WoooooHoooooo Ring Trip [Archive]

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 09:23 AM

glendog74

25-08-2010, 10:22 AM

Have fun fella!

NZ_M3

25-08-2010, 10:26 AM

Have fun Paul ... and photos please :thumbs:

mole

25-08-2010, 10:53 AM

Enjoy Paul :thumbs:

Bounce

25-08-2010, 12:06 PM

Have a good time mate.:thumbs:

DuncanR

25-08-2010, 02:37 PM

Have fun Paul ... and watch out for that little brow coming out of Breidscheid mate ... can be tricky ! ;)

shimmy

25-08-2010, 03:51 PM

Have fun Paul ... and watch out for that little brow coming out of Breidscheid mate ... can be tricky ! ;)

:smokin:

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 04:07 PM

Justin

25-08-2010, 04:11 PM

Leave for Ze Fatherland tomorrow with my old boy and a couple of mates :smokin:

Really looking forward to it although my brother was meant to be with us as well but he is currently stuck in Africa fighting to get his passport back from the Visa folks :moan::moan::moan:

Anyone else going to be there over the next 5/6 days?

I'll be around all weekend, come and say hi if you see me. Weather's not looking great, but always manage to get some dry running in amongst the showers.

mattCSLnut

25-08-2010, 04:13 PM

Cheers guys :thumbs:

Duncan, I shall be watching out for everything what with me being a Ring Virgin :gayfight: :hahaha:

Going to try and get a sighting lap or two in on Fri evening in the hope it will be a little less busy than the Sat & Sun will be.

Have a good one Paul and keep it shiny side up ;) :hahaha:
Friday pm should be quietest part of the weekend :thumbs:

Enjoy :thumbs: and look out for the Ring Bug :whistle:

Justin

25-08-2010, 04:14 PM

Cheers guys :thumbs:

Duncan, I shall be watching out for everything what with me being a Ring Virgin :gayfight: :hahaha:

Going to try and get a sighting lap or two in on Fri evening in the hope it will be a little less busy than the Sat & Sun will be.

This your first visit? Give me a shout on Friday evening and I'll take you for a few pax laps so you can get a feel for it;)

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 04:26 PM

Have a good one Paul and keep it shiny side up ;) :hahaha:
Friday pm should be quietest part of the weekend :thumbs:

Enjoy :thumbs: and look out for the Ring Bug :whistle:

Thats what i was thinking Craig, Friday night just to get out there and get some miles in.
The Bug is apparently quite a nasty one i have heard and some say it will take over your life like marrige does :bigcry: so i'll be keeping an eye out for it.

This your first visit? Give me a shout on Friday evening and I'll take you for a few pax laps so you can get a feel for it;)

Justin that would be brilliant if you could do that :thumbs:
Yes it's my 1st visit so anything to assist is greatly appreciated :beer:

Cheers,

DazBlackCSL

25-08-2010, 04:31 PM

Have fun mate, be careful and def take Justin up on his offer, going round with someone that has knowledge of the place is a sensible idea first time round ;)

mattCSLnut

25-08-2010, 04:31 PM

Thats what i was thinking Craig, Friday night just to get out there and get some miles in.
The Bug is apparently quite a nasty one i have heard and some say it will take over your life like marrige does :bigcry: so i'll be keeping an eye out for it.

Cheers,
Yes "The Bug" if highly contageous :whistle: Enjoy :beer:
BTW... who's Craig ??? :whistle:

mattCSLnut

25-08-2010, 04:34 PM

Have fun mate, be careful and def take Justin up on his offer, going round with someone that has knowledge of the place is a sensible idea first time round ;)
Yep... agree with that sentiment :smt045 Justin knows that place and seems a safe pair of hands :thumbs:

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 04:54 PM

Yes "The Bug" if highly contageous :whistle: Enjoy :beer:
BTW... who's Craig ??? :whistle:

:bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: Craig is my mate who phoned while i was typing :hahaha: :hahaha: Sorry bud.

Will take Justin up on his offer for sure :smokin:

mattCSLnut

25-08-2010, 05:15 PM

:bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: Craig is my mate who phoned while i was typing :hahaha: :hahaha: Sorry bud.

Will take Justin up on his offer for sure :smokin:

No worries mate ;) Have a really good one :thumbs:

Steve Gill

25-08-2010, 06:24 PM

Leave for Ze Fatherland tomorrow with my old boy and a couple of mates :smokin:

Really looking forward to it although my brother was meant to be with us as well but he is currently stuck in Africa fighting to get his passport back from the Visa folks :moan::moan::moan:

Anyone else going to be there over the next 5/6 days?
I'll be there on Saturday morning with my e46 CSL in the RCN 2.5 hour race :-D

DazBlackCSL

25-08-2010, 06:36 PM

I'll be there on Saturday morning with my e46 CSL in the RCN 2.5 hour race :-D
:smt055 :smokin:

Good luck steve, who you doing that with Tom's team ?

Silver Bullet

25-08-2010, 08:04 PM

Leave for Ze Fatherland tomorrow with my old boy and a couple of mates :smokin:

Really looking forward to it although my brother was meant to be with us as well but he is currently stuck in Africa fighting to get his passport back from the Visa folks :moan::moan::moan:

Anyone else going to be there over the next 5/6 days?

Im heading over friday morning with my other half and nipper in my CSL mate

Gonna shoot to Spa for the F1 sat & Sunday but will be on track friday afternoon so will say hi:thumbs:

Yanto

25-08-2010, 09:59 PM

Enjoy dude...

Am off to France for a long weekend, so will be looking out for rozzers in the rear view rather than numpties :hahaha:

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 10:43 PM

I'll be there on Saturday morning with my e46 CSL in the RCN 2.5 hour race :-D

:thumbs:will keep a look out.

Im heading over friday morning with my other half and nipper in my CSL mate

Gonna shoot to Spa for the F1 sat & Sunday but will be on track friday afternoon so will say hi:thumbs:

Perfect you cant miss me, baldy scottish and a cossie plate on a CSL :bigcry:

Silver Bullet

25-08-2010, 11:05 PM

Speaking of which i just remembered you said to post up me cossie pic!;)
24 Years young!!

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 11:17 PM

^^^^^Stunning^^^^^ :smokin: :smokin: :smokin:

They just look so good in standard form although i do spy 500 grills on there.

Sold mine a couple of weeks ago :sad:

Silver Bullet

25-08-2010, 11:22 PM

^^^^^Stunning^^^^^ :smokin: :smokin: :smokin:

They just look so good in standard form although i do spy 500 grills on there.

Sold mine a couple of weeks ago :sad:
Lol! yeah your right, but i have spankin new lights in the loft & the grills are original..................As you do!!

Sorry to hear you sold up matey, cant bring myself to to it:smokin:

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 11:32 PM

It was more a case of a guy who has been pushing me to sell for a few years now caught me on the right day.
Its going to go into concourse along side his Saff once he has finished it.
Deal was done on a 1st refusal to buy back option though :hahaha:

1st time i've been without a cossie for 14yrs.

Silver Bullet

25-08-2010, 11:40 PM

rstoughy

25-08-2010, 11:47 PM

Fairplay mate, may see you friday, i'l be wearing Ap's, dark glasses and a pink carnation!:hahaha:

hahaha no worries hopefully see you there. :thumbs:

Dan

26-08-2010, 09:41 AM

Have a good one Paul, take it steady and come back with plenty of pics mate! ;) :thumbs: :thumbs:

Dan

26-08-2010, 09:41 AM

Speaking of which i just remembered you said to post up me cossie pic!;)
24 Years young!!

That's stunning Alex, pleased to hear you still own it, beautiful car! :smokin:

rstoughy

01-09-2010, 12:22 AM

Well set foot back in the house at 15:30 today after a belter of a weekend.
Had sunshine, wind and rain but really enjoyed it.

Met loads of top people throughout the 2 1/2 days i spent at the circuit and ended the weekend with a pax lap round with an Italian in a matt black GT3 RS. Really nice guy and soooo down to earth.

Never broke any lap records but being my 1st time there I played on the side of caution and just took in as much of the circuit as i could.

Inc some pax laps i managed aroun 12 in total which was not too bad considering the track was a wash out almost all of Sat afternoon and i had cups on :bigcry: :hahaha:

Works out at just a couple of clicks under 1400 miles round trip and 4 days travel so im knackered.

Matt,
BTW that bug you spoke about....... it bit me ;)

shimmy

01-09-2010, 12:47 AM

glad you had a ball and made it back safely Matt

by all accounts you need to let those experience laps tot up before you start taking liberties (but what would i know:whistle:)

sailorbaz

01-09-2010, 02:16 AM

Welcome safely back mate, it's some craic isn't it? How did you travel home, ferry to Rosyth? How did you find it? Ideally, if I was still living in Scotland that's what I would like to do, Rosyth to Zeebrugge, good overnight crossing, decent meal, drinks and a kip then only a couple of hours to the Ring. I envy the guys that live down south for having that luxury of only being an hour from the Chunnel and the Ferries.

Now I'm even FURTHER away being in NI, TWO ferries now. As if I'm not sick of boats enough. Look forward to some nice photos.

That photo of the Cossie brings back some good memories. My Dad has a Black one on a C' plate then had to have the RS500 when it come out. I suppose that's where I get that bad habit from, having a normal M3 then just have to have a CSL after it.

rstoughy

01-09-2010, 09:03 AM

Baz,
Sailed from and back to Hull but will go from Rosyth next time for sure. Cost £220 for fuel within the UK so will work out a bit better on the wallet.

The overnight sailing was just perfect and TBH the food in the galley was pretty good as well :whistle:

Johnnywb

01-09-2010, 09:06 AM

Glad you enjoyed it! I've got some photos from my trip on my desk as a little reminder, desperate to get back out there!

DazBlackCSL

01-09-2010, 09:11 AM

Glad you enjoyed it! I've got some photos from my trip on my desk as a little reminder, desperate to get back out there!

October :whistle: ;)

glendog74

01-09-2010, 09:18 AM

I envy the guys that live down south for having that luxury of only being an hour from the Chunnel and the Ferries.

I live down south and it's still 7 hour journey to the train! :bigcry:

I envy the guys who live in Germany! One day... :whistle:

glendog74

01-09-2010, 09:19 AM

October :whistle: ;)

Woo Hoo - less than a month now! :thumbs:

DazBlackCSL

01-09-2010, 10:09 AM

Woo Hoo - less than a month now! :thumbs:

I know, hope we have a little cheeky indian weather weekend, come round quick this one :smt055

rstoughy

01-09-2010, 11:44 AM

Hmmm October :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

Ohh how i'd love to come back over with you guys but just a tad too soon me thinks :bigcry:

Next year for sure though ;)

azrael

01-09-2010, 01:12 PM

If its first week of October I'll be there

DazBlackCSL

01-09-2010, 01:44 PM

If its first week of October I'll be there
;) :thumbs:

Yup Oct 1st were heading out, think on the half ten chunnel :smokin:

EdinburghCSL

03-09-2010, 11:55 PM

Hi all

I am heading out to the ring from Edinburgh via Newcastle/Amsterdam to do Sat/Sunday at the ring and then two days at Spa. Travelling with a bunch of guys from Scotland and my virgin trip to the ring and Spa.

Having read hundreds of posts it would be good to meet up with any of you going along and I would welcome a passenger ride and or a passenger showing me the ropes at either circuit.

I am on my second SG CSL having really missed my first one.

Please come and say hello if you are out there. I will be the cautious SG on track and easily spotted as I have my own set of wheels ( wheelchair!)

Kind regards

Jonathan

shimmy

04-09-2010, 12:05 AM

Hi all

I am on my second SG CSL having really missed my first one.

Please come and say hello if you are out there. I will be the cautious SG on track and easily spotted as I have my own set of wheels ( wheelchair!)

Jonathan

Jonathan

Bunch of us at the ring and spa so say hi and just jump in.

glendog74

04-09-2010, 01:40 AM

Having read hundreds of posts it would be good to meet up with any of you going along and I would welcome a passenger ride and or a passenger showing me the ropes at either circuit.

Johnathan, i would be more than happy to take you out for a few laps and show you the lines, braking points, etc. I'm sure the others in our group will too.

Rob :thumbs:

shimmy

04-09-2010, 02:07 AM

Tbh after reading hundreds of our posts I am slightly surprised you want to meet any of us and even more surprised you want to get in our cars ;)

On your head be it :)

AlexGTT

04-09-2010, 04:24 PM

Tbh after reading hundreds of our posts I am slightly surprised you want to meet any of us and even more surprised you want to get in our cars ;)

On your head be it :)

:smokin:

DazBlackCSL

04-09-2010, 07:32 PM

Tbh after reading hundreds of our posts I am slightly surprised you want to meet any of us and even more surprised you want to get in our cars ;)

On your head be it :)

Lol lol !! :hahaha:

Were not all that much trouble !

EdinburghCSL

04-09-2010, 07:44 PM

Excellent guys. I look forward to meeting up.

J

whopwop

05-09-2010, 11:00 AM

My car is out there getting an engine rebuild by Black Falcon racing, should be ready for end of sept, any idea of the opening times for the October trip ?

Pip1968

06-09-2010, 10:54 AM

Try this: http://www.bridgetogantry.com/2/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=month.calendar&Itemid=300058

I am not sure how accurate it is because I was once caught out when the German Auto club had booked the ring at the last minute over a public session so I got there to find the ring was only open for the evening.

I am travelling over on Thursday the 30th and then back to Blighty on the 4th so hope to see and meet all.

Pip