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
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
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
Last edited by trabitom99 on 18 Apr 2010 09:17 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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
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
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".
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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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring
Maybe I'd better stay at home
Tom
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
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
Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring
man people really hate banger racing on here
Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring
I feel like buying a vario for this
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring
I might pop over in October for the 25th Anniversary, but it really depends on so many things...
We want pics though!
We want pics though!
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring
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 He was a little frustrated at the end
Pics to follow ...
Tom
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 He was a little frustrated at the end
Pics to follow ...
Tom
Last edited by trabitom99 on 01 Apr 2010 01:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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
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!
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 ...
Brünnchen:
A wide-angle lens would have proven useful:
The old paddock (unchanged since 1927)
The new Grand Prix paddock:
Arrival of Jockel's Über-DAF:
The best time of the day
The backwards top speeds of the day:
47 kmh: Peugeot 308 Diesel
60 kmh: Audi TTS
69 kmh: BMW M3
71 kmh: DAF 66
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.
Tom
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 ...
Brünnchen:
A wide-angle lens would have proven useful:
The old paddock (unchanged since 1927)
The new Grand Prix paddock:
Arrival of Jockel's Über-DAF:
The best time of the day
The backwards top speeds of the day:
47 kmh: Peugeot 308 Diesel
60 kmh: Audi TTS
69 kmh: BMW M3
71 kmh: DAF 66
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.
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
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
Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics
Great pics! Your 343 is looking great, Tom.
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Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics
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
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
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
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
That's the article, but I still can't get it to connect here on either Firefox or Konqueror. (Connection times out)
Re: 2.3.2010 - Variomatic meet at the Nürburgring - Pics
You've hit your monthly limit of how many varios you can view Try ctrl + F5 in firefox, reboot browser and try again.
That's one of the coolest classic interiors I've seen
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
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?
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
Want uberDaf!
That things amazing. Great pics dude.
That things amazing. Great pics dude.