Le Mans Classic 2016
Anyone else going to it this year?
Will be the W12's first proper road trip and will be in good company with two Lamborghinis, two Porsches, a McLaren and a couple of bonkers Caterham style cars. Oh and a transit van as our support car lol |
I would love to do the classic - my son's getting that little bit older now so maybe in 2 years time I'll actually plan to do it!
Are you going by tunnel or ferry? |
Tunnel, we used to do Newhaven to Dieppe but he crossing takes so long it's not worth it, far better to drive for an hour longer and go via tunnel.
We do a stop off at Honfleur for lunch, little detour but a very pretty town to grab a bite to eat, and we have a connection there with the town mayor who closes off the town hall with a policeman there to make sure we get sole use of the carpark while we eat lol +++ |
Won't be going to the event, but I'll be driving through Le Mans tomorrow in the D3. On our way back from Barcelona. (Where diesel was €0.98 a litre)
Just wanted to boast about it really+++ |
Sounds most excellent!
I've done the main Le Mans trips 3 times to date - last time was for my stag do, so quite a few years ago now! Hope you're in with the coaches if you're taking the '8! Couldn't believe how narrow the gap was to drive down, even in our S5. Bloke working on the train even commented, without prompting, that A8s are the worst for not fitting without serious kerbage lol |
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Wowza. I thought the 8 was tricky enough to squeeze into the Chunnel train.
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8,9 & 10th of next month
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Honfleur, many happy memories, and lunchtime stops.
So much easier with the new bridge. |
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I've done the Chunnel in my old D2 several times and the D3 twice now. I just fold the mirrors in and its no problem, the only dodgy bits are as you drive past the toilets every other carriage. This year I am taking the Volvo S60, but not travelling to Le Mans. Much rather be with the cars than the coaches, with the coaches it can be a long walk to the loo and as there are so many people with hardly any loos there is usually a queue. |
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Probably wheel spec dependant. Both the s5 and S8 are on 20s and the risk of kerbage is quite high! Managed the S5 down there ok but there's only a few inches either side. S8 with spacers I doubt would've fitted without damage
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