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Thinking cheap derv and VX220 Turbo myself 
Cheers Adam 
You going back again anytime soon Paul 
Only £14k, Astra GSi running costs and massiver performance 
[Edited on 16-07-2008 by Adam_B]
Hush or I will make something up about a certain waitress at PistonKlaus and tell Lisa 
don't tell anyone but i joined in too
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Paul_J
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Paul i know i was quiet for once but too miss me out of your story
And blind? 
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RS6
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looks quality matey looked like you enjoyed it
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Darkside-Dee
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my eyes are hurting me cos i didnt blink once whilst reading that lol.
looks mint! think im going there with my bro some day, when i get my c20let in my corsa and my bro gets his VTS conversion done, and turbo'd.
if i dont get a c20let i think i will go on a bike, ive got my CBT all i need is my full license and im going there on a bike! hyabusa turbo
=] i really wanna go! lol
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by Darkside-Dee]
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Jamie
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Quality read 
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Adam-D
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how much ££ did you use?
all in. i need a rough idea for when i go
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J8YJJ
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Looks like you had a good time
Out of interest how much does it cost roughly to go to the ring maybe thinking of doing it next year
jamie
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Paul_J
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Well...
Ferry return per car = £42.
So me and my passenger split this
Then 270 miles from ferry to ring. So 1 tank of fuel getting there, 1 back.
8 lap ticket = £93
Fuel while out there whatever...
Hotel for 3 nights = £80 ish
Meal / Food / Beer = £50-£100
If you have a good passenger who splits cost of fuel even better.
So say
£20 ferry each
£25 petrol each getting there
£93 lap ticket myself
£25 petrol each while out there
£80 hotel
£80 food / drink (we got drunk)
£25 petrol getting back
£340 ish minimum ... probably more like £500 with sharing with a passenger
or more without...
if you do lots of laps obviously it gets more expensive.
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Graham88
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That's nothing when you look at what you get to do and how much fun it must be, I'd love to do it :-)
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Paul_J
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exactly... you could do it so cheap.
Or so expensive depending on how many laps you do or armco you replace.
Especially if you're not too far from dover, it's definately worth doing.
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JM_16v
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Originally posted by Paul_J
Hotel for 3 nights = £80 ish
cheap its like that one night here
think im going next year
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gavin18787
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Yer was going to say three nights acomadation for £80 is a steal
Really want to do this. Would like to take the corsa but I am not sure if I trust it 100% but next year I should have something newer to take 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Novaneil
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Awesome Paul! Great write up and 9mins 14 with a dicky engine! Fantastic We've not out there till late sept this year  These writeups so get you in the mood for going again!!!
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Butler
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Originally posted by Paul_J
Especially if you're not too far from dover, it's definately worth doing.
This doesnt apply if you drive an unreliable 8v!
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Graham88
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I'd love to do it on my bike but could see myself pushing it too hard and forgetting I still have a long way to get home!
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by Graham88]
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Paul_J
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Originally posted by Graham88
I'd love to do it on my bike but could see myself pushing it too hard and forgetting I still have a long way to get home!
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by Graham88]
Note the guy I wrote about is a biker who's been around thousands of times... infact I noticed he's on the top gear 'jag nurburgring' episode clarkson talks to him near the start.
If he still comes off (due to fluids on the track) - then it shows you what risk you have on a bike.
Most of the closures were due to bikers going down, including 1 closure for about 2 hours on the sunday where 4 bikers were killed in 1 incident.
I personally would never go there on a bike. Car = an extra level of safety.
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Adam_B
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No one died this weekend Paul.
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Adam_B
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[quote name='Craig!' date='Jul 17 2008, 17:59 ' post='756293']
May I just add that were was no fatal accidents at all this weekend gone, there was a bad accident on the Sunday afternoon which lead to a 2 hour closure, and then at 19:15 there was another bad spate of crashes involving 5 bikes in 3 different sections of the track.
One known as Bren (northloop.co.uk) is serious, but will recover its in ICU at the moment, but from whats been posted he was in surgery today having his hip rebuilt / replaced.
Just clears the air a bit, we also heard about the biker death but it was the usual 'ring-whispers' that get out of hand, one small off goes to 15 down, 2 dead and 11 injured.
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Paul_J
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yeh sounds about right
bloody ring wispers
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pow
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Paul, do you want a passenger next time you go out
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CorsAsh
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I'm so horny for the Ring now.
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pow
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Ash, horny for the ring? Pow thinks that you need to see Fraser Young tbh.
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CorsAsh
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Dr. Young prescribed me some little blue pills, V-Power and a weekend up north.
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