Comments by "Golden Croc" (@GoldenCroc) on "American Reacts to What a Hot Hatch lap at Nürburgring looks like" video.

  1. You are right, but I want to clarify a bit more: You are not only meant to do it, you must do it. Thats because during the "Tourist drive" hours, it is quite literally not classed as a track anymore, but a normal road, with road toll and no speed limit. As far as I know, exactly the same laws apply as would going on any other road in Germany.
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  2. They probably meant they swapped the 405 turbo 16v into it.
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  3. This is not that car. This is a normal 205 with an engine swap.
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  4.  @justincase9471  There are a lot of trackdays organized, including just bikes one. But as I said, during Tourist drives its classed as a regular road, so anything thats highway legal is welcome. Dont think there is anything to do about that if they want to keep regular road legal status, which is what enables people running their everyday car or RV or whatever without any special race licence, vehicle inspenction, or protective gear in the first place.
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  5.  @justincase9471  Fair enough, I remember seeing, assuming you are correct which I am sure you are, what was probably a bike only session at the GP track, but at least back then there was no indication of it being so in official documentation or schedule. Perhaps thats changed these days. I guess there might be some nuance and spectrum to what their operating licence allows. Just curious, might I ask a bit about what vehicle you use and some quick summary about it?
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  6.  @justincase9471  That make sense, as when I when I was supposed to drive on the GP track a few years ago they made us wait about 30 minutes or so... perhaps it was a bit longer for a bunch of bikes to finish going round, with no explanation evident. This is probably what happened. Oh, thats a very nice ride you got! Myself I have a 2012 BMW E92 335d. This car is an everyday car with all amenities you could get for that year, standard interior and stuff like tow hitch, etc. It is very heavy, but thats not much do about since its still supposed to be quiet for very long trips and towing boats etc. I have made a few mods for abit better driving though that dont take away the usability, such as a remap, M3 control arms and more camber angles, sport brake pads and fluid, Bilstein coilovers and AR1 tires on separate rims which I bring with me in the back seat which I put on when going round. Car can be seen on a short on my channel. Unfortunately I live 1500 km away, so I cant do it more often than once a year. Cheers.
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  7. I doubt it is. It is a normal 205 with an engine swap.
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  8.  @MrChocobo12  What makes you think its a true 205 t16? Seems very unlikely to me considering what we see in the video.
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  9.  @XploiTee  Yes, I find that more likely as well. The 405 turbo was a rare car after all. But we dont know, and I just didnt want to go to much into speculating about details :)
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