Driving onto the Eurotunnel train in a bigger car
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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!
Anyone else got any insight driving larger saloon/estates onto the trains and/or to just tell me to man up?
Ta!
Howard- said:
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!
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.Anyone else got any insight driving larger saloon/estates onto the trains and/or to just tell me to man up?
Ta!
Howard- said:
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?When we went on the Eurotunnel last year, we had a new Bentley Continental GT in front of us.
He clearly didn't know or care about how wide his car was because he managed to continuously curb his alloys as he moved along the carriages.
He then proceeded to keep his engine on throughout all but the last 5 minutes of the journey, even after repeatedly being told by the steward to turn his engine off.
Dick.
He clearly didn't know or care about how wide his car was because he managed to continuously curb his alloys as he moved along the carriages.
He then proceeded to keep his engine on throughout all but the last 5 minutes of the journey, even after repeatedly being told by the steward to turn his engine off.
Dick.
Just remember that a large SUV may well have higher profile tyres than your Mondeo. It is the profile of the tyres that is key here added to the cars width. So on a wider car with low profile tyres puts you right in line to get a kerbing on the rather crap edging strip. Also the lower deck is more forgiving than the upper deck.
Edited by DapperDanMan on Monday 27th February 15:40
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