 hp out of 1.2L displacement - and probably 40+ mpg)

Oh sweet memories of yonder

On second thought, now I am driving the "poor man's Porsche"
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Old 04-30-2010, 01:17 PM   #3
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HA! The red car #123 (3rd from the bottom) is an "Opel Manta" which was the "poor man's Corvette" in Germany.
That was my first car (mine was white and got a whupping 60 hp out of 1.2L displacement - and probably 40+ mpg)

Oh sweet memories of yonder

On second thought, now I am driving the "poor man's Porsche"
Well spotted Chris,
The guy in the Manta had driven it to the ring on slicks and with something that sounded a bit meaner then a 1.2
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I'm jealous! I'd love to go to the ring!
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What is the orange car????
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Old 05-01-2010, 06:26 AM   #6
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What is the orange car????
http://me110.de/

It's a kit car, based on a first generation VW Scirocco
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Live Webcam refreshed every minute of cars waiting to enter the ring:

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/webcams.html
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http://me110.de/

It's a kit car, based on a first generation VW Scirocco
Well done Chris! I thought that might have fooled you guys for a bit longer!
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Live Webcam refreshed every minute of cars waiting to enter the ring:

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/webcams.html
My wife text our son back in the UK while we were waiting to go onto the track to see if he could see us, and there we are behind the fast & furious 350z.



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Old 08-28-2010, 11:56 AM   #10
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More stuff that I saw in the Nurburgring carpark this year! (2010)


This Weismann was amazing and sounded like a Stuka dive bomber!

















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This Weismann was amazing and sounded like a Stuka dive bomber!
















Yellowbird, cool.
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Old 08-30-2010, 05:41 AM   #12
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Oh yes I made a B line for the Yellowbird


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