The response to this video in the first 24hrs has been overwhelming positive, thank you all so much 🫶 Few questions I have been asked which I didn't include in the video, stupidly... 1. What was the name of the hotel? Residenz Kirchberg in Adenau. Cracking spot and I will definitely go back. All self-service, but it's all you need. 2. Why didn't Misha take you out? We just couldn't get together in time. The weather was poor Friday/Saturday and the track closures were unfortunate on the Sunday when we had good weather. Plus, he had a few more interesting cars he will have wanted to take out before mine. Watch this if you don't believe me... th-cam.com/video/5ilquKJVXR8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Vj1TkUOcmj6pwVu8 3. Where did you go for food? Pinocchio's in Adenau for pizza & Restaurant Pistenklaus in Nurburg for steak. Both are really well priced. 4. Ferry or tunnel? I prefer the ferry. I would go a day earlier and get there Thursday evening next time. Especially since I had to leave at 2pm Sunday to head back to the port. If the car was a bit comfier and had working A/C then I wouldn't mind doing the extra few hours each way for the tunnel, but they both cost roughly the same when you take fuel into consideration. Let me know if you'd like to see us do this again for Le Mans or the NY500 and we'll get it arranged 👌
Nice video! Tip for you - Pinnochios and Pistenklause are not the greatest restaurants, believe me there are places you can eat at that are leagues ahead in quality.
@@PJGrant85 Ferry - £620 Food and drink on ferry (both ways) £200 Fuel - £215 Laps - £32 per lap Hotel - £320 Food and drink - £200 I think that's everything...
One of the best videos I've watched in years. I tend to feel the need to watch longer videos in a faster playback speed, but not this one. The people, humor, content and so on was all spot on. Keep up the fantastic work 👍
Great video! As a RIng local, watching experiences like yours from time to time makes you appreciate the opportunity to just go on track on a random afternoon even more. That being said: If you get the chance, come by during weekdays next time. Even though the track is only open for 2-2,5 hours, you still get way more out of it IMO. Way less traffic, less carnage, more enjoyment :)
I was the one in the badly crashed M4. (yes really) I can attest, we came out with nothing .I still don't quite understand what happened as I took the corner easier than I had before, but that doesn't really change anything. It was strange, the car hit the barrier and just flew up into the air... Had that not happened it would've been front end damage but a tow and some work and be done with it. Nobody that saw the video can really explain how the car started flying so easily, it really barely hit the barrier and just went up. You live & you learn. An M4 is very strong car, highly recommend it. Thanks for asking if we were okay and hope your next weekend is better! :)
Hope you’re alright man!! I had a question about crashing on the ring, do you literally have to pay for every single thing (barrier damage, recovery truck, track closure, etc), or do you just pay your deductible from your insurance? It scares me how much it might cost to crash there 😅
That was a really enjoyable video, thank you. I did three similar trips to the Ring with friends many years ago but the big increase in crowds and queues has put me off returning. Instead i can live the best bits watching videos like yours. Well done.
As someone who owns an i30N FL: these things are INCREDIBLY fun to drive. Have never experienced an FWD car before you can drift through a corner. And the DCT is incredible as well.
A pleasure to watch! Post covid trips to the ring for my gang have all been like the one you experienced, sadly. There are just so many cars everywhere resulting in long queus to the track, and with the cars getting faster and faster, and people sending them like never before, a LOT of yellow and red flags. The rest hasn't changed at all though - and I still love coming there, but will be aiming for less popular times of the year to visit in the future, even though the chance of the weather being wetter is much greater. P.S. Thanks for the outro song, going straight in the "driving music" playlist :)
Love this. I took my 1st trip there end of June when my boy had finished his GCSEs. Very similar experience, wet and twitchy, dry and awesome. Made it there and back unscathed in an RX8. Need to go again because I drove so slow compared to those Ring taxis. Thanks for the video and memories
Great video, really enjoyed that. Not often I watch all the way through but did with this one - nothing quite like a road trip with friends in some nice cars. Did a similar trip a while back in my Motech M140i with two reprobate buddies in their Golf R's and your video made me reminisce a lot.
Hello gentlemen. It's me with the 'm3' who can't drift 🤣 it's a 340i Luckily just a small mishap with my wheel coming off later in the video no crash or barriers damaged!!
Hey how's it going! 😆 Looked a weird one when we saw your car going past us at the grandstand. Front quarter bent up over rather than caved in like you see with some kind of impact. Can tell it's not an M3 now I've paused my footage. B58 power 💪
I've literally just got back from doing the Nurburgring this week with my son in our C43 AMG! We left Tuesday at 6am, ferry to Dunkirk and arrived at the hotel at 8pm UK time so a whole 14hrs of travelling. The hotel was spitting distance from the track so we got awoken at 8am to the sounds of high revving engines already on their way around. It was absolutely glorious! We watched the cars whizzing past at TH-cam Corner before our time on the track came round. Luckily both us, and the car, made it unscathed before grabbing an iconic photo of the car at night, emblazoned in the red glow of the Nurburgring sign on the road outside of the track. We managed to get three days of unbelievably good weather and the memories made there will last us both our lifetime.
This is my 25th year of going to the Ring, most years 6-8 times. I get a trip like yours every so often with bad weather, track closures etc. One year I had three trips in a row where I did zero laps, that nearly stopped me returning, but the pure joy of a good trip can’t be matched so I keep going! Really enjoyed your video, hopefully see you out there on your next trip. 👍🏻
A great video, well crafted. Nice. I use the Eurotunnel as the sea gives me the willies. Always specify the tall carriages when booking to avoid alloy-trauma. Eurotunnel staff couldn't give a XXXX about your wheels. I usually go during the week to avoid the crowds, but you could be lucky either way. Look forward to your next trip. Did us all a solid with this taster lads. Thanks.
Brave of you to admit you have no spatial awareness when driving. I was once followed onto the Eurotunnel by a Lamborghini which was bouncing off both sides. When they came to the end the driver and passenger rushed to get out to check their alloys and bot doors swung up and hit the roof. Any dreams that had of looking cool were shattered.
I went to the ring last year in my own R53 mini and had the complete opposite experience to you. It was dry, quiet and no crashes at all. Shocked to see your experience.
Been going 5-10 trips a year for 21yrs, ( brother now lives there) but still like watching peoples first time trips as reminds how we were blown away back in 2003, it was very different then and more of a secret , track was way more drivable due to power of cars . But I live in Kent so it’s less of a palaver for me. I think next time you go you should really look to book a trackday, it’s much better track time and generally better standard of driving, get an instructor and probably a car you’re more confident in wet or dry like the mini and you’ll get more out of your trip. I’d highly recommend spa as well as that’s fine even in the wet.
@antj29 we would have done spa earlier in the week if it wasn't for the pesky F1 😅 I'd imagine it'd be a little underwhelming in the Lotus, you need big straight line speed for that track, but it's definitely on the list of tracks to get to. As for the private track days, I've heard other people have cottoned on to this and the standard of driving is declining slowly. Still, must be better than the Terroristfarthen 😂
It's not a "Lotus Problem", clean the inside of your windshield bruv and ur good lol And I'm not saying wipe it, I'm saying *clean it* , with a cleaner. That's all sorts of dust and dirt on the inside of your windshield and that's why the water molecules got something to stick to
Hey I was there arriving on the Sunday that you was there lol Went out on the Monday weather was perfect 👌 Tuesday alot of people was complaining about tyres being too hot and it was a hot day. Didn't see rain until the Wednesday on the autobahn all in all it was just perfect location traffic weather everything just came together at the right time
🤣🤣🤣 Might do some more big road trips with the boys. People seem to like it. Longer content is better nowadays too. Just takes it out of me. 2 weeks of solid editing. Need to learn how to talk to the camera to make it easier 😅
Hi , great video, it can be carnage there at times !, try combining it with the 24hrs of Spa which is only 60 mile away and a great weekend of racing. I have done it 4 times like that and it makes a great week of motorsport.
I’m always on the lookout for new content and this just banged that nail! I love going out there and would even consider retiring there especially with the way UK is going….. I will say, once id done a track day there I decided TF was way too much hassle and based on that I’ll be heading out late September for a 2day DN event, the second one there this year. Loved the vid, the banter and well…. All of it😘
I went in June for my birthday. The driving standard wasn't too bad. But it was midweek which I think is the best time to go. I stayed at the Apex hotel which was very good as well.
Fistly can I comment on how well put together this Video is and Secondly may I wish yourself & family well, your lass is a legend for joining you on your adventure. Since watching @mgcharoudin's content, I've become obsessed with visiting the Nurburgring. Your content has further fuelled this obsession, with your genuine insight and banter with the lads on your adventure. It's certainly a #BucketList experience for any petrol head and I thank you for your genuine "no Frills" approach to this insightful and informative video. Keep up the excellent work and I hope to possibly see you at the ring the future.
Great video 👍 I had to laugh at your wife as reminded me of my wife when she was 7 months pregnant and we went to the Isle of Man in my Evo 6 , to say it was a little bumpy for her was an understatement 😂
Hey, glad youre survived youre first Rounds on the Nordschleife. I was on the Ring on that same Sunday with my Torch Red Corvette C8. Did about 10 nice Laps between the Red Flags. Im very often on Trackdays with various cars and im experienced. The Important thing is that youre car and you are unharmed !!. Great feeling to drive home without a Tow Truck. Greetings from Germany.
Was good fun following you round in the morning, seems I was pretty lucky to get one more lap in at around half 6 looking at what chaos you were dealing with 😅.
As a German who often goes to the ring , this is the average ring experience, especially on weekends. I like coming to watch but actually driving on the track is a hastle, traffic jams everywhere always, too crowded , and too many people who they are racing drivers
Hello from the land of the snails😂 (NL). Very enjoyable to watch, your road trip. Sorry ‘bout all the bad fortune. And thanks for curing me of my lust for a Lotus😂. Will stick with my 996 for now. With a bit of suspension tweaking they’re good fun, also on the Ring. (Not many laps yet, maybe more next year). Cheers!
If it's red flagged once, you can basically write the day off, it'll be red flag after red flag, and in between only yellows. People seem to have no respect for the track and overestimate their abilities big time. It's a shame. Great video mate! Shame for your trip not going so well, but you have the right mindset.
Yes, it seems to make everyone more desperate to get a fast lap in when the track reopens and it's usually carnage as a result. I think it's often due to people only been there for a weekend so they have limited window to get track time, we always went for a full week so had plenty of time to get on the ring and plenty to do if it was closed. Some beautiful roads (257) to Cochem where you can sit outside the restaurants beside the river. Glad you tried the hotstone steak, a must have whilst there!
Great video! We did our first trip the 29th to the 30th, just after you left by the looks of it. Place was absolutely red hot and not a cloud in the sky for 2 full days. My first lap looked exactly like yours, just grateful to get around. Do you mind me asking the name of the place you stayed in Adenau? Looks quality 👍🏻
Loved this, you guys must be from my next of the woods (North east) I’m going again this year with my wife and two kids this’ll be the 4th time, can’t want!
Found your channel by this video and definitely left a subscription! Loved the video. Didn’t even notice it was a 41 minute long video as the time flew by! Keep it up!
Great video really enjoyed it. Sadly since covid going to the ring this is how it is these days and its only getting worse. Gone are the prime days of quiet lapping of a evening. I think someone mentioned track days but your right the calibre of clients also has gone a bit south and they often have a fair few reds so i've given up. Honestly though Spa in the lotus will be fine only one big straight its more twisty than you think and from Hull try Zandvoort. Its 45 minutes from Rotterdam...
Brillant video. Really informative. A few friends of mine have been over and said Bmers are King of the Ring. They are the most used car on The green hell and the most crashed one! Business as usual!
Great watch, I've been one of the fortunate ones that on the last 5 visits its been dry lol.. don't think I would even entertain a wet lap at my current skill level
Coincidence! I owned DK05 EEW that was on an Elise 111R that I owned from new for 15 years. What a surprise seeing your vid featuring your original plate one digit before mine. 👍
Did you look at the model cars in the back of the petrol station? Went in July 2012 with a Fiat Multipla the Mrs and two kids and a boot full of luggage . Epic!
I didn't (because there was a queue of cars behind me), but Glenn in the M2 did. I think he said most of them were 1:43, but the detail on them was unbelievable. Expensive though 😆
@@lookship I'm just now arranging a day trip back there again next month. All triggered by your great vid. My bud and I went out last year in a £1,000 MX-5 and had an amazing time. 😎
I have a clip of us trying to squeeze past you in the overflow car park 😅 I remember your plate The Lotus still runs the factory recommended AD08RS tyres. Awful in anything other than the bone dry. I'd purposely put Michelin PS5's on my other car for this trip and ended up taking an unprepped spur of the moment purchase instead 🤣
Hi Pal, I spotted you whilst I was on my second lap on Saturday. Very brave going around on your semi slicks, the track was greasy as hell. I can send you the clip if you wish.
Hello guys and ladies. Love the video. I have always wanted a lotus like the blue one. And I dreamed of going to the Nurburgring one day with my beautiful son but he died at Christmas of a massive heart attack he was only 28. So I guess it will never happen now and suffering with severe mental health issues self harm and being disabled has taken its toll. It’s nice that you all had a good time. I wish you and your lady all the best with the birth of your first child. Take care guys From Richard Dronfield Derbyshire
I only have to drive 2,5 hrs to get to the Ring but because of so many Red Flags on Tourist drives I only go the to watch VLN RCN 24H races. Cool Video👍
I didn't go to the ring, but did take my wife on a "babymoon" in our Elise when she was about 7 months pregnant! She did pretty good getting in and out of it given the circumstances.
Great video mate. I was over in April with my 14 year old in our caterham r500. Wish I had your editing skills to have done a video like this of our trip.
@lookship we were super lucky, it snowed the weekend before and the weekend after but we got 25+ degrees the whole time. Got soaked coming off the ferry but perfect other than that
@@lookship Hired a bmw from Rent4ring.On Saturday I don’t think we had a single yellow or red flag on then Sunday was just a mess.Funny enough I came across all the same accidents as you.The white st crash was around Sabines corner the grey m3 was just after the Carousel on the right hand side looks like he lost the left front wheel and the rs3 Audi had bits all over the place.
@mikemurphyhotrod yeah the lads in the RS3s were sound aswell. Shame really. My mate took one of them out in his Lotus for a blast on the night while we were taking pictures under the sign.
I've been going to the Ring at least once a year since 2008. In 2019 I did my first track day there and I would never do a tourist day again (unless I happened to be in the area maybe). Yes, a track day is more expensive (you can pay around £450 for the day) but you get all day to drive, less cars, all cars are up to standard, no bikes, everyone else knows what they are doing and has some sense and, most importantly, I've never seen a red flag at the Ring on a track day. Sure, it doesn't get you out of the trip there and back and it doesn't avoid the potential for rain but, overall, the experience is far superior to a tourist day. nice vlog. i don't normally watch vlogs but watched this one all the way through. Thanks for the upload.
@QuickLap had a quick look after your comment about the private track days, but couldn't see anything regarding where you join the track. Am I right in thinking you're up in the GP pitlane? 100% it'd be worth it if you have an area to load up with parts Thanks for watching. Not something I usually make, but wanted to document it all for the boys 👌
@@lookship You still join/exit from where the diner is. Another benefit of a track day is you don't have to exit the track at the end of each lap, you can just keep going round and round. I've never had to park anywhere other the main car park. You can't really hang out there with trailers and parts, people would get super pissed off. The overflow car park is still available so if you wanted to have some spare bits, thats where you could leave them. Unlike UK track days, I don't recall seeing many, if any, people with trailers and parts. Thats not to say that you can't do it. By the way, the more well known track day companies (Circuit Days and Javelin for example) sell the days discounted at the start of the year. When you book before the end of January, for example, you'll save maybe £100 on the cost of the day (which is where my £450'ish price came from). You'll find that tourist sessions still run the day before/after the track day (sometimes even in the evening after the event ends at about 4pm) so you can still get additional time if thats your thing.
I rented that same Golf from Nurblife, it’s a great beginners track car I quite enjoyed it, also had a few laps with yellows…I took an instructor on all laps, best insurance for that 22k excess
@@lookship No lol, I did go into manual a few times by accidentally hitting a flappy paddle. I had enough on my mind as it is, I’ll let the automatic do its thing!
I should have stayed out in my car in hindsight, but my mate only had the car for 90 mins, so I couldn't resist jumping in to watch him enjoy it too. There was a Porsche there (blue with white stripe) that must have done 15/20 laps in the wet on Saturday. Baller.
Polish svg guy.. drives fast and alot 🏎💨 Priority should always be to get on track early in weekends and stay there😊🤪 There is T13 to park up and hang around without needing to go out from track 😉
Great video 👍 shame about the weather and the piss poor drivers on track on the only dry day! I've never been but I'm itching to get over there in my c63 and give it a blast.
Great video. These things remind you of the great experiences in life... the sort of thing people like Josef Starmer are attempting to strangle out of the UK. I travel over to the Ring quite a bit.. always running fixed tow eyes on my car, never had an issue... odd one that. I haven't made it to the Shuey museum yet, so thanks for that. If it were me, I'd park the go karts on the upper floor somewhere else and have the C9 Sauber up there, each to their own.. cheers for the video. P.s. from an almost local... it rains in the Eifel.... lots...
Great video. What hotel did you stay at? Any pictures of the light painting in front of the sign? I've been the past 3 years and there are track closures and yellow flags every weekend. Last year I did 12 laps over 5 days and only 2 of them didn't have a yellow flag. Unfortunately, social media has attracted the wrong type of people and its getting worse each year. A dry period after rain always makes it worse as people are desperate to get out on track and are often way over enthusiastic.I also get an instructor who is worse his weight in gold.
Yeah I got the impression that everyone was going for it more than usual because of the poor weather on Fri/Sat. The hotel was called Residenz Kirchberg. Superb spot. Key locker to let yourself in, honesty bar for drinks in the lobby and a 5 minite walk to any restaurant in Addenau. I'll post some more pics (including the light painting) on Instagram: instagram.com/lookship?igsh=MW12bWJ5Zm13b3hqMw==
Couple of comments: Your wife is a keeper! Putting up with sitting in that Lotus on that trip would end most marriages! Touristfahrten days are the Wild West, and you sure struck a bad one compounded by the weather. You asked about other experiences: From New Zealand in 2010,11, and 13, I had 3 drives in the 24 Hour, for a total of 155 laps in practice, qualifying, and race. And all I ever dreamed of doing before that was a few tourist laps! I feel incredibly privileged, especially having shared a pit garage with Hans Joachim Stuck, and next pit garage to Sabine (God rest her saintly soul 😢). I can die happy. The Ring is not over-rated, it's the petrolhead's Holy Grail. Get back there! You've got the perfect car for it.
Nice one! Got to say you a brave (or worse😉) man for driving that lotus all the way. Although it didn’t look as bad as what your mate had to deal with though haha. I get twitchy driving m3/m4 etc, especially with the tunnel as it’s around 13 hours drive then but it’s a very good point you made about the ferry though once fuel is taken into consideration it’s around the same price but a much more relaxing experience only an hour from me to hull I assume not too much longer for you. Only other guy I’ve seen with the FM3T conversion in uk I’m sure I’ve seen it before on YT, was it something to do with parts and police? Mines currently being re wrapped in a lovely bmw individual dark purple colour match (was racing green before that). I go to the ring quite a lot, and spa is a really good day too, little less stressful than the ring sometimes too I have to say, definitely give it a go mate. Be good to come and drive with you lads, you’ll have to advertise your next trip😅great to watch this was, love seeing other people experience it for the first time, hopefully you and the Mrs enjoyed it. Subscribed!
I made a video a few years back on Josh's F81 M3. There was a conversion made popular on YT that ended up being crushed because it was built using stolen parts 😅
Awesome video man. I was there from 5-9th of aug in my M2. Also had the horrendous traffic getting to Folkestone , the roadworks for HS2 are a JOKE. Small fuel tank squad unite haha. Whilst we were there the track also got closed twice on both days we went to go on track in evening and only got a couple laps. Adenau was so beautiful to drive around though just on the regular roads... Makes you think just how fucked English roads are haha. Enjoy the lotus
Quite lucky to have the NY moors on my doorstep so we're spoilt with awesome roads to drive on over here, but at least over there you don't have to avoid the sheep! 😂
i live 2. 5 hour drive away from the ring ive been now this year 10 times a few days, 3 weeks ago i where there for 8 days. and. 6/8 sept iam going 2 the ferrari days at the nurburgring , i did the n taxi aswell and yes that whas so good that bmw that crashed on the barrier i have loads off pictures off that cause i where there aswell . hope u will have better luck next time without red flags
Superb vid guys. Have to say your mrs is an absolute champ, poor girl suffering in that god awful uncomfortable flimsy Lotus with no aircon. She needs a bloody medal. Love your enthusiasm. Even though I am not in the slightest way a Lotus fan, and that the video reaffirmed the fact they are utter dog shit, I really enjoyed the vid. Look forward to your next trip. Good luck with your firstborn guys. 🙏🏻👍👍👍
Where did you stay in Ardenau? be interested to find out. we've been staying in the GT3 hotel the past couple of times in Honerath - just outside Ardenau
The response to this video in the first 24hrs has been overwhelming positive, thank you all so much 🫶
Few questions I have been asked which I didn't include in the video, stupidly...
1. What was the name of the hotel?
Residenz Kirchberg in Adenau. Cracking spot and I will definitely go back. All self-service, but it's all you need.
2. Why didn't Misha take you out?
We just couldn't get together in time. The weather was poor Friday/Saturday and the track closures were unfortunate on the Sunday when we had good weather. Plus, he had a few more interesting cars he will have wanted to take out before mine. Watch this if you don't believe me...
th-cam.com/video/5ilquKJVXR8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Vj1TkUOcmj6pwVu8
3. Where did you go for food?
Pinocchio's in Adenau for pizza & Restaurant Pistenklaus in Nurburg for steak. Both are really well priced.
4. Ferry or tunnel?
I prefer the ferry. I would go a day earlier and get there Thursday evening next time. Especially since I had to leave at 2pm Sunday to head back to the port. If the car was a bit comfier and had working A/C then I wouldn't mind doing the extra few hours each way for the tunnel, but they both cost roughly the same when you take fuel into consideration.
Let me know if you'd like to see us do this again for Le Mans or the NY500 and we'll get it arranged 👌
Nice video! Tip for you - Pinnochios and Pistenklause are not the greatest restaurants, believe me there are places you can eat at that are leagues ahead in quality.
@@nurburgringuk maybe, but we thought it was great - especially for the price it was so cheap 😀
@@lookship for the whole thing how much did it cost as thinking doing the same trip for my 40th next year in my car
@@PJGrant85 Ferry - £620
Food and drink on ferry (both ways) £200
Fuel - £215
Laps - £32 per lap
Hotel - £320
Food and drink - £200
I think that's everything...
Trouble with that track is it's spoilt by numpty folk who think they can drive fast
One of the best videos I've watched in years. I tend to feel the need to watch longer videos in a faster playback speed, but not this one. The people, humor, content and so on was all spot on. Keep up the fantastic work 👍
Cheers boss 👍
Agreed. This was the first time I've watched this channel and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire video.
Hey I’m that guy in the Viper! It was dodgy AF in the mixed rain/wet, but so much fun.
Awesome car bud! I saw a clip of you on TH-cam going around. Rather you than me 🤣
@@lookship oh please do share! I’ve only seen the standard trackside shots. Hopefully I can take it for some more laps next year!
@@RobSpoel haha was that pun intended?
Viper Owner: It was “dodgy” 😉😂
😂 @@lewisb360
@RobSpoel
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/hMtwFJZcLqc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=y2JaR_sSLdkS8eBa
12 minutes. Sure there's another clip earlier in the lap too 👌
This is the best Nurburgring road trip/track experience videos I've seen. Brilliant from start to finish. Good luck with the baby, dude!
Much appreciated fella, thanks 🙌
Thanks for filming my whip at 38:40 👍 that weekend was one of the worst this year, on sunday i think the track was open for not more than 3 hrs 🙈
Great video! As a RIng local, watching experiences like yours from time to time makes you appreciate the opportunity to just go on track on a random afternoon even more. That being said: If you get the chance, come by during weekdays next time. Even though the track is only open for 2-2,5 hours, you still get way more out of it IMO. Way less traffic, less carnage, more enjoyment :)
100% will be coming through the week next time 🙌
I was the one in the badly crashed M4. (yes really) I can attest, we came out with nothing .I still don't quite understand what happened as I took the corner easier than I had before, but that doesn't really change anything. It was strange, the car hit the barrier and just flew up into the air... Had that not happened it would've been front end damage but a tow and some work and be done with it. Nobody that saw the video can really explain how the car started flying so easily, it really barely hit the barrier and just went up. You live & you learn. An M4 is very strong car, highly recommend it. Thanks for asking if we were okay and hope your next weekend is better! :)
If I had crashed like that in the Exige, I wouldn't be here, so it shows how strong those BMWs really are.
Really glad you're OK dude 👌
Hope you’re alright man!! I had a question about crashing on the ring, do you literally have to pay for every single thing (barrier damage, recovery truck, track closure, etc), or do you just pay your deductible from your insurance? It scares me how much it might cost to crash there 😅
M4 is built well. Sounds similar impact to Misha crash with his M4.
That was a really enjoyable video, thank you. I did three similar trips to the Ring with friends many years ago but the big increase in crowds and queues has put me off returning. Instead i can live the best bits watching videos like yours. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it 😃
As someone who owns an i30N FL: these things are INCREDIBLY fun to drive. Have never experienced an FWD car before you can drift through a corner. And the DCT is incredible as well.
Yet to drive a DCT version, but the manuals were also great fun
I can totally appreciate how much time went into recording and editing this. Very well done! Great vid
Wow ! I loved this, sos so Great ! Almost 20 yrs I have been there every year and this made so cheerful moments back inmy mind. Thank You !
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
A pleasure to watch!
Post covid trips to the ring for my gang have all been like the one you experienced, sadly. There are just so many cars everywhere resulting in long queus to the track, and with the cars getting faster and faster, and people sending them like never before, a LOT of yellow and red flags. The rest hasn't changed at all though - and I still love coming there, but will be aiming for less popular times of the year to visit in the future, even though the chance of the weather being wetter is much greater.
P.S. Thanks for the outro song, going straight in the "driving music" playlist :)
What a well paced video, could watch for hours. It's all about little things and experience along the way. Cheers from Brasil!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I visited from the US. I can’t wait to go back on the Ring. That Nürblife GTI was so much fun. Great content.
Love this. I took my 1st trip there end of June when my boy had finished his GCSEs. Very similar experience, wet and twitchy, dry and awesome. Made it there and back unscathed in an RX8. Need to go again because I drove so slow compared to those Ring taxis.
Thanks for the video and memories
Everyone drives slow compared to the taxis 🤣🤣
Your wife is pretty funny! She makes for good content 👌🏼
You should see the footage I had to cut out of her. Moaning beeeatch 👀
@@lookship lol
That was prolly the fastest elevator in the entire world! Best sounding one also.
Great video, really enjoyed that. Not often I watch all the way through but did with this one - nothing quite like a road trip with friends in some nice cars. Did a similar trip a while back in my Motech M140i with two reprobate buddies in their Golf R's and your video made me reminisce a lot.
Glad you enjoyed it. I had an M140i a couple of years back. One of the building blocks of this channel.
Nice video, fun to watch. Nothing more fun than a week(end) Nurburgring with friends! Maybe see you there somethime
Hello gentlemen. It's me with the 'm3' who can't drift 🤣 it's a 340i
Luckily just a small mishap with my wheel coming off later in the video no crash or barriers damaged!!
Hey how's it going! 😆
Looked a weird one when we saw your car going past us at the grandstand. Front quarter bent up over rather than caved in like you see with some kind of impact.
Can tell it's not an M3 now I've paused my footage. B58 power 💪
Handled it like a champ. Respect!!
Great video as always, I only just came back from the ring myself and its for sure a great experience!
Cheers man. Glad you enjoyed it. The ring and the vid 😅
I've literally just got back from doing the Nurburgring this week with my son in our C43 AMG! We left Tuesday at 6am, ferry to Dunkirk and arrived at the hotel at 8pm UK time so a whole 14hrs of travelling. The hotel was spitting distance from the track so we got awoken at 8am to the sounds of high revving engines already on their way around. It was absolutely glorious! We watched the cars whizzing past at TH-cam Corner before our time on the track came round. Luckily both us, and the car, made it unscathed before grabbing an iconic photo of the car at night, emblazoned in the red glow of the Nurburgring sign on the road outside of the track. We managed to get three days of unbelievably good weather and the memories made there will last us both our lifetime.
That's what it's all about mate 🙌
This is my 25th year of going to the Ring, most years 6-8 times. I get a trip like yours every so often with bad weather, track closures etc. One year I had three trips in a row where I did zero laps, that nearly stopped me returning, but the pure joy of a good trip can’t be matched so I keep going! Really enjoyed your video, hopefully see you out there on your next trip. 👍🏻
That's some rotten luck 😅
100% I'll be back
A great video, well crafted. Nice. I use the Eurotunnel as the sea gives me the willies. Always specify the tall carriages when booking to avoid alloy-trauma. Eurotunnel staff couldn't give a XXXX about your wheels. I usually go during the week to avoid the crowds, but you could be lucky either way. Look forward to your next trip. Did us all a solid with this taster lads. Thanks.
Aye Tom in the Exige requested the wider carriage on the day because he was worried he'd kerb a wheel and they let him on which was cool.
Brave of you to admit you have no spatial awareness when driving. I was once followed onto the Eurotunnel by a Lamborghini which was bouncing off both sides. When they came to the end the driver and passenger rushed to get out to check their alloys and bot doors swung up and hit the roof. Any dreams that had of looking cool were shattered.
I went to the ring last year in my own R53 mini and had the complete opposite experience to you. It was dry, quiet and no crashes at all. Shocked to see your experience.
Luck of the draw 😅
Awesome luke. Best video yet. Hope you are loving the new car. 😍
Thanks man. I certainly am 👌
Was directed here from Pete's link on Facebook, fantastic video, well narrated and looked a great trip all round, have a sub :)
Pete putting the graft in. Some guy.
Cheers man glad you enjoyed it 🙌
I can’t wait to experience the ring. I go next August for 15 days in Germany and 2 of them will be just for the Ring.
Been going 5-10 trips a year for 21yrs, ( brother now lives there) but still like watching peoples first time trips as reminds how we were blown away back in 2003, it was very different then and more of a secret , track was way more drivable due to power of cars . But I live in Kent so it’s less of a palaver for me. I think next time you go you should really look to book a trackday, it’s much better track time and generally better standard of driving, get an instructor and probably a car you’re more confident in wet or dry like the mini and you’ll get more out of your trip. I’d highly recommend spa as well as that’s fine even in the wet.
@antj29 we would have done spa earlier in the week if it wasn't for the pesky F1 😅 I'd imagine it'd be a little underwhelming in the Lotus, you need big straight line speed for that track, but it's definitely on the list of tracks to get to.
As for the private track days, I've heard other people have cottoned on to this and the standard of driving is declining slowly. Still, must be better than the Terroristfarthen 😂
It's not a "Lotus Problem", clean the inside of your windshield bruv and ur good lol
And I'm not saying wipe it, I'm saying *clean it* , with a cleaner. That's all sorts of dust and dirt on the inside of your windshield and that's why the water molecules got something to stick to
Hey I was there arriving on the Sunday that you was there lol
Went out on the Monday weather was perfect 👌 Tuesday alot of people was complaining about tyres being too hot and it was a hot day. Didn't see rain until the Wednesday on the autobahn all in all it was just perfect location traffic weather everything just came together at the right time
“Its a boy” got an audible outta me 😂
@@jacumbus9586 poor Browny 😂
Superb video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The trip must have been awesome
@@Andy-qh9su was definitely an experience I won't forget 😅
Great video - trip looked amazing! Not jealous at all... Hope to see another vid with you lot back there!
We'd like to do another one like this for sure. I'll remember the mics next time 🫣
Very nice video man. Watched it all the way till the end and that doesn't happen a lot. Awesome vid, awesome place!
Thanks bud!
Creamed me knickers when I saw a 40 minute Lookship video. Lovely stuff, really enjoyed that.
🤣🤣🤣
Might do some more big road trips with the boys. People seem to like it. Longer content is better nowadays too. Just takes it out of me. 2 weeks of solid editing. Need to learn how to talk to the camera to make it easier 😅
Hi , great video, it can be carnage there at times !, try combining it with the 24hrs of Spa which is only 60 mile away and a great weekend of racing. I have done it 4 times like that and it makes a great week of motorsport.
I’m always on the lookout for new content and this just banged that nail!
I love going out there and would even consider retiring there especially with the way UK is going…..
I will say, once id done a track day there I decided TF was way too much hassle and based on that I’ll be heading out late September for a 2day DN event, the second one there this year.
Loved the vid, the banter and well…. All of it😘
Thanks for watching mush 🫶
I went in June for my birthday. The driving standard wasn't too bad. But it was midweek which I think is the best time to go. I stayed at the Apex hotel which was very good as well.
Fistly can I comment on how well put together this Video is and Secondly may I wish yourself & family well, your lass is a legend for joining you on your adventure.
Since watching @mgcharoudin's content, I've become obsessed with visiting the Nurburgring. Your content has further fuelled this obsession, with your genuine insight and banter with the lads on your adventure. It's certainly a #BucketList experience for any petrol head and I thank you for your genuine "no Frills" approach to this insightful and informative video.
Keep up the excellent work and I hope to possibly see you at the ring the future.
I've spend abt 8 hours in summer with a friend in my Opel Speedster (Vauxhal VX220) to the Ring. I was completely broken at the end of the day 😂
Great video 👍 I had to laugh at your wife as reminded me of my wife when she was 7 months pregnant and we went to the Isle of Man in my Evo 6 , to say it was a little bumpy for her was an understatement 😂
Hey, glad youre survived youre first Rounds on the Nordschleife. I was on the Ring on that same Sunday with my Torch Red Corvette C8. Did about 10 nice Laps between the Red Flags. Im very often on Trackdays with various cars and im experienced. The Important thing is that youre car and you are unharmed !!. Great feeling to drive home without a Tow Truck. Greetings from Germany.
Nice. I saw the C8 ploughing around when the track reopened 😉
Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it 👍. Fair play taking the Lotus down. Look forward to more Lotus content (I'm a Lotus fan boy!)
@chrissengland got abother video in the works. Not as long as this mind 😅
1:36 I literally thought you said 'If you give her a slap' here, I had to rewind it to double check! 😂
May also work, but I don't advise 🤣
Great video, my advice go there in the month of june or september, less crowded
100%. We aimed for June, but trying to get 10 people off work together limited our options 😅
Nicely filmed. You are a lucky man, Sally is utterly beautiful.
Respectful best wishes to both of you. Exciting times ahead !!
Was good fun following you round in the morning, seems I was pretty lucky to get one more lap in at around half 6 looking at what chaos you were dealing with 😅.
One of my favourite photos with that Mini behind me!
Just had some rotten luck. At least it made the video a bit more interesting 😆
GOOD LUCK WITH THE CHRISTMAS BABY 🐣
As a German who often goes to the ring , this is the average ring experience, especially on weekends.
I like coming to watch but actually driving on the track is a hastle, traffic jams everywhere always, too crowded , and too many people who they are racing drivers
Hello from the land of the snails😂 (NL). Very enjoyable to watch, your road trip. Sorry ‘bout all the bad fortune. And thanks for curing me of my lust for a Lotus😂. Will stick with my 996 for now. With a bit of suspension tweaking they’re good fun, also on the Ring. (Not many laps yet, maybe more next year). Cheers!
If it's red flagged once, you can basically write the day off, it'll be red flag after red flag, and in between only yellows.
People seem to have no respect for the track and overestimate their abilities big time.
It's a shame.
Great video mate! Shame for your trip not going so well, but you have the right mindset.
Aye you win some you lose some. Knew it'd be a disastrous day after the first closure 😅
Gotta go back. Have unfinished business 💪
Yes, it seems to make everyone more desperate to get a fast lap in when the track reopens and it's usually carnage as a result. I think it's often due to people only been there for a weekend so they have limited window to get track time, we always went for a full week so had plenty of time to get on the ring and plenty to do if it was closed. Some beautiful roads (257) to Cochem where you can sit outside the restaurants beside the river. Glad you tried the hotstone steak, a must have whilst there!
I agree about the 100kph limits ! Even more frustrating for motorcycle riders !!
Great video! We did our first trip the 29th to the 30th, just after you left by the looks of it. Place was absolutely red hot and not a cloud in the sky for 2 full days. My first lap looked exactly like yours, just grateful to get around. Do you mind me asking the name of the place you stayed in Adenau? Looks quality 👍🏻
It was Residenz Kirchberg. 100% head back there, it was perfect for us. We nearly had the full place to ourselves.
Loved this, you guys must be from my next of the woods (North east) I’m going again this year with my wife and two kids this’ll be the 4th time, can’t want!
We certainly are. Enjoy!
Been a whole, but as ever great content. Awesome motor. I feel you didn't overspend enough here 😅
Found your channel by this video and definitely left a subscription! Loved the video. Didn’t even notice it was a 41 minute long video as the time flew by!
Keep it up!
Cheers man!
what a video. i love the hole thing. the longer form content really suits it.
Cheers boss 🫡
Great video really enjoyed it. Sadly since covid going to the ring this is how it is these days and its only getting worse. Gone are the prime days of quiet lapping of a evening. I think someone mentioned track days but your right the calibre of clients also has gone a bit south and they often have a fair few reds so i've given up. Honestly though Spa in the lotus will be fine only one big straight its more twisty than you think and from Hull try Zandvoort. Its 45 minutes from Rotterdam...
Zandvoort is one hell of a shout!
Brillant video. Really informative. A few friends of mine have been over and said Bmers are King of the Ring. They are the most used car on The green hell and the most crashed one! Business as usual!
Meganes and Yaris's are superb around there too 👌
Meganes and Yaris's are superb around there too 👌
Great watch, I've been one of the fortunate ones that on the last 5 visits its been dry lol.. don't think I would even entertain a wet lap at my current skill level
Coincidence!
I owned
DK05 EEW that was on an Elise 111R that I owned from new for 15 years. What a surprise seeing your vid featuring your original plate one digit before mine. 👍
That's awesome!
Did you look at the model cars in the back of the petrol station? Went in July 2012 with a Fiat Multipla the Mrs and two kids and a boot full of luggage . Epic!
I didn't (because there was a queue of cars behind me), but Glenn in the M2 did. I think he said most of them were 1:43, but the detail on them was unbelievable. Expensive though 😆
Hi, always remember the basic rule of Nürburgring " slippery when/if wet " .
Super video. Well worth all the post-prod efforts, it looks and sounds fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate. I think so too. Good memory for us all 🙌
@@lookship I'm just now arranging a day trip back there again next month. All triggered by your great vid. My bud and I went out last year in a £1,000 MX-5 and had an amazing time. 😎
@@Shmadley67 I'd love to do something like that on the channel. We all buy our mates cars and take them there. Might have to make it happen 👀
I was there that weekend in a purple McLaren and did wet laps, was fine when it was actually wet but a nightmare when the conditions were changing.
I have a clip of us trying to squeeze past you in the overflow car park 😅
I remember your plate
The Lotus still runs the factory recommended AD08RS tyres. Awful in anything other than the bone dry. I'd purposely put Michelin PS5's on my other car for this trip and ended up taking an unprepped spur of the moment purchase instead 🤣
You were next to me in the shell in Folkestone on the Thursday night
@@onedetailing2159 yeah 👍
Thank you ! I really enjoyed the video. And thanks for the captions (I am not a native English speaker).
Even English people struggle to understand us Northerners 😂
Intended or not, this video had some of the old Top Gear vibes. Well done! I really enjoyed it.
Genuinely the best comment I could ever wish to receive 👏
Glad you enjoyed it 😃
Hi Pal, I spotted you whilst I was on my second lap on Saturday. Very brave going around on your semi slicks, the track was greasy as hell. I can send you the clip if you wish.
Brave or stupid, not sure which one 😆
That'd be awesome if you could. Instagram is probably the best spot @lookship 😀
Cracking vid that, really enjoyed it, very well put together
Hello guys and ladies. Love the video. I have always wanted a lotus like the blue one. And I dreamed of going to the Nurburgring one day with my beautiful son but he died at Christmas of a massive heart attack he was only 28. So I guess it will never happen now and suffering with severe mental health issues self harm and being disabled has taken its toll. It’s nice that you all had a good time. I wish you and your lady all the best with the birth of your first child.
Take care guys
From Richard Dronfield Derbyshire
I only have to drive 2,5 hrs to get to the Ring but because of so many Red Flags on Tourist drives I only go the to watch VLN RCN 24H races. Cool Video👍
I didn't go to the ring, but did take my wife on a "babymoon" in our Elise when she was about 7 months pregnant! She did pretty good getting in and out of it given the circumstances.
Really good video btw!
@AtypicalDriver she was pretty comfy once she was in. I put her in the Mustang on the way home so she had A/C 😅
Thanks man appreciate it
Great video mate. I was over in April with my 14 year old in our caterham r500. Wish I had your editing skills to have done a video like this of our trip.
Cheers man. Just takes a bit of practice and you'll get there 👍
How was the weather in April?
@lookship we were super lucky, it snowed the weekend before and the weekend after but we got 25+ degrees the whole time. Got soaked coming off the ferry but perfect other than that
@@P23AWR yeah a few guys I follow went that week it snowed 😅
Skins waterproof mate 👌
Was there the same weekend.Sunday was crazy.Did 16 laps on the Saturday and 13 on the Sunday.
Good going that! What were you driving?
@@lookship Hired a bmw from Rent4ring.On Saturday I don’t think we had a single yellow or red flag on then Sunday was just a mess.Funny enough I came across all the same accidents as you.The white st crash was around Sabines corner the grey m3 was just after the Carousel on the right hand side looks like he lost the left front wheel and the rs3 Audi had bits all over the place.
@mikemurphyhotrod yeah the lads in the RS3s were sound aswell. Shame really. My mate took one of them out in his Lotus for a blast on the night while we were taking pictures under the sign.
I've been going to the Ring at least once a year since 2008. In 2019 I did my first track day there and I would never do a tourist day again (unless I happened to be in the area maybe). Yes, a track day is more expensive (you can pay around £450 for the day) but you get all day to drive, less cars, all cars are up to standard, no bikes, everyone else knows what they are doing and has some sense and, most importantly, I've never seen a red flag at the Ring on a track day. Sure, it doesn't get you out of the trip there and back and it doesn't avoid the potential for rain but, overall, the experience is far superior to a tourist day.
nice vlog. i don't normally watch vlogs but watched this one all the way through. Thanks for the upload.
@QuickLap had a quick look after your comment about the private track days, but couldn't see anything regarding where you join the track. Am I right in thinking you're up in the GP pitlane?
100% it'd be worth it if you have an area to load up with parts
Thanks for watching. Not something I usually make, but wanted to document it all for the boys 👌
@@lookship You still join/exit from where the diner is. Another benefit of a track day is you don't have to exit the track at the end of each lap, you can just keep going round and round. I've never had to park anywhere other the main car park. You can't really hang out there with trailers and parts, people would get super pissed off. The overflow car park is still available so if you wanted to have some spare bits, thats where you could leave them. Unlike UK track days, I don't recall seeing many, if any, people with trailers and parts. Thats not to say that you can't do it.
By the way, the more well known track day companies (Circuit Days and Javelin for example) sell the days discounted at the start of the year. When you book before the end of January, for example, you'll save maybe £100 on the cost of the day (which is where my £450'ish price came from). You'll find that tourist sessions still run the day before/after the track day (sometimes even in the evening after the event ends at about 4pm) so you can still get additional time if thats your thing.
@@QuickLap sounds ideal 👌
Another fab video well done👏👏 It looks like an amazing place and wonderful experience. I may have to pay a visit myself 😉🍀 xx
Cycle there? 👀
@lookship hey you know I like a challenge 😉🤣
I rented that same Golf from Nurblife, it’s a great beginners track car I quite enjoyed it, also had a few laps with yellows…I took an instructor on all laps, best insurance for that 22k excess
Did you turn the heated wheel on by accident to? 😆
@@lookship No lol, I did go into manual a few times by accidentally hitting a flappy paddle. I had enough on my mind as it is, I’ll let the automatic do its thing!
Nice video mate! Going there in a few days again to enjoy some tracktime with friends 🤞
Have a good time mate. Book and restaurants in advance if you're in a big group like we were 👌
@@lookship We’ll be allright but thanks anyways mate!
Sunday was wicked.. Did 10laps early before it was just game over for the rest of the day.. 🤞
I should have stayed out in my car in hindsight, but my mate only had the car for 90 mins, so I couldn't resist jumping in to watch him enjoy it too.
There was a Porsche there (blue with white stripe) that must have done 15/20 laps in the wet on Saturday. Baller.
Polish svg guy.. drives fast and alot 🏎💨
Priority should always be to get on track early in weekends and stay there😊🤪
There is T13 to park up and hang around without needing to go out from track 😉
Great video 👍 shame about the weather and the piss poor drivers on track on the only dry day!
I've never been but I'm itching to get over there in my c63 and give it a blast.
@@philedwards0411 get yourself there. If everything aligns, it'll be amazing.
Great video. These things remind you of the great experiences in life... the sort of thing people like Josef Starmer are attempting to strangle out of the UK. I travel over to the Ring quite a bit.. always running fixed tow eyes on my car, never had an issue... odd one that.
I haven't made it to the Shuey museum yet, so thanks for that. If it were me, I'd park the go karts on the upper floor somewhere else and have the C9 Sauber up there, each to their own.. cheers for the video.
P.s. from an almost local... it rains in the Eifel.... lots...
Nice video. What camera mount is that in the m2 using the centre armrest?
It was a 3d printed one Glenn had brought. Good for that central cab shot. I'd just use a headrest mount personally.
I was there with my mates on that same weekend. Great video. We went through the same sh*t you did 😂
One of your mates got stuck upside down in his own Lotus aswell? 😂😂
Joking. Was a bit manic wasn't it 😅
Have been lots of times, always carnage on Touristenfahrten . Trackdays at the ring the answer. Much higher standards of driving
Yeah, majority of people are saying the same thing.
Great video. What hotel did you stay at? Any pictures of the light painting in front of the sign?
I've been the past 3 years and there are track closures and yellow flags every weekend. Last year I did 12 laps over 5 days and only 2 of them didn't have a yellow flag. Unfortunately, social media has attracted the wrong type of people and its getting worse each year. A dry period after rain always makes it worse as people are desperate to get out on track and are often way over enthusiastic.I also get an instructor who is worse his weight in gold.
Yeah I got the impression that everyone was going for it more than usual because of the poor weather on Fri/Sat.
The hotel was called Residenz Kirchberg. Superb spot. Key locker to let yourself in, honesty bar for drinks in the lobby and a 5 minite walk to any restaurant in Addenau.
I'll post some more pics (including the light painting) on Instagram:
instagram.com/lookship?igsh=MW12bWJ5Zm13b3hqMw==
Couple of comments:
Your wife is a keeper! Putting up with sitting in that Lotus on that trip would end most marriages!
Touristfahrten days are the Wild West, and you sure struck a bad one compounded by the weather.
You asked about other experiences:
From New Zealand in 2010,11, and 13, I had 3 drives in the 24 Hour, for a total of 155 laps in practice, qualifying, and race. And all I ever dreamed of doing before that was a few tourist laps! I feel incredibly privileged, especially having shared a pit garage with Hans Joachim Stuck, and next pit garage to Sabine (God rest her saintly soul 😢).
I can die happy.
The Ring is not over-rated, it's the petrolhead's Holy Grail.
Get back there! You've got the perfect car for it.
Lucky man. Sounds like one hell of an experience.
If you can not see the Nürburg it's raining. If you can see the Nürburg rain is coming.
Nice one! Got to say you a brave (or worse😉) man for driving that lotus all the way. Although it didn’t look as bad as what your mate had to deal with though haha. I get twitchy driving m3/m4 etc, especially with the tunnel as it’s around 13 hours drive then but it’s a very good point you made about the ferry though once fuel is taken into consideration it’s around the same price but a much more relaxing experience only an hour from me to hull I assume not too much longer for you. Only other guy I’ve seen with the FM3T conversion in uk I’m sure I’ve seen it before on YT, was it something to do with parts and police? Mines currently being re wrapped in a lovely bmw individual dark purple colour match (was racing green before that). I go to the ring quite a lot, and spa is a really good day too, little less stressful than the ring sometimes too I have to say, definitely give it a go mate. Be good to come and drive with you lads, you’ll have to advertise your next trip😅great to watch this was, love seeing other people experience it for the first time, hopefully you and the Mrs enjoyed it. Subscribed!
I made a video a few years back on Josh's F81 M3. There was a conversion made popular on YT that ended up being crushed because it was built using stolen parts 😅
Take 0.7bar or 4psu off your tires will get you around.
once again ,what was the reason lotus wasn't allowed on a track in the beginning?
Fixed towing eye protruding out the grille. We saw many others allowed on track, so we perhaps just had a slightly more picky marshall.
Is your mates M3 Touring one developed and put together near Nottingham?
Birmingham I believe 👀
Why the big UK sticker on the rear? You like it or do have to put it there?
Requirement to travel in Europe from the UK unfortunately 😕
@@lookship wtf? Why? You've got a number plate. Everyone can see that you are from UK.
Senseless bureaucracy. 😅
Awesome video man. I was there from 5-9th of aug in my M2. Also had the horrendous traffic getting to Folkestone , the roadworks for HS2 are a JOKE. Small fuel tank squad unite haha.
Whilst we were there the track also got closed twice on both days we went to go on track in evening and only got a couple laps. Adenau was so beautiful to drive around though just on the regular roads... Makes you think just how fucked English roads are haha.
Enjoy the lotus
Quite lucky to have the NY moors on my doorstep so we're spoilt with awesome roads to drive on over here, but at least over there you don't have to avoid the sheep! 😂
Great video. What happened to your mate, did he have a crash on the ring?
For insurance purposes, he did not 👀😂
i live 2. 5 hour drive away from the ring ive been now this year 10 times a few days, 3 weeks ago i where there for 8 days. and. 6/8 sept iam going 2 the ferrari days at the nurburgring , i did the n taxi aswell and yes that whas so good that bmw that crashed on the barrier i have loads off pictures off that cause i where there aswell . hope u will have better luck next time without red flags
Nice. Fingers crossed 🤞
Want to use my pre paid laps up haha.
10:45 thats how we welcome our guests from neighbour countrys :)
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Really enjoyed that, Brilliant stuff.
Thank you thank you 👍
Superb vid guys. Have to say your mrs is an absolute champ, poor girl suffering in that god awful uncomfortable flimsy Lotus with no aircon. She needs a bloody medal.
Love your enthusiasm. Even though I am not in the slightest way a Lotus fan, and that the video reaffirmed the fact they are utter dog shit, I really enjoyed the vid. Look forward to your next trip. Good luck with your firstborn guys. 🙏🏻👍👍👍
Haha, cheers bud. The cars great when the conditions are, but we were unlucky with a lot of different variables 😅
Where did you stay in Ardenau? be interested to find out. we've been staying in the GT3 hotel the past couple of times in Honerath - just outside Ardenau
Ah i've found it from your drone footage lol - i should play Geo-Guesser lol
Haha. If you guessed Residenz Kirchberg, you're correct.