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fast tony said:
I had a lot of trouble with prev car getting the V5 copy less than 2meg, this time round I just took a photo of V5 with my phone and all uploaded ok
I've just completed an order (will be driving into Rouen late summer). Eventually processed the V5 picture after I'd reduced it to 56kb - which is barely readable.
FWIW, I bottled out of going through Rouen en route to Le Mans last week as I didn't fancy a ( admittedly low chance ) of getting a fine for an '80s car.
Went North via A29 / Yvetot and Seine Bridge instead. Probably only added 20 mins or so to the trip. And MUCH nicer scenery than going through brutal Rouen, and nil traffic either ! Only gotcha are cameras on the Yvetot to Seine Bridge section. Just be alert........
Went North via A29 / Yvetot and Seine Bridge instead. Probably only added 20 mins or so to the trip. And MUCH nicer scenery than going through brutal Rouen, and nil traffic either ! Only gotcha are cameras on the Yvetot to Seine Bridge section. Just be alert........
ellroy said:
The Daily Fail have been on about it this week I saw.
Seems it’s all anti-British, anti-Brexit conspiracy to fine peaceable Jonny Bull on his foreign jollies.
Probably running off the back of the ULEZ stories that have dominated the papers. At least the French one is a tiny one time payment for the lifetime of the vehicle. Seems it’s all anti-British, anti-Brexit conspiracy to fine peaceable Jonny Bull on his foreign jollies.
RSpiston said:
FWIW, I bottled out of going through Rouen en route to Le Mans last week as I didn't fancy a ( admittedly low chance ) of getting a fine for an '80s car.
Went North via A29 / Yvetot and Seine Bridge instead. Probably only added 20 mins or so to the trip. And MUCH nicer scenery than going through brutal Rouen, and nil traffic either ! Only gotcha are cameras on the Yvetot to Seine Bridge section. Just be alert........
Went North via A29 / Yvetot and Seine Bridge instead. Probably only added 20 mins or so to the trip. And MUCH nicer scenery than going through brutal Rouen, and nil traffic either ! Only gotcha are cameras on the Yvetot to Seine Bridge section. Just be alert........
I treated everyone in the Rouen tunnel to the sounds of an unfiltered V6. When I took the Capri to the Classic, I decided if I got in and out fast enough, it reduced the odds of being caught. Similar to the toll tag thread, I just want to say thanks to this thread too. I've been driving down to Le Mans for the past 5 years and I had never spotted the signs around Rouen until I read this thread. Talking to the French guys I work with, they say the authorities are becoming hotter on the topic. But seeing as my car is on UK plates, I thought I would get it sorted. So a quick google and an a whole 4.61 EUR later, sticker on the way.
Annoyingly I had to do it all again when I put the private plate on the car, but that's by the by.
Also I got the German Umwelt sticker sorted at the same time ready for the next time I am across there too. Again 5.95 EUR later, I now have a lovely pair of stickers, yellow for the French and green for the Germans, in the window along with the toll tag. Ready to rock and roll again.
Cheers all
Annoyingly I had to do it all again when I put the private plate on the car, but that's by the by.
Also I got the German Umwelt sticker sorted at the same time ready for the next time I am across there too. Again 5.95 EUR later, I now have a lovely pair of stickers, yellow for the French and green for the Germans, in the window along with the toll tag. Ready to rock and roll again.
Cheers all
scanner102 said:
Similar to the toll tag thread, I just want to say thanks to this thread too. I've been driving down to Le Mans for the past 5 years and I had never spotted the signs around Rouen until I read this thread. Talking to the French guys I work with, they say the authorities are becoming hotter on the topic. But seeing as my car is on UK plates, I thought I would get it sorted. So a quick google and an a whole 4.61 EUR later, sticker on the way.
Annoyingly I had to do it all again when I put the private plate on the car, but that's by the by.
Also I got the German Umwelt sticker sorted at the same time ready for the next time I am across there too. Again 5.95 EUR later, I now have a lovely pair of stickers, yellow for the French and green for the Germans, in the window along with the toll tag. Ready to rock and roll again.
Cheers all
my crit air sticker is purple for 1 corrolla hybrid... :-)Annoyingly I had to do it all again when I put the private plate on the car, but that's by the by.
Also I got the German Umwelt sticker sorted at the same time ready for the next time I am across there too. Again 5.95 EUR later, I now have a lovely pair of stickers, yellow for the French and green for the Germans, in the window along with the toll tag. Ready to rock and roll again.
Cheers all
I've just got back from France and I was chatting to some of the French guys during a meeting I was in, and they are saying that if you are out in the sticks then generally it is not really a "thing" to have the stickers. For those who live in an area where the restrictions are in, it is just not worth the hassle and so everyone gets the stickers. The hassle being the cost of the fine vs the cost of the sticker.
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