You know your a Le Mans nut when.....

[stephenk24]

Hi Guys,

Finally signed up to piston heads. Quick introduction: I am still in school and doing my GCSE's but even though I can't drive legally yet, doesn't mean I am not as passionate as the next man on this forum. I went to Le mans first in 2006 and only knew that Audi raced their and didn't understand the whole endurance thing. However by Sunday afternoon I got the bug! I now can recite the entry list for each year I have been and haven't missed a LMS or ALMS round since that weekend, Le mans is almost everything I think about.

Sadly I couldn't go last year because of exams, and I can say it was one of the hardest things I have had to do. But I will be back this year, and I can't wait!

Anyway, this thread has been done on other forums but I dont think it has been done about Le mans.

Basically state a funny statement about your dedication to Le Mans:

Example: you know your a real Le mans nut when you listen to the entire radio Le mans coverage of last years race in hour segments each night for 24 days to keep interest.

Can't wait to hear the replies!

[Save Ferris]

"You know your a Le Mans nut when....."

You see a big old barge (BMW 7 series, Merc S class, XJ6 etc...) and the first thing you think is...

'That would be a brilliant Le Mans car'

[MiniMan64]

When your first thread on Pistonheads is about Le Mans.

[robmlufc]

when you see two peugeots pull out of the petrol station and expect them to drive into each other.

[MiniMan64]

When you drive onto a cross channel ferry and are suprised that there is not a Ferrari, Aston, Lotus or TVR in sight.

[ellroy]

You start two threads on the same topic?

[stephenk24]

ellroy said:

You start two threads on the same topic?

Yeah, I'm not sure how that happened...I went to edit my origonal post and it seemed to create a sepate thread, so I think I pressed the wrong button or something. I'm new to this so let me off, i'ts different to other forums I use.

Perhaps from now on people shouldn't reply to this one.

[RonJohnson]

Save Ferris said:

"You know your a Le Mans nut when....."

You see a big old barge (BMW 7 series, Merc S class, XJ6 etc...) and the first thing you think is...

'That would be a brilliant Le Mans car'

This - and then wonder what it would look like painted up (roughly with a yard brush) in Gulf/Silk Cut colours.

[boolay]

"You know your a Le Mans nut when....."

On a family holiday to La Rochelle, you insist that both cars driving down take a detour to do a lap of the circuit, even when not one of the 8 other occupants are in the slightest bit interested.

[Stig101]

"You know your a Le Mans nut when....."

Last year you couldnt make it cause of GCSE's so watched the whole race on Eurosport sat on a deck chair drinking 1664

[Simes205]

boolay said:

"You know your a Le Mans nut when....."

On a family holiday to La Rochelle, you insist that both cars driving down take a detour to do a lap of the circuit, even when not one of the 8 other occupants are in the slightest bit interested.

Done that!!

[PoleDriver]

. . . You sticker up a vehicle to take with you, then change your mind and sticker up another one!

[fordyx]

You know your a Le Mans nut when.....

You sing the national anthem for todays rugby whilst imagining you are actually in the stand at Le Mans, thinking to yourself, 'will that be loud enough to be heard over the tannoy this year???'

[Nick M]

You know you're a Le Mans nut when...

... despite know the route like the back of your hand, you still 'check' from time to time on Google maps and see how long it will take to drive down there. And you start accummulating all the camping gear for the trip in about March.


Or, you know you're a Le Mans nut when...

... you get cross that you can't book the Eurotunnel crossing for the following year on the Tuesday morning after you get back.

[M3_SMG]

When the countdown to the next race starts at 364 days 23hours...

[Beerwagon]

You know your a Le Mans nut when........you book your campsite for this year on arrival at the campsite last year.

[chevronb37]

Funnily enough my only trip to the 24 Hours was directly after finishing my Physics GCSE. My old man picked me up from school and we drove straight to France. These are the only two decent photos I have of the race. Any of you Le Mans nuts care to name the year? Pretty easy one, really.

[boolay]

2000

[chevronb37]

boolay said:

2000

Consider the cigar won! Not the best year ever at La Sarthe but the ALMS race at Silverstone was a cracker in the build-up to the race and David Brabham hounding the Audis for the opening laps was amazing.

[RedexR]

You look at absolutely any piece of machinery and start thinking about how the pale blue and orange Gulf colour scheme would suit it.