My last Ring visit...
 

... this year :P

Just because of the weather turning bad (i.e. snow and ice) this time of the year, and in such situations the ring is closed down. So no need to travel 250 km for nothing. But I’ll be ready for next season.

As for now, I’ll post the pics of my last visit about two weeks ago (I know I haven’t yet posted all pics of my previous visits, but they will come soon :mrgreen:). It was a rather foggy day, so not many cars showed up. But it’s still the ring, so there’s always something special to see.


I’ll post these 10 preview pics. If you want to see the whole load, you’ll have to click on one of the pics to be redirected to page with thumbnailed links to the highres versions.


As always Porsche is well represented at the ring. This was one of my favourite cars that day: a 993 RS ClupSport but with the GT rear wing.

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Not really my kind of taste, a Gemballa-ed 996 C2 Cabrio (I don’t know the exact Gemballa name. If somebody knows, let me know ;))

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This f355 was doing lap after lap in the late afternoon until closing time

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And I spotted my first non-motorshow, non-dealership, non-special-event new RS4. It sounds nice IMO, though it’s too damped at idle.

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A few M3 CSL’s were doing their share of laps, but this full black one is my favourite.

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And a couple of M Coupés were present as well, again the full black one was the meanest.

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Especially for Arman, a nice E30 M3

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I also saw three modded Mini Cooper S’s, which I really liked. They looked cool and were pretty fast.

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The ultimate new budget ring car apparently is the Golf V GTI. Loads of them are dumped at the Green Hell :D

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And just a picture of our return back home on a restricted part of the German Autobahns. And yes this Jag has done some laps around the ring ;)

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woooooooow cooollll, there are lots of cool car ate the ring every day :lol:

M3CSL :drool:

nice RS4, it very muscelar :D

the gemballa is very weird in this colour :?

the black golf is very cool, and the last JAG pic, is a PRO pic :P -->really great

thanks for pics 8)

Awesome, I specialy like the M3 csl & the z3 M coupé all black!

Your pics of the front of the cars who enter on the ring are really good!

wow nice st of pics, the 993 RS is superb :D 8)

The RS4 looks sick!! thanks

shieet :D awesome pictures just amazing :)
what settings did u use to take the jag picture, very clean with almost no light :shock:
do you mind to tell me what camera are u using?

thanxs

edit: do you guys think the RS4 is a better car than the M5?

amazing pics of the F355 and BMW M Coupe! I especially love that front shot with the 355's pop-ups on :love:

Thanks all for the compliments. It's always nice to know the pics are appreciated ;)



I use a Nikon D70 + AF-S DX 18-70 lens. For the jag pic the light wasn't that bad. The sun was going under, but there was still enough light to take a pic. The pic was taken at a shutter speed of 1/80 or 1/100, aperture fully open and ISO set high (1000 or 1250). As a result there was some grain in the original pic, which I blurred out a bit.

niiiiice pics! i really like them!
but ^^they have said everything i was going to say... haha
i probably have asked u this before but what camera do u use? and yea that double porsche pic is really good! and the 355 one!
:)

993 RS is wondefull :drool: :drool: :drool:
thanks for pics.

:shock:

Thx a BUNCH!!!!

the red 993 RS, the all black CSL and the black GTI are to die for. Man what beautifull cars.

And the yellow 355 didn't hurt either 8)

Lmao man, QUALITY, thanks a lot.
The black-rimmed CSL is gorgeous - I am a BMW fan and a black rims maniac - this almost killed me. Dont you have more pictures of it?
The white Golf GTI is very nice - I've spotted such on the street and white is the best color I've seen so far

Stunning stuff mate, looking forward to some more visits next year. I know if I lived so close (relatively speaking) I'd be there all the time too! :D

Now to the cars - well the Gemballa 996 is strange, and the colour is yuck! :( The 993RS on the otherhand is sensational! :drool:

The Audi RS4 is quickly becoming one of my favourite cars, just great. Thanks for the WRX pics too, really like the black one with STi seats.

That RS4 looks really tough!!!!

Nice big set of wheels and the GOLF GTI's look really good!!

Cant wait to see more pictures

Holy smokes those black BMW!! I don't have time to check out the page with all the pics, but will do asap tomorrow!!!!

A topic with pictures from the Ring is something I'm always waiting for and with pictures of this quality is even better!!! :o :shock:

That Gemballa 996 Cabrio is, at least, weird :?

The black M3 CSL with black wheels is just perfect :love:

The Golf V Gti with those OZ superleggera wheels is damn nice too :drool:

That's just me or there's something wrong with this rear wing ?!?!? :shock:
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The RS4, 993 GT3 & GT3 RS and the highly modified 993 pictures are simply AWESOME ! :clap:

What a great last Ring visit you done - Thanks Wutputt ! :D

i think is a STi aswell but with the smaller wing :roll:

Yes, at least it is exactly the same as the blue one except for the wheels and the rear wing :wink: And the blue one is an STi for sure :D

I think it could be a Sti as well, i see the prodrive wheels and the tip of a big brembo caliper.


Amazing pics there dude, just awesome!! i love the black CSL, that is one mean looking motha there. Well done.

I didnt know you travelled 250km to the ring, far out, thanks for going to so much trouble there. much appreciated dude.

:P

Very nice picture :D , thanks Wutputt!

lots of Porsches of course :D , the older ones are great (the first 964 pic!!)
the black BMW's are hot!
and
I like the Minis too!

Actually it's open this year during the winter, but only if there isn't any snow or ice on it.


That's great! You definitely will like it!



You can find the answer right above your post ;)



No problem. I don't mind traveling about 500 km a day to be at the Ring. It's just so addictive I even went 7 or 8 times this year :P

I have, but the quality isn't that good (unsharp or just wrong positioning):

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It's a raised GT wing. You sometimes see this on 911's used to lap a track.

Finally saved all the pics I needed, and the stars for me were the full black Z3M and CSL :love:
The 355 coming out of the mist is quite cool too!

Dude, thanks a lot! I hoep you will visit every now and then during winter too if weather will allow it ;)

I would love to see a track day in the snow :mrgreen: :P

there was some time ago, one clip on jabbas video of the week, and the porsche carrera s, glided in the snow :D

Thanks, man :P