zandvoort/Ring/Spa FULL TRIP REPORT

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:56 pm

Hello people, Its once again time to start planning SE's next jaunt
abroad.

Details have just been released for Lotus on Tracks october trip.
Basically, for the SE contingent:

Thursday 12/10/06 : DFDS ferry. departs newcastle 1730, arrives 0930
Friday 13/10/06 : Zandvoort trackday, open pit lane
Saturday 14/10/06 : Drive to ring to watch VLN race
Sunday 15/10/06 : Drive the ring, public day 0900-1800
Monday 16/10/06 : Drive the ring, public day 1300-1800
Tuesday 17/10/06 : Spa trackday, open pit lane
wednesday 18/10/06: DFDS ferry. departs IJmuiden 1800, arrives 0900

For those who fancy it but have never been, rough costs are:

Ferry, if theres 6 of us, with 3 cabins, is £181 return
trackday at zandvoort. £110
trackday at Spa. £145
Ring ticket for 25 laps. £208
petrol. roughly. £300
Beer food and hotels. £400

so total for the week is roughly £1163 plus a set of tyres and
brakes if your hard on the car. thats the bad news. The good new
is you get to drive 3 of the best circuits in the world. All are
very fast, flowing circuits that are a complete revelation compared
to Knockhill.

see here for more details:

http://www.lotus-on-track.com/circuit_g ... voort.html

and

http://www.lotus-on-track.com/circuit_g ... gring.html

and

http://www.lotus-on-track.com/circuit_g ... hamps.html

Post by **Shug** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:29 pm

Here you go - 1 Motley Crue......

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:42 pm

Was it a fancy dress party? I'll try and guess..

...................Shug........................McKeann...........................Mac...........................??

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Post by ed » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:10 pm

how you tease, would love to head back over there for the ring alone.
coming back from europe i bumped into the LOT boys at the ferry terminal, seemed like a great bunch of lads. aLOT of cash but def would be worth it. will see if i can get the time off work........

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:37 pm

i was trying to entice a few newbies into the trip without scaring them off. but yes, that is per night

you interested?? theres a few GT3 owners who are members of LoT.

i forgot to say, you have to join LoT, but its only £20

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:30 pm

I would be there if I had any holidays left

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:42 pm

I can't take holidays then

Would have been the home coming the 111r needed

Tim S · Post by **Tim S** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:52 pm

I'd just love to do this trip, but don't think wife would be too happy - baby due the following week. Hence I read with interest today's posts about which buggies will fit in an S2!!

Tim

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:17 pm

Would be there in a second if I could afford it.

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:55 pm

As I said in the other house I'm going (subject to clearance from mission control).

I was surprised at how well the cars stood up to the abuse last month - 3,000 miles ish in pretty high temperatures (everything was too hot to touch by 10am), but I think a lot of that was down to Paul telling people not to f*ck about and get their cars properly serviced and spanner checked before going. Sound advice here also - if you're going to splash ~1.5K on a "holiday" then don't have it spoiled because you run out of disks or pads after 100 miles or because that ball joint is knackered ...

One way of making it a bit cheaper is to share a car - obviously on a "you bin it, you bought it" basis. No doubt McNutter's car will be broken by the time we go and he will be sharing mine

Cheers,
Robin

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:48 pm

if i start now i MIGHT have it sorted for this trip. thats the plan.

Post by ed » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:23 am

yeah was considering the car sharing idea, cough TOM, cough!!

think we would be best taking mine!

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:53 am

wish I could afford it

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:37 am

ed wrote:yeah was considering the car sharing idea, cough TOM, cough!!

think we would be best taking mine!

well, if we did take yours, I'd go carefully with the down changing

k series on the other hand.....

Brunty · Post by **Brunty** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:44 pm

Damn, was seriously considering going.

Just checked my diary, and that is the week of the Mull Rally

I'll be along to one early next year though, just have to decide which car

Brunty