Club Arnage

As we expect many downloads we have installed 5 different download-locations. So if the CA server is slow or not accessible, just try the next website on the list. The guide is available for download at :

1. www.clubarnage.com/caguide (http://www.clubarnage.com/caguide)
2. www.lemanszone.de/caguide (http://www.lemanszone.de/caguide)
3. www.totalsportscar.com/caguide (http://www.totalsportscar.com/caguide)
4. www.drinkingforholland.com/caguide (http://www.drinkingforholland.com/caguide)
5. caguide.tmdg.co.uk (http://caguide.tmdg.co.uk)

Have fun when reading it...

Cheers

Werner

Mods - it would be nice if your banner thingey could flag this up!

Good work all concerned.

Looking forward to reading it.

Thanks.

Can't wait!

Werner - well done mate, thanks for all the hard work that you and others have put into this year's guide. I can't wait to download it tonight.
Much appreciated.

Steve

A small problem, no actually it's a large problem!

I just spent five minutes downloading it from tmdg.co.uk, (so as not to clog up CA bandwidth) and lo and behold it's the 2006 guide with a message to say the 2007 guide will be available shortly!  :( I think the link should be removed from the thread until the 2007 guide is actually up on Tom's website.

Thanks

Andy

In fact I've just gone to Werner's page and Ricks page and only get the TESTPAGE on all of them? Has something terrible gone wrong?

Andy is being premature a problem ;D ;D

It does say available from 10pm today :angel:

Hi guys, sorry, but I had to install these testpages already a couple of days ago, just to, aah, well, TEST them so everythings goes smooth tonite at 10:00 PM

I just done exactly the same thing. Didn't read that it was PM ::)

So it's the 6th today, right? Not the 7th?  ::)

What a dipstick I am!  ;D

You're not alone Andy, I missed the PM bit as well. And yes, it's the 6th.

I'm so used to the 24 hour clock, I tried this afternoon.

I'll try again at 2200!

Still says "Test Page"
I can't download it yet
Is it me ???

Read people, read, it is not that difficult. 10 PM, is that so hard to understand ;D

Sorry!
Thought I read 10 AM somewhere!

But is that 10pm UK or CET??  ;)

nope its GMT.  or Z time 8)

I can't wait!!!

You have to, I'm still fixing zillions of typos which Termie has found ;D

I don't envy you, but I already must admit that what I have seen so far really impresses me, my compliments

It's already available at www.clubarnage.com/caguide , the other 4 domains will follow later

Yeehah!!!

Am I the first to download it?  ;D

Could be ;D

The downloadpage on www.lemanszone.de/caguide is also ready now!

Fantastic stuff Werner. It's been brilliantly put together.

Thank you so much for all your effort, and of course to everyone else who took time to contribute, proof read, compile, edit, spell check, take photos, provide information, etc, etc, etc and generally help out.

Where would we be without CA and all the fantastic people that make this site what it is!

I'm beginning to think nobody else is downloading it as they've all been told off for trying to get at it too early!!  ;D

whoo hoo, thanks! it is on my desktop now :D

great work, my compliments to all involved

download page at www.drinkingforholland.com/caguide is also ready now ;D

Congratulations to Werner and all who helped put this together. An excellent doc that will take pride of place on my reading on the train for the next two days !! (http://dervhead.com/xmb/images/smilies/posts/thumbup.gif) Paypal contribution made (and very worth it it was too!)

It is now live on www.totalsportscar.com/caguide

Had a quick look and it looks terrific. good stuff to read on my way to Le Mans  8)

My compliments to everyone that took part in creation the No. 1 guide for Le Mans  :)

Thanks Rick

Fantastic job guys!

Simply superb

Some of us had been waiting patiently until 10pm  ;D

Looks fab guys, well done - I've posted the link on Ten-Tenths.

The last domains is also available now, thanks Tom

Didn't find your posting there...

The time is currently 21:16 GMT.    So infact we/re an hour ahead an the schedule.  :-)

But I think Werner meant 22:00 BST so I was actually  5 five minutes late.

Sorry guys.

regards,
T.

congratulations to all those involved in the project. It really is an incredibly comprehensive, well written guide. If i was at home i would have this bound. you should be proud of yourselves!

http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1930643#post1930643 - page 60 - I'll start a new thread as well.

an hour in would be interesting to know number of hits and downloads and origins?  If that's possible :angel:

Anita, if you start a new thread, please list all 5 donload servers there

Cheers

Werner

Great stuff Werner, sorry about all the last-minute pedant stuff!  Makes you proud to be part of CA, thanks a bunch once again. :) 8)

Yup have listed all locations on each of the posts. 

Woo! Yay! and indeed Houpla! to Werner and everyone else involved!

Top effort guys.  Thanks a million.

(I've been re-reading the '06 version almost daily for the past month waiting for this one to come out!)

Thanks,

Patrick.

(http://www.richsalter.net/b3ta/woo_yay_cool_hair.gif)

What is even more interesting is that we have had two charitable donations so far.  :-)

That doesn/t inclued your test payment Werner.
t.

All download pages have tracker code, I will look into the statistics tomorrow and publish some details, at the moment I feel more like looking into the fridge for cold beer

Huber', hope you will not be reading and driving!!!

Werner and all the rest of the editing/production crew.   WOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Fantastic job and Congratulations, you have surpassed yourselves.

And Werner, as you will be 100m away from me on Expo (4th Cowshed on the left!!), I'll deliver personally a donation into your grubby mitts, E10 sound OK?

Jerry

I've now added a clickable 'banner thingey' link to the news area at each page.

Great job - congratulations & thanks to all. Nice to have a reference source that is up to date and accurate.

Thank you to all the team who have put such care into producing the annual gem.
Le Mans 2007 starts here.

Top work fellas, and lasses.

Well done to all involved.

I have a personal driver  ;D

Well done to all concerned, a cracking publication   ;D ;D

Andy

News about our guide travel fast, we're already mentioned in

a spanish forum: http://www.miniruedas.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=510

the MAzda RX8 oWners Club Forum: http://www.rx8ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=215876

a Canadian Forum
http://www.tomotorsports.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/000976.html

thanks to all for spreading the word

... and even a vistor using a Mexican ISP yesterday late nite

up to now almost 400 visitors on our download pages so far, thats visitors-probably not everyone downloaded

Werner, I've added a direct link at a handfull of cobra and ALMS forums.

Brilliant. Thanks to all involved. I'll bind it with nuts and bolts again, just like last years.

HI Guys,

Just to let you know the charity donations have pasted the £100 already.   Thanks to everyone.

t.

Cool, just 12 hours after publication

Done, the full stop is gone

Thanks already in advance, Jerry

Will there be the opportunity to make donations at LM, if so where.

great job by the way, thanks to all concerned.

yeah, just come to the Poo bar meeting - for directions and the character of this meeting see page 108 of the guide ;D ;D ;D

Termie - I am disappointed you did not pick up that odd numbered pages are on the left!  Of course only us sad gits who print the thing double-sided will really notice.

I am still in awe of this document - the content you need in 1 place. A stunning job by the contributors.

Fantastic  :D

All links posted over on the Porsche Club GB forum, and a note about the donation too.

I notice today that that other place (beginning with a P...) has started a new thread "PH Guide to Le Mans".  Can we get them for plagiarism? ;D (Although somehow I doubt it as it seems to be 1 page long...)

I hope they'll see there's a Porsche Club GB logo on the coverpage of the guide...

thanks for spreading the word, mwbennett

I'm keeping an eye on it to see if any familiar wording comes up  ;D

Have had a quick look and great once again.

Will read properly over the weekend and aim as mentioned on an earlier post go to the Poo Bar meeting and make a donation.

Can't wait now till I set off on Tuesday.

James

Excellent work guys.  Thanks for the effort.  That's my afternoon's work written off.

Cheers

John Boy

Doh! I've entered the realms of a sad git (again!) .....  ;D

The Donations have just passed the £200 and only 18 hours in. 

t.

Tom

A friend of mine has tried to make a donation by Bank Transfer as he doesn't have a Paypal account. His bank (Barclays) have been unable to make the transaction as they require a name of account holder. Please advise, and also maybe worth amending the donations page too.

Thanks

Just awesome - donation on the way.
My printer has overheated but it's all printed and ring bound now. Hope Mrs Lord Steve doesn't expect any sense out of me tonight!
Thanks to all.

Steve

Hi Andy,

The account Name is "Club Arnage Charity Fund".

I think so.  I can only change that one on caguide.tmdg.co.uk  May be the others can do thier pages.    But onoly Werner can change the Guide.

Tom.

Absolutely brilliant, again.  It must be why Autosport have given up on theirs after 26 years (or did its creators move to evo).

Oops! Just read other thread - not given up just deferred a week.

Country-share on the download page today so far:

US Commercial 234
United Kingdom 227
US Network     81
Unknow     55
United States     37
Netherlands     19
Denmark     6
Germany     6
Belgium     5
France     3
India     2
Ireland     2
Argentina     2
Spain     2
Finland     2
Sweden     2   
Mozambique     1
Jersey, Channel Islands     1
Mexico     1
Estonia     1
Taiwan     1
Portugal     1
Brazil     1   
Switzerland     1
Norway     1
US Organisation     1 



Strange, no one from Nepal ;D ;D ;D 

CA goes global 8)

Exellent work guys........well done,  will spend the next few eves reading it  :)

Stunning job ladies and gentlemenYour work is outstanding, feeling inspired to lend a hand next year.
The guide is without peer.

See you all next week!!!!

welcome aboard, Douglas

 :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Fantastic piece of work!  Thanks to all the people involved in pulling this together.

HI Ya'll,

The PayPal total Just passed the £250 mark. 

Great stuff every one.

t.

It's taken me all night with my steam driven PC, but well worth it!! Just fantastic that's the only way to describe it, well done to all concerned you deserve a medal.
Maybe beermountain can issue some??

A true compendium! Donation made, printer ink ordered!!! Well done to all involved.

I'm please to anounce that the donations from the Guide have now passed £300.

t.

Some Download stats

Date                                          6.6   7. 6   8. 6   9. 6   10.6
www.clubarnage.com/caguide   116   558   297   140   142
www.lemanszone.de/caguide   40   71   29   10   15
www.drinkingforholland/caguide   55   80   29   9   15
www.totalsportscar.com                38   56   28   8   7
caguide.tmdg.co.uk                19   46   25   9   7

total this day                        268   811   408   176   186

total until 10th June midnight: 1849

Hi there,

just saw that we made it onto the homepage of Planet Le Mans, see www.planetlemans.com, thanks to Sander & his team for this ... and thanks to termietermite who wrote the press release

How does the number of downloads compare to last year?

Pretty much the same

I have just sent my payment and would like to add  that In 25 years I have never seen a more definitive guide to Le Mans. It puts the likes of the Autosport guide, The Official Le Mans programme and all the other guides for the great race to shame. This should be in print and everyone who is at Le mans should have copy.

Joe flay

24hourman

Werner

I have been happily carrying on with the occasional glance at the only definitive Le Mans guide until I innocently stumbled across a PH thread which correctly points out that there is no camping section for Technoparc! On closer inspection it appears that you deny the very existence of the aforementioned site by omitting it from the map!

Is this the best you can do? Lame excuses about not having the information will not wash with me matey. I would suggest, at the very least, that one of the committee members switches to Technoparc immediately to ensure that this blunder is not repeated next year.

Bob Underwood spings to mind  ;D

Just for you Rob I will take a wander over there and reccy the place. After all when us HAers move over to MB next year you might want to try Technoparc for yourself ;D

... sounds like Technoparc is a refugee camp - or will become one next year for homeless ex-HA-residents ;D
Yes, simply forgot that site when compiling the guide - too much beer, wine and other fun in the last year & I'm only getting older...

Now hang on just a minute Bob.  With all this zone police stuff going on there, I think I'd rather camp at Butlins!

I just checked the Pay Pal and the Guide raised £369.35.   Sadly no donations after 14 June.   I gave away my copy to a guy in the Champion on the N138 Noth of Le Mans.   I asked him to make a donation on return.

t.

I'll need to rewrite the public transport info for next year as some has changed and I'll add a few more lines about CDG and Le Mans Gare. I'll try later this week before the memory fades.

as mentioned in the thieving-at-LeMans-thread I think it might be wise to put tips and local information (how to report stolen property etc) in the Le Mans Guide next year about camping theft

maybe someone who has actually experienced to complete hassle can work on this?

Wow, that would be great. If you pm me your e-mail-adress I could send you the editable MS-Word-version so you can place your chnages directly in there

Cheers

Werner

Yes, unfortunately it looks like we need to extend the paragraph about this topic  >:(. hgb has already send me adresses of police stations in LM and MGmark's info in the other thread should also go in next years guide. It would be also quite good to have all the emergency phone numbers of e.g. the major credit card corporations in the guide in case someone needs to cancel / report a stolen credit card or bank card. Any more ideas?

Hopefully Trevor can give some feedback on the guide when he gets back to Canada in a week or so but I think he and Sean used it very much as their "bible" which was great to see.

I think Trevor said there was no detail about the busses that run out to Arnage/Mulsanne etc. over the race, if that's the case that might be worth adding. 

Yes, if someone knows details about these buses, that would be great. I was already trying last year but found nothing on the web. Only thing I learned last year was that they don't go Wednesday and Thursday, I had to walk to Arnage >:(

... well, in 21 years I never bought an official programme, spent everything on beer... ;D , thanks Peter

you might want to update the inforamation about the Fireworks shop, it's now moved from the town center to the new shopping village (Family Village) & it can be found tucked away in the far left hand corner of the complex right next to the track,

although the road trip to town & the subsiquent fun trying to find out from locals where it was was really fun :) so it wasn;t a complete wasted trip, kudos to the guy in the PC shop for pointing us in the right direction

Also worth adding that there are two new resturants in that same complex, a tapas/steak bar, very very trendy & the food is awsome & opposite is a very nice Pizza place (That also sells steak) both come highly recomended by the 26+ that-way.co.uk members who attened this year + the rest of the shops would be worth a look

also would be good to add in the mini moto/pit bike/ lawnmower shop inear the Family Village, they kindy re colied my pull start for nothing on 2 occasions, great service if you need any replacement parts for motor powered transport of the non car varity, i'm not sure of the full address but it is Here (http://www.streetlife.tv/staff/jd/LeMans/motoshop.jpg) (pic 61mb - nice high res)

Just wanted to say thanks for the guide, made such a adifferance, i'll stick some money in the donations box in the next 48 hours as it was most defianlty worth it's weight in gold this year for me

Hi there,

first of all a big thank you for your comments and corrections, this way we can keep the next edition up-to-date. A question about the pizza and tapas place you mentioned - is it the one which picture can be found on page 87?

Cheers

Werner