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Wenn man Qualität erwartet, besonders audioqualität, dürfte man ziemlich unangenehm überrascht sein. Genau so wie bei Updates oder Support wenn etwas schief geht. Ich habe bisher im Netz nur schlechtes von solchen Geräten gehört. Wenn es funktioniert, schön. Wenn die Karten up-to-date sind, werd' ich überrascht sein, genau so wenn die einfach up-to-date zu halten sind. - Bret

Das würde ich unbedingt machen. Jetzt ist sogar -24 angekündigt, danach soll es wieder wärmer werden. Schauen wir mal.... Pielävesi hat jetzt schon 10cm Eis. Itkonniemi 5cm, letztes Jahr war in Nilsiä das zweifache von den beiden. Also sieht es sehr gut aus im Moment. Eine Erinnerung an die Papieren / Karten die in Ordnung sein sollten und mitgebracht werden sollten: - Grüne Versicherungskarte ist nicht notwendig - Eigene Perso oder Pass dagegen schon. Die wirst du schon an die Fähre brauchen (!) - Mindestens Teil 1 der Zulassungsbescheinigung und ein gültigen Führerschein mitführen - Europäische Krankenversicherungskarte ist sinnvoll; mehr info hier Hierzulande, Licht immer einschalten, egal wo; wer sich nicht daran erinnern kann hat noch zeit, TFL einzubauen. Ersatzbirnen mitnehmen schadet nicht. Wegen Netz habe ich Heute nochmals nachgefragt; ich schaue mir nochmals die genauen Bedingungen an, denn es ist alles ein Tick komplizierter als vorher und verlangt teilweise eine Registrierung. Klären tue ich das mit meine Mädels hier. - Bret

Hyvää uutta vuotta! Sääuutiset: -24 jetzt vorhergesagt für nächste Woche in Nilsiä auf eine Seite, -23 auf der andere. Es wird vielleicht tatsächlich kalt... - Bret

^^ genau so wie das Wetter ba-dum-tisch - Bret

today: Also sieht es gut aus. Die machen offensichtlich explizit wasser auf das Eis um es zügig aufzubauen. - Bret

See Wiki. - Bret

genau wie viel von den neuen Trommeln darf ich malen? Alles aussen ausser Auflagefläche? - Bret

or this: - Bret

Newbies.... - Bret

... ins korrekte unterforum geschoben... - Bret

ich denke die Dicke wird zügig hoch gezogen um Parkfläche zu erreichen und ansonsten um glätte für die Feuerwerk am 31.12. Ich kann aber die Frage nicht wirklich beantworten.... hier ist es den ganzen Tag unter -5 geblieben. -20 wurde jetzt vorhergesagt innerhalb den nächsten 10 Tagen. - Bret

doch, wir haben ja der Hochdruckgebiet mitsamt Luft von Sibirien. Könnte allerdings durchaus kräftige Schneefälle in Norwegen verursachen.... - Bret

Wettervorhersage z.Zt: - Bret

In 4 Wochen geht's los... While we're on the subject: Petrol: 95 / €1.299 98 / €1.345 Diesel / €1.115 Source: Polttoaine.net - Powered by Webmoon Extra finance info: you can bank on Kar de Mumma being around €10 - €13, just like the cheapest thing on the menu at ABC is €10 without it being a burger. Lunch at the track is €12 for the buffet. I'm avoiding the menu offer Kar de Mumma have made, even though it looks really good, because it's €25 or so. Experience from last time: Nilsiä's supermarket prices are almost as bad as Tahko. I had a couple of receipts in front of me recently from last winter, with beers, some snacks and a couple of other bits. Steffen went out twice in total and it summed to nearly €80. This is why I want you to bring some drinks with and why I'm shopping in southern Finland. Catering services were looked at for the weekend, but the prices were so high it got thrown out pretty quickly. When the ferry returns to Germany, they should take on board a bunch of fresh dark rye bread, which is truly awesome when it's fresh. The ferry is pretty good for drinks, with beers being less than €5; if you go out in Helsinki you can expect to pay €7-8 depending on where you are. - Bret

Hello, To answer a couple of comments: Trainer? Last time, this was a requirement. Now whether it is so this time or not I do not know, but the safety requirement of Trackmeister's organisation is huge and continuous. It's really almost strange in a country where I can buy an axe in a supermarket, but they are paranoid and cannot afford bad publicity. As to cost, I know what the trainer cost was last year and have added a small amount on, with the request to keep it to Saturday morning, so it's a) cheaper and b) doesn't conflict with his own business. The most effective way to learn is immediate feedback, we know that, and though some is given directly by the car, an outside opinion can be of use. If given the option of a cheap trainer, I will take it, if not, no. It was requested; one third of attendees is new, one third has done this before at some point and one third were here last year. So I figured that it was a nice "I'll cover this", make sure you take away some safety stuff, reintroduce the oldtimers, introduce the newbies and otherwise set things up. I also have a massive problem in not being able to be in two places at once. I cannot make sure you guys leave on time while also having been at the lake thirty minutes ahead. I don't know where we're driving to the track and it might change anyway, which is why I need to meet Trackmeister on Friday. That's also when I understand where the cones are if I need them etc. Regarding costs I'm going to make this really clear: I am not doing this for a big fat zero. I am aiming to clear a small profit - call it €1-200 - and definitely no minuses. I am not asking people to help for nothing. I am not going for free "training". I do bear the full responsibility for around €5.5k project budget. If something goes wrong in a house and things break, then it's under my name. I also get to bear the issue if something doesn't work out. Do the houses pay for themselves? They didn't last year, they do this year. So, do I set pricing to be "cheap" or to be a little higher than it *has* to be so that if someone does drop out - and it's quite possible one car does - I'm not in the financial doo-doo? I spent days working this one out. It's a massive guess. €10 per head is €300 in total; it's a minimal amount per head but quite a lot together. As of right now, feel free to do the math when you're clear who is paying what and who isn't. After last year's unpleasant surprise, I'm figuring track to be around €2k. Around, because unlike in Hyvinkää, the snow work isn't included in the base price. Cottages are another €2k. Then there's the helper costs, at around €200 - including food, because I'm not asking someone to stand around in the freezing cold and then ask them to pay for it - and other incidentals like visiting Trackmeister to talk things through. A trainer will not be less than last year, of that I'm sure, but it's also a bigger group. So call it around €750. That's over €5k gone. Not all possible attendees have yet paid, not all have decided. I get to carry that risk. At least one is a freebie. I'm fine with that, especially with this level of attendance. Until André confirmed I was damned close to running a loss. Without the remaining non-payer and the undecided, I'm at approximately zero, but will they pay or turn up? I've no idea. Others may want to join - two from last year do - but can't commit because they travel so much. From this, then, I'm supposed to find around €6-700 to feed 30 people for the weekend. That doesn't work. Maybe I'm overestimating the food budget for the weekend (though considering even Lidl's prices here, I doubt that very much). There's still gear to be found and I'm reasonably sure I've overestimated the track cost mildly, but I am not interested in a bill in March that's even larger than what I've set aside. BTW: €60 for our own food bill for the weekend + x is about right. If you don't want to participate, that's fine. But then please stay out of the way while we're cooking. If you don't want to drive convoy, fine, but remember you're missing out on half the fun at that point. A final note: one of the reasons a suggestion for JT was killed was because the location wanted the (a2) club to take responsibility for the accommodation and the club didn't feel able to do that. I understand that concept completely and there's no way I would want to do this voluntarily for a larger group. - Bret

my rear brakes - and therefore my ESP - get fixed Thursday. Then I'm set and everything else is "gravy". Yeah, right; the work really starts then with setting the rest of the car up. - Bret

wird schon diese Woche -18, also.... - Bret

hmm. I see some thin plastic in my future... - Bret

sind Deutsche Kennzeichen Magnetisch? Ich habe leider Edelstahl hinter mein vorderen... Laminiert oder auf dünnen Kunststoff gedrückt in eine Grösse die man im Kennzeichenhalter gerade reinfrickeln kann wäre nicht schlecht. - Bret

Höchstwarscheinlich sind die Löcher für Feuerwerk am 31.12. - Bret

Bilder sind korrekt hochgeladen für 2016 und funktionieren. - Bret

Moin! Wegen Video und Track brauchen wir eigentlich sowas. Nur sucherei gibt mir *garnichts* brauchbares. Hat jemand eine Idee? - Bret

wqeiss ich nicht. Allerdings ist auch klar dass es dick genug ist um drauf zu spazieren..... Die machen auch noch die Beschilderung für den Parkplatz irgendwie, aber ich denke eher an "Street Furniture". Am 31.12 ist sicherlich auch noch ein grossen Feier dort... - Bret

Update time. Wetter? Ausgezeichnet. Nächste Woche auch Tagsüber -15. Am 2.1 -16C Abends... das ist so wie es sein soll. Auch hier z.Zt -9 bei strahlenden Sonnenschein. Thermischen Winter ist endlich angekommen, scheinbar. Mit 1-2 Wochen solchen Temperaturen kommt das Eis ganz schön schnell. Da es kaum schnee gibt, geht Eisbildung noch schneller. Hütten? Bezahlt. Helfer? Geklärt. Essen? Kommt noch eine PN nächste Woche. Ich denke wir machen das mit €30 pro Kopf (lassen wir die Kinder aussen vor). Nochmals die Bitte: Allergien - damit meine ich Gluten, Laktose, bestimmte Lebensmittel - melden. Ich will gar nicht für irgendeinen Anfall verantwortlich sein. Noch zu tun: - Fotografie klären - Nummernschildabdeckungen klären - Trainer endgültig klären - Trackmeister anrufen und Meeting an Freitag vor Track klären - Ein kollege ans Geld erinnern - Kar de Mumma bestätigen - Roadbook update & veröffentlichung ... und hoffen dass das Wetter jetzt so bleibt. Translation: Weather? looks awesome. Next week also during the day -15. On the second of January, it should hit -16 at night, which is correct. Here, it's also -9 and sunny. Thermal Winter has arrived at last, apparently. If the weather continues like this for 1-2 weeks, the ice will be thick very quickly. Because there's also minimal snow cover, it will go even faster. Cottages? Paid. Helpers? Sorted. Food? You will receive a PN next week, I think we will do this via a bank transfer and €30 per head. Again the request: If you have an allergy, please tell me. Gluten, Lactose, particular foods (honey, nuts, ginger, apples...) - I do not want to be responsible for an incident! Still on my list of things to do: - Clarify Photography - Numberplate covers - Trainer - Call Trackmeister and set up our meeting for the Friday before Track - Remind a colleague about Money - Confirm Kar de Mumma - Update Roadbook and re-publish. oh, and hope the weather stays like this. - Bret