Well, life is bitterweet.   I am selling a Technopark ticket due to a great new job posting in Seattle. I'll be moving just before Le Mans this year. On the good side, I'll be putting that cash on a new "Federalized" Elise instead!  

PS>> The ticket will be in Chicago, so anyone in the states interested?

I couldn't stop laughing. That was great!

FAX,

I assume just like LM a ticket can be purchased at the entrance?

Matt

Hey all,

Should be able to drive through the night from a job in S.C. to make it Saturday morning. Never been, any info (other than what the site has), would be appreciated!

Matt

Rick,

Should be in Maison Blanche this year, probably arriving Thursday evening. Still not sure what to hire to drive in '05. Plenty of time to think on it though.

Matt

Of course they (consumers) are..why else would there be so many Hummer 2's and front wheel drive NASCAR edition Monte Carlo's running around over here?

Bob, thanks but no, situation has been resolved.

Trying to get one for Maison Blache. Will let you know in a day or two. Thanks

Well, I called the ACO, and I guess I'm in line for BJ. Anyone willing to part with a better (any other) area? Of course there is no profiteering   but will make it worth your trouble. Bought last year from Black Granny, so I can be trusted!

Fax,

The GT 40 belongs to my old neighbors in Brussels.

After getting a divorce, serving in Afghanistan for 10 months, and hitting 30, I figured I deserved to rent the POS for Le Mans! It was worth every penny to haul a** from Paris to LM in that thing.

Here is a teaser shot. It'll be out January 15th at the Detroit Auto Show. Wonder how the downforce bits will work with the shorter overhangs?

No Matt, you didn't ask, but it seems you are quite the C5/6 fan, and I love to debate the virtues of U.S. vs E.U. machinery.

Good topic for a new thread. I heard the C6R will be difficult for the engineers to work with, due to the shorter overhangs. Any news on that?

Matt  

Matt,

Ouch! One point I tried to make was that a car that can hang with the likes of many supercars should have a better interior in fit and finish. The new C6 is quite attractive, undeniably powerful; and IMHO, a large step up in the interior, yet the interior is still short of the supercars it can hang with.

The second point was that even cheaper European cars, (Fiat, skoda, etc), have better interior feel than similar price/performance/function U.S. models.

The new Mustang, if you have been in one, doesn't have a nice interior. It's pure crap. Huge cheap slabs of creaky plastic all over. That seems to almost be a standard of American cars. It can't cost that much more to improve the interior feel of an American car.

Since you asked I am curious, why does the avarage American car still use power robbing pushrods, larger displacement to get the same power reads as a smaller (not always, but usually more efficient)jap/german engine?

Yours, Matt; aka VWGTIFAN

Great info on the dragsters. Living close to the RT 66 raceway near Chicago, nothing is better than seeing those things rip at night. 6-8 foot exhaust flames going down the track, and a musical mix of a bass note that makes junk of most pacemakers and supercharger whine that shatters glass. Oh, yeah...you can't imagine how fast they are until you see it.

Has anyone stateside recieved one yet?