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joe_the_waiter
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Who will win 2007 Le Mans?
Audi R10 diesel?
Peugeot 908 diesel?
Vauxhall Frontera diesel?
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: 24 Heures du Mans |
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| joe_the_waiter wrote: | Who will win 2007 Le Mans?
Vauxhall Frontera diesel? |
easy.
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joe_the_waiter
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On the ferry, seen more Aston Martins here than in my lifetime anywhere else. Ferrari's, porsche's, and many other special cars.
Awesome..... Le Mans... 'ere we come |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| But only one Frontera. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:24 am Post subject: |
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IS it the same as rallying????? he can put CUT in his notes on corners........ and can pass on the grass though  |
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joe_the_waiter
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| so far, bril weekend. drank all nite on ferry, one driver too pissed so I had to drive (and I was pissed), 2 hrs sleep, lost in france, locked in toilet in supermarket, many hilarious stories... |
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Gav Taylor
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sounds like fun dave!!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Race is live on channel 413 motors TV, Dave could have stayed at home and watched it. |
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Gav Taylor
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| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | so far, bril weekend. drank all nite on ferry, one driver too pissed so I had to drive (and I was pissed), 2 hrs sleep, lost in france, locked in toilet in supermarket, many hilarious stories... |
you have actually got to the circuit and are not heading towards belgium...
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Have you dried out yet Dave? |
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joe_the_waiter
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Just got off ferry. Awesome weekend. Gavin... you would love it.
Seen more Aston Martins and performance cars on the ferry than what I've seen all my life. |
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Gav Taylor
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| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | Just got off ferry. Awesome weekend. Gavin... you would love it. |
Very true Dave, but not all of us can fund this jet set pan-european following of motorsport events you know!!
i dont know Scotland, then france, whatever next WRC finland by helicopter??
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joe_the_waiter
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| honestly Gavin, you really have to go next yr... its just your thing. 24 hrs drinking, sleep when you fall asleep, non stop cars screeming round, radio le mans so u don't miss a thing, more campers than Butlins worldwide inc. I've never been to anything like it. (wanted to go for yrs.... now I'm going again..) |
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Gav Taylor
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| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | honestly Gavin, you really have to go next yr... its just your thing. 24 hrs drinking, sleep when you fall asleep, non stop cars screeming round, radio le mans so u don't miss a thing, more campers than Butlins worldwide inc. I've never been to anything like it. (wanted to go for yrs.... now I'm going again..) |
Sold!!
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Gav Taylor
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: 24 Heures du Mans |
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Awesome report in the oily rag Dave.
My personal highlights were....
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | ...started in Birmingham and in the car down to portsmouth with a few cans for the journey |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | what I didnt know was "le Mans" is an endurance drinking affair...the race is only there for added entertainment |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | We boarded and went straight to the bar |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | having fun entertaining motorsport clients with drinking games, which i joined in with |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | Me, even after 12 hours of non stop drinking, was glowing at all the bottles of 1664........this was one party ship |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | the whole ferry resembled the morning after a new years eve party.....I gave up looking for my seat and returned to the bar |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | A one legged frenchman on a cycle seemed to enjoy getting water pistoled |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | I found one of those industrial waste bins.....we all climbed on top of our new VIP viewing area |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | I stayed up through the night visiting bars |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | i went to my tent at around 7am...I was back up up at 9am and after some breakfast and another beer I was back at the track |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | Once in Caen we went into a bar......on the ferry I decided on an early night so only drank til 3am |
| joe_the_waiter wrote: | | First thing i did when I got home...opened a bottle of beer |
A worrying trend their Dave mate but put me down 110% to be your drinking partner next year!!! It sounds truely epic!!
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joe_the_waiter
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it seems like 'all' the report made your highlights. I could of written more but wanted to keep it short enough for people not to get too bored reading it.
saw the one legged frenchman again at a bar later on...... he was a bit worse the wear with drink and for reasons unknown to me, he threw his bike away and hobbled off with his crutches cursing in french.
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Gav Taylor
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Sold!! |
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Gav Taylor
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When / who is getting the ball rolling for 2008?
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joe_the_waiter
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I was going to organise a group trip for this yr, but apparently, its normally sold out by november & I wasn't feeling rich late last year & to be honest, it wasn't in the forefront of my mind.
definitely racing in British 24hrs again tho. This year the team will be far better prepared (tho you can't prepare for 2 engine failures, clutch failure & complete brake failure can you?). |
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Gav Taylor
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so its sold out!!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
I was looking forward to this from when you got back last year and wrote that article for the newsletter dave.
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