Le Mans 2008
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march109
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No worries,I expected that to be the case anyway. I'm ruined still, just got up today.
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
For those of you that came for the first time - great to meet you - thanks for coming!
For those of you that came for a second time - thanks for once again getting involved!
Much appreciated.
@ 12345Kevin - nice to see you down there if only to wave at in passing. I'm sure you all had a great time. Looked like a family affair this year. Very brave taking the ladies!
For those of you that came for a second time - thanks for once again getting involved!
Much appreciated.
@ 12345Kevin - nice to see you down there if only to wave at in passing. I'm sure you all had a great time. Looked like a family affair this year. Very brave taking the ladies!
I'm certainly not missing it again next year was annoying the hell out me not being there, glad a i had bloody good reason in the end 
I got back late last night. We stayed just outside L'alle I took my cab down. What an excellent weekend such smooth roads. I too got flashed by a mobile camera in Le Mans doing 100km/h in a 90...harsh on a dual carrigeway. Also got pulled by the local plod and given a 90 euro fine for overtaking, but the copper did say nice car...rare! which surprised me.
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march109
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One of our group was stopped @150 klicks, he was doing 175kph but knew enough french to sweet talk the fine down from 600E to 60E.
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
Lucky chap. I got the breathalizer stuck in my face. I was clear though.
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march109
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Not lucky at all, his French was very good, alot of the French just want to hear your comedy accent and once they have they will calm down.
Sadly alot of Brits are ignorant enough to expect every frog to speak English. The one copper I spoke to in my pidgeon french said in clear english "lets just do this in English, but keep trying" he was massivly impressed I tried and it went a long long way. He also explained to me that all the French want is for you to try. Its just common decency in their country and arrogant to esxpect them to speak english. Not saying you didn't or are.
Sadly alot of Brits are ignorant enough to expect every frog to speak English. The one copper I spoke to in my pidgeon french said in clear english "lets just do this in English, but keep trying" he was massivly impressed I tried and it went a long long way. He also explained to me that all the French want is for you to try. Its just common decency in their country and arrogant to esxpect them to speak english. Not saying you didn't or are.
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
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It doesn't take much to appear a cut above the rest of the ****s who give the 'English Abroad' such a great name. Friday was a great example of why the french police have every reason to make you suffer!
But they do wear very camp hats.
But they do wear very camp hats.
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No I too made the effort with the language. please do not misunderstand I was not out boozing and acting the prat, just a minor "violation du trafic"
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No worries, I too got flashed by a camera.
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
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march109, was that your white saloon that very kindly did a committed burnout outside technoparc on friday afternoon? If so, good effort - I was one of the guys keeping the road wet and clearing the way for you...
"And if you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here's your car." - Clarkson
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march109
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No mate,but if it had orange stripes I suspect it was the one I was co piloting. I made my way into the crowd myself so wasn't in the vehicle at the time.mike_sayer wrote:march109, was that your white saloon that very kindly did a committed burnout outside technoparc on friday afternoon? If so, good effort - I was one of the guys keeping the road wet and clearing the way for you...
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
what a trip!
900 miles covered and then i had the trip from london to manc to deal with.
i ended up doing the trip in a caterham but the start at 4:00am in the dark of night and death rain was slightly scary. actually it was danger danger 
i will add up some pics later.
i got camp'd near the white rabbit site, really happy.
900 miles covered and then i had the trip from london to manc to deal with.
i ended up doing the trip in a caterham
but the start at 4:00am in the dark of night and death rain was slightly scary. actually it was danger danger i will add up some pics later.
i got camp'd near the white rabbit site, really happy.
i think it was my group that made it look like a family affair. they all wanted to come and really enjoyed it! dont know if it was you guys dancing naked on the sunday night (my mates were all naked in our camp) but the girls (being clothed) went ovre to join the naked dancing cause it was funny.e36guy wrote: Looked like a family affair this year. Very brave taking the ladies!
the girls got plenty of attention like. i spent most of my time stopping drunk, testosterone fueled blokes from jizzing on them.
your m3 looked mint in the full body rap
oh and it was my group in the corner who churned up the feild in the caterham, legacy turbo (great 4 wheel donuts
), mx-5's, nissan 300, punto and primera.my mates 300 was doing donuts in 5th gear, his diff popped on the way home and it took £££'s and 48 hours to get him from the payage to home.
got back at 2:00am last night - poor bugger.
my mate is a motoring journalist so he had the option of having any car he wanted. Aston V8 was on the cards but then he heard the weather would be good and has always wanted to do it in a caterham.
im just happy he eventually decided to go for a tame one rather than the balls out screenless jobby
im just happy he eventually decided to go for a tame one rather than the balls out screenless jobby
I just want to see some photos! 
get in!!!!!Ziggy wrote:Anyone want to see some rather amusing photos of a MR2 and a Disco stuck in the mud?!
was that the yellow mr2? please post picture please please please!!!!
we should have been stuck in the mud! when the mud dried on the cars it made a right mess of them!!!
stuck in wheel arches, exhausts, inside wheels hitting brake calipers
PICTURES!!!!
i will get mine off my mate and post up.
did anyone see the 325iS ? did they even make one cause i dont think they did
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Red one (Dan's mate Harry), up to its axles
Didn't take many pics... well only about 1500 anyway. I'll start hosting them when I've sorted out the best 2 or 3 hundred!
Didn't take many pics... well only about 1500 anyway. I'll start hosting them when I've sorted out the best 2 or 3 hundred!
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yeah it had 15' bbs and i kit.Ziggy wrote:With the BBS (/similar) kit?ric325i wrote:
did anyone see the 325iS ? did they even make one cause i dont think they did
am i right in saying its a rieger kit? or was it a harge kit? looked nice, slightly different
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I saw it too and thought it was a bbs kit same as Dips has on his 3 door touring.ric325i wrote:yeah it had 15' bbs and i kit.Ziggy wrote:With the BBS (/similar) kit?ric325i wrote:
did anyone see the 325iS ? did they even make one cause i dont think they did
am i right in saying its a rieger kit? or was it a harge kit? looked nice, slightly different
They did make a 325is for SA and North America, a few other territories got them too iirc. Just not the UK, no such thing as a UK 325is factoid.
325i Tech 1 Touring, breaking.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
good man!
it seems like ages ago we were there. i think its the milage and how much went on!
my mate is going to ge the pics to me later so i will post up later or tomorrow. just the funny stuff or really nice stuff.
it seems like ages ago we were there. i think its the milage and how much went on!
my mate is going to ge the pics to me later so i will post up later or tomorrow. just the funny stuff or really nice stuff.
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This one?march109 wrote: No mate,but if it had orange stripes I suspect it was the one I was co piloting. I made my way into the crowd myself so wasn't in the vehicle at the time.
"And if you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here's your car." - Clarkson
Might be an idea to take your wheels off and clean inside them. I took mine off a few months after Le Mans last year and there was lots of mud still inside the rims.ric325i wrote: we should have been stuck in the mud! when the mud dried on the cars it made a right mess of them!!!
stuck in wheel arches, exhausts, inside wheels hitting brake calipers
Get a hose and run up under your arches, get your hands/fingers in as well, the mud gets everywhere.
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Look like people want to see other pics too, so here are a few of mine. High res copies are available if anyone wants them (apologies for the bandwidth splurge even on these low res ones!)
Ferrari 430 coming in to the Dunlop Curves on Friday night
Team Modena DBR9 at Tetre Rouge
Epsilon Euskadi-Judd, also at Tetre Rouge
Works DBR9
Larbre Saleen S7R exiting Dunlop Chicane
Audi R10 TDI
Modena DBR9 again
Lola-Mazda braking in to Dunlop Chicane
Modena DBR9 yet again, apexing the Ford Chicane
Porsche RS Spyder braking in to Maison Blanche (damn fence!)
Ferrari 430 coming in to the Dunlop Curves on Friday night
Team Modena DBR9 at Tetre Rouge
Epsilon Euskadi-Judd, also at Tetre Rouge
Works DBR9
Larbre Saleen S7R exiting Dunlop Chicane
Audi R10 TDI
Modena DBR9 again
Lola-Mazda braking in to Dunlop Chicane
Modena DBR9 yet again, apexing the Ford Chicane
Porsche RS Spyder braking in to Maison Blanche (damn fence!)
"And if you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here's your car." - Clarkson
Wow!
Stunning photos dude!
Are you a photographer?
I wished I'd gone again (I did last year), hopefully next year I will.
More photos please everybody! 
Stunning photos dude!
Are you a photographer?
I wished I'd gone again (I did last year), hopefully next year I will.
More photos please everybody!
Jeremy Clarkson wrote:...but it drives the front wheels. Theee wrooong wheels!
da4x4turbo wrote:I raced a vivaro on the motorway once in a 318is.... and lost!!!
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Thanks . I'm not professional, just a keen amateur. Done a couple of small commisisons and occasionally shoot some pics at work for use at motor shows and things, but nothing serious.
Make sure you go next year - upcoming rule changes should make for a great race!
. I'm not professional, just a keen amateur. Done a couple of small commisisons and occasionally shoot some pics at work for use at motor shows and things, but nothing serious.Make sure you go next year - upcoming rule changes should make for a great race!
"And if you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here's your car." - Clarkson
Ah, I see. Good work!
I haven't read about the rule changes yet, I'll go and have a look, but it's a fantastic event. I'm planning on going again.
Any petrol-head needs to go to LeMans, it's a must!
I haven't read about the rule changes yet, I'll go and have a look, but it's a fantastic event. I'm planning on going again.
Any petrol-head needs to go to LeMans, it's a must!
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Jeremy Clarkson wrote:...but it drives the front wheels. Theee wrooong wheels!
da4x4turbo wrote:I raced a vivaro on the motorway once in a 318is.... and lost!!!
When we went I visited Houx Annex roundabout for mad friday. It was good but then people started to get agressive so I and the others I was with left when it started to get out of hand.DRIFTBOY wrote:
Any petrol-head needs to go to LeMans, it's a must!
I think the Classic is the way forward to avoid the chavs who just want to get drunk and who have no interest in the race.