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Old May 20th, 2007, 08:10 PM   #281
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Can we have another meet in july when i go there? images/smilies/happy.gif
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Woohoo, what a day - weather was miles better than predicted and meeting a bunch of strangers from the interweb images/smilies/ohmy.gif turned out to be an extremely pleasent experience!

Special thanks again to that nice Porsche driver who kindly offered me a lap on the Ring in his car! images/smilies/smile.gif

First pic (not of us, though):
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P.S. I got back home without any problems and hope that I won't encounter any problems in the next couple of days as well.
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Old May 20th, 2007, 08:19 PM   #283
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The 8C looks good even in weird camo like that!

Looks like you guys had a fun time... post the pics already.
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Okay, some more pics:

First: introduction to the first Ringtaxi ever (including two FG-member cars and one FG member) images/smilies/smile.gif
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The castle the Ring's named after (not the other way round as some might think!)
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This is what we found when we hit the Grand prix circuit:
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Some new Ferrari, Aston or Volvo - you can't really tell since it's heavily disguised images/smilies/smile.gif
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Some guys returning from their lap:
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Some car photos that turned out rather well: (no FG-member cars!)
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You lucky sods! I so wish to have been there. images/smilies/sad.gif
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The car you couldn't make out is an Alfa 8c, as mentioned above...
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Very nice guys.
Sorry I couldn't make it after all. Hopefully next time...
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Awesome day. Great weather. And ring is fun-fucking-tastic. Sorry for those who left earlier, you missed a nice group photo (which alok arranged) images/smilies/wink.gif
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And top of the iceberg, the last group photo, with a non fg member on it. Alok, we're waiting! images/smilies/wink.gif
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Hey! It's Sabine!

Okay that's kinda obvious I guess... I can see Alok, Adunaphel and flamingice in that pic. Can't recognize any of the other members.
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I wasn't in the most gentlemen-ish outfit. I didn't even shave, but well, I went to a track to meet sweaty guys with no aircon in their race machines, smell rubber and petrol. images/smilies/tongue.gif

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me - mautzel - behind him our rx8 man homer - other side of sabine alok, behind him flaming ice, stig is asunaphel, and mxm on the other end.

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I wasn't in the most gentlemen-ish outfit. I didn't even shave, but well, I went to a track to meet sweaty guys with no aircon in their race machines, smell rubber and petrol. images/smilies/tongue.gif
yea, totally being a man man, like adu's satnav images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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Ok, here are my best shots, with a rushed and crappy post processing.

MXM
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x37/pdanev-nring/DSC02067.jpg

Van
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Even bigger van images/smilies/tongue.gif
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RingTaxi - M5, Viper
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x37/pdanev-nring/DSC02044.jpg

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Car Park
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On the track

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mgkdk - i edited my previous post including the names 1minute after you made your post, apparently. images/smilies/smile.gif

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What a cool group picture, seeing the result it was definitely worth asking, Alok! images/smilies/wink.gif

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I dont know if any of you guys heard when sabine looked at my banner, and jokingly said..ANALGEAR.COM??
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