Petit Le Mans 2004

[Robbo SPS]

Dave, perhaps we can pull R2 behind us and see just how sturdy those lawn mower wheels really are.
John

I hear a trailer project coming on.

[Steve Pyro]

Looks like I landed me a 30 pound Marlin.  Maybe I could sell it to Felix  

Any road up, us sad EA cobra types have rather small carrying capabilities, what with tents, sleeping bags and every conceivable spare part 'just in case' the car breaks down.
Therefore, a fancy cooler is but a twinkle in our eyes.  It's the kind of thing we stare longingly at through the window of the camping / leisure shop.

Thus, we buy a plastic bucket and some ice.........and take our chances.
However, in the toasty LM weather, a block of ice seems to turn to steam quicker than you could say "the diesel Taurus has retired".

Therefore, as we live in the land of tractors, sugar beet and carrots, we elect to drink luke warm beer....


......................and visit the Stella bar a lot  

[Robbo SPS]

Therefore, a fancy cooler is but a twinkle in our eyes.  It's the kind of thing we stare longingly at through the window of the camping / leisure shop.

Steve, if you ever manage to "purchase" one, i will happily take it to Lm for you. I had loads of room in the car on the way down, infact, enough to take another fridge ?

You have months to think about it, and then months to work out how i can pick it up, but the offers therre. I owe you a favour or two.

[Steve Pyro]

Robbo, you're an officer and a gentleman.  I am seriously considering taking you up on that.
We are proposing to purchase a small generator to run a fridge and reckon we can transport a genny to LM but not a fridge (unless we fit wheels to it  )

[Robbo SPS]

Robbo, you're an officer and a gentleman.  I am seriously considering taking you up on that.
We are proposing to purchase a small generator to run a fridge and reckon we can transport a genny to LM but not a fridge (unless we fit wheels to it  )

Just let me know, we have changed the axle on he trailer, so it towes better, and we can get more weight in.

Hence my sis can now bring her "le Mans" wardrobe.

[Brad Zarse]

Didn;t she bring it in 2004??  she certainly changed her clothes every day - which is more than can be said for the majority of the rest of us :-D

[Fax]

Matt,
Here's a cure for the Hurricane blues...
John

[Fax]

Well crap, lets try this again.

[Robbo SPS]

Enjoy.

Hoping the Motors TV coverage is good again.

[Chris24]

Matt, Dave and Fax,

I would love to come to Petit, as i loved it last year. However several things stand in my way.

1) No holidays left, just got back from Nascar at Bristol.
2) No money, see above.
3) Still paying off last years visit to Petit and Texas. Bouncing it between credit cards to avoid interest !
4) Got a £300 excess to pay on the car insurance after a bump.
5) Got to start booking flights for Rally Monte Carlo in January, Ferries for Le Mans in June and then theres flights to Florida for Sebring in  March.

So unfortunately its 10 hours on the couch watching the TV for me. At least my beer will be cold though !

PS. To solve you cooler problem, drive to Atlanta, find a K Mart and then buy a 48 Quart Cooler for $15.
I was going to buy one of these for Le Mans and then pack my clothes in it and bring it back as check in luggage on the plane home, but decided against it in the end.

[Matt Harper]

Matt,
Here's a cure for the Hurricane blues...
John

Excellent, Fax - that made my day!

[Dave H]

Greetings US Petit'ers.

I'm finished-up working here in London for the week and heading back to Indy tomorrow (Saturday).  Really getting psyched for next weekend 'though I've got a fair bit of travel ahead of me - back to the US, then drive to my house in Colorado - then boogie-out for a few days to the Petit (including another insane drive down from Indy to Atlanta and back over the race weekend - then back to Colorado - sh*t!)

Hopefully RA will be nice a dry by the time we get there.  Hoping to keep that red clay out of my interior Fax!

Doesn't look like you're going to have any takers for shotgun Matt...

[jpchenet]

Whereabouts in Colorado are you Dave??  We were there last summer and probably looking to do teh same next summer (brother in law and sister in law moved to Castle Rock a couple of years ago)

[Matt Harper]

Doesn't look like you're going to have any takers for shotgun Matt...

Nope - looks like I will be proceeding in a very billy-no-mates-like fashion on Friday morning. This isn't a total disaster, as it means I can get a rolling cooler in the passenger seat, so that cold Nigerian is back on the agenda.
Very much looking forward to the weekend.
JPC - Dave's on the road today. In his absence, his condo is in Keystone CO, way up in the Rockies, great for trout fishing in summer and the bollocks for skiing in winter (Wealthy bastard!)

[Canada Phil]

Regret I will not be able to make the Petit this year.
 Matt remember you are joining your mates so press on and have some fun in the Vette
 Fax pay attention there will be questions after
 Dave, keep moving so the bastards can't get you
 Canada Phil