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German hire car lottery
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:38 pm
by Richard
I think I won
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:44 pm
by speedingfine
Excellent use of insurance money
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:26 pm
by RobYob
That'd be 2 braking points per lap?
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:22 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:22 pm
by NotoriousREV
Ah, the Suzuki Notso.
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:11 pm
by Richard
They are indeed no so swift
What is was though, was lots of fun
Rent4Ring get Swifts, strip them out, add a cage, some better suspension, some A048 sticky tires and biggerer brakes.
It’s definitely a fun experience. With no interior it’s obviously louder. The tires were super sticky when warm. The brakes really, really, really worked. Also the car is left and drive - changing gears with my right hand took some getting used to, I was finding myself instinctively moving my left hand into the door card occasionally when needing to change gear.
Rental costs €179 for the car, a tank of fuel and your first lap. After that it’s €79 a lap. You pay when you bring the car back. It’s not cheap, but lap tickets on the weekend are €30 anyway, so €49 for the car, fuel, tires and brakes doesn’t seem too bad really.
For the same sort of money I could have hired something like a road spec R.S. Clio from RSR, which no doubt would have been faster in a straight line, but wouldn’t IMO have been such a fun experience.
100% would recommend.
Both these green cars are basically the same
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:12 pm
by Richard
If you’re wondering where all the BMW 1Ms went, turns out, they’re all at the Nürburgring. As are most of the Nissan GTRs
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:18 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:43 am
by scotta
looks like great fun. The swift is probably a decent car to learn it in. Ive seen one of them in action round KH.
Those are AD08R tyres btw...
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:45 am
by NotoriousREV
Now that’s a holiday
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:02 am
by Richard
scotta wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:43 am
Those are AD08R tyres btw...
Cheers
I didn’t look, other than to notice they were Yokohama, then did a very lazy google
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:09 am
by Richard
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:45 am
Now that’s a holiday
A fun long-weekend, for sure. Pick a weekend when the track is open all day Saturday and Sunday. A few nights in a friendly hotel. A bit of track driving. Loads of interesting cars to see up close in the car park and then on track too. Like minded people to chat to, if that’s your thing (absolutely not mine). Beautiful countryside views. German food. German beer.
Stopped in Bruges in the way home for stew and frites to brake up the journey, which in a diesel Countryman isn’t exactly thrilling...
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:04 pm
by JLv3.0
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:45 am
Now that’s a holiday
No traces of large-scale catering detected
Re: German hire car lottery
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:45 pm
by dinny_g