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Le Mans 2006 #50331 14/02/2006 01:51 14/02/2006 01:51
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andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	Anyone going? I have tickets booked for camping at Beausejour and a car park for Blanc. Crossing late afternoon on the Wednesday before with speed ferries, not booked a return yet as I may head down to Brittany for a few days. Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50332 14/02/2006 01:58 14/02/2006 01:58
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50333 14/02/2006 03:00 14/02/2006 03:00
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst Begbie Ex El Presidente
Begbie Ex El Presidente I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst	Karting Nord for me as well. Dunno what i will be going in, possible EVO6, R32 GTR or maybe a GT3, who knows, but i wont be in the coupe, doubt it will be built by then Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50334 14/02/2006 03:44 14/02/2006 03:44
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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.

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50335 14/02/2006 08:35 14/02/2006 08:35
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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.

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50336 14/02/2006 23:07 14/02/2006 23:07
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andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	There may be some tickets left for Beausejour - they were available at least up to the friday of the event last year. It is a bit further away from the village, but when there is action on the track there is a free bus service. Tickets aren't issued until near the event, so have a look on ebay in May/early June if you can't get any now. I always buy the tickets for the race when I get there, and as there will be four or five of us the discount I get from being an ACO member almost pays for the membership! Best food is the Tarti-flette and the Gran Marnier crepes - help yourself to the alcohol!! We tend to walk between the two stalls all weekend. Cheap everything is available as mentioned in Carrefour or the other supermarkets. Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50337 14/02/2006 23:29 14/02/2006 23:29
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50338 15/02/2006 20:07 15/02/2006 20:07
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire andyps OP Club member 1482
andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	Quote: 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! All those that arrived late got sent to Beausejour last year. Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50339 16/02/2006 04:58 16/02/2006 04:58
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50340 16/02/2006 20:15 16/02/2006 20:15
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Anonymous Unregistered A	@ John, Andy and Gumball3000, many thanks you've cleared a lot of it up for me! Cheers guys. Ben

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50341 19/02/2006 21:39 19/02/2006 21:39
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: @ 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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50342 15/05/2006 22:27 15/05/2006 22:27
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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.

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50343 16/05/2006 22:43 16/05/2006 22:43
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst Begbie Ex El Presidente
Begbie Ex El Presidente I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst	I'm not going now. Friends have had to pull out so means i have to as well Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50344 17/05/2006 23:52 17/05/2006 23:52
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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?

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50345 18/05/2006 01:19 18/05/2006 01:19
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50346 18/05/2006 01:53 18/05/2006 01:53
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst Begbie Ex El Presidente
Begbie Ex El Presidente I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst	Quote: Quote: 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? Yeah was in camping in Karting Nord. Short story is, my friends have over budgeted this month on rent and paying for a biking holiday so realised they wont have the spending money for le mans, so have sold there places. Hoepfully the person that organised the whole thing, will be selling my place (ticket entry, camping, ferry etc..) Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50347 18/05/2006 02:49 18/05/2006 02:49
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50348 18/05/2006 03:12 18/05/2006 03:12
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Yes but they have TV out there so can watch the games as well!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50349 19/05/2006 20:36 19/05/2006 20:36
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andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	My tickets arrived last week so all set now. Keep the noise down for the stag do tom! Mind you, if you are only arriving on Friday morning you will be a bit further down Beausejour than us as we should arrive Wednesday evening. Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50350 20/05/2006 03:08 20/05/2006 03:08
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50351 20/05/2006 23:32 20/05/2006 23:32
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50352 21/05/2006 00:31 21/05/2006 00:31
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50353 21/05/2006 17:16 21/05/2006 17:16
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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.

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50354 23/05/2006 19:12 23/05/2006 19:12
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andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	Quote: Heard the myth that there were strip tents there but in 2 years never found any There was one in 2002, but not for the last couple of years - unless it is well hidden! Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50355 23/05/2006 19:59 23/05/2006 19:59
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50356 08/06/2006 21:08 08/06/2006 21:08
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andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	Getting excited now - just got the car back from a cambelt change (46k since the last one so didn't want to risk it for the 1400 mile round trip I am doing), brakes to change over the weekend and then it is off. See you there! Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50357 08/06/2006 22:28 08/06/2006 22:28
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50358 08/06/2006 22:57 08/06/2006 22:57
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Weather Here

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50359 09/06/2006 18:27 09/06/2006 18:27
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andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	Quote: Weather Here That looks OK - hopefully not as hot as last year - as long as they are only showers we should be fine. Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50360 09/06/2006 23:09 09/06/2006 23:09
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Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003 Je suis un Coupé B Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,056 South Cambs	Quote: That looks OK - hopefully not as hot as last year - as long as they are only showers we should be fine. Last year was far too hot for me Weather looks good this year, as do the Diesel Audi's Oh and don't forget to be at Arnage for the annual piston heads gathering.... Would be nice to see some pictures of Coupe's mixing with all those exotic machines Gone Audi mad!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50361 09/06/2006 23:35 09/06/2006 23:35
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Bob, are you going this year? No coupe this year unfortunately, GT3 instead

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50362 10/06/2006 17:33 10/06/2006 17:33
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,056 South Cambs B Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003
Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003 Je suis un Coupé B Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,056 South Cambs	Quote: Bob, are you going this year? No coupe this year unfortunately, GT3 instead Unfortunately not The guy buying our tickets this year forgot to confirm his order and we lost our allocation of 8 camping passes in Houx and 20+ tickets What makes it worse is my mate is working for the LOLA team this year and offered me a garage trip Are you going with the Porsche club? Gone Audi mad!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50363 12/06/2006 01:58 12/06/2006 01:58
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Anonymous Unregistered A	How gutting!! No, no Porsche club. In Karting Nord again, friend works for Sebah so will be visiting that garage. If you can get any pit passes they would be warmly recieved

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50364 12/06/2006 04:45 12/06/2006 04:45
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50365 12/06/2006 22:28 12/06/2006 22:28
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Just got my Houx Annexe camping ticket! we're heading down early Thursday morning in my mates Volvo C70, getting pretty excited now

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50366 12/06/2006 23:04 12/06/2006 23:04
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50367 20/06/2006 16:46 20/06/2006 16:46
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Anonymous Unregistered A	was a great weekend!!! Some amazing cars on show, only saw 2 20vt. Did anyone see our General LDV van??

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50368 20/06/2006 16:51 20/06/2006 16:51
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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 Last edited by wainy; 20/06/2006 17:06.

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50369 21/06/2006 02:24 21/06/2006 02:24
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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.....

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50370 21/06/2006 04:38 21/06/2006 04:38
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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! Quote: 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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50371 21/06/2006 18:41 21/06/2006 18:41
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andyps OP Club member 1482 My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,298 Pontefract, West Yorkshire	Great weekend except for some kind English person who reversed into me as we were leaving the carpark on Friday morning - I was really pi**ed off at the time - small dent in the front of the bonnet. Hopefully the insurance claim should cover for getting rid off all the stone chips though, so maybe a good thing! Rest of the weekend was brilliant as usual, hopefully the Astons will win next year... Think we said that last year too. There was a blue 20VT in the same campsite as me (Beausejour), saw a couple of others, and all the usual interesting cars. Andy

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50372 22/06/2006 02:43 22/06/2006 02:43
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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.

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50373 22/06/2006 16:51 22/06/2006 16:51
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50374 22/06/2006 23:46 22/06/2006 23:46
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50375 22/06/2006 23:48 22/06/2006 23:48
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: 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!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50376 24/06/2006 23:21 24/06/2006 23:21
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Fishy_Dave I need some sleep F Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,821 Bath	Quote: 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 Corvette C6 (manual of course)

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50377 26/06/2006 03:21 26/06/2006 03:21
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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!

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50378 27/06/2006 17:32 27/06/2006 17:32
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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?

Re: Le Mans 2006 #50379 07/07/2006 19:58 07/07/2006 19:58
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Anonymous Unregistered A	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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