Nurburgring - Taxi

[Fritz]

would you spend $250 USD for one 10 min lap around the track in a BMW M5? (someone else is driving)

http://www.nuerburgring.de/1_nuerburgring/bmw_ring_taxi/index.html?L=1

[Agent Orange]

if i had the money, id take a spin around that track in ANY car, so long as i can drive

[huitzi]

i wonder how that v10 will sound at 7700 rpms. .............

[Fritz]

if i had the money, id take a spin around that track in ANY car, so long as i can drive

*edited* you wouldnt be driving, it's a taxi.

[Agent Orange]

*edited* you wouldnt be driving, it's a taxi.
Oh, then the hell with that :tdown:

[mobbin6]

I think its totally worth it! You can bring a max # of 3 people, so if you split it up, its only about $60 euros a person ($175 euros total) :D Do It! Plus, hans stuck will probably be driving so thats gonna be alot of fun :tup:

[madajb]

The regular toll is just 15 or so Euros($20), why would I spend over 10 times that to ride in someone else's car?

-ajb

[Fritz]

I think its totally worth it! You can bring a max # of 3 people, so if you split it up, its only about $60 euros a person ($175 euros total) :D Do It! Plus, hans stuck will probably be driving so thats gonna be alot of fun :tup:

i wish, but the add says.... "Once in racing speed through the "green Hell"? Enjoy this once in al life time experience as passenger in the actual BMW M5 Ring-Taxi. The costs per person are €185 incl. VAT. "

[madajb]

I think its totally worth it! You can bring a max # of 3 people, so if you split it up, its only about $60 euros a person ($175 euros total) :D Do It! Plus, hans stuck will probably be driving so thats gonna be alot of fun :tup:

It's 185 Euros a person.

-ajb

[Fritz]

The regular toll is just 15 or so Euros($20), why would I spend over 10 times that to ride in someone else's car?

-ajb

ahh.. well, because you haul ass..

video (http://ring-taxi.bmw-motorsport.com/03-AB41EC2261207B40DEDA62AE6E0D7550/ring-taxi/de/home/index.html#)

[mobbin6]

i wish, but the add says.... "Once in racing speed through the "green Hell"? Enjoy this once in al life time experience as passenger in the actual BMW M5 Ring-Taxi. The costs per person are €185 incl. VAT. "

Wow, they raised the prices :confused: It still says $175 Euros on the nurburgring website. In that case, I would say no. Just rent a car and go crazy on the autobahn. Although when your on the autobahn, there is always someone faster ;)

www.nurburgring.de (http://www.nurburgring.de)

[madajb]

ahh.. well, because you haul ass..

video (http://ring-taxi.bmw-motorsport.com/03-AB41EC2261207B40DEDA62AE6E0D7550/ring-taxi/de/home/index.html#)

If they're doing in under 10 minutes, it must be a closed road day.
That makes it more interesting, but not $250 interesting.

-ajb

[Fritz]

thank you, that's the sort of logic i need. i'm going to germany in april, and might go to nurburgring

[madajb]

thank you, that's the sort of logic i need. i'm going to germany in april, and might go to nurburgring

When last I was there, you could get an "all day" pass for pretty cheap (relatively speaking). Hire a car and go nuts for 10 laps.
A lot more fun than just one ride with someone else driving.
Just remember that it is a public road, so you can get fined or worse if you get ultra-crazy.
Also, if you run off the road, they _will_ make you pay for the Armco Barriers you run into. =)

-ajb

[OmFgRoTfLmFaO]

only if its the taxi girl.. she can drive !!

[bugzy]

Sabine Schmitz driving !! hell ya i would

Here's video inside her white M5 E60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rulLramn9RY

Here's video of her driving her E39 M5 white, with the 996 GT3 following
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tm30RvkeXM

You guys dont even know who she is ... damn you people ;)

[bugzy]

check out this video of her driving a Van around nurburgring ;)

http://www.lonmok.com/videos/topgear/Top%20Gear%20-%20Sabine%20Schmitz%20im%20Ford%20Transit.wmv

[Fritz]

.. a bus?

[Agent Orange]

A bus...

[OmFgRoTfLmFaO]

haha

[Agent Orange]

like i said... i would bang her.. and now that i know she can drive a bus id bang her in her bus... lolzz.. bangbus... lolzz.. bang... im so immature..

:tup: :p

[iflyM3]

fuk yeah, it's a Bimmer... and it has a V10... need I say more? hehehe...

[Monster8V]

for 12DM I could take the rental car around. ;)

[Tom (aka Godzilla)]

depends on who's driving.

Hans Stuck? Abso-fucking-lutley.

Johnny Neverhearofya? Pass.

[bugzy]

depends on who's driving.

Hans Stuck? Abso-fucking-lutley.

Johnny Neverhearofya? Pass.
Sabine !! *drools*

[Monster8V]

depends on who's driving.

Hans Stuck? Abso-fucking-lutley.

Johnny Neverhearofya? Pass.

Yah, Stuckie no doubt.

Most anyone else... PAASSS!!!!!!

[Tom (aka Godzilla)]

oh my.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q8ZNkhxT04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC33J-zMR78

[bugzy]

did they keep the X5 AWD? hmmm

[eastinthewest]

would you spend $250 USD for one 10 min lap around the track in a BMW M5? (someone else is driving)

http://www.nuerburgring.de/1_nuerburgring/bmw_ring_taxi/index.html?L=1


no

[Fritz]

... well shit, the poll is split 50/50.. thanks for the comments and advice.. i'm still on the fence though, so i guess i'll wait until i'm actually there to make the decision.. and as it turns out, we might not be going to nurgurgring at all.. instead we may go to eurospeedway lausitz because it's closer to where we'll be.. saxony. i know the DTM is run at lausitz, but the next DTM race isnt until may, a month after i'll be gone.

i'm actually really frustrated by this, because going to germany for me, might be a one time deal. i dont know when, if ever, there will be a next time.. and the one thing that i want to see is the nurburgring, but that idea was basically just 86'd by our host, because it's a long/expensive train ride (supposedly). the real kick in the ass is that i'm meeting my brother, who's getting leave from iraq, who chose germany for who knows why, so i really dont have a say in what happens... it's his show. but on the other hand, i'm already out $1000 and i haven't left the states yet, i want my money's worth damnit.

anything else in germany besides racing that's worth seeing?

[vr6-88]

for 12DM I could take the rental car around. ;)
No not anymore. The big rental companys have a deal with the course operators. The will not let you go on track. There are specialiced rental companys out now who will rent for that purpose but you can imagine how much that cost.

[anitx]

check out this video of her driving a Van around nurburgring ;)

http://www.lonmok.com/videos/topgear/Top%20Gear%20-%20Sabine%20Schmitz%20im%20Ford%20Transit.wmv


Thank you! Sabine Schmidt is my idol, yo. :tup: I was waiting for someone to bring up her in the Transit Van.

I have that video on my phone; I watch it in class when I'm bored. Poor hamster, he was scared.

She's priceless..."Oversteer and understeer and every-zing" & "6 GEEEEEAAARR!"

[LAZY TURBO]

i would rather be driving the car myself, but ya i would rather be doing a lot more things then what i am doing now.