DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Disco wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:23 pm Guys,

hope that you are all well! - spring is almost upon us and both my cars are getting itchy to come out.

I'm planning on taking my son to the Porsche museum in Stuttgart - I'm hoping I can get a run around the Nuremberg ring too.

I'm travelling on the eurotunnel from calais and I think this is a 4 day, three nighter. Has anyone done this before and can anyone suggest a decent/ picturesque place to stop off on the way there and on the way back - I'm pretty much sold on the V8 Hotel while in Stuttgart.

at the moment I'm here with my thinking:

Thursday morning Ride over to Reims - catch the sights, have some booze, eat some steak
Friday Reims to Stuttgart should be there by late lunch - have a butchers around the museum- stay in the V8 Hotel - look at car porn in the evening.
Saturday - up early to Nuremberg - quick blast around the track and then start the trip home. - I'm thinking 5/6hours driving max... at the moment, I'm thinking Nancy - but not for any decent reason other than being a large town/city
Sunday - drive home - take my time lunch somewhere along the way - 8pm tunnel back to the UK

so questions I have - will I have enough time on Saturday to do the ring? and then get back to within about 6 hours from Calais?
if I can, what can you recommend, place wise, other than Nancy? - is there anywhere good.

also - is there a better, more car enjoyable route - ?- I'll be taking the turbo, so its a pretty hard ride, and I don't like slim roads much..

what say you all?- any advice appreciated.
thanks
Disco

Sam wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:36 pm Don’t go to Nuremberg.

It’s quite a long way from the Nurburgring.

hmg66 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:26 pm Im sure your aware but if your considering doing a few ring laps in your own car on a tourisfahrten session not possible to make it risk free should the worst happen…..both from a driving and financial point of view….even when hiring a track car you can only mitigate not eliminate potential exposure ( even with operator insurance)

Track days are slightly different but you certainly need to do your due diligence before committing.

misteralz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:15 pm Staying at the V8 Hotel is definitely recommended. The onsite brewery does excellent dunkelweizen which pairs really well with whatever Flammkuchen you desire. If you're there for two nights, then the Böblingen mall is a short walk (past Porsche Böblingen as well) and has a great wee Maultaschen takeaway place. Müller is always worth looking in for their huge toy selection!
Keep your museum tickets - showing them at Mercedes gets you a discount on their museum. It works both ways so think hard about which museum you want to finish on. They're both excellent but in different ways.
Porsche Centrum Stuttgart is no longer, or at least it's no longer across from the museum. That was always worth a look in at - last time I was there they had a 918 and a Carrera GT on the mezzanine level. They also gave me some plate frames when I bought some oil.
As mentioned already - how old's your son? Legoland is maybe an hour along the road and it is ACE.

hot66 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:58 pm just to add .... if you don't want to go to the Ring, the Furka Pass for example is the same distance away from stuttgart but in the opposite direction .... you could run down to the alps and do some passes and then head back up north

What month are you going ?

Disco wrote:

hot66 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:58 pm just to add .... if you don't want to go to the Ring, the Furka Pass for example is the same distance away from stuttgart but in the opposite direction .... you could run down to the alps and do some passes and then head back up north

What month are you going ?

planning on going late May, early June. - so the roads will be clear of ice and snow by then ! - sounds like a good idea actually. - will investigate this - thanks!