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    R8 on the Nurburgring

    On monday I will be with Audi Driving experience having fun on the Nurburgring with the R8

    I will post pics as soon as possible.... I also have a digital camera but the in car mount did not arrive in time. So teh quality will not be the best you have seen so far....

    Anyone else coming?

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    Have fun and keep us posted on your observations regarding driving dynamics and power and so forth.

    Driving an R8 on the Nordschleife, how much better can it get

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    Here we are... the first few pics of the event... Videos will follow!!!
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    Some more images...
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    so, how was it???

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    Damn you lucky man!!

    SO, how was that beauty to drive?

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    MR USER,

    How can you left us with only pictures and no comments. That like showing a kid sweets in a candy store and not going in.

    Please reply soon.
    Search and you will find the truth.

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    And some other!
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    And some other.....
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    As all of you mentioned so far.... I must post some comments.... but not yet!

    before any comment SOME MORE PICTURES!!!!
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    But I definitely will post some comments... probably a lot of them.... but after some more pictures!!!!
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    This is the last few pic from me... THere will be a new user soon that will post a lot more.... as he was there too!!!

    Comments will follow!!
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    MR USER - you are the master of suspense.

    throw us some bones to play with

    one more request - maybe i am the only one: but bigger is better

    can we manage BIGGER pictures someday?

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    Amytime! if you tell me how to upload them full size!!! I'll be very happy to do so!

    They are about 32 megs in total....

    After work I will start writing something about the whole weekend...

    So far just on thing "FUN TASTIC"

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    Fantastic! Now we need that review!

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    So Goddamn Sexy, its unREAL

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    So here we are....

    Where should I start if not from the beginning!
    Meeting in holland with some friends... I live 850 km away! Saturday morning 8.30 I jump in the black RS sitting in my garage... and the jurney starts.
    250km of slow siwss roads before reaching basel an crossing the border to the limitless Autobahn state: Germany, home of the legendary nurburgring!

    Unfortunately the speed limits in Switzerland are not as generous as the german one so it took quite some time to get there. Once the border is behind me i think... MM time to try my car that just go delimited.... I was so wrong! Traffic for he next 600 km! Average speed lower than 100!

    16.30 PM arrive in Maastrict. Meeting with friends lot of beer.

    CENSORED

    Sunday Morning wake up at a reasonable 10 am for bfast and the rest of the usual stuff. Try to get my friend up but no way.... The F1 GP will start soon and we have quite some km to eat before lunch! Violence is required!
    On the road crusing towards Kerpen where the MSC (MR Schumacher) started his career.
    We decided to watch the GP there to pay our homage to the greatest ever, here in his temple!

    There found he bday gift for my old man.... a F1 model more or less 1 m long and 5 kg heavy signed by HIM!!!

    Got the gadget so is time t go! (if you did not see it Massa 1st, Hamilton -he is a monster - 2nd and Kimi 3rd)

    Nordschleife here we come!!!!

    1hour of maniac driving after we are buying out tickets to lap the Ring... my friend is a first timer and we enter with 2 cars... I'm the rabbit he's following.
    Nice but my brakes are still there and I'm not happy! He drops his bimmer and jumps in. Seatbelt on and second lap... then a third... then a fourth! Pads wearing light on. Brakes ratlling enough to unscrew every part of my car but boy isn't it fun??? I love this place! The concentration of nutters and petrolheads here is unique... cannot be described... just go there!

    But hold on may be you do not give a dam abotu this whole weekend thing? may be you just want to konw about the Audi Racetrack Experience with the R8? Is that Right?

    Well then Read on!!!

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