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Right, important info so far:
The date and venue of the three nights to be spent at the ring are the only bits being officially organised and set in stone, everything else is up to individuals.
Camping: (£10pppn) £50
Ferry tickets: £100
Fuel: £180 diesel, £300 petrol (Assuming ~1,500 miles @ average 50derv/30perv mpg; (miles/mpg)*6.13=£XXX)
Laps: 4 laps for £85
Food and drink: £20pp/day = £120
Travel insurance: £20
Random spending: £100
Total cost shouldn't be much more than £700 each if sharing, or £1000 for one person in a car.
Costing based on current exchange rate and official listed prices, dover-dunkirke.
Required kit for likely routes:
Passport (make sure it's valid in plenty of time)
E111 health card (also must be valid)
Drivers licence, including paper counterpart (see above, obviously lol)
Hi-vis jacket
Warning triangle
Headlight beam converters
GB sticker
First aid kit
NF-approved breathalyser
Please bear in mind that Germany also requires a minimum tread depth of 3mm, nearly double the UK minimum. Snoopers aka radar detectors are banned across Europe, as are a surprising number of modifications; i'd recommend you don't do anything that attracts police attention, just in case they decide to look a bit closer at your car.
For those who would rather have recovery, there is ADAC cover. It will cover you anywhere in Europe, including the UK, for 70 something euros a year. You get the AA if you call them in the UK as they subcontract. When I went out in my 405 the AA wanted the same money for a week as ADAC wanted for an annual membership. They are the only recovery company that will recover your car from the ring, otherwise it's ££££. They have a good reputation for repatriating even low value cars. It covers you as driver or passenger in any vehicle. However, recovery will most likely cost considerably more if/when the time comes, and there is still no guarantee they will recover a 15yo £500 car from what is effectively a race track.
Date grouping options for time at the 'ring:
18th-21st April (Easter weekend... :S)
1st-4th May
28th-30th May
Everything else is Sundays and evenings only, so that's pretty much all we've got if we want to do more than one day there.
The date and venue of the three nights to be spent at the ring are the only bits being officially organised and set in stone, everything else is up to individuals.
Camping: (£10pppn) £50
Ferry tickets: £100
Fuel: £180 diesel, £300 petrol (Assuming ~1,500 miles @ average 50derv/30perv mpg; (miles/mpg)*6.13=£XXX)
Laps: 4 laps for £85
Food and drink: £20pp/day = £120
Travel insurance: £20
Random spending: £100
Total cost shouldn't be much more than £700 each if sharing, or £1000 for one person in a car.
Costing based on current exchange rate and official listed prices, dover-dunkirke.
Required kit for likely routes:
Passport (make sure it's valid in plenty of time)
E111 health card (also must be valid)
Drivers licence, including paper counterpart (see above, obviously lol)
Hi-vis jacket
Warning triangle
Headlight beam converters
GB sticker
First aid kit
NF-approved breathalyser
Please bear in mind that Germany also requires a minimum tread depth of 3mm, nearly double the UK minimum. Snoopers aka radar detectors are banned across Europe, as are a surprising number of modifications; i'd recommend you don't do anything that attracts police attention, just in case they decide to look a bit closer at your car.
For those who would rather have recovery, there is ADAC cover. It will cover you anywhere in Europe, including the UK, for 70 something euros a year. You get the AA if you call them in the UK as they subcontract. When I went out in my 405 the AA wanted the same money for a week as ADAC wanted for an annual membership. They are the only recovery company that will recover your car from the ring, otherwise it's ££££. They have a good reputation for repatriating even low value cars. It covers you as driver or passenger in any vehicle. However, recovery will most likely cost considerably more if/when the time comes, and there is still no guarantee they will recover a 15yo £500 car from what is effectively a race track.
Date grouping options for time at the 'ring:
18th-21st April (Easter weekend... :S)
1st-4th May
28th-30th May
Everything else is Sundays and evenings only, so that's pretty much all we've got if we want to do more than one day there.