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Postby LiamMcShane » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:57 am

I was watching a repeat of the Top Gear where the bird tried to bet round the ring in a transit and it stirred up my interest again, and I was wondering, when are we planning to 'do the ring' :?:

I suggest April or Sept/Oct to avoid the season but still hopefully have decent weather. Any other suggestions?
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Postby simontaylor » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:47 pm

April sounds good for an Alpine trip !
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Postby David Gentleman » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:00 pm

M25 or A406? :?:
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Postby simontaylor » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:30 pm

M25 is the daily "Ring" :evil: :evil: :evil: so absolutely NO interest in that!
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Postby darrenbiggs » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:11 pm

simontaylor wrote:M25 is the daily "Ring" :evil: :evil: :evil: so absolutely NO interest in that!


Yep and with all the traffic you're lucky if you achieve an 8 hour lap rather than an 8 min. :cry:
I'm just here for the gasoline.
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Postby simontaylor » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:13 pm

Just home, 55 miles around the M25 in 2 h 45, that is a 20mph average. 2nd time this week.
How come drivers manage to crash at that speed.
Oh actually it was only a coach on fire and a broken down lorry on the M3 today.

I hear that "In the days before cameras", it was possible to do the M25 ring in under 1 hr without getting into trouble.
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Postby andyh877 » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:57 pm

If this place is good enough for the Veyron and the Enzo..... could we get some Alpines round it :?:

looks like a very nice circuit indeed 8)

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Postby Alpineandy » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:18 am

andyh877 wrote:If this place is good enough for the Veyron and the Enzo..... could we get some Alpines round it :?:
looks like a very nice circuit indeed 8)


And a visit to the shlumpf collection in mulhouse (well worth a day of any petrol heads life).

The weather at the ring in april can be very iffy..
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Postby simonsays74 » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:08 am

i think Alpine August might be a runner. a date is to be trashed out over the next fex weeks over a lot of the black stuff at d-mots new house (warming party) ha ha ha (sorry mucker!) or maybe Amber! :lol:
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Postby simontaylor » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:29 am

This could help shorten the decision process, to allow for a longer celibartionary toast!
http://julesperry.com/ring-2006.htm

19-21 looks good, hopefully less weekend tourists on-track, but who knows how many holiday makers will be there.

Has anyone been to the Ring last year?
AlpineAndy, any feedback from the pistonheads site about it's popularity in August?
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Postby simontaylor » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:43 am

Liam, are you this quick yet, I'll follow you if you are?

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Postby simontaylor » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:17 pm

Is this the one I need?
And I guess I'll have to practice against the kids just so I can get access to a PS2.
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Postby LiamMcShane » Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:36 am

Depends on which of my 3-400 cars I take out for a lap! :lol:

The GTA isn't available on GT4 :cry:
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Postby Alpineandy » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:01 pm

simontaylor wrote:Alpineandy, any feedback from the pistonheads site about it's popularity in August?


I've asked the question about when.
Keep an eye on it for the next few weeks :
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... 4&f=18&h=0
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Postby Alpineandy » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:23 pm

If you've looked at the pistonheads thread you'll have seen that their suggestion is a weekday after easter.
Anyone know the long term weather forecast?
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