Club Arnage

Found a great way to get into the mood for the trip to Le Mans.

Have changed the voice on my GPS to a sexy french lady, don't understand a word she says, but she sounds nice.

When I have it set for dirrections it sounds like she is calling me a twat at times, but it could be "de droite", but not to sure.  ;)

At least when I get to France and I want to find a bar, I'll know if it is on the left or right - I hope.


Has anybody got other ideas to get in the mood and getting ready ?

Dont wash for several days and stagger about in the garden drinking beer with a car noise cd playing. ;D

Drank my own body weight in Bass, watched Jason Bottom win, BBQ pm, talked utter bowlox deep into the night ;D ;D

Just like being en La Sarthe - apart from the beer brand & Mr Bottom winning ::)

Pefect training for the main event 8)

Getting to Silverstone this weekend  :'( & hearing a live racing engine for the 1st time this year  :D

My liver has applied for it's exit visa so it must be getting close!! :)

Counted 18 empty Kronenbourg tins in my recycling box this morning from over the weekend. All my own work!
Going to the pub tonight to help build up the beer muscles.

And so on and so forth!!!

I practice by drinking warm fake french lager from tesco ,cheap red wine and vodka martinis without the vermouth or ice!
Sometimes I even use seperate glasses.

Not being able to get warm fake French beer as cheaply as Carlsberg, I have settled for drinking copious numbers of cans of the said substitute nightly, even allowing one or two per night to get periously close to room temperature...

It's a $h!t job but it has to be done

I persevere!

 :D

I had a weekend off the booze to lull my liver and kidneys into a false sense of security.  Practice for LM starts tomorrow with a noshing and sloshing day in London all epxenses paid.  Then it's full on practice every weekend until the off.   ;D

Dx

full force practice session at Spa in 2 weeks :D

Worst practice method is to argue with the wifey.

Tent in garden.

Nipped down to the circuit Saturday.  Watched a P1 Aston go past.  Job Done. :D

Photo, photo, where's the photo? ???

Did it look good?

Did it sound nice?

Did it seem fast?

It was the Speedy Sabah AM/Lola from last year

Photos next weekend when I'm back home.  I only have my baby netbook here and not much time to look through the 600+ pics Mr T took!  But they're on the way, have no fear (not all 600)  :).

I've been in the mood for months. This is my 1st year doing the whole drive there and back. South west scotland to Liverpool on saturday 6th then Liverpool to Portsmouth on sunday.

I CANT EFFIN WAIT  ;D

You on the 23.30 to Caen then Mike ???

Might see you in the bar ;D

I'm watching MotorsTV's coverage of the 2006 race week  :P
I've never been so glad that I recorded it :P :)

I've been in the mood for months. This is my 1st year doing the whole drive there and back. South west scotland to Liverpool on saturday 6th then Liverpool to Portsmouth on sunday.

I CANT EFFIN WAIT 


You on the 23.30 to Caen then Mike

Might see you in the bar


Yes we are on the 23.30 to Caen ;D

Now that my tickets have arrived, thet bit of nervousness has gone, go it's full staem ahead...

39 days 12 hours 28 minutes 33 seconds to ferry sailing time...

just starting to get all the travel essentials ready for the trip

Had confirmation that Princess Alex's EU Id is valid instead of a passport at Pompey docks. So that means that that Pig Pen Racing is fully charged and ready for action. Bring it on ;D oh and I have my new passport too ;D Just gotta get the Vecky sorted and....... here we come >:D

Wot no crisis this year?
You 're slipping Rex. ;)

I would class total steering juice loss as a minor crisis... its booked in next week. Then the stickering begins ;D

Start with a gentle warm up this afternoon, tucking into the June edition of Motor Sport and an article about AM appearance this year.

http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/2009/04/30/aston-martins-date-with-destiny/

Quieter at work this week so this afternoon I'm going to refit the rear seats and bulkhead into the Vito and finish the wiring for the freezer. Got the podcast of last years race on at full volume in the background and just found a box full of last year's left over fireworks. Getting that tingling feeling in the stomach now  ;D

Just looking to break the news to Mrs S sometime over the next few weeks that I'm going. I've been informed a while back that i'd be going 'over my dead body' ::). Better get the patio dug up then in preparation ;)

Si

[quote author=Dr Sconefinger......

Just looking to break the news to Mrs S sometime over the next few weeks that I'm going. I've been informed a while back that i'd be going 'over my dead body' ::). Better get the patio dug up then in preparation ;)

Si
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Still not told mine that I'm going for a week yet Si..............gulp :o

Spending my whole next week-end marshalling the FFSA Super Series...

... the Racecar Serie is a derivate of Nascar (American V8 big block and so one...) specifically adapted to "normal speedways" and not oval.



SUPER SERIE FFSA 2009
Horaires Officiels N°1 – Mardi 28 avril 2009

VENDREDI 8 MAI

Essais Privés

08 30 09 15 BIORACING SERIES                               
09 20 10 20 FFSA GT                                                 
10 25 11 25 PORSCHE MATMUT CARRERA CUP         
11 30 12 15 GT90’S / CATERHAM                               

13 15 14 00 THP SPIDER CUP                                     
14 05 14 50 RACECAR                                               
14 55 15 55 FFSA GT                                                 

Essais Qualificatifs
 
16 10 17 00 BIORACING SERIES                                 
17 05 18 00 PORSCHE MATMUT CARRERA CUP           
18 05 18 40 GT90’S / Caterham                                 

SAMEDI 9 MAI

Essais Qualificatifs

08 30 -  09 20 THP SPIDER CUP
09 25 -  10 50 FFSA GT
10 55 -  11 45 RACECAR

Courses

12.10 – 12.40 THP Spider Cup                                           

12 40 – 13 25 Pause déjeuner & Animations

13.40 – 14.10 Bioracing Series                                           
14.40 – 15.40 Championnat de France FFSA GT/GT3         
16.05 – 16.35 Racecar Series                                             
17.00 – 17.30 Porsche Matmut Carrera Cup                       
17.50 – 18.35 GT90’S Revival Series / Caterham               


DIMANCHE 10 MAI

Courses

09.45 – 10.15 THP Spider Cup                                             
10.40 – 11.10 Porsche Matmut Carrera Cup                       
11.35 – 12.05 Bioracing Series                                           

12 10 – 13 55 Pause déjeuner & Animations

14.15 – 14.45 Racecar Series                                             
15.15 – 16.15 Championnat de France FFSA GT/GT3         
16.35 – 17.20 GT90’S Revival Series / Caterham 

Talking about Racecar series

http://www.teamfj.com/racecar/voiture-fr.html

Got the confirmation (Via Bob T) that our Monday night return Hotel/Post Le mans Shower and comfy bed and restaurant are booked in Bagnoles d'or.
Now I'm getting excited.
Still not received my tickets though.

Will we get to see "smoke" this year? Sadly my Silver Nissan has gone to the great banger racing heaven that looms when Nissan deletes all parts and all spares that fail are the same age. Where are you sailing from?

PP

or maybe Gary means SUNDAY night

Monday night I 'spect to be in my own little beddybyes getting used to the unusual quiet....

True

Its the folk music festival in my home town this weekend so my liver is in for some serious training tonight and tomorow  ;D :o ;D

Due to the fine weather in the East midlands I took the opportunity with some help from a couple of our team of getting all the kit out from last year and giving it a trial run/airing...everything is "A" OK only need to replace a couple of fold up chairs and we are ready!! ;D

Just checking off the days!! 8)

Feels like its getting closer now, collected the tickets last light from the purser.

Working on climatising myself for France at present.

Drinking a bottle of Claret, working hard to drink the whole bottle and not get a hangover. Good to get in training.  ;)

Tucking in to a large Vodka and Tonic after drinking Peroni in the sunshine for most of the afternoon. Training is fully underway and I WILL be fully Pi** fit by June.... especially as we have our jolly to Germany to  get limbered up ;D woooo ;D

Well I was f**ked Thursday night thanks to a free Carlsberg night (although I lost £20 on the dogs) and I'm totally trollyed tonight.

Doing the best worst I can with some Captain Morgan's spiced rum, still need some thorough training with it, someone got some to spare?  :P

Mrs S is going out on Friday so I'm going to drag all my camping gear out of the loft and check it over whilst continuing training my liver. Got my transport sorted for the midnight trip down to Arnage too.... Check it out!

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3482825322_1ea4df0a88.jpg)

Just got to build it up with some nice parts from my stash.

Si

Nice frame, did you steal it from a man in Gurnsey  :police:

The bloke you are thinking off is from Jersey isn't he? ;D ;D ;D

Now that the tickets have arrived......I can relax......and plan to settle down tonight and watch Le Mans, Never start something you can't stop and A year to remember.

All feature plenty of blue and orange.  :)

Would be rude to not include the consumption of a few cold ones along the way.

Still waiting for tickets to arrive.

BUT tent ready, co-driver primed and ready and best of all....200SX passed MOT today, despite 2 years of neglect so that is going this year.

Got my stickers for the car yesterday, just got to wait for a nice day to put them on the Ovlov.

The bad bit is,  I have to wash the car before I them on.

The tent is going out again today. As its going to be a scorcher this year I want to be able to get the tent up nice and quick in France so practice makes perfect  ;D

A bbq and beer session might also be on if Celtc mange to win the league today  :-\

GE and Camping Passes arrived yesterday courtesy of Brian @ 1st tickets  ;D, slight problem in that the GE Tickets don’t fit the holders!! I know simply folding them to the right size is the solution, but I must admit I like to retain my unblemished example for posterity!!

Never mind, Its almost here!! :D

Hi
Can't see the pic, so I do not know if it is me being wound up or Fagey.


>Martini...LB

I must check the tent tomorrow! Tickets arrived, by one only one camping ticket holder, when I have ordered two camping tickets?!

Been getting in the mood by pounding around La Sarthe on GT4 and watching McQueen's epic.  I might just be talked into driving a 3 hour kart race next weekend, too.

Other than that, I hate to say it, but apart from getting my stuff packed up, all I have left to do is wait.

gturner - like your style.  I'm off to do a 6 hour endurance karting event at Buckmore Park http://www.buckmore.co.uk/content.php/23020?eve_ref=5032 (http://www.buckmore.co.uk/content.php/23020?eve_ref=5032) today.  There'd be no other reason to be up at this hour on a public holiday.

Monaco yesterday  :), Turkey in a couple of weeks  :) and sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to lose my job  :'( means the 2 weeks remaining are going to fly by!

My mind is on competing on the Viking Rally next weekend at the minute - I'll start getting into holiday mode at the finish on Sunday !!!

I am mostly concentrating on looking for a new flat!  LM is going to be a bit of an inconvenient interruption... :-\

F

Had an erection in the garden today, all ok. Also got my seat out opened a bottle and had a smoke. All working well. Little worried that I sat in my chair for half an hour and did not fall asleep. Oh and I got my head burnt. Wife went out to an ailing friend at 4.30 so I laid on the settee until 8.30... sweet, only interruption was having to get up for vodka  ;D

>Martini...LB

Bike serviced, MOT done, tent checked, BBQ and drank copious amount of alcohol, not a bad weekends preparation.

Just making the last of the homebrew we will be taking to Le Mans. May have to taste it next weekend at the next meeting ;D

I orderd the Le Mans 24hr game for the playstation today. With a bit of luck it will be here for the weekend to have fun with a few beers.

It may even make the trip to france if the bus our driver is getting us has a tv  ;D

Is that the old LM game for the playstation with Tiff Needell commentating or is there a new version?

Not sure about Tiff but its not that new Steve. Its on the PS2.

the one with tiff commentating was the 1st le mans game on the playstation1 the ps2 is pretty good except i wish there was a full field instead of 24 cars.

I must have a PS1 then. Does the new game play on it?

My husband was playing PS2 at Sebring this year....does anyone know of any video game that has Sebring on it, we can't find any?  He's quite proficient at LeMans already.

I have the old PS2 version of Test Drive Le Mans as well as the even older Dreamcast version, the only real difference being that the PS2 version had more recent cars availabe.  It was a good game, especially since it did go through changing weather and realistic dusk and dawn.  The only problems I had with it were that if you set the weather to variable, it didn't tell you what the weather was at the start, and it was a bit too easy.  You shouldn't be able to win overall in a Corvette.

Now I just use Gran Turismo since the track is more up to date.

Perfect weather up here today. Food preped for the bbq,charcoal on the bbq ready for lighting and the beers in a bucket of ice  8)

Last weekend for practice as the Scottish Liverpool Boys journey starts in 6 days  ;D

Stranraer to Liverpool starts lunchtime saturday  8)

We're getting in the mood for it even though we're not going!  The weather here in Dorset is beautiful.  We had my Dad (and his twin brother's) 75th birthday party in the garden yesterday and the weather was superb, we've got loads of beer left over though, clearly our friends and family here don't drink beer in the same quantities as the rest of you - we definitely over bought!

We're watching BSB, WTCC & our new F2 championship with the patio doors open so making the most of the motorsport and the sunshine and getting in practice for LM.   Hopefully we'll keep this weather for LM weekend and we'll do the same thing - with the addition of a tent to sleep in!

I'm even wearing my DfH Keep Drinking T-shirt!   ;D

Sat outside in the sun for luncheon at a restaurant in Boulogne yesterday, pate de compagne, beef bourgionne, creme brulee, washed down with a pichet of chilled rose and a expresso.
Watching the Gallic world go past.
Definatley in the mood now. ;D

Blimey Barry - you have set off early this year!!

F

Back home now unfortunatly.
But not long now!

All the  camping gear is now in a big heap ready to be checked, I've washed by probans, bought a new map of Rouen !!, and found all the old Arnage T shirts. Only 6 days till the off, I hope this years T shirts arrive in time !!

All our boxes are ticked...we are just counting the days down, recieved my 2009 Beer Mountain T Shirt Friday, which I wore for my practice BBQ and Beer on Saturday....just waiting for the Classy Club Arnage T Shirt (My first of many may I add), to arrive so I can wear it at the actual event!! ;D

I've been in the mood since last June................ ;)

Fully charged and raring to go, Nurburgring and Brads wedding were 2 perfect warm up weekends. Dropping all the gear at Rustys next Saturday and then back home Sunday to Pack and head to Pompey for dinner and ferry. Cant wait!! ;D ;D ;D

This week, of all weeks is the longest of the year, waiting until the first person comes on here to post that they've left home. The bastard really drags.

Next week however is the shortest week. Blink and it's gone.

"Zooosh"
"What was that?"
"That was Le Mans"
"Oh, that was quick. Can I have another go?"
"Nope. Not til next year"

Not sure about Playstation Xbox etc But GTR2 for the PC you can have Sebring. a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAtqVMzh5wM.
Great playing this on-line with 20+ others  ;D

The first person (that I know of) has already left, although he didn't post here.  Dukla left on 29th.

Six more (slowwwwwwww) days for me.

Del

Just putting the finnishing touches to the spit assembly for our pig!
It's being supported by two axle stands - very apt I thought what with there being a motor race occurring too!!

What time are WE eating  ;D ;D

>Martini...LB

Saturday lunchtime and myself,Kev and Scott (the newbie) hit the road to Liverpool   8)

Took my exam this morning, bought a new bikini this afternoon, had my eyelashes permed and tinted tonight - at least the important things are taken care of  ;D ;D

just a tent and lilo to sort out....

wooooooooooo hooooooooooooooo its so exciting  ;D  8)  :D  ;D

eyelashes permed and tinted

glad you have the priorities sorted Weena

tents? lilos? huh who needs 'em there's always someone with spare spaces...

I looked at the tent this afternoon

it's still hanging by the garage wall where it has been since last year
might look at it tomorrow

if getting the old fat bod prenatured for slight sunwarmth doesnt take over


again

still maybe it wouldn't hurt to kick out the bodies of old French Ants so our aggressive Brummie ones can have a roast ant party in the long grass

 ;D

I started to get ready today, I programmed my gps for Le Mans.

And it's still with that nice french lady who tells me I have gone down the wrong road!  ;)

And Neil.........don't forget to make space for my tent as well ;D

I've got over a week befor I leave for Le Mans. Just have to make sure that the inflateable bed still can.
Any news on pool bans for this year or are they now just a thing of the past?

Funny - slight problem, whos got your tent now?

Pools are a thing of the past, ban permanent I believe, to assist space management, I suspect.
After all are you going to buy an extra pitch for a large pool?

...re pools - also the French water restrictions on pools, which I don't believe have changed. Termie will probably know.

The Vecky is sorted. Power steering now working fine, insured for the LM duration and awaiting the arrival of the cover note from my insurers so I can tax her.
Paddy is on the case with express delivery of the art. Bring it on.. 4 days to go!! ;D :o ;D :o

To be honest, several of us probably would buy the extra space for a pool, especially if we have a hot one (and we are due one!!)  ;D

It's more a case of if we can afford to fill it with Evian??!!  :o :o

Its all sorted ;D Insurance docs have arrived. Tax the Vecky in the morning, off to Rusty's after that for heavy goods drop off and refreshments then home Via Chateau JPC to pick up the DFH tickets.
Its all rolling now. Woooooooooooooooooo ;D

When do you expect to arrive Rex? So I'll make sure I won't be there before you. ;D

LT... you have PM. Perfect excuse for us to blast ahead of the Dodge with Caravan. 60 Mph is such a waste on those lovely roads ;)
See yu monday and talk before
PP

Is there any way of speeding up time to make Wednesday come quicker?

Yes - go earlier   ;D ;D ;D

Del

One way it to drink a lot (http://www.sebringfans.com/forums/Smileys/SFBigSet/drinker.gif), find that works.
   

I seem to loose days that way!  (http://www.sebringfans.com/forums/Smileys/SFBigSet/beer.gif)

Thats like the old joke

"I'm on the whisky diet.  So far I've lost 3 days"

Working like crazy at the office at the moment so we can take off tonight.  
Really counting down now ... 

Let's see, if you can have an inflatable bed..... then throw water on it. You would have an inflatable pool! Can you fall asleep in a pool? Yes. Then you just tell them this is my bed and I have too sleep out in the open. ;)

Let us all know how you het on with this theory.  I presume your 'bed' will be mega-king size/Ikea Orgy size.