I was in Europe the past two weeks and got to make my 3rd trip to the Nürburgring... awesome as ever! Did 4 laps myself over two days and on the 4th the engine went into preservation mode!
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Mine on the left and a factory GT3RS (not mine) on the right.
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Had a picnic lunch at the Karussel corner while there was an Audi driving school which included a race spec Audi R8 and a race spec Scirocco
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Also visited Manthey Racing which is located just outside the track in the new business park. Fantastic shop.
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Carl, Great minds think alike - I took 14 people from Delaware on a tour to Germany which culminated in 2 of my british buddies taking the members round the track in a GT3RS (new that week) and R8 v10 - fantastic place but quite busy when we were there. Plus a visit to Manthey - some amazing cars in there
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2006 Cayenne S SOLD
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2011 Cayenne S TOTALLED (T-Boned but kept us safe)
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Still looking for 1st Edition Carrera RS book #358.
Life is way too short to drive boring cars.
Found this picture of the construction of the track last night. Looks like Pflantzgarten.
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Carl excellent shots and I'm sure the on track experience was excilerating
to say the least,I must say after a few too many Top Gear Nurburgring
episodes lately I've been trying to determine the logistics for getting one of
my own vehicles or a factory rental for a real taste!
Oh and that R10 Audi is awsome but i doubt thats a Scirocco...maybe a
mid-engine race-spec Peugeuot perhaps...neat very neat! Bert
It is a Scirocco- the new one not sold here in the US. I think that particular one was powered by CNG (compressed natural gas) for the 24 race. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Scirocco
Those Audi R8 GT3 cars are fast, but seem not to last long enough to beat the Porsches consistently. I would like to see them racing in the ALMS GT class with Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Corvette, Jaguar, Ford GT.
1971 911S, 2.7RS spec MFI engine, suspension mods, lightened
Early 911S Registry Member #425
Max,Originally Posted by Flieger
Here's a Scirocco of the natural gas variety at Manthey Racing from my trip. They did not like cameras there... no pictures inside except for reception.
Still sounded like a racecar.
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Doesn't have quite the "wow factor" of the GT3R Hybrid's flywheel/flux capacitor, but still cool when you do not have to buy foreign oil (well, the USA has Natural Gas but Europe gets a lot of "Erdgas" from Russia) and emit less CO2 in the process.
1971 911S, 2.7RS spec MFI engine, suspension mods, lightened
Early 911S Registry Member #425
It looks like an R20. I thought Scirocco's were more svelte ...
Karl: E911SR #792 ; RG #420 ; GS #7
'72T Coupe - Sepia Brown
It was running during the Audi driving school and the VW logo is on the hood. Definitely a Scirocco.
You think you're tearing around and then you see/hear a real racecar go by.
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