28th March - Le Mans Track Day (official thread)

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Post by Joshie » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:33 am

Well I'm certainly very much looking forward to it :beerchug:

Just a reminder about green cards (although Bell Direct Ddn't issues these any more as the cover is on the reverse side of the insurance doscument) and passport and helmet. Apart from cash / credit cards / camera is there anything else I've forgotten?
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Post by Bushy » Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:00 am

yep, you forgot to trade your M3 for an RS4 :bash:

Gutted iam not going, looks like car isnt going to be ready until Monday now :thumbsdown:
Can't beat a bit of boost!
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Post by wazza » Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:27 am

Can't wait.
I'll be there with my video camera at the ready 8)

If anyone wants one of the headrest camera mounts I'll bring it along. let me know. :thumbs:
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Post by Joshie » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:31 am

Bushy wrote:yep, you forgot to trade your M3 for an RS4 :bash:
Nice one :lol:

Gutted iam not going, looks like car isnt going to be ready until Monday now :thumbsdown:
Sorry you're not able to make it too mate
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Post by Taipan » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:34 pm

Well, there's France-England on saturday evening 20:45 GMT+1.

We booked a whole room with a large screen at the hotel as the club has several huge rugby fans, so you may want to bring your supporter's kits (flag, drums, horns, fireworks, cheerleaders, etc.)
And warm beer too :twisted:

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Post by fatcat » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:03 pm

The weekend has just got even better...... 8)
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Post by fatcat » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:06 pm

Joshie wrote:Apart from cash / credit cards / camera is there anything else I've forgotten?
England rugby shirt ?
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Post by sitas3 » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:00 pm

fatcat wrote:
Joshie wrote:Apart from cash / credit cards / camera is there anything else I've forgotten?
England rugby shirt ?
breathing mask if you're stuck behind Pete's soot machine?? :lol:
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Post by johneroberts » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:20 pm

sitas3 wrote:
fatcat wrote:
Joshie wrote:Apart from cash / credit cards / camera is there anything else I've forgotten?
England rugby shirt ?
breathing mask if you're stuck behind Pete's soot machine?? :lol:
Googles and a scarf to Tally ho :biggrin3:
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Post by TimJMS » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:28 pm

Got my motor runnin'...(daaa daa daa daa daaa daa)
Move out on the highway ...(daaa daa daa daa daaa daa)
Lookin' for adventure ...(daaa daa daa daa daaa daa)
And whatever comes my way.

Really looking forward to the hoonathon. 8)

Ken hope your brakes are better. Bushy, my heartfelt sorrow.
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Post by kcsun » Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:36 pm

Don't count on it :x

Still - got plenty of spares with me to try

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Post by Taipan » Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:47 pm

Just to have a rough idea, are u all travelling as a group ?

If so could u give me a brief ETA to Le Mans and also your itinerary so I can try to catch up on the way down.

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Post by johneroberts » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:00 pm

Eric our crossing is 10am GMT so 1 hour ahead crossing time is 40 minutes or so so i reckon 12 midday from Calais, and 4 hours drive so 4-30 arrival time.
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Post by TimJMS » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:10 pm

Taipan wrote:
...If so could u give me a brief ETA to Le Mans and also your itinerary so I can try to catch up on the way down...

Eric
I'm sure you can catch up these days eh, Eric? Just dont try it in the Passat again :lol:
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Post by Taipan » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:06 am

Hehe, the good old valiant Passat trying to keep 230km/h on the way to the Ring. What a memory :-)

We'll have a major group leaving the AudiPassion boutique from Versailles (30km west of Paris) on Saturday 2pm GMT+1. If u're getting closed to Paris at that time, gimme a ring and we can catch up at the Saint-Arnoult Toll station (the massive one 40km right south of Paris, on the way to Le Mans).
The Imola Babe will be Safety Car equipped on the way done, if u see one getting full speed through the toll with strobs, flashers and sirens on, it's me :D

Last one, please beware of the speed traps. Things have REALLY changed since your last trip to Le Mans. U can get impounded on the spot now and the tolerance is below 5km/h above limit. Do NOT give your driving license, just say you forgot it in UK (it's a less penalty, at least for French ppl, as they can't confiscate it on the spot).

Oh and if u see a Porsche 996 RUF Turbo R (520hp, only 10 made) on the way down, it's one of the surprise cars to attend. :twisted:

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• Custom MTM 460hp manually tuned by Peter Link on MTM dyno at Ingolstadt HQ.
• Custom Full Milltek: Sport-Cats / Mid-Silencer: suppressed / End-Silencer: reduced.
• Full Mov'It upgrade: Front 380mm - 6 pistons / Rear 220mm - 4 pistons / Parking addon.

- Joined the Dark Side (aka. Darth Elon) circa 2013.
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