Le Mans Virgin

Le Mans Virgin

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white_van_man

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3,846 posts

249 months

Sunday 1st February 2004
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Im off to le mans for the first time ever this year i have seen the DVDs of the last 2 years and it looks amazing what are the best bits of the weekend other than the bits that i really should do/go see

Ballistic Banana

14,698 posts

267 months

Sunday 1st February 2004
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think theres a race too...... sorry

Pit walk,Drivers Parade in the town, Blast(ok cruise) around most of the track in your on car on the Friday. Go to Arnage at night and see them Brakes light up. Get on the Big wheel, at night its cool to see the lights in distance while under the influence, during the day is quite good to if its a clear day.
Also on the Friday night theres fun and games around the roads near the campsites.

Sure some peeps will add more

Vario-Rob

3,034 posts

248 months

Sunday 1st February 2004
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Here are ten to start with

The drive down on the Thursday (or Wednesday or Friday), how god intended cars to be driven

The service station called Air de la somme (or something like that) north of Rouen manic place to watch the world go by, I have no idea what the collective noun for Diablo's is but whatever it is, it applied last year.

Nice restaurant at the top of the N138 just as you leave Rouen

The N138 south of Rouen and do remember those wing mirrors I nearly collected a Zonda last year, ouch!

Friday out on the track and for this PH-ist the best day of the year and that is despite the French Police

Doing a burn out at Indianapolis on Friday lunchtime, behold the smell of the molten Bridgestones

Having a Chinese on Saturday night on the Mulsanne straight

Having a few jars of ‘wife beater’ in the bar at Tetre Rouge as the sun goes down on Saturday

Using the bog in the museum, you will learn the merit of this place

The list can go on and on but here are a couple of things I don’t like

The speeding fines are getting heavier and heavier and the police kicking you off the track on Friday otherwise one of the highlights of my year and plenty of other peoples to.


White_van_man

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3,846 posts

249 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2004
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Ballistic Banana said:
think theres a race too...... sorry



no one told me about that i thought all you did was get pissed and play on a funfair

DustyC

12,820 posts

254 months

Tuesday 3rd February 2004
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Theres a 72 hour drinking festival and rumor has it that there is a 24 hour race to entertain us during it!
(I didnt actually drink during the race last year and drove to loads of different bits of the circuit at night with a car packed full of drunkards! I mad up for the lack of drinking the night before and the next night though. Enjoyed doing it this way so much I'll probably do it again this year).

We go for a bit longer each year and we still dont have time to do/see everything. This year we are there Thursday to Monday.

The drive there is half the fun.

Tripps

5,814 posts

272 months

Wednesday 4th February 2004
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And there's a bearded lady...

Or Los Lesbos for those of a more usual persuassion...