Ringmeet 2013 - Is that the turbo?

[leviathan]

Continuing the tradition of moving on from this year's Ringmeet thread into the Photography section for the aftermath. Tons of pictures will be here soon[SUP]tm[/SUP], I hope. For now, have a couple opening snapshots from this morning's quadcopter shenanigans:

*edit* Finished aerial video to be found on page 3: https://forums.finalgear.com/photography/ringmeet-2013-is-that-the-turbo-56505/page-3/#post2099794

 

[Heathrow]

FG heli-cam pics!
Awesome!

 

[tquattro]

Awesome! Wish I could have been there, looks like great fun.
Who's Panamera is that?

 

[Dr_Grip]

Who's Panamera is that?

Porsche's. Some BlaRo got himself a press car.

 

[eizbaer]

that'd be blaro's press-panamera turbo with all shenanigans! lots of people drooled over that

anyhoo, here are some of my pictures... didn't take many, so they're neither great nor numerous.

let's start with the obligatory REWE parking space find: a VERY nice porsche 356:
(actually, looking at the picture, i'm not sure anymore that was actually at rewe... damn)
((wait, yes i am! because of that dog inside there! very nice dog that was, oh yes =)))

next up, two shots of random FG-members. first, everyone admiring leviathans quadcopter equipment:

now, a group of people at T13 (you can't see it, but there are cameras EVERYWHERE... why? wait for it...)

because we were all waiting for this:

finally, because all of my pictures are rather meh: for anyone that's interested, look here for a few more!

 

[Dr_Grip]

Somehow I figured I'd leave the photo taking to the DSLR guys and only took two pictures this weekend:


The Kadett B Coup? was on Washington plates and managed to get involved in a fender bender with a 911 at the Nordschleife entrance. The most dangerous racetrack in the world, and then this.

 

[leviathan]

Assorted Ring pics, in no particular order, with many quite probably missing:

Joker's C3 flying the Ringmeet vynil

The Mercedes carrying 4 people around in great comfort

Joe's BMW pouncing out of the Caroussel (or is that the Mini-Caroussel?)

lip's Laguna reflecting the sky in weird colors

 

[Perc]

lip's Laguna reflecting the sky in weird colors

That's the heat reflecting windshield showing up on camera. Lots of (mainly French) cars have it, and it's very noticeable IRL if you're wearing polarized sunglasses.
Not sure if French car makers are the only ones with this feature or if some French glass supplier uses some kind of coating that stands out more than others.

 

[public]

Meet is still happening!

 

[narf]

Meet is still happening!

That reminds me - any Norwegians taking their big white-blue water-car tomorrow?

 

[DanRoM]

Holy rear suspension Batman!

That and some more pictures of loose_unit at Karussell here at tourifotos.de.

Me at Eiskurve, I guess, picture by Highspeedfotos.de.

 

[DaHitch]

Many people made photos of the 956 on saturday, so here's some video so you can hear it's mighty roar. Well, purr might be more apt since it rolled by at walking speed.

[video=youtube;fmR_6-jB_k0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmR_6-jB_k0[/video]

 

[metalnarf]

Also back from ze meet here are some crappy handypics https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1x2pjhjc1wjddcl/ooIUp-DNr3

 

[leviathan]

Some more aerial shots I've snapped while reviewing the footage:

Friday morning, fairly empty campsite, view from the north

Packed campsite on friday evening, view from the north-east

Remains of the FG half an hour after the shenaningans on Sunday morning, view from the south

 

[eizbaer]

niiiiiice, that last pic still looks like FG, even with a car missing

 

[Redliner]

I absolutely NEED to join you next year.

 

[Misrabelle]

You didn't take the opportunity to create a penis with the cars and tents. I am disappoint.

 

[lip]

The idea came up on the spot for sure. Glad somebody already had a plan drawn for the FG at that moment. Phew.

 

[Adunaphel]

RONGRINGMEET 2013
Is that the turbo?​

"IS THAT THE TURBO!?!"

Arriving on thursday, campsite nearly empty. Pitching our tents.

DaBoom

Reviewing pictures
Speedtouch, IceBone

"Exquisite nuts. I just checked them"
public

Once everyone arrived, we headed to the kebabjoint for late dinner.

Blurry people

Joker, Ice, thomas' fingers

'Twas dark when we emerged, well fed.

When we got back to the campsite, something from Mein Kraft showed up or something.

After I went to sleep, BlaRo showed up in something from the VAG catalogue. People were busy checking it out the following morning, although they seemed to have trouble locating the turbo.
thomas, Leviathan, Matt2000, Bobele23, TobiasG, Shad, public, BlaRo, frankiess

After some more shenanigans we went to the N?rburg castle, where we also had lunch.
Adrian, loose_unit, JVtje (Mrs. Adu), speedtouch, BlaRo, public, IceBone, geeman

Adrian, IceBone, public, loose_unit

WhatsApp shenanigans ensued.
speedtouch

geeman

Adrian

loose_unit

BlaRo

JVtje

IceBone

Adrian mounting the stairs to the tower of the castle.
loose_unit, Adrian

Adunaphel

Racecars!
geeman, Speedtouch, IceBone, loose_unit, public

IceBone

BlaRo

public, Speedtouch, BlaRo

loose_unit, public, Speedtouch, BlaRo

Later that afternoon, a wild Belgian appeared.
DaHitch

To get the bbq started, we hooked a compressor up to a Kompressor.
Matt2000, Bobele23, MWF

Dr_Grip, public

Adunaphel, DaHitch

Kip, MXM

IceBone, Leviathan

Kaboon

Thujalvi

Matt2000, MWF, Shad, Bobele23

BlaRo, Joker

Leviathan, Adrian

Kip

Sn0wman, public

Mrs. 47, 47, Kaboon

loose_unit

MWF. BlaRo

An ambitious but rubbish (fridge magnet won't stick to the aluminium doors of the Panamera, who'da thunk) round of cool wall, we then did the cool wall with the cars that were present. Dr. Grip won by a landslide.
BlaRo

After that we bbq'd and retreated to the party tent for the rain.
MWF, thomas, public, Speedtouch, loose_unit

Last-minute preparations for the pubquiz. Because we then got busy with the actual quiz itself, that's the last photo for the night.
Adu's laptop

loose_unit

The next morning. Some people felt better than others.
Kaboon's hangover, Kaboon

Breakfast was consumed by some.
Speedtouch, Matt2000

Galantti, geeman

loose_unit's tongue

Shad

Some people then went to the ring for a rather disappointing parade lap of this 956, driven by Derek Bell.

Speedtouch, loose_unit

Why not Zoidberg?
thomasberg

Then we headed down to the Nordschleife Zufahrt for the start of tourist drives.
Shad

I hitched a ride with Dustin in his awesome 135i.
Adunaphel, FOACAD

loose_unit's BMW

A wild Joe appears for his lap.
Galantti, geeman, loose_unit's BMW

Riding with a sub-zero Joker in his EPI-C3. Had massive fun, thanks!
Adunaphel's arm, Joker

Shad, Speedtouch

IceBone

public's back, BlaRo

public

Greetings, liplaguna.

geeman

Galantti

 

[Fairlady]

Extremely disappointed I couldn't be there, but as of now, working in the next meet is a priority.

Now chop chop, I want pictures.