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//j17 said:
outspan said:
...for me there wasn't much point to drive there on a crowded highway being tracked by French police...
Nor for us - which is why we don't sit on the Autoroute any more than we have to.There's a lot more to France than Autoroutes you know, most of it very well and freshly tarmacked and empty...
//j17 said:
outspan said:
...for me there wasn't much point to drive there on a crowded highway being tracked by French police...
Nor for us - which is why we don't sit on the Autoroute any more than we have to.There's a lot more to France than Autoroutes you know, most of it very well and freshly tarmacked and empty...
So yes keep bringing the great metal through the backroads so I can cycle around and enjoy it.
For my own driving pleasure I prefer a mix of Autobahn Unlimited + Eiffel / Mosel / Sauerland backroads but that's a discussion for a different topic.
C70R said:
Oh dear.
With such an obvious deficit of wit and intellect, it's little wonder you feel at home with the chav hoardes on BSJ...
You haven't managed to eloquently deride me throughout this thread. You've also shown me no reason to believe that you are in fact a petrolhead and not some guy posing with his wife's car. With such an obvious deficit of wit and intellect, it's little wonder you feel at home with the chav hoardes on BSJ...
It seems that you may finally understand that if you book the cheapest campsite at a racing circuit which is renowned for car related antics, then car related antics may ensue.
For your next camping holiday maybe you should try out Cumbria, it's very picturesque and I don't live there anymore, so there won't be a burnout in sight.
towelie said:
You haven't managed to eloquently deride me throughout this thread. You've also shown me no reason to believe that you are in fact a petrolhead and not some guy posing with his wife's car.
Should I perhaps follow your lead and put a photo of my brother's car on my profile, to hide the fact that I'm clearly ashamed of my own girly car?towelie said:
It seems that you may finally understand that if you book the cheapest campsite at a racing circuit which is renowned for car related antics, then car related antics may ensue.
Indeed. "Buy cheap, buy chav", it appears.
C70R said:
towelie said:
You haven't managed to eloquently deride me throughout this thread. You've also shown me no reason to believe that you are in fact a petrolhead and not some guy posing with his wife's car.
Should I perhaps follow your lead and put a photo of my brother's car on my profile, to hide the fact that I'm clearly ashamed of my own girly car?towelie said:
It seems that you may finally understand that if you book the cheapest campsite at a racing circuit which is renowned for car related antics, then car related antics may ensue.
Indeed. "Buy cheap, buy chav", it appears.surveyor said:
C70R said:
towelie said:
You haven't managed to eloquently deride me throughout this thread. You've also shown me no reason to believe that you are in fact a petrolhead and not some guy posing with his wife's car.
Should I perhaps follow your lead and put a photo of my brother's car on my profile, to hide the fact that I'm clearly ashamed of my own girly car?towelie said:
It seems that you may finally understand that if you book the cheapest campsite at a racing circuit which is renowned for car related antics, then car related antics may ensue.
Indeed. "Buy cheap, buy chav", it appears.surveyor said:
C70R said:
towelie said:
You haven't managed to eloquently deride me throughout this thread. You've also shown me no reason to believe that you are in fact a petrolhead and not some guy posing with his wife's car.
Should I perhaps follow your lead and put a photo of my brother's car on my profile, to hide the fact that I'm clearly ashamed of my own girly car?towelie said:
It seems that you may finally understand that if you book the cheapest campsite at a racing circuit which is renowned for car related antics, then car related antics may ensue.
Indeed. "Buy cheap, buy chav", it appears.
Le_Mans said:
surveyor said:
C70R said:
towelie said:
You haven't managed to eloquently deride me throughout this thread. You've also shown me no reason to believe that you are in fact a petrolhead and not some guy posing with his wife's car.
Should I perhaps follow your lead and put a photo of my brother's car on my profile, to hide the fact that I'm clearly ashamed of my own girly car?towelie said:
It seems that you may finally understand that if you book the cheapest campsite at a racing circuit which is renowned for car related antics, then car related antics may ensue.
Indeed. "Buy cheap, buy chav", it appears.
Comments on this thread are exactly the reason that we stay on a beautiful forest campsite about 40 minutes from the circuit.
We pay 50 euros a night for a lovely wooden lodge.
No chavs, no fireworks, no wheelspins, just people enjoying the tranquillity of the forests and lakes.
Our little bit of peace and quiet after a fabulous day watching the racing.
We pay 50 euros a night for a lovely wooden lodge.
No chavs, no fireworks, no wheelspins, just people enjoying the tranquillity of the forests and lakes.
Our little bit of peace and quiet after a fabulous day watching the racing.
I've never camped at the circuit and don't feel I have really missed out to be honest.
Camped at a site about 20mins away which was pleasant enough but got fed up after one year where it never stopped raining.
Then moved to another village only 15mins from parking expo, no queues either getting in (takes longer to walk from some camp sites to the entrance area). First in a hotel and now B&B at a private house.
The costs are way lower than some of the private camping packages and we have the comforts of a house to stay in.
If I did camp at the circuit, I think I would just accept it was going to be noisy (done GP camping). Unfortunately there will always be the minority who can't behave or know how to behave respectfully around others. That is why I'd simply not bother doing circuit camping.
I get the atmosphere of the race, close enough to accommodation to come and go, great routes in and out of the circuit, park across the road from the entrance, nice house to stay in, restaurants & shops in the village. Tweaked the package over the years, but feel I have found my perfect way to do Le Mans.
Camped at a site about 20mins away which was pleasant enough but got fed up after one year where it never stopped raining.
Then moved to another village only 15mins from parking expo, no queues either getting in (takes longer to walk from some camp sites to the entrance area). First in a hotel and now B&B at a private house.
The costs are way lower than some of the private camping packages and we have the comforts of a house to stay in.
If I did camp at the circuit, I think I would just accept it was going to be noisy (done GP camping). Unfortunately there will always be the minority who can't behave or know how to behave respectfully around others. That is why I'd simply not bother doing circuit camping.
I get the atmosphere of the race, close enough to accommodation to come and go, great routes in and out of the circuit, park across the road from the entrance, nice house to stay in, restaurants & shops in the village. Tweaked the package over the years, but feel I have found my perfect way to do Le Mans.
Now I venture a radical suggestion... having worked for 30 years with the public ...
What you are experiencing is "how the other half lives" Imagine that these people were your everyday neighbours... and the loud music and the associated lifestyle were the norm.... I venture to suggest that most people coming to Le Mans are hardworking decent people who save up for this experience through hard work etc... but are now thrown together with people with whom they have very little in common....
What you are experiencing is "how the other half lives" Imagine that these people were your everyday neighbours... and the loud music and the associated lifestyle were the norm.... I venture to suggest that most people coming to Le Mans are hardworking decent people who save up for this experience through hard work etc... but are now thrown together with people with whom they have very little in common....
Great Dane said:
Now I venture a radical suggestion... having worked for 30 years with the public ...
What you are experiencing is "how the other half lives" Imagine that these people were your everyday neighbours... and the loud music and the associated lifestyle were the norm.... I venture to suggest that most people coming to Le Mans are hardworking decent people who save up for this experience through hard work etc... but are now thrown together with people with whom they have very little in common....
I see where you are coming from, but my experience is a (small) number of these 'hardworking decent people' who would normally behave perfectly in the company of family and work colleagues back in the UK tend to leave their brains and 'behaviour compass' back in Calais and become the loud, antisocial campsite neighbours we all end up complaining about...What you are experiencing is "how the other half lives" Imagine that these people were your everyday neighbours... and the loud music and the associated lifestyle were the norm.... I venture to suggest that most people coming to Le Mans are hardworking decent people who save up for this experience through hard work etc... but are now thrown together with people with whom they have very little in common....
DS240 said:
I've never camped at the circuit and don't feel I have really missed out to be honest.
Trust me, you're missing out.Some of my favourite non-racing LM moments have involved sitting around a BBQ with a few beers and my closest friends. The camaraderie on some sites (bsj excluded) is something very special.
C70R said:
Trust me, you're missing out.
Some of my favourite non-racing LM moments have involved sitting around a BBQ with a few beers and my closest friends. The camaraderie on some sites (bsj excluded) is something very special.
Agree... if you are tired at the track... stagger down forty winks... good to go...Some of my favourite non-racing LM moments have involved sitting around a BBQ with a few beers and my closest friends. The camaraderie on some sites (bsj excluded) is something very special.
i can see some of the advantages of staying off site, there is for me nothing to match the magic of staying close to the action. watching the racing till goodness knows when at night then a quick walk back to the tent to get your head down is brilliant. when you can then get up whenever you fancy and take a cup of tea down to the track to watch some more before breakfast is one of the things that makes it so special for me.
our first year at Maison Blanche this year after the last few at Tertre Rouge. very quiet site, no loud parties and very enjoyable.
our first year at Maison Blanche this year after the last few at Tertre Rouge. very quiet site, no loud parties and very enjoyable.
C70R said:
DS240 said:
I've never camped at the circuit and don't feel I have really missed out to be honest.
Trust me, you're missing out.Some of my favourite non-racing LM moments have involved sitting around a BBQ with a few beers and my closest friends. The camaraderie on some sites (bsj excluded) is something very special.
The petrol-minded atmosphere and (general) hospitality of people was part of the experience.
I can stay in a nice B&B on my next trip to the Champagne region.
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