WHAT A YOU DRIVING TO LE-MANS IN?

WHAT A YOU DRIVING TO LE-MANS IN?

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jedi71

12 posts

261 months

Saturday 1st June 2002
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I will be in a 3 GTI-R and a single Scooby convoy, leaving Portsmouth on the overnight sailing to Le Havre on the 11th. Will hopefully be all stickered up by then as well.

VENOM500

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2,984 posts

282 months

Saturday 1st June 2002
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Hi PANTS 19(WHY PANTS 19?),LOOKS LIKE AN AWSOME CONVOY,I HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE A FEW LOTUS ON THE 6.21 THUR TRAIN!AS WELL AS 8 VIPERS,ALSO A "FORD SIERRA"!!!!!AS ONE OF OUR PARTY PULLED OUT,THINK THEY MIGHT ARRIVE SOMETIME ON FRIDAY!!!!!NOT LONG TO GO NOW,COUNTING OFF THE DAYS!

VENOM500

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2,984 posts

282 months

Saturday 1st June 2002
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Wondered if you Viper guys would like to join us cerbie guys (6 cerbies all decatted) just to make it noiser. That would be fun.

Phil O


I rekon we might just blow all the windows out!Were be looking out for you on our radars!and if we meet up...no racing!,......and the rest!

M6 CUK

124 posts

269 months

Sunday 2nd June 2002
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TVR Chimaera & BMW M3 Conv' on the chunnel @ 9:06am Thursday, anyone else catching the train then? also i've got the list of drivers for the club parade laps anyone on here on there? TVRCC parade laps 7:00am Sat morning don't miss it!!!

octave

17 posts

282 months

Tuesday 4th June 2002
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Hi there guy's can someone post me a good route I can't remember the route I took last year.

Phil O

MikeyT

16,455 posts

270 months

Tuesday 4th June 2002
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We're in a minibus (that's all I know) so if I see any TVRs I'm gonna be guessing your PistonHeads handle ...
am gonna take me TVR flag tho' to hang in the window and drape on the tent

guysh

2,249 posts

282 months

Wednesday 5th June 2002
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Ok we will be in a 360 and a Noble (whoops Noble's has still not arrived make that a Golf V6 4 motion for when it rains and the 360 get's stuck in the mud!)

Leaving Friday Via New Haven to Dieppe the route is all Dual carridge way / main road not a Peage in site.

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Bathurst

17 posts

263 months

Wednesday 5th June 2002
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I'll be travelling in a convoy of 2 Mazda RX-7 twin turbo's (one of which is mine), 1 Toyota Supra and a Honda S2000.

Departing via Eurotunnel on Friday 14th...at 11 am..

see you all out there...
T.

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DIGGA

40,206 posts

282 months

Wednesday 5th June 2002
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TVR Chimaera & BMW M3 Conv' on the chunnel @ 9:06am Thursday, anyone else catching the train then? also i've got the list of drivers for the club parade laps anyone on here on there? TVRCC parade laps 7:00am Sat morning don't miss it!!!



Yep I'll hopefully (if the ACO doesn't fcuk it up AGAIN!) be blatting around the circuit, shaking off my hangover on Saturday morning.

With the help of my 7yr old nephew, I got the big PH stickers onto the doors in readiness (thanks Ted - hope the free advertising pays off!!).

Will be travelling with S6TFT on the 7am EuroTunnel, on Thurs AM.

neilr

1,512 posts

262 months

Wednesday 5th June 2002
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We'll be in MR2 Turbo, Sport160 Elise , 968 Sport and Esprit S3 (if its fixed in time otherwise he's in his Range Rover) Tunnel on Wednsday am.

Windsorphil

888 posts

261 months

Wednesday 5th June 2002
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There are 30 of us this year...mostly through the tunnel on Thursday morning...
BMW X5 4.6
BMW M Coupe
BMW M3
BMW Z3 3.0
Renault CL10
Nissan 300ZX (but seriously tuned!)
Audi TT
Audi A4 1.8T
Porsche 968
Nissan 200ZX
Porsche 911 RS
(Portsmouth-Caen)
Lister Jaguar ‘Knobbly’
(Portsmouth-Caen)
Corvette

Looking forward to seeing you all there... oh and we are sponsoring the Dome Judd - Racing for Holland - LMP 900 car.



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Windsorphil

888 posts

261 months

Wednesday 5th June 2002
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Hi there guy's can someone post me a good route I can't remember the route I took last year.

Phil O



It's a bit wordy, but here are the instructions all the way to Campling Bleu...

Journey Times
Calais to Rouen approximately 1¼ - 1½hours, Calais to Alencon approximately 3¼-3½hours.
From Calais to Le Mans is 260 miles (415km) and takes approximately 4 – 4½hours (record 3.15 hours, 2002PQ, 2001, 2000) and costs just fewer than 10 Euros each way on the tolls.

READY 3 – 2 – 1 GO…

CALAIS - After leaving the train and once you have gone past the terminal petrol station on your left, keep in the left-hand lane and follow the signposts for Boulogne and Rouen (A16/E402).
BOULOGNE - From Boulogne follow the signs for Amiens, Abbeville, Rouen, which will put you on the A16 Autoroute toll road. Exit this Autoroute at Abbeville Junction 23 signposted to Rouen, payment at Abbeville is 6€20.

ABBEVILLE - After payment, stay in the right-hand lane and follow the signposts to Rouen (A28), this is a free Autoroute all the way to Rouen.

ROUEN - At the end of the Autoroute just north of Rouen remain on this non-Autoroute road, you will eventually go through a long tunnel; follow the signposts to Rouen Centre/Toutes Direction. Shortly you should start to see signposts to Caen and Le Mans, when you do, stay in the left-hand lane. Once you have gone through two under passes get into the centre lane, you will then go over some bridges. Immediately after you have crossed over the river Seine, and after the Rouen Centre exit, move into the right-hand lane.

DO NOT TAKE THE ROUEN CENTRE EXIT.

Take the next immediate exit on the right signposted Le Mans, which bears round sharply to the right and back on itself, at the lights turn right onto the main road D18E.
Continue on this dual carriageway through the industrial areas of Rouen, running parallel with the railway on your right, following the signposts for Le Mans.

At the first roundabout (with concrete cows on it!) go straight over, at the second roundabout go straight over but stay in the right-hand lane, at the fork in the road you will then need to turn right, joining the A13 Autoroute at Junction 22, signposted to Le Havre and Caen (A13).

Follow the signposts on the A13 motorway to Le Havre and Caen, as the road climbs up and out of Rouen stay in the centre lanes, signposted Le Havre and Caen.

You will then start to see signposts to Le Mans for Junction 24, which is 7kms away. Once you have gone past a castle on the right, stay in the right-hand lane and take the next exit at Junction 24.

You will now be on a road with two lanes in your direction, stay in the left-hand lane and very soon you will go past a Total garage on your right and an Elf garage on your left where you must turn left. This junction is not very well signposted and the turn is easily missed.

N138 - You are now on the N138 to Alencon and Le Mans, stay on this entertaining road and follow the signposts to Alencon and Le Mans.

ALENCON - Just North of Alencon turn right at the roundabout onto the bypass (N12) signposted Peage Autoroute and Le Mans, follow this dual-carriageway for a short distance and then turn right at the next exit signposted Peage Autoroute (A28) and Le Mans.

At the roundabout bear round left following signposts to enter the Autoroute (A28), which will lead you onto the toll road, then remain on the toll road until you are just North of Le Mans.

LE MANS - On exiting the toll just North of Le Mans 3€10 (near A11), you will come to a roundabout with a McDonalds and a Buffalo Grill, bear left around this roundabout and follow the signposts to Le Mans (N138) for 2kms. On the N138 towards Le Mans you will go past another McDonalds on your right, at this point stay in the right-hand lane, and take the right fork signposted Toutes Directions (E502/N138R), DO NOT FOLLOW THE SIGNPOSTS TO LE MANS CENTRE.

E502/N138R Ring Road - You will then be on the ring road signposted E502/N138R Toutes Directions, around Le Mans. Once on the ring road start looking out for signposts to Angers and Tours. Ignore any signposts to the circuit at this stage, until you go past an Intermarche supermarket on your left-hand side in approximately 7kms, then keep in the right-hand lane from now on as you need to turn right at a set of traffic lights (D315), signposted to the Aerodrome and hopefully Bleu camping.

(If you miss this turning, then take the next right, which is signposted to Tours E502/N138, which eventually goes onto the Mulsanne straight. This road will bring you past another McDonalds and a Carrefour supermarket on your left-hand side. Continue on this road straight over the lights and when you have past the Green Seven Hotel on the left-hand side you will need to turn next right (Rue du Panorama) just before Tertre Rouge Corner, signposted to Tertre Rouge/Expo campsites. Go past the Tertre Rouge campsite on your left, and then at the T-junction at end of this road turn left. Go past the museum and grandstands on your left, the airport should be visible on the right, then just after the Bleu car park or your right, turn right into the Bleu campsite, hopefully!!!).
Follow this road for approximately 2kms towards the Aerodrome, at the next major roundabout you come to (where you should be able to see the Airport and grandstands in front of you in the distance) take the exit signposted to the circuit (I think it’s the third one, N23) not the exit to the Aerodrome or Arnage. This takes you over a fly-over, which bears right round and brings you onto a dual carriageway (N23), stay in the right-hand lane and take the next exit right towards the circuit (D139). At the crossroads opposite the Main Circuit Entrance turn right onto the D139, continue past the grandstands on your left and past the Bleu car park on the right, then turn next right into the Bleu campsite.
If you get lost; in Le Mans head for Tours, this should bring you out onto the E502/N138 towards Tours and the Mulsanne Straight (see above). Otherwise head for Arnage village, as this is not far from the Bleu campsite or follow the Blue campsite signs

octave

17 posts

282 months

Wednesday 5th June 2002
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Cheers for the route hope to see you there for beers,

Phil O
R2PLO
Blue Cerbie

sjm

789 posts

283 months

Thursday 6th June 2002
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We'll be in (or on):

Lotus Elan +2
Porsche 911
BMW 328
Yamaha R6
Honda VFR 750

Useful info above about getting to camping bleu, but taking the autoroute for most of the trip's a bit dull isn't it ?

Sparkey

sjm

789 posts

283 months

Thursday 6th June 2002
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Just counted all the cars and bikes going from this thread alone and it comes to over 170 cars(I'm a bit over excited). Most of these are travelling Thursday morning and staying in camping Bleu. Is there some huge car park after Rouen that we could all congregate in for a final grand convoy to the circuit ?

VENOM500

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2,984 posts

282 months

Thursday 6th June 2002
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We'll be in (or on):

Lotus Elan +2
Porsche 911
BMW 328
Yamaha R6
Honda VFR 750

Useful info above about getting to camping bleu, but taking the autoroute for most of the trip's a bit dull isn't it ?
It depends how fast your going,those roads are so clear that i think a few 180+ sprints are in order!!
Sparkey

VENOM500

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2,984 posts

282 months

Thursday 6th June 2002
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Just counted all the cars and bikes going from this thread alone and it comes to over 170 cars(I'm a bit over excited). Most of these are travelling Thursday morning and staying in camping Bleu. Is there some huge car park after Rouen that we could all congregate in for a final grand convoy to the circuit ?

SJM....Sounds like a good idea, a mass PISTONHEAD park up ,would be good to put a face to the names.

simont

2,133 posts

272 months

Thursday 6th June 2002
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So Lets all try to get 1 corner of Bleu??

Guy Humpage

11,183 posts

283 months

Thursday 6th June 2002
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Is anyone else getting to Bleu before (or on) Tuesday? Otherwise we'll probably one of the first there: we'll have a big blue LR110, green Ginetta G27, red Caterham, Silver Scooby and a 3x9m Gazebo/marquee.

sjm

789 posts

283 months

Thursday 6th June 2002
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How many acres do you think you can reserve !!