Can i ask the way most people go?
Is the best E40 or E42? Any bodyelse going 26th march?
Ta
Noz

 

are u travelling from uk m8

 

I'll be there with a bike, Elise and Impreza.

I tend to use E40 past Brugge, around Brussels and onto the E42 for Vervires / Malmedy. I know others may use a slighty different route, but this works well for me.

Thanks

Sonu

 

Have a look on ben lovejoys site mate ...... If i remember rightly there are pictures of the directions on there.

Sonu ...... you went the same way as me, no idea if its the best way though

 

Ive looked on there a lot, its just that last september i went and followed Tavia and he went the E42 route, this time im leading and im bricking it
The sat nav on the beemer is ok, dont know if i trust it yet and what town to type in as Adenau/nurburg are not on the disc!

 

Im sure you will be fine mate .....when are ya going? I will be there for easter and again early may

 

Next weekend 26th-29th march

 

Type in Mayen and follow the signs for the Nürburgring from there (25 minutes away.) If the sat nav does'nt have Mayen on it, put it in the bin!

 

Accumulative Mileage reset the odo Place

0 Calais, Out of Calais over the bridges on A16
3.2 Turn off for fuel. Down to roundabout 3rd exit see station on right. Back onto Al6 towards Dunkerque.
5.3 Left hand lane for Lille
5.6 Stay in left hand lane to E60/A16 Lille
25.7 Turn off right for A25 Lille
69.5 Follow all directions A25
71 Right hand lanes towards Valenciennes
72 Stay in right hand lane to Liege E42
80 Cross the Belgium border. Look for signs towards Mons
86 Right hand lane for Liege
110 Services
126.7 Right hand lane for Liege E42
190 middle lane E42 Prum
200 Final fuel stop
207 Right hand lane E42, keep right head for SPA
245 German border
256.5 Single carriageway
255 Dual carriageway
256 Turn off for Prum.
270 Gerolstein on 410
271 Across two roundabouts. Straight through a set of traffic lights. Over bridge. Through two more sets of lights.
274 First Nurburgring signpost
279 Right at roundabout in Dries followed by immediate left turn, sign to nurburgring behind you on the wall.
286 Kelberg. Left at lights signposted 8Km to ring on 257
289 Turn right at roundabout in Mullenbach.
200m turn left at T-junction
291 Turn right, go under GP bridges
292 Turn left to Nurburg
295 After Nurburg, at roundabout turn right into car park of the ring. Turn round and head back into Nurburg, find the nearest Bar!! LOL

 

Thanks Jon.

Yes karl, it does have Mayen so ill put that in. There is a added pressure to get 4 cars there and i dont want too f**k up as ive only been there once myself.
Are you Sir Karl on Ringers?

 

No, Sir B@stard

 

Thought so, you there this weekend?

 

I live there deary

 

Mind the snow

Seriously tho Noz, take it easy

 

NOz

I will be disembarking from the train at calais @ 1100 French time..........

 

Yes there was snow!
Great trip though, very safe and nice and quiet, ish.

 

Sorry I missed you, blown gearbox after 5 laps on Saturday, went home to feel sorry for myself, still do actually

 

I've been 3 times now and found this way to be the quickest:
E40 from Calais, around Brussells ring road (try to avoid the rush hour), pick up the E31 (A61 in Germany) and then down E29 (A1) you'll see signs to the 'ring from there. Have fun.

 

I am sure John won't mind me editing out the no-longer-existent roundabout to avoid confusion.

DJ

 

thanks DJ

 

john

am i better off filling up in france/belgium than in uk (say in dover before getting on the ferry)

reason i ask, is the fuel in france/belgium the same quality as optimax here (have an sti5 umapped, running optimax & NF) and can i take it its cheaper. if the fuel is optimax quality, what particular station/pump do i use (france/belgium)

IIRC its super bleifrei in germany isnt it
chris

 

Super bleifrei - 95 octane

Super Plus - 98 octane

SHELL offers "V-Power" with 100 Octane

 

Cheers Ralf

Its been a while since i was in germany, guess ill be fillin up with v-power then (probably sneeking 100l or so back too ). How much is it per ltr then ?

what's the score with france & belgium then, will i make to germany from calais on a full tank (not booting it BTW)

 

The ring is about 295 miles, so its close on a tank if doing the speed limit, most would fill up brussels area.

 

sounds good to me

back to my first question, which pump and any particular station (brand, ie like shell, BP in the UK) in france/belgium do i use

chris

 

Any thing Superplus.

 

Is there a shell station with v-power anywhere near the ring?
If so, where?

James

Hmmm looks like the nearest is:

Shell Select Station
ROSSBERG 91
53505 ALTENAHR

Thats 17miles from the ring......

 

There's a petrol station (it's not a shell) just oustside the ring that serves 98. You occasionally see formula race cars idle down the road to fill up - they have an arrangement with the the filth to drive from the ring to this petrol station! You can buy your tickets there and there heaps of model cars - if that's your thing?

 

V-power rocks.

My car is mapped on SUL + OB with the occasional second green on full load.
none on V-power

 

James,

I took a drive up to Altenahr at the weekend just to see where it really is etc. and it's a good half hour each way. Besides the time, you'd use up a reasonable amount of fuel just getting there and back so I don't think it's worth it.

On the fuel quality question, when running my standard 02 STi in the UK on Optimax, DeltaDash reports the Advance Multiplier as a maximum 16. When running on EU 98RON fuel, this drops to 14/15 so I would say that Optimax is better than the general EU 98RON. Therefore, I'd add octane booster to the general 98RON fuel on the mainland if running a Scoob or Jap Turbo car. Obviously, V-Power would be but the nearest supply to the Ring is just too far....

Matt