Le Mans 2016

[Td5newbie]

Well after some years doing the trip in moderns I'm hoping to take the Stag this year in convoy with two other classics.

I seem to recall one or two others mentioned they were going this year. What route are you taking? I have searched "Le Mans" but nothing is coming up. Apologies if this is a duplicate post.

We're getting the Friday channel tunnel and looking to take the scenic route once past Rouen.

Andrew

[Arbman Al]

Do you mean Le Mans 24hrs or the classic in July?

A few of us are going to Le mans Classic this year. Sailing from Newhaven on Thurs 7th to Dieppe.

Cheers...Al

[Td5newbie]

Apologies- I mean the 24hrs.
I had hoped we'd go to the classic this year but was outvoted

[Td5newbie]

Well we made it there and back. Event was excellent but no thanks to Eurotunnel.

Delays on the way out meant we had to ditch our scenic route and head for the autoroute.
All the waiting resulted in vapour lock so you can imagine how happy I was when a halfwit ( not the word I used) in a range rover evoke decided he didn't want to do the one by one filtering and forced his way past me causing me to emergency stop and then stall. Bonnet up for 30 mins and we were off again.
Racing was superb and saw Mr Webber in the hotel.

Car performed faultlessly when traveling. The poor weather probably helped.
On the way back we were stuck at Eurotunnel for 8hours. Not happy. No information at all until we finally filtered to the terminal.
Anyway stag ran beautifully on the way back but I noticed I need to check the instrument lights. Couldn't read speedo at that tjme of night.

[mole42]

I didn't see you in the Eurotunnel queue, it would have been nice to have another Stag for company instead of the three Austin Allegros though!
Shame about your return trip, we were on the last train through before the power failure and that was late!

Richard

[Td5newbie]

Richard,
Were you with the white stag my colleagues met on the way out after we'd become separated? I carried a boot full of spares on the basis that I wouldn't need them if I carried them!

[mole42]

Yes, mine's a white Stag. I met a few people going to Le Mans during the wait for the outward trip.
I was carrying minimum spares and just a few tools fitted into the spare wheel well. I decided that if something broke that I couldn't fix with a few spanners and a screwdriver I'd use my AA 'get me home' insurance.
The engine used no oil on the outward trip, haven't checked since though, and the coolant was still brimming when I checked in Den Haag before coming home.
A good result. Maybe the 2000 mile Round Britain I'm doing in October isn't such a foolish idea after all!

[Td5newbie]

I took:
Spare fuel pump
Floats
Needle valves
Hose tape
Dizzy cap
Plugs
Leads
Fuel filter
Belts
Coolant
Oil
Li-ion jump starter

Didn't need any of it - just needed to open the bonnet at times to let the fuel cool after we stopped for fuel etc. as I had a hot start issue.

Anyway here is a photo from the hotel - best car in the car park - yes I believe that is a genuine 2.7rs !!

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