[geeks] Race Tracks

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Apr 17, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Joost van de Griek wrote:

> Not exactly near New York, but the famous Nuerburgring does allow 
> public
> access. Officially, it's a "private one-way toll road". 50 fatalities 
> per
> annum on average. Those wacky Germans...
>

I once worked for a company that had bought up the German engineering 
talent.

I was excited to go over there and do some English language docs, even 
though it was November (crappy weather), because the founder of the 
acquired company had a loaded M3 that he had customized and took to 
Nuerburgring; and he was the one that was going to pick me up at the 
airport...

Imagine my disappointment when I was informed that his M3 was in the 
shop, and he was using his girlfriend's car.

A Suzuki Tracker that could barely do 70mph downhill with a following 
wind.

What was normally a 45 minute commute for him, took over 2 hours.

--Patrick