Hey Germany

Hello yall im on my way to shcweinfurt germany in Nov and i have my 8 hows the weather in that area for driving. is thier any tips you guys can give m before i take my 8 over to germany thanks for your info if any.

 

Just get winter tires and you'll be fine

 

You guys see the videos of the Mazdaspeed 3 (Mazda3 MPS) doing the ring in 8 minutes and 39.66 seconds.

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/16/m...d-at-the-ring/

here is the MS3 running the lap it runs into a bit of traffic, but wow, that is one fast lil car (the second vid)

 

I'm going to the track on satuday so hopefully I can run faster laps

 

Could someone refresh my memory?
On Top Gear, Jezza got a lap time of 9:59, then nearly go beaten by a GIRL in a VAN! (No offence, ladies;o)
What was HE driving?

 

wow you guys are lucky, runnin your 8s on the infamous RING....NICE...to bad im on the WESTCOAST!! my RING is the city!! 140mph on a packed freeway!FTW

 

hey guys, has anyone seen the rx8 or the rx7 in the lap time scoreboard of the Ring? I tried searching over the internet, but all the sites I found didn't mention our car in there... had some similar cars like the s2k but no rotary at all...
does anyone know what is the quickest lap recorded for the rx8 or the fd?

 

Yeah, i'd like to know that too

 

a group of us going from glasgow in april, i honestly cant wait for this.
a few mods going on before hand though.
gotta represent the 8 well.
videos will come :D

 

Very nice.

Thank you.

 

Your welcome, more coming after I get all my new stuff in the mail.

 

Im planning a trip to Germany and the ring is on the top of my list of things to do... They have cars there you can take out on the ring right? If not, whos up for letting me take there 8 out on the track?? LOL

 

Here you go I guess you can even rent the new M3 now,

http://www.rent-racecar.de/preise2007.html

Let me know when you'll be here I usually go to the track once a month and will have either my 8 or Skyline out there on the track too.

 

I will let you know! Too bad they dont have an 8 you can rent, I would rather run in a car I am comfortable in... I cant wait though!!

 

just test drove a cayman s over the weekend... probably closest one IMO to the 8 as far as balance goes. very easy to drive and handles superb.

 

Id imagine the rx8 would be very weak on a track like nurburgring.

Long straights > rx8

 

The RX8 is great on that track and with 174 turns its not weak, and I've also got my car up to 235kmh and it wasn't on the main straight either

 

I got mine up to 222 KPH on a motorway in France - no traffic.
I saw a turn coming up.
I looked at my wife in the passenger seat.
I thought "If I hit that corner at this speed, she will almost definitely wake up, and I will be in SO much trouble".
I slowed down.:o(

 

13 monts and counting till i get to belgium and start planning a weekend down to the ring