Spotted - Classic Le Mans
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We were glad to have UK owners on the TVR French Car Club area. Even if we had to play to sliding-puzzle when cars were moving 
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We were gathering a good sample of the production, from the Vixen to the Sagaris, with of course lots of Chimaera/Griffith but also some 3000M/S, S series, Cerbera, T350T (yes only T350T no regular one), Tamora and Tuscan.
I met the owner of a white 450i in the trafic jam, next time he will have to come with us to fill the gap.
.We were gathering a good sample of the production, from the Vixen to the Sagaris, with of course lots of Chimaera/Griffith but also some 3000M/S, S series, Cerbera, T350T (yes only T350T no regular one), Tamora and Tuscan.
I met the owner of a white 450i in the trafic jam, next time he will have to come with us to fill the gap
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Zeb74 said:
We were glad to have UK owners on the TVR French Car Club area.
That's very hospitable. Whenever I look at trying to display with the UK TVRCC it appears you can only if you book through the clubs affiliated and expensive tour company. It appears the club is more for it's sponsors than its members.indigochim said:
Great pics Byker28i they're especially challenging in the dark. Looks like you got a good location to shoot from.
Fighting with the french to shoot through the vehicle recovery gap at the start of the striaght. I had a nice gap then someone tried using my shoulder to rest his lens on 
The French TVR stand was brilliant, had a good few chats with some of the owners, they were very welcoming.
Byker28i said:
The French TVR stand was brilliant, had a good few chats with some of the owners, they were very welcoming.
Thanks a lot!And for indigochim, we cannot behave like this in the French club because we are not many of us.
We have around 60-80 members between bad years and good years. Knowing that LMC years are usually good ones.
Being a member gives the ability to buy tickets cheaper and sooner. And outside LMC, during our events, non members are also welcome, they just have less priority if we are too many to participate and some activities (like eating and drinking
) are offered (or discounted) for members.We have a very good atmosphere, unlike some clubs of other brands, we don't care who has the biggest (engine of course), the more expensive, the fastest... (everyone knows that this are green 400 Chimaera
)We even have long time members who don't have a TVR.
Zeb74 said:
We were glad to have UK owners on the TVR French Car Club area. Even if we had to play to sliding-puzzle when cars were moving .
We were gathering a good sample of the production, from the Vixen to the Sagaris, with of course lots of Chimaera/Griffith but also some 3000M/S, S series, Cerbera, T350T (yes only T350T no regular one), Tamora and Tuscan.
I met the owner of a white 450i in the trafic jam, next time he will have to come with us to fill the gap.
I suspect this is too late of a cheeky request but is there any means of getting access to the display for this years classic? My father in law is no longer able to join our party so it will just be 2 of us traveling giving opportunity to take the chimaera. It would be great If I didn't have to leave it on the campsite. .We were gathering a good sample of the production, from the Vixen to the Sagaris, with of course lots of Chimaera/Griffith but also some 3000M/S, S series, Cerbera, T350T (yes only T350T no regular one), Tamora and Tuscan.
I met the owner of a white 450i in the trafic jam, next time he will have to come with us to fill the gap
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We asked Peter Auto if we could have a single park for UK and French TVR Car Club, but this was an issue with Fasttracktours.
So, since we don't want to step on our neighbors' toes, we cannot invite everyone to our space. However, if you didn't book your travel with them, this shouldn't be a problem.
I won't be there this year, but our president with his dark blue Griffith will be.
We asked Peter Auto if we could have a single park for UK and French TVR Car Club, but this was an issue with Fasttracktours.
So, since we don't want to step on our neighbors' toes, we cannot invite everyone to our space. However, if you didn't book your travel with them, this shouldn't be a problem.
I won't be there this year, but our president with his dark blue Griffith will be.
I booked directly with the Le mans/ACO website. I was going to enter as an individual but by the time my car was approved the time slot to book had passed. I would never book through an agent as I see no value that they add charging a premium for what should be available as a club member. I think the UK club have their priorities wrong supporting advertisers more than members.
indigochim said:
I booked directly with the Le mans/ACO website. I was going to enter as an individual but by the time my car was approved the time slot to book had passed. I would never book through an agent as I see no value that they add charging a premium for what should be available as a club member. I think the UK club have their priorities wrong supporting advertisers more than members.
In fairness to FastTrack Tours.....and (I believe) all the other "Tour Operators" they have to be 'approved' by the ACO. All of these companies offer a complete package - ferry, camping on or offsite/ or hotels, entrance tickets, parade lap tickets, grandstand tickets....think that covers it?? For those folks that want everything 'done' for them, it's a perfect solution, and many do want this option. The tour companies, as far as I'm aware, block book ferry crossings and camping pitches plus organise facilities at the campsites (toilets, showers and main marquee/catering). All of this must incur quite a capital outlay...which could be at risk. Bearing in mind the above, I don't see any problem with a mark up to cover admin' costs etc.
Fast Track offers a TVRCC member discount. He also supports the club by paying for advertising in the magazine.
Of course, you can piggy-back onto the French TVR club, but you need to be on their member list to be advised of their booking cut-off date. The French guys get their infield parking as "A Car Club" (think the marque must have competed at LM).
The choice is yours, The UK club does not have the office resources to liase with the ACO for either the 24H or Classic, which is why we delegate this to folks like Fast Track.
Hi Zeb74, unfortunately I didn't no, I think for next time I will join the French club, I've signed up on the forum, is there an additional membership I've missed? I see they occasionally meet at Lohéac which is only an hour from my in laws maybe I could even attend an event. It's a great museum there.
Nick, while I appreciate that the club sponsor may offer a discount on their rates to club members they are still charging more than going direct and making a profit from this. I feel that its not a moral position denying club members from being able to apply direct the paper work to sign up the club is straight forward and not all that time consuming.
Nick, while I appreciate that the club sponsor may offer a discount on their rates to club members they are still charging more than going direct and making a profit from this. I feel that its not a moral position denying club members from being able to apply direct the paper work to sign up the club is straight forward and not all that time consuming.
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