Hello All,
I am making the trip over to the UK from Australia at the end of April. I will be staying at Dartford for the week i am in the Uk, then over to Germany for a week at Nurburg.
I see i can hire a variety of race cars to drive around the Nurburgring, no Caterhams though. Does anyone know of a Caterham taxi? at the Nurburgring, I would love to go round the track in a Caterham, driving or passenger.
I contacted Kurt at Caterham Germany and I can hire a Caterham to drive the roads but not on the Nurburgring, insurance issues.
Cheers
Dave
There is a Brit based near there. I can't remember his name but his YouTube channel is called "Bridge to Gantry". Try contacting him as I know he has taken numerous 7s around The Ring...... and he seems to know his way round
Cheers
Rog
Thanks Rog, i have emailed him, now wait and see.
Cheers
Dave
"I can hire a Caterham to drive the roads but not on the Nurburgring, insurance issues."
Use of vehicles on the Nordschleife is a specific exclusion in European (including UK) motor insurance policies. There may be exceptions but I'm not aware of any.
I thought the exclusion was specific to UK based drivers and not relevant to European drivers as their insurers considered it a normal toll road and we (in the UK) considered it discriminatory by the restriction - obviously pre-Brexit
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I wouldn't be surprised if every insurer of hire cars stuck an exclusion in there unless it's Rent4Ring or Apex etc.
I think rental of a caterham is probably unlikely there as they're not ideally suited, easy to break (manual gearbox, very high performance) and pretty niche.
saying that, we're going over in May for DN with our cars if you fancy coming! :D
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The exclusion of the Ring is for every country other than Germany. So my Audi on German plates and with a German insurer can use the Ring fully insured, because during touristenfahrten, the "track" is a public toll road, the same as the M6 toll, for example.
I'm passing the Ring on the Thursday before easter (the 6th) but in the Audi rather than the caterham. I'm back there on June 30th for the Circuitdays trackday, and hopefully again later in the year. Doesn't sound like that matches with your plans though i'm afraid.
Pete
Fancy a club Nürburgring trip in 2023?
Thanks Guys, i am flying into Germany on the 6th of May and leaving on the 13th. I can and will hire a rent to race car just so i can say i have driven around the Nurburgring but i would love to see it from a Caterham.
Dave
There is a guy on Instagram called sexringandrocknroll, he is a Caterham owner and think he must be based near the nurburgring. I have seen him there and he is often posting pictures and videos there. Maybe worth getting in contact as you may be able to organise a passenger lap.
ah unlucky! DN is 5th, I'd have happily given you a passenger ride but I'll be heading to Calais.
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Thanks Guys,
What will be, will be i guess.
Cheers