Thinking das Ring might be dead in few years

[freeride53]

God dammit. How sad, I've got to drive the living shit out of my onkel's 190e now.
Thank based god that I'm going there this summer!
But more importantly, to visit my uncle who had a stroke recently while driving on the autobahn in same 190e.
Thankin god he's still with us. :up:

[ohthejosh]

They should put up rental estates on there, iirc Top Gear did a segment about such a place where people can rent out town houses with attached garages pretty much track side.

Shieet the ring is like the disneyland of driving enthusiasts why not make it more tourist friendly? Make a hotel or something with packages and what not. If I were to visit Germany with the main purpose of driving around that track Id like to stay as close as possible.

[M-technik-3]

It just got a hotel. For those not familiar with the Eifel region there is not much industry nor much in the way of major cities in the area. Colgne/Koln depending on how you grew up spelling it is the closest city followed by Trier. Bitburg is an oversized village that has a brewery and an ex-USAF flugplatz which helps in way of some jobs.

Think Danville VA aka VIR it's in the middle of the boonies.

[BoxDriver86]

They should put up rental estates on there, iirc Top Gear did a segment about such a place where people can rent out town houses with attached garages pretty much track side.

That was VIR I believe. The issue with that is they would need capital to build the housing, set up roads and perhaps pay permit fees. There is no way that a company that far in debt with that high of a risk rating could get the money they need for such an undertaking.

[ohthejosh]

That true. If only they thought of things sooner. The hell are they paying their financial department for?

Seems like extremely negligent of the company to not do something to at least lessen the debt. Almost as if somebody wants the ring closed FOREEEVVVUUUURRRRR......

[tttoon]

Like was said before, they put themselves in debt by trying to turn it into a theme park including a 3000 seat arena and huge hotels. Turns out people who are interested in coming to the ring just want to drive the actual track, and people who don't want to drive the actual track are not interested in a theme park in the middle of nowhere (by European standards) either.

So they made a bunch of government aided investments in things that don't directly benefit the track itself, and now those are not giving any returns at all. They've since tried to compensate that by strongarming business from third party operators there (hotels, track car rentals,...)

linky to story on jalopnik: http://jalopnik.com/5741649/how-the-...-ring-protests

[ohthejosh]

Sad sad times. This just proves I need to be a billionaire and make my own Nurburgring replica out here in California complete with car spa and Original Jewish Barn/Shop.

Mark my words, if I ever do this in the future. Use the promo code "Viva la R3v" durinthe first year of operation and you shall receive free accomodations at the US Knerburgerking.

Promo code can only be used once. :D

[slammin.e28]

Sad sad times. This just proves I need to be a billionaire and make my own Nurburgring replica out here in California complete with car spa and Original Jewish Barn/Shop.

Mark my words, if I ever do this in the future. Use the promo code "Viva la R3v" durinthe first year of operation and you shall receive free accomodations at the US Knerburgerking.

Promo code can only be used once. :D

Hey now! Can't be in Cali! Make it more like in the foothills of the Rockies, on the East side. Cali government would have a conniption with all the race fuel burning cars throwing exhaust into their air!

+1 to the Jew Barn/shop.

[ohthejosh]

Okay okay location to be determined. PNW kinda sounds fun.

[M-technik-3]

While on the subject of Das Ring, here is a new facility.

http://skiddmark.com/2011/09/germanys-new-nurburgring-the-bilster-berg-drive-resort2/#!prettyPhoto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ecitovEdJPk

Built like Ascari or Monticello in NY. It's for the rich.

http://www.bilster-berg.de/en/media.html

[M-technik-3]

This looks like anyone of the numerous muns sites in Europe, but I image at one point a few years ago this would have trees everywhere.

[Jand3rson]

That looks amazing. If I ever became a multi-millionaire, fuck stupidly huge houses, yachts, and all that shit, THAT is what I would build.

[M-technik-3]

Looks like it will be a nice circuit BUT it's in the boonies yet again.

[slammin.e28]

Need to take one of those abandoned housing developments around the US and turn them into one of these tracks.

[Brezzi]

Need to take one of those abandoned housing developments around the US and turn them into one of these tracks.

We should get all of r3v to invest. I'll chip in