Scandalous

Here are a couple to wet your appetite.
Went to get the carte grise for the Merc ML the other day. 2010 model, all blue efficiency and green credentials in place. Have a guess how much?
A snip at 1350 euros!!
Let me run that number by you again because it's a little baffling at first to the mere layman.
1350 euros!!!
800 euros of which was "Eco tax" despite the fact that the Merc is a super clean high tech diesel that generates far less nasties than most of the sheds you see on French roads!
500 euros was for the carte grise itself which is nothing more than a silly bit of paper, then
Various random bks taxes on top of that!
On to the internet!
We are changing from Free ( who are utter st) to Orange, who we are hoping are, at best, slightly less st. Today we suddenly lost all Internet and phone, unannounced and unexpectedly. A phone call to Free established it was nothing they had done. A phone call to Orange revealed it was them hijacking the line a full ten days ahead of schedule with no warning! They told us it would be anything from 48 hrs to 10 days! Before we were reconnected!
A stern word in their ear proved on the face of it to be futile and they saw absolutely nothing wrong with the situation they had placed us in without any prior consultation. A major rant from me ensued and hey presto, two hours later all was restored. It does however beg the question, that had one not been in a position to "rant" effectively, how long one would have been cut off from the outside world as a result! French not in the least bothered.
More ammo for you Driller dear boy, and another reinforcement of my opinion.
That is all.