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Re: Le Mans 2006
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14/02/2006 01:58
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Karting Nord again this year. Not taking the coupe this year though. Hopefully mates GT3 if he isnt banned for speeding
Think there are 9 of us so far this year.
Leaving on the Wednesday and returning Monday. Look out for the "Camembert Run" cars and shirts!
Can't wait
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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14/02/2006 03:44
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Im looking at going to Le mans for the first time this year with a few mates and haven't really got a clue as to how the tickets work!? Is all we need a 'General enclosure' ticket? Not after grandstand seating or anything-i presume this is what all the other names are? Is £55 about the going rate per ticket? A lay-bys ticket is for camping, correct? How easy is it to get food/beer etc, as our combined best is my 'C' in GCSE German, which i doubt will help! Any advice would be much appreciated. Cheers, Ben.
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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14/02/2006 08:35
14/02/2006 08:35
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All you need is a camping permit. You need one per car and this can include as many people / tents as you like. These MUST be booked in advance as there is no chance of getting them at the race. Face value ranges from about 40 - 80 euros depending on the site for camping (Lay-bys) but as far as I am aware they are now sold out with the exception of some of the obscure sites. The only way to get them will be through tour operators (usually as part of a ferry package) at whatever the going rate becomes. Maison Blanc camping was going for upto £300 per ticket last year !!! Good campsites to aim for are Maison Blanc , Houx, Houx Annex - I'm sure others will disagree with my choice (and these will also be the first to sell out). Entry tickets 'General enclosure' can easily be bought on the gate as they never sell out though it will be easier to buy them at the same time as you get the camping tickets as they sell at face value. Grandstands are a waste of time as in 24hrs you'll move about too much. Pit Walk tickets are equally a waste of money as the pits are open to the public all day on Friday. Food is easy to buy but its the usual, over priced burgers, panninis and baguettes. As is cold beer. The best bet is to stop at the Carreffoure (sp) supermarket on the way / in Le Mans and stock up on beers and bbq stuff - its dirt cheap. These are the official prices and a map Tour Prices More Tour Prices If they fail have a look on google for other operators and when you get desperate take out a loan and have a look at eBay!! So all you need is a camping ticket (in advance) and entrance ticktets which will get you virtually everywhere worth going. You'll love it !! John.
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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14/02/2006 23:29
14/02/2006 23:29
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Le Mans.org still have Beausejour. or try clubarnage.com and the forum, in there is a section called buy/swap/sell. the guys in there sell their tickets at face value covering costs, best to not encourage Ebay sellers as they rob all the camping spaces in the first place. Im holding out for Houx or Houx Annex, fingers crossed. Maison Blanche was cool last year but there are no pitches so people tend to mark of big area meaning if you arrive later than thurs and have a camping ticket you may not actually find any space!
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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16/02/2006 04:58
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If anyone needs a pied a terre halfway between Le mans and the Channel Port olease give me a PM and if I can trust you I'll let you use it gratis except for contribution for electricity - Domfront Normandy - sleeps 6
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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16/02/2006 20:15
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@ John, Andy and Gumball3000, many thanks you've cleared a lot of it up for me! Cheers guys. Ben
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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19/02/2006 21:39
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@ John, Andy and Gumball3000, many thanks you've cleared a lot of it up for me! Cheers guys.
Ben
you will have a great time! see you there
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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15/05/2006 22:27
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So its now just over 4 weeks away now, everyone got their plans ready.
8 of us this year starting to finalise our plans, getting excited now.
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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16/05/2006 22:43
16/05/2006 22:43
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I'm not going now. Friends have had to pull out so means i have to as well
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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17/05/2006 23:52
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I'm not going now. Friends have had to pull out so means i have to as well
Thats a bummer, what have you done with your tickets etc. were you not camping in Karting Nord?
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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18/05/2006 01:19
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will be there for my stag do are in Beausejour, no coupe taking over a seat altea ( need the space) should be 10 of us in total will be there fri morning till mon morning.
hopefully run into a few fellow coupe owners
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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18/05/2006 02:49
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Same has happerned to me, was just about to book it all when my mate found out it clashed with the word cup and he went off the idea very fast, thinking of the quality pub time he will be missing in france
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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18/05/2006 03:12
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Yes but they have TV out there so can watch the games as well!
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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20/05/2006 03:08
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Keep the noise down for the stag do tom!
Hardly think the noise from a stag do will over power the music blaring from parties and the fccuking noisy cars
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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20/05/2006 23:32
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we will do our best but think we might need more than the i-pod but more important were the hell are they going to get the strippers from
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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21/05/2006 00:31
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we will do our best but think we might need more than the i-pod but more important were the hell are they going to get the strippers from
Plenty of blokes getting their kit off Not sure if the local town can provide?? Heard the myth that there were strip tents there but in 2 years never found any
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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21/05/2006 17:16
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we will do our best but think we might need more than the i-pod but more important were the hell are they going to get the strippers from
Like all towns Le Mans town has it's seedy areas - I've heard.
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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23/05/2006 19:59
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There was one in 2002, but not for the last couple of years - unless it is well hidden!
Bet that was packed with 250,000 petrol heads on site!
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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08/06/2006 22:28
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This time next week will have been there a day and getting ready for the Thursday Testing. Ah bollacks forgot to get some ear defenders. Need them for Arnage at night
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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08/06/2006 22:57
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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09/06/2006 23:35
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Bob, are you going this year? No coupe this year unfortunately, GT3 instead
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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12/06/2006 04:45
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Heading down early on Sat morning cos cant get the time off work. Gonna be a bit rushed but looking forward to it anyway. Have camping booked in the blue camping area. Will be in a ink black 20vt t reg. seaa ya there!
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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12/06/2006 22:28
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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12/06/2006 23:04
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If you see a car or shirt with this logo on: Clicky Come and say hello. If we are in camp come grab a cold one, have to trek to karting though
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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20/06/2006 16:46
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was a great weekend!!!
Some amazing cars on show, only saw 2 20vt.
Did anyone see our General LDV van??
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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20/06/2006 16:51
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Was a great time there. Massive thunderstorm on the Wednesday night which shook the ground, followed by chasing a pikey out of the tent in the early hours of Thursday Morning Blazing hot the rest of the time, good racing, good bbq, quality video of one of the Astons trashing it on the Porsche Curves after 20 minutes Oh and the Tropicana Girls - now how can I justify those pics to the gf? Nice drive with the new motorway. Only saw a green coupe (plus alloys) in an enclosure. There was an Murc and GT3 in same enclosure. Didnt see your General LDV van, but saw an A-Team van
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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21/06/2006 02:24
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So many highlights The brown Allegro, the Matt black Rolls Royce, the 2 guys dreesed up as British Police in a Silver Cobra, who I heard were actually directing traffic at one point and although I was warned, I really was stunned with the way the French pikeys take absolutely anything thats left behind.....
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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21/06/2006 04:38
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the 2 guys dreesed up as British Police in a Silver Cobra, who I heard were actually directing traffic at one point
Saw and heard them outside Karting Nord at the burnouts, very funny!
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and although I was warned, I really was stunned with the way the French pikeys take absolutely anything thats left behind.....
Took our cheap BBQ as we were loading the cars on the Monday Morning. Shame we forgot to put it together properly and had half the screws / nuts left So that will last all summer.....NOT
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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22/06/2006 02:43
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It was my first time to Le Mans this year. It was absolutely brilliant. Had only had my 20v turbo (ink black) for about a month before the trip down. I felt the coupe was a nice car to take because it was quick when keeping up with convoys on the trip down and back. It is also quite rare so it wasn't too feeble in comparison to the exotica present. Quite a special car especially when every frenchman seems to have a sh@tbox diesel 106 or similar. Highlight for me was the noise of the Corvettes (sound like a spitfire) and the drive home after the race accompanied by all sorts of exotica - TVR's, Porkers, Lambo Diablo, Countach, classic Alfa's etc. Also had to laugh at the M3 CSL that flew past us on the way back when we were cruising at 100, only to be pulled by the Gendarmes two mins later. Hope he did not get a ban as i have heard a few people that had. Gonna go for longer next year though and will hide ALL things away as the local pikeys robbed our folding chairs on Sat evening.
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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22/06/2006 16:51
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There was a blue 20VT in the same campsite as me (Beausejour)
That was me
Got to take her out on the track at the end - up and under the Dunlop and down to where they had closed off the Mulsanne, back the wrong way across the finish line at a ton and up to Porsche before I turned round and got slung off! Quality!!! Trust everyone had a great weekend? R
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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22/06/2006 23:46
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Mat59, I', sure i saw you driving your Coop! I think it was u and a mate!!
The bleddy Pikeys!! We were lucky to get back to our van 5 mins before they drove round nicking everyone's stuff on the Sunday!! " I fooking hate Pikeys!"
Anyone see the Fezza F50?? We got the dude to rev her up!!! WOW!! Highlight of the weekend!
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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22/06/2006 23:48
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Didnt see your General LDV van, but saw an A-Team van
We bumped into them at a petrol station on the way home!!!! You should have seen there faces when they jumped out and we were behing them!! Class!
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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24/06/2006 23:21
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Also had to laugh at the M3 CSL that flew past us on the way back when we were cruising at 100, only to be pulled by the Gendarmes two mins later. Hope he did not get a ban as i have heard a few people that had.
This was my mate Mark, driving his friends CSL. He did get stopped for exactly 100mph (or the KMH equivalent), and got an 80 Euro fine IIRC, he was lucky (he had been doing 160mph a few miles before!)!
More funny/unfortunate is what happened to the CSL. At Mulsanne the driver did the obligatory slow down and blast by the crowd, this went fine, until further up when he wanted to do a turn and come back around to pick up my friend Mark (who was filming). He swung wide, ready to do a 180, planted the throttle and it wasn't going to swing round, so he went to dab the brake but his flip flop got stuck and jammed the accelerator down. Wham, straight into the barrier! New bumper, arch liner, wing, light and various other small parts are now needed! It got back to the Uk on a back of a truck, Oops, how embarrasing. It must have looked to everyone else that he hated his car and just rammed it into the barrier! Not sure that Flip Flops are the finest driving footwear
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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26/06/2006 03:21
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Dave, he was probably doing about 160 when he went past us. That guy was on a mission. Forgot to mention that we chased a 911 and Sagaris through Le Mans town centre on the way back. Great fun!
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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27/06/2006 17:32
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Forgot to mention. On the Tuesday before I received a call from a mate who works for the Sebah team (they were #89) and offered me the position of Pit board man for the race. Needless to say even though it was a great offer, I didnt fancy sitting there in overalls for 24 hours non stop in the blazing sun Maybe if there werent a group of us going but how could I miss the beers and other stuff?
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Re: Le Mans 2006
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07/07/2006 19:58
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To be honest, I think that would be superb fun for the first two hours of the race, and then it would become such a chore! You'd see people walking everywhere with their plastic biere pression grands (s'il vous plait) and would die of longing for a cold beer... Torture
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