Nurburgmotorsport says there is a real need to re-evaluate UK driving after the recent winter conditions.  

With extreme weather warnings still in place across some parts of the UK, which has been the grip of its longest cold snap for almost 30 years how do other countries manage year on year out?
In Germany, it’s so simple. To drive in the winter you must, by law, have winter tyres on your vehicle. If you are a house owner in the country you must also clean away the snow from the front of your property. Basically that’s it!
“I do not understand all this trouble in the UK,” says Manfed Scheer , Race Team Manager of British owned company Nurburgmotorsport. He continues, “for winter in Germany we know the weather maybe be bad. We need to go to work to earn the money. So we check the level of anti-freeze, put more extra fluid in the washer windscreen bottle and change from our summer tyres to winter ones and then life goes on”.
He continues “it does not cost much , just another set of “cheap” metal rims and then you change from winter steel rims back to summer aluminium rims with tyres best for each season. Also your nice aluminium rims are also not destroyed by the salty roads. It’s much better to do this than having a road accident or being in a big traffic queue with no grip”.
In the UK, however, there is no legislation and very little in the way of advice. The main authority on the subject, the Highway Code, is less than forthcoming. In fact the official guide, which describes itself as "essential reading for everyone," has nothing on the subject of winter tyres, and only contains three entries on the subject of tyres in general. The addition of a line or two explaining how improved grip could be attained by using winter tyres, would improve consumer perceptions of winter tyres no-end.
“In the winter I drive a cheap 4x4 as my winter car with off big road tyres”, says Nurburgmotorsport founder and owner Ken Harris. He continues “but one trip in Manfred’s winter car, his old MK 11 VW Golf skipping happily along on winter tyres convinced me.  Forget the 4x4’s, the snow chains or studded tyres if everyone in the UK just changed to winter tyres then the normal winter misery would disappear.”
 Even our own UK emergency services, in most parts of the UK, many of whom are duty bound to be out 24/7 are now driving on summer tyres in these deepest winter conditions.  
There is a real need to re-evaluate future UK driving in winter conditions as winter tyres operate much better in the colder temperatures and grip much more in the snow and on wet roads.
Nurburgmotorsport can provide all the aspects needed for having an enjoyable and safe stay at the Nürburgring.  From travel booking, airport pickups, accommodation, servicing and repair, Race Team Management, Race / Driver training, Ring Insurance etc not to mention the cars i.e. store your own or rent a brand new one.

Also available a new Lotus Elise car rentals package including Allianz insurance cover.
 
http://www.nurburgmotorsport.com/Ring-Projekt-Car-Rental.html
Also available is Allianz Ring Insurance for driving on the Northloop public German toll road
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Notes to Editors: For further information please contact:
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+49 (0)2691/933530 Ken Harris Mobile Phone: +49 (0)1719106295
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