2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - the TV scene

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2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - the TV scene

Post by trabitom99 » 27 Feb 2010 06:38 pm

The German DAF club is inviting to a meet at the Nürburgring - all variomatic cars are welcome!

http://www.dafclub.de/html/aktuelles.html (the second "post").

Tuesday 2. March 2010, 10:30
old paddock "altes Fahrerlager"
Otto-Flimm-Strasse,
53520 Nürburg

I've no idea what's going to happen, something involving TV and driving backwards. I think I may go and have a look, the 343 needs to stretch its legs ...

Tom
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343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring

Post by Bjorn Belter » 27 Feb 2010 07:37 pm

Let's just hope that they don't get tricked into doing this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ipFAps ... re=related

Brings tears to the eyes of any DAF enthusiast in particular...
Hundreds of the cars were lost in the name of "entertainment".

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Post by trabitom99 » 27 Feb 2010 07:43 pm

Maybe I'd better stay at home :shock: ;-)

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343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Post by Speedy88 » 28 Feb 2010 12:18 am

man people really hate banger racing on here :lol:
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Post by SteveP » 28 Feb 2010 01:18 am

I feel like buying a vario for this :lol:
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Post by macplaxton » 28 Feb 2010 03:34 am

I might pop over in October for the 25th Anniversary, but it really depends on so many things...

We want pics though!
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Post by trabitom99 » 02 Mar 2010 11:36 pm

Well that was fun.

Chucked all the seperate videos into Movie Maker and this came out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgrB5TAfvYM

all not very professional I'm afraid. Also, I forgot to give someone my camera, so there are no vids of the 343 going backwards!

Needless to say, the 343 showed them all what's what. Souped-up Corvette: 84,7 km/h, 343 B14: 85,5 km/h :lol: He was a little frustrated at the end ;-)

Pics to follow ...

Tom
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343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Post by trabitom99 » 03 Mar 2010 02:52 pm

Pics!

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This rusty piece of metal has some history - I visit it every time I go to the ring to remind myself to take it easy :? It's part of a Ford Sierra door piloted by a friend of mine sometime in 1995 - the car ended up flipping over and we were both fairly bruised and battered ...

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Brünnchen:

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A wide-angle lens would have proven useful:

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The old paddock (unchanged since 1927)

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The new Grand Prix paddock:

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Arrival of Jockel's Über-DAF:

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The best time of the day :-)

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The backwards top speeds of the day:

47 kmh: Peugeot 308 Diesel
60 kmh: Audi TTS
69 kmh: BMW M3
71 kmh: DAF 66 sm4
84,7 kmh: Corvette C6 Z06
85,5 kmh: Volvo 343 Vario

I was a bit surprised how lax everything was - on Top Gear you see ambulances and doctors all over the place "just in case" - here there was nothing of the sort, speeding along backwards at 53 mph with a cameraman in the back past a few cones, and no one cared! You had to brake and steer pretty hard at the end too, to avoid hitting the fence.

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343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics

Post by SteveP » 03 Mar 2010 03:56 pm

Great pics! Your 343 is looking great, Tom.
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics

Post by macplaxton » 03 Mar 2010 04:23 pm

Have I seen that maroon V66 in Autobild before racing an Audi backwards? (Can't get connected to Autobild.de for some reason)
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics

Post by trabitom99 » 03 Mar 2010 09:31 pm

Yes that's the guy :-) A nice chap, Rolf:
http://www.autobild.de/artikel/deutschl ... 51554.html

It's all been done before of course, but it's always good "car topic" I guess. I'm amazed Top Gear haven't come up with similar ideas (which is undoubtably a good thing). :?

Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics

Post by macplaxton » 03 Mar 2010 09:50 pm

That's the article, but I still can't get it to connect here on either Firefox or Konqueror. :? (Connection times out)
72 DAF 44 Estate 78 Volvo 343DL Black BeautyImageImage
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics

Post by Speedy88 » 03 Mar 2010 09:56 pm

You've hit your monthly limit of how many varios you can view :wink: Try ctrl + F5 in firefox, reboot browser and try again.

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That's one of the coolest classic interiors I've seen
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics

Post by macplaxton » 03 Mar 2010 10:02 pm

:lol: Probably.

I always keep the cache clean, etc. I'll work it out at some point. Maybe the government is blocking me.

I haven't see one of the Blaupunkt equaliser-on-a-stick things since......ooooo.....1985?
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics

Post by volvosneverdie » 04 Mar 2010 05:02 pm

Want uberDaf!
That things amazing. Great pics dude.
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