Iain M
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I have a new love and its called the WRC  . What a weekend  Went to watch the Super special stage in Cardiff sat night. The pre-event entertainment was fantastic - The Saturdays, the drift cars and the stunt driving. Best bit was all the ford RS's where brought out and put on display The new focus RS is amaizing, but the RS500 that was there was something else.
Then onto the main event - WOW Was very enjoyable and the cars where fantastic. The atmosphere inside the stadium was brill. Very good to watch and the noise some of the cars made was I do have picys but they are shite to be honest and i'll put them up later.
Anyway as a random decision brought on by Dave, me and drew decided to go the stages on the Sunday and watch WRC as it should be. We went to Port Talbot and watched stages 17 and 19. FCUK ME!!! is all i can say. I was blown away by how brilliant it was. Cardiff was good but this was a million times better. We was in spitting distance of the cars right on the edge of the road with the cars coming past us at about 60 70mph just after a slight corner which nearly caught a couple out. Unfortunatley no pics of the Sunday fun as we hadn't planned for it so the camera battery ran out. Have got it all on vid camera tho. 
Like i said what picys i do have i shall post later.
[Edited on 10-12-2008 by Iain M]
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Rob E
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I was there too, was an awsome weekend Did you pop down to the service park at all? That was worth the visit too. One of my old workmates was working on Valentino Rossi's car too the lucky bastard! One of my friends went out for their birthday in Swansea last Wednesday and Valentino was in the same restauraunt and came and sat down with them A proper nice bloke apparently
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Iain M
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unfortunatley no we didn't. Like i said we didn't really plan on going on the stages  Think we are goona do it proper next year and probs try and get most of the stages and service parks. he seems a proper happy chap when he was in the stadium, him and Peta Solburg
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sumner2k3
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i went to the service park on saturday evening for a look at all the cars.. absolutly awesome cars there and went to bryn mountain to watch the rally on sunday morning... i really enjoyed, i cant wait to go again next year.. was fuckin freezing tho lol
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Colin
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I watched DAVE ast night as the RS was meant to be on it but it didnt f.king come on!! 
Did you get any pic's of the RS? What did it sound like?
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geth_16vsport
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i went to walters stages 7/8 seen chris atkinson crash at hell of a speed
then whent to the service park on saturday and had a free ford stobart hat got to love freebies
and then went up to port talbort for the last stage on one of the best coners ive ever seen
really good weekend and all it cost me was a £1 to get in to the service park cos we sed we were children (iam 18 and she and let us in anyway) and jumped fences to get in to the stages wich was good fun
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sand-eel
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fuck is there a repeat of this?
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DJMartin07
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I missed it, was out with mates. I forgot it was on. I really wanted to see it. WRC 100x better than F1. Is it repeated???
[Edited on 08-12-2008 by DJMartin07]
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sand-eel
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wooo
dave 7pm tonight
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DJMartin07
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Yay, i'm watching it. 
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Colin
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I watched Dave last night & there was no mention of the FRS at all, either that or I blinked & missed it.
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DJMartin07
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Chris Atkinson got owned. :O What an amazing crash. Lucky to get out unscaved. Shows how good the saftey is now.
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richard_cooper
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I went to Sweet Lamb and loved it
Not missed a Rally GB since 95, and i wont be missing one anytime soon
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Ste
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I went to the WRC in spain as.
some pics:
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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drunkenfool
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Ste, where bouts in Spain was that and when was it? Id love to go next year! Oh, and Schrodinger's cat's just in a box, i dont think he's dead
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Ste
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
Ste, where bouts in Spain was that and when was it? Id love to go next year! Oh, and Schrodinger's cat's just in a box, i dont think he's dead
It was in Salou, 2006 i think. Weather was fantastic.I personally found it alot better than stood in a cold wet forest and was probably cheaper than going to rally wales.
Oh and Schrodingers cat: one must assume it is dead and alive as we cannot be certain. I like to think of it as dead 
[Edited on 08-12-2008 by Ste W]
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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drunkenfool
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Woo, another physics geek
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Colin
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I want to go to Monte Carlo for the WRC stages. Think next time it visits is 2010 though, so maybe i'll have time to save up & actually do it
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drunkenfool
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Hmm, Oct 2-4 2009. Tempting...
http://www.rallytravel.com/?page=event&idno=1
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Colin
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January 2010 - http://www.rallytravel.com/index.php?page=event&idno=15
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Iain M
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
I watched DAVE ast night as the RS was meant to be on it but it didnt f.king come on!!
Did you get any pic's of the RS? What did it sound like?
Due to my camera not having like a great zoom on it, the picys i did get weren't that great. Even tho we where 15 rows back from the front we where on the middle tier so it was still a little bit too far for the camera to be any good. The noise is imense tbh. I think its a great looking and sounding car. Fantastic in blue.
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Iain M
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quote:
Originally posted by geth_16vsport
and then went up to port talbort for the last stage on one of the best coners ive ever seen
re
We where at port talbort but which corner where you on??
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Rob E
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
I watched DAVE ast night as the RS was meant to be on it but it didnt f.king come on!!
Did you get any pic's of the RS? What did it sound like?
As Iain said, it was very difficult to get decent pics of the cars when you were in the spectators area. I managed to get this with a friends Nikon camera which I have never used before in my life so was pretty pleased with how it came out
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geth_16vsport
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quote:
Originally posted by Iain M
quote:
Originally posted by geth_16vsport
and then went up to port talbort for the last stage on one of the best coners ive ever seen
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We where at port talbort but which corner where you on??
the cars were coming down a hill in to a 90right and then a slight left with a hump that they were jumping over
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Ste
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If anyone wants to see a rally i highly recommend rallytravel. they were absolutely fantastic. Our hotel was like a hub of information and they were always on hand to help out with anything. Their mapbook was second to none and full of info on where to stand to get the best views and photos.
Would deffo use them again. We went as a group of 25 for a stag do to the spain rally.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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