Among the disaster stories currently emanating from the Nürburgring we recently received a little gold nugget from Western Australia. It’s a great tale, posted to our Your Story section, from Joel Newman and introduces us to him and his Toyota Hilux which travelled from Fremantle to London. Along the way, as you can imagine, Joel [...]

If you’re reading this website you know that the Nürburgring Nordschleife is a seductive orgy of twisting tarmac that casts a spell over those who experience its pleasures for themselves. As evidenced by the fact that I run this website from the other side of the planet. You’ll also probably know that AUSringers has a [...]

Sometimes I get emails from readers of AUSringers that make me want to scream. I mean this in the nicest possible way, of course. I don’t want to scream because they have frustrated me, or because they have done anything wrong. I want to scream simply for the experiences they have lived. Today was one [...]

AUSringers reader Ben recently shared his Nürburgring experience in the Your Story section of the site—an area for all readers, especially Australians, to share their tales. Ben was also kind enough to send through some images of his trip and here they are for you to see. I’ve also included Ben’s entry below, to help [...]

Blaise Paris has just posted an excellent report of his Nürburgring experience in the Your Story section. I recommend you read it, as he has really managed to capture the thrill, excitement and trepidation of driving your first laps around the Nordschleife. Blaise took a 135i from Rent-RaceCar.de (3 series pictured above) and seemed to [...]

There’s trip reports and there’s trip reports. This one, from AutoWeek‘s Ronan McGrath, will take some beating. Ronan recently took delivery of a 997 Porsche GT3 RS. Okay, that’s not such a big deal. He’s a lucky bastard, for sure, but he’s not alone in having unfettered access to such an awesome car. Ronan is [...]

Thinking of heading over to the Ring? This DIY Guide from Australian Motor magazine (first published in February 2006) is a handy introduction. It is pretty basic but does cover as much as you can expect given the format. Written from the perspective of flying from Australia to London and taking the road trip through [...]

A new first for AUSringers, a trip report from an Aussie living overseas. This kind of interaction is one of the reasons I wanted to start the site and it is something I’m keen to see more of. This article grew out of discussions on the Your Story page and, well, here is the story [...]