Rich Duisberg guides you through the many playthings available
to rent at the ‘ring. Suzuki Swift? Artega GT? Still cheaper than
risking your own P&J.
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suspicious of my motives, he called me later to see how I was
getting on. “The engine is a bit noisy !” he shouted down the
out. I didn’t last long in that job. Or the one after it. There are
begged, borrowed or twocced. There are two major obstacles though:
toll roads as they sometimes phrase it) and even if they don’t convincing
some call centre Meerkat to pay out for what no-one could legitimately
of Armco, track closure, cleaning up, etc...
it takes half a day to cross, on potholed roads infested with unbending
humourless cops, is. Then there’s circumnavigation of London/M25, the
cost of crossing the channel and lots of fuel. Don’t forget breakdown
cover either. And make sure your insurance covers you abroad. And all
that safety cack the EU Polizei insist you carry in your boot. Fagpacket
Midlands. The only fun is in racing the Eurostar train as it runs parallel
to the E40. There’s a framed speeding ticket on my wall from the last
it, right? 13 miles of historic zero run-off circuit featuring every kind of
corner, camber and climb you can imagine ... and a few you don’t expect,
had forgotten about, or are convinced they put in since your last trip to
for TouristenFahrt days and get over there.
Rent something cheap from the airport and drive for just over an hour to
his credit card before his rental had even reached Karussell. There are a
handful of companies who will be happy to rent you something suitable
four of the best.