Just got sent this about Nurburgring

[Doobs Scoob]

An email that popped in a minute or 2 ago.....

Welcome to the new season 2011.


SAVE THE RING as it is under serious thread
New Nurburgring by Lindner Hotel chain group and the German Government, partners in CRIME?? !!! ??
Many of you know about the NuroDisney development at the ring but few know about the background and politics. Just a short description of facts and what it means to you as a visitor.

The state of Germany invested over 400 million of taxpayers money in concrete buildings nobody needs and which fundings are based on false visitor numbers. In fact the Nurburgring is bankrupt since the maximum turnover is not even enough to pay the interest on the loans of this new investment.
New elections in 2011 (every 4 years) meant politicians needed to clean up. Therefore the state of Germany decided to GIVE AWAY!!! the Nurburgring to a Hotel Chain by the name of Lindner. After all these losses, the state of Germany is still telling that they made the right decision and everything will be back in profit soon now.

Lindner hotel chain does not have any experience with Motorsport and is only milking the treasure Nordschleife to fill up their Lindner ferien dorf, Lindner 4 star hotel, Lindner 3 star hotel, Lindner Disco, Lindner Roller coaster, lindner Museum, Lindner video system rental, Lindner race taxi, Lindner car rentals etc. This means the local economy is sidelined and therefore is a life threatening situation for us all here.

What does it mean for you as a visitor?
No free choice of hotel, restaurant, car rental company, instruction, video recording etc etc. They will FORCE you to use ONLY there Lindner this and Lindner that by combining laptickets with so called ‘free’ vouchers for their restaurants, hotels, car rentals, instruction etc etc.
This monopoly will result in high prices (already visible), no option of choice, no service, no quality of service and even higher prices in case of guardrail damages.
They will milk you till there’s nothing left and make you pay for everything this Government wasted on their castles in the skies.


SAVE THE RING, Sign the petition!
Because of the above, it is really needed that you support this battle for justice and sign the petition (http://www.gopetition.com/petition/41698.html) and post on www.facebook.com/savethering

Please don’t let us down and i hope to see another 5000 or so signatures over the next week from all who love the ring and don’t want to see it go. Please forward this email to all your email database since we need all the help we can get.


Best Regards from the Nurburgring

Hotel am Tiergarten

Good find

I sent mine!

I have been coming to the Ring for a few years now and would hate to see it turned into just another corporate plaything, being badly managed and eventually losing all of it's kudos. The Nordschleife is a uniqique icon in motorsport that has looked after itself for many years, unwarranted interference from the corporate world will destroy every last shred of this. Please leave it alone and leave this last bastion of ultimate man versus track alone to the people who really care about it!

[C. J.]

would be better of letting it go bankrupt so it can be bought with a clean start by a company / person that wants to provide the track as it was it times gone by

[BIG"E"]

Signed up.

Done

[Anger]

Signed

[simba]

done

[Lucky]

job done. I still need it to be there in 2012!!!!!!

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by Lucky

I still need it to be there in 2012!!!!!!

You'd best get your name down or you may not get the chance..

[andy-m]

ALthough i dont see myself getting there for the forseable, i will one day visit the ring. so I signed because of that, and because its part of automotive history and needs to be saved.
The ring is unique

[SUBARMAN]

Done!

[Chunk]

Done and facebooked

[bob'5]

Done

You are signer #15678