Essential - Do NOT forget these;
Driving licence. BEWARE Minimum driving age in France and Belgium is 18 years
Passport - preferably still valid
Green card - depending on your Insurer
European Health Insurance Card
Phone enabled for International Roaming - please put +49 2691 302 215 in memory for Marshals Office in case of accident.
A map.
DO NOT bring a radar detector. The Police in France will confiscate/destroy it and march you off to a cashpoint to pay your fine. They even notice the sucker marks the window mount leaves on your windscreen, so clean them off.
Car preparation: Legal stuff - You will require:
Warning triangle.
Spare bulbs.
First aid kit.
Headlamp deflectors.
GB sticker if you don't have "EU" number plates.
Recommended stuff - You'd be daft not to bring,
Fire extinguisher
Reflective jacket/vest
High powered torch
Spare set of keys
Spares - Rural Germany shuts down lunchtime Saturday until Monday.
Brake pads, front and rear
Oil
Exhaust repair bandage and paste
Gaffer tape/Zip ties
Footpump / tyre pressure gauge
Basic tool kit
Copied from Northloop.co.uk - great site for info on the Nordshleife
On leaving your chosen channel crossing at either Bologne / Calais or Dunkirk the directions are the same.
1. Exit the ferry / tunnel port and join the E40 heading towards BRUSSELS.
2. Continue on the E40 untill arriving at the outskirts of BRUSSELS.
3. Join the Brussels ring road following signs for LUIK. Be aware this junction can catch you unawares.
4. Follow signs for LUIK round the Brussels ring road.
5. Exit the Brussels ring road following the E40 signs for LUIK.
6. At LUIK get in the left hand lane where the road forks. Contine on the E40 towards AACHEN
7. Continue on the E40 until arriving at the junction for the E42 towards VERVIERS, SPA, MALMEDY. Join the E42.
8. Continue on the E42 untill PRUM. Note there is no fuel on this 50 miles section
9. Exit the E42 at the PRUM exit.
10. At the end of the slip road turn left following signs for GEROLSTEIN. This is a main road, 10 miles along most of the traffic turns left, do not turn left continue straight on, the road becomes the 410.
11. Continue on the 410 through GEROLSTEIN, DREIS BRUCK until you get to KELBERG.
12. At KELBERG turn left to the NURBURGRING.
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