Le Mans 2016 Eurotunnel Convoy

[Miner49er]

Denzel75 said:

Our mini convoy of BMW M4, Continental GT and TVR Tuscan would really like to join but fear that our tunnel crossing time of 7.50 would mean we won't get to the rendezvous point until just after 10am. Would it be possible to wait 5-10 minutes or for us to catch up?

Thanks

Thanks for the interest and it would be great to have you along, however I reckon you're going to struggle to reach the start point by even 10:10am.

The route I've planned is initially 40 miles of autoroute, so if you were definitely joining us, I would lower the pace if you guys were prepared to catch us up.

[Miner49er]

Srlister – E93 M3
Tomm783 – Golf R
Potatoes – VX220
TDutchy – Z4
Denzel75 - M4, Continental GT, Tuscan

Ash1751 – Clio 182 (maybe)
Lewisco – V8V (maybe)
Jonb – V12V Roadster (maybe)
RobVX - Lotus Evora S (maybe)
The Steve – Stingray, GBS Zero, Exige (maybe)
Links181 - Gallardo, DB9, Merc SL (maybe)

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Potatoes said:

Miner, you're not on the list!!

We’re still faffing around, however at the moment it looks like 6 of us are squeezing into 2 cars…

Miner49er – Impreza, Golf R
Srlister – E93 M3
Tomm783 – Golf R
Potatoes – VX220
TDutchy – Z4
Denzel75 - M4, Continental GT, Tuscan
Lewisco – V8V
Ash1751 – Clio 182

Lewisco guest - TT (maybe)
Jonb – V12V Roadster (maybe)
RobVX - Lotus Evora S (maybe)
The Steve – Stingray, GBS Zero, Exige (maybe)
Links181 - Gallardo, DB9, Merc SL (maybe)

Lewisco and Ash1751 – send me a PM please. Thanks.

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Moose64 said:

Been going to LM for a few years but always the boring Auto Route, would love to meet up with you guys, we are booked on the 06:50 Tunnel so would be able to make the meeting slot easily...
Just the one vehicle....996 C4s.

That's great. Send me a PM and I'll keep you informed.

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PPMP said:

I am one of Links 181 three cars . Our tunnel booking is now confirmed as 7.50 so may be able to catch up if we know the route.

Hi, you’re on the same crossing as Denzel75 and his group.

I’m going to slow the pace down on the initial 40 miles so you can all catch up.

The route will be released via email a couple of weeks before Le Mans.

Send me a PM and I’ll keep you informed via email. I’ll then add you to the list.

[Miner49er]

Miner49er – Impreza, Golf R
Srlister – E93 M3
Tomm783 – Golf R
Potatoes – VX220
TDutchy – Z4
Denzel75 - M4, Continental GT, Tuscan
Lewisco – V8V
Ash1751 – Clio 182
Moose64 - 996 C4s
Links181 - Gallardo, DB9, Merc SL

Lewisco guest - TT (maybe)
Jonb – V12V Roadster (maybe)
RobVX - Lotus Evora S (maybe)
The Steve – Stingray, GBS Zero, Exige (maybe)

[Miner49er]

Miner49er – Impreza, Golf R
Srlister – E93 M3
Tomm783 – Golf R
Potatoes – VX220
TDutchy – Z4
Denzel75 - M4, Continental GT, Tuscan
Lewisco – V8V
Ash1751 – Clio 182
Moose64 - 996 C4s

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Miner49er – Impreza, Golf R
Srlister – E93 M3
Tomm783 – Golf R
Potatoes – VX220
TDutchy – Z4
Denzel75 - M4, Continental GT, Tuscan
Lewisco – V8V
Ash1751 – Clio 182
Moose64 - 996 C4S
giger - Evora S

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Potatoes said:

Miner, I'm loving the email updates

My email address has changed to the address in my profile, From today, I no longer have access to the email you had used unfortunately (did save the documents you've sent so far).

Very much looking forward to the trip down with you guys

Edited by Potatoes on Monday 16th May 16:35

Thanks Potatoes - the next one will be out later this week.

I've made a note of your email address.

Only a month to go now!

[Miner49er]

Miner49er – Impreza, Golf R
Srlister – E93 M3
Tomm783 – Golf R
Potatoes – VX220
TDutchy – Z4
Denzel75 - M4, Continental GT, Tuscan
Lewisco – V8V, TT
Ash1751 – Clio 182
Moose64 - 996 C4S
giger - Evora S

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Miner49er – Impreza, Golf R
Srlister – E93 M3
Tomm783 – Golf R
Potatoes – VX220
TDutchy – Z4
Denzel75 - M4, Continental GT, Tuscan
Lewisco – V8V, TT
Ash1751 – Clio 182
Moose64 - 996 C4S
giger - Evora S

Hi everyone - Just a quick bump to let you know that you should all be in receipt of the route.

If any of you are missing it, please let me know.

Not long now fellas!

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Jon TVR said:

Miners,

is there any chance of you emailing the route to me, I would like to join, but will depend if we can get to the tunnel early and get across, currently on the 9.36 to get in at 11.10am.

Would like to join a convoy on the way down just to make it a bit more fun....a single car just isnt the same when getting to Le Mans

Jon

Thanks for the interest Jon, but unless you're planning on getting to the Eurotunnel at least couple of hours earlier and taking your chances of being accommodated on an earlier train, you're never going to make it. Do let me know if this is your plan though.

[Miner49er]

Hi all,

This is what you’ll be following.

Send me a message if you can’t find me on Thursday…

[Miner49er]

Thanks for turning up and hope you all had a good drive down and start to what turned into an extraordinary weekend.

In addition to the problems at Eurotunnel and unpredictable weather, I’ll apologise now for the two ‘moments’, the village speed humps and the road chippings! Hopefully the fun bits in between made up for it though. Also, as a result of the heavy traffic in Le Mans, it proved impossible to keep everyone together, so I hope you all made it to Carrefour or camping without too many problems.

I found the drive back yesterday a slog in comparison and hope you all made it back safely.

I’ll be doing something similar next year, but perhaps sticking to faster, wider roads, so keep an eye out for a new thread in September.

I bumped into a few of you over the weekend and it was great to hear all the positive feedback, but if you’ve any suggestions on how to improve it for next year, please let me know.

[Miner49er]

Aww, thanks for all the nice comments guys; much appreciated and glad you all enjoyed it.

Moose64 – Apologies about the close shave at the toll. You’re correct, we should have had the sweeper in place. A combination of being unable to load the route into the Golf’s satnav, there being more cars than he’d expected and the thought of getting left behind, he chickened out at the last minute! Next year, we’ll have a designated sweeper and I’ll provide a walkie-talkie to stay in touch. Regarding the speed of those Golf R’s… annoying isn’t it! On paper, they shouldn’t be that quick, but in reality they are seriously rapid cross-country cars. That white car was £42.5k by the way!

Tomm783 – Did you manage to get the route loaded into your satnav? If so, it would be great to know how.