TypeSKid

For those of you that aren't familiar with the Ring-Taxi's on the Nurburgring at Nordschleife, they are slightly modified M5's (brake pads and tires) driven by mostly former professional race car drivers for a small fee. Their job is to take up to 3 people around the 'ring extremely fast. Most of these drivers can complete the track in 8:15 to 8:30 with 4 people in the car! Their cars are maintained by BMW techs and the suspension and brakes are replaced every 5,000 km's or more.

Anyway, they pretty much rule the 'ring. The know both the track and their cars extremely well since they do this on an almost daily basis.

This video is of a modified M3 chasing the Ring-Taxi in order to film it on video. He says in his original post that he wouldn't have too much of a problem passing the taxi had he chose to. Anyway, it's a fun vid to watch. Note the numerous Porsches that get passed by both cars.

http://www.audiforum.nl/~erikrs6/RS...3-Ring-Taxi.wmv


*from m3 forum

zigzagzig

broken

phil2

evilstorm

:gheywave:

srika

loooove that video and other videos of Sabine... yes FYI the driver of the M5 is a chick... a rather good-looking chick with a sexy accent ..... it's actually known as the Nurburgring "Taxi"... and people can get rides in it.... check the following links.... don't have link to the exact video above, but I think you'll have enough to watch below. :P

http://www.nuerburgring.de/eng/angebote/ringtaxi.htm

here's a video of Jeremy Clarkson interviewing her, WHILE she's driving.... she's just sitting talking and laughing with Clarkson, while driving, like its nothing. It's obvious she has done this many many times...
http://delobbo.com/video/M5_TheRing.wmv (32mb)

another Sabine video, 120mb:
http://vanadium.prg.dtu.dk/~pmc/ande...209_Sabine.WMV

120mb video is also here, along with other ones:
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=25027

Ringtaxi at the Nürburgring
"One is pressed against the seat and then it starts, but despite the speed, one feels absolutely safe."

The BMW-Ringtaxis of the Nürburgring offer a breathtaking experience for everyone that would like to experience the Nordschleife from the perspective of a racing driver.

In a 400 horse power specially prepared BMW car guests are chauffeured by twice winner of the 24 hour Nürburgring race Sabine Schmitz.

"A drive in a BMW-Ringtaxi is indescribable. One has to experience it for one self. Incredible!" That's what passengers who have taken the fasted taxi in the world have to say about the experience.

A circuit on the Nordschleife costs € 160,00 for up to 3 people, for reservations and information +49 (0) 26 91 / 302 - 178. Gift vouchers can be purchased at the Central Tourist Information at Nürburgring. (Telephone +49 (0) 26 91 / 302 - 178).

phil2

Thanks srika!

Fucking TypeSInfant suxs at teh posting!

srika

np... you can get the initial video posted in this thread here, however you have to login, but I should think more than a few of us have Racing Flix logins by now... It's a great site with tons of killer downloads.

http://www.racingflix.com/getvideo.asp?v=646&p=3

srika

btw - funniest part about the video with Clarkson (posted above) is that at one point, she actually SCARES him... now this is a RARE occurrence... look for it, towards the end...

Gixxster

That dude looked scared when they were approaching that blue car during the interview. He's grabbing on to the seat saying "keep your eyes on the road"!
Nice vid. She's cute & has a nice rack!

Damn I justed posted about that before I read your post! Funny thing is that she laughs at him and tells him "no worries"

TypeSKid

worked for me, assclown.

srika

lol yeah that's what I love about her, she's also quite modest. I also love some other things about her, lol. Keep in mind, she's won the 24 hour Nurburgring race before, TWICE!! She means business. And you can tell in her driving... anything around the 8 minute mark at Nurburgring is SMOKIN'. The fact that its a bone-stock M5 sedan is just crazy!! yeah I love her.

chikai

got pics of this so called Sabine? A quick look at google failed to return results.

srika

well it didn't work for me, or anyone else.

FYI... if you want to know what you did wrong, you copied the TEXT of the link as opposed to copying the actual SHORTCUT to the link... just for future reference. Don't feel bad, it's a very common n00b forum problem...

srika

unfortunately, I don't have any off-hand. I will look around for some later today.

srika

couldn't find any good ones... that video will have to do, for now. And, I think it does ok.

cl-driver

Thanks! Awesome links!

mantis23

he can't help it, hes a

sad thing is, he still doesn't know what he did wrong.