Driving onto the Eurotunnel train in a bigger car

[Howard-]

I'm going to France later this and I'm being a bit of a big girl's blouse in regards to driving my car, which is a mk4 Mondeo - pretty chunky - onto the carriages. I've booked onto the normal car section but now I'm thinking that I should book onto the one for taller vehicles in order to save potential wheel damage. I'm dreading having to drive onto the upper deck if they tell me to.

Anyone else got any insight driving larger saloon/estates onto the trains and/or to just tell me to man up?

Ta!

[Howard-]

donutsina911 said:

You'll be fine - did it in an SQ5 last year and an XC90 over Christmas and no probs at all, even with MrsD driving..would hazard a guess they're both a good bit wider than a Mondeo.

In the normal 'low' carriage?

[Howard-]

I feel better now thanks guys

[Howard-]

Alan L said:

It seems an absolutely ridiculous post and very common there days, I mean come on will a mondeo fit on the tunnel...... Errrrr yes of course it will and if you have to ask you probably shouldn't be driving one. However Give him a cuddle and tell him it will be ok, there there. That's the generation snowflake, everyone is precious and no one ever ever gets their feelings hurt, well tough.

I'm not asking whether it'll fit. I know it'll fit. I just want to know how difficult it is to manoeuvre a larger car on there, having never been on it before. The general public with their family cars probably don't give a toss whether or not their alloys get scraped, so I thought I'd ask on a forum full of people who actually care about their cars.


You sound like a cretin.


Thanks to everyone who has replied with some useful anecdotes!

[Howard-]

Mandat said:

You don't need to maneuver.

Once you are lined up on the ramp, you drive in a straight line forward, and then drive off the carriage in a straight line once you arrive.

The on / off ramps at either end have adequate width to facilitate any maneuvering that you might require to line up straight with the roadway inside the carriages.

Good. That's what I'm asking. From photos/videos it looks like a pretty tight turn when entering / exiting the carriages. And even more nerve-racking if you get sent up to the top level.