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Offline IanS

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Autosport Le Mans Guide
« on: June 07, 2006, 07:32:53 pm »
Does any one know if/when it comes out or have I missed it?

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2006, 07:35:26 pm »
Out tomorrow, but if it is any thing like last years you would be better off downloading our own guide
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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2006, 12:32:54 am »
yeah, last years Autosport "guide" certainly wasn't. 

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2006, 12:37:40 am »
It's a Guide, It's in English, and the other dross is a killer for the ferry for a an hour or so if ......... Interesting aticle appears
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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2006, 10:12:07 am »
Just print off Werners Bible, it's far more informative than the Autosport tosh will ever be.
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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2006, 10:27:31 am »
Look I know it is always pretty much the same, but going to the news agents on the Thursday before to pick Autosport (the only issue I buy during the year) is very much part of the ritual - its tradition, and marks the official launch of the Team Monkey trip.  ;D

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2006, 02:40:30 pm »
Look I know it is always pretty much the same, but going to the news agents on the Thursday before to pick Autosport (the only issue I buy during the year) is very much part of the ritual - its tradition, and marks the official launch of the Team Monkey trip.  ;D

Agreed, it's part of the week before LM ritual, like cutting the grass before you go, and getting the 'stay cooler' haircut.

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2006, 03:28:20 pm »
Just picked up my copy. Again the same old stuff, all the usefull stuff is at the back now with autosport ads plastered in between.  The spotters guide is always helpful though.  It is indeed part of le mans.
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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2006, 03:30:09 pm »
Yep, biught mine today, it just seemed like one of those things that had to be done. However, it isn't a touch on the CA Le Mans (not only) For Dummies Guide!!  ;D

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2006, 03:38:49 pm »
I picked this up at Pistonheads and don't know if it's true. Somebody claimed that Autosport don't support Radio LM any longer. If that's true then it's a good reason not to buy the mag this year. Some of the content seems to be wrong (driver mix up) and old anyway.
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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2006, 03:46:42 pm »
Autosport no longer sponsors Radio Le Mans. True.
Autosport is not worth buying. True.

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2006, 03:56:26 pm »
Autosport only gives a rats-ass about F1 anymore so its no surprise to see them make a mess of the LM guide.  KPY, the magazine that always had a great LM guide was Sport Auto.  I've still got a bunch of the them from the late seventies and early eighties.
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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2006, 03:57:07 pm »
I picked this up at Pistonheads and don't know if it's true. Somebody claimed that Autosport don't support Radio LM any longer. If that's true then it's a good reason not to buy the mag this year. Some of the content seems to be wrong (driver mix up) and old anyway.

is the "old" content recent?  ie one or two weeks old?  it's likely the autosport advertising guide was printed sometime ago

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2006, 04:26:19 pm »
No idea. You have to buy it to find out and tell us.  ;D
Go on then...

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Re: Autosport Le Mans Guide
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2006, 09:12:42 pm »
I bought it, and concur. The Autosport guide is a big pile of j arthur rank.

Or sherman tank

Or anything else that rhymes with anchor without the hor at the end, and a w at the beginning.
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