hope this has not been covered from mg experience . net http://jalopnik.com/5734091/vintage-...shes-from-1970
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Jan. 22, 2011 2:04 p.m. Karl La Follette HalfDork
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Jan. 22, 2011 2:16 p.m. JFX001 SuperDork
Damn....that curve threw a beating to the beetles and the 911's.
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Jan. 22, 2011 2:32 p.m. Ian F SuperDork
Helmet? We don't need no stinkin' helmets!
You can bet a few of those guys has some 'splaining to do when they got home to the wife.
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Jan. 22, 2011 2:41 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
Seen it. Amazing what you're allowed to haul around in your car at track days.
Dan
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Jan. 22, 2011 4:13 p.m. Brotus7 Reader
helmet, bah, who would wear a helmet? Set belts, think again. There was one guy climbing out the windshield of this car at the same time the spectators were rolling it over. Wow, scary stuff.
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Jan. 22, 2011 4:14 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
Ian F wrote:
Helmet? We don't need no stinkin' helmets!
Helmets? Most of them aren't even wearing SEAT BELTS!
My favorite is still the guy who gets spit out the door ahead of his beetle.
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Jan. 22, 2011 5:32 p.m. MitchellC Dork
Rolling a Beetle cabrio: A great way to decapitate you and three of your best friends!
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Jan. 22, 2011 7:13 p.m. EricM Dork
I had seen it but not for a while. I will snug up my seat belt every time I drive. I will also stow all luggage in the trunk and make sure it is securely shut.
At 5:11 What car is that?
I noticed a lot of Opels and Beetles flipping over, but not the porsches.
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Jan. 22, 2011 7:16 p.m. Fit_Is_Snow Reader
This video upsets me
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Jan. 22, 2011 8:45 p.m. ditchdigger HalfDork
I have owned or currently own a version of several of the worst offenders in this vid. Fiat 850....check, Rear engine renault...check, AC VW...yup.
Most of the others are on my short list of cars I will own soon. NSU Prinz..ect
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Jan. 22, 2011 10:16 p.m. ShadowSix New Reader
Adenauer Forst is the hardest part of the track. I think I went off there about one in every four laps. The first curve tricks you into taking the second wrong. I never flipped anything though.
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Jan. 22, 2011 10:42 p.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
I loved watching that video. Seeing guys get spit out in nothing but bell bottoms and t-shirts.
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Jan. 23, 2011 8:26 a.m. VonSmallhausen New Reader
Toward the end there is a Alfa Zagoto (sp?) that come this close to hitting the wall, my heart stopped.
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Jan. 23, 2011 9:49 a.m. gamby SuperDork
I've seen this before, but it amazes me how those cars just seem to disintegrate when they roll over. Amazing what modern crash standards have done.
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Jan. 24, 2011 10:02 a.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
gamby wrote:
I've seen this before, but it amazes me how those cars just seem to disintegrate when they roll over. Amazing what modern crash standards have done.
That's not disintegration. That's trash flowing out the windows when they roll.
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Jan. 24, 2011 10:12 a.m. Travis_K Dork
Its amazing how tiny those alfas are, i have seen one before and it even would make a fiat x1/9 look big.
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Jan. 24, 2011 10:25 a.m. ShadowSix New Reader
In reply to Xceler8x:
The 'ring is still like that. I couldn't give you a ratio of helmeted to non-helmeted drivers, but it is not unusual to see people driving hard in fast cars without helmets. The motorcyclists are all pretty geared up, but that might be German law.
The worst part of driving there is actually sharing the track w/ motorcycles. I have nothing against motorcycles, but they are SO fast on the straights and SO slow in the corners that you get a real mismatch with both cars and bikes out there. I also suspect that many of the long track closings are due to motorcycle crashes, there isn't much runoff area on the north loop...
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Jan. 24, 2011 1:21 p.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
ShadowSix wrote:
In reply to Xceler8x:
The 'ring is still like that. I couldn't give you a ratio of helmeted to non-helmeted drivers, but it is not unusual to see people driving hard in fast cars without helmets. The motorcyclists are all pretty geared up, but that might be German law.
The worst part of driving there is actually sharing the track w/ motorcycles. I have nothing against motorcycles, but they are SO fast on the straights and SO slow in the corners that you get a real mismatch with both cars and bikes out there. I also suspect that many of the long track closings are due to motorcycle crashes, there isn't much runoff area on the north loop...
I'll bet the motorcycle gear is there for survival as much as anything else. It would be suicide to tackle the 'Ring on a motorcycle in jeans and an armored jacket.
It would also take real commitment to lean over a motorcycle to maintain any speed in those turns. Maybe commitment is the wrong word. I'm thinking more suicidal tendencies.
But hey, not many places you can run a motorcycle against a car.
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Jan. 24, 2011 1:31 p.m. pilotbraden HalfDork
I love the "soda" bottles rolling around, spraying their contents
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Jan. 24, 2011 2:59 p.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit Dork
If I remember correctly all of the motorcycle gear is German law.
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Jan. 24, 2011 7:56 p.m. DirtyBird222 SuperDork
nother cool ring vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6aNnZ4q80s
