Comments on: The Nardò Ring http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brad http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-149242 Brad Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:05:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-149242 Please, the correct term is hummerzine. I like the fact that farming continues inside the circle. Wonder if the farmers ever get the tractor out on the track and let her rip!. Also as far as not needing to steer, if the track is built such that the bank angle varies, getting steeper toward the outside of the track, the car could find a no steer speed across a wide range of speeds. Please, the correct term is hummerzine.

I like the fact that farming continues inside the circle. Wonder if the farmers ever get the tractor out on the track and let her rip!.

Also as far as not needing to steer, if the track is built such that the bank angle varies, getting steeper toward the outside of the track, the car could find a no steer speed across a wide range of speeds.

]]> By: Dan http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-148744 Dan Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:38:32 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-148744 But of course! The stretch Hummer! I don't think we've called them stag parties since the fifties, over here. They're bachelor parties (as in the Tom Hanks film of the same name) nowadays. But of course! The stretch Hummer!

I don’t think we’ve called them stag parties since the fifties, over here. They’re bachelor parties (as in the Tom Hanks film of the same name) nowadays.

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-148347 Alex Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:05:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-148347 @James - LOL! @Dan - Hmm, that isn't immediately obvious is it!? A hen night is what American's call a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_night" rel="nofollow">Bachelorette party</a> and a stag night is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_night" rel="nofollow">the male equivalent</a>. In Edinburgh in recent years we've been overrun with groups of people travelling from all over the UK to get drunk and fall over in our fair city, and for some reason these stumbling groups of revellers seem to think the traditional mode of Scottish transport is the monstrous <a href="http://www.mtilimos.com/atlantastretchhummer.html" rel="nofollow">Stretch Hummer Limo</a>. @James – LOL!

@Dan – Hmm, that isn’t immediately obvious is it!? A hen night is what American’s call a Bachelorette party and a stag night is the male equivalent.

In Edinburgh in recent years we’ve been overrun with groups of people travelling from all over the UK to get drunk and fall over in our fair city, and for some reason these stumbling groups of revellers seem to think the traditional mode of Scottish transport is the monstrous Stretch Hummer Limo.

]]> By: Dan http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-148334 Dan Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:48:06 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-148334 "They pick the hen nights up at the south end and then drive past a stag do in the north side…" Hen nights.... stag do.... James, I know the English I speak and the English you speak aren't always the same, but... What the heck are you talking about? :) “They pick the hen nights up at the south end and then drive past a stag do in the north side…”

Hen nights…. stag do….

James, I know the English I speak and the English you speak aren’t always the same, but… What the heck are you talking about? :)

]]> By: Cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-148222 Cookie monster Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:50:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-148222 Seeing as it was built by Fiat i'm surprised its lasted this long. I would have thought bits would have fallen off it, it was constantly breaking down and riddled with rust. Seeing as it was built by Fiat i’m surprised its lasted this long. I would have thought bits would have fallen off it, it was constantly breaking down and riddled with rust.

]]> By: Ben http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-148214 Ben Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:02:20 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-148214 I spoke this morning with a very kind Ms. Negrini, responsible for the structure, who said someone from their team will leave an official comment soon - but she did enlighten be with the fact that it was created in the 70's by Fiat. No surprise there! I spoke this morning with a very kind Ms. Negrini, responsible for the structure, who said someone from their team will leave an official comment soon – but she did enlighten be with the fact that it was created in the 70’s by Fiat. No surprise there!

]]> By: James http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-148088 James Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:13:14 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-148088 Apparently this is a hummer test track. http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=41.637055,-86.265006&z=17 They pick the hen nights up at the south end and then drive past a stag do in the north side... Apparently this is a hummer test track.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

They pick the hen nights up at the south end and then drive past a stag do in the north side…

]]> By: Cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-148081 Cookie monster Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:33:23 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-148081 I think i saw the XJ220 tested on this track once (on the telly i mean - i wasnt actually there). It was fastest 'road car' produced at the time and this was the only place they could test it. I seem to remember there was some 'issue' with the tyres melting or blowing up or something. I do wonder how they managed to get it perfectly round. Did they put a stick in the middle with a long bit of string and a bit of chalk on the end? I think i saw the XJ220 tested on this track once (on the telly i mean – i wasnt actually there). It was fastest ‘road car’ produced at the time and this was the only place they could test it. I seem to remember there was some ‘issue’ with the tyres melting or blowing up or something.

I do wonder how they managed to get it perfectly round. Did they put a stick in the middle with a long bit of string and a bit of chalk on the end?

]]> By: Ben http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-147962 Ben Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:45:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-147962 Well I feel obliged, after insisting on an Italy sight, to offer more information - but I have to say Nardò is right at the other end of the country, and I know nothing about it - other than recent speed records broken there - and also I believe there are 7 different test tracks at this site. Well I feel obliged, after insisting on an Italy sight, to offer more information – but I have to say Nardò is right at the other end of the country, and I know nothing about it – other than recent speed records broken there – and also I believe there are 7 different test tracks at this site.

]]> By: Andy Brant http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/comment-page-1/#comment-147956 Andy Brant Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:17:01 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/06/21/the-nardo-ring/#comment-147956 That's the M25 - You can clearly see the City of London in the middle. Silly People :P That’s the M25 – You can clearly see the City of London in the middle.

Silly People :P

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