Advice Pls - 997T - Eurostar or Ferry easiest to get on/off?
Discussion
I tend to use Eurotunnel exclusively, as some of the ferries can be quite challenging with a low car (I have a 997 GT2 and the front splitter is 95mm from the ground). Eurotunnel now encourage you to book the 'high or wide' vehicle and I recently tried this myself on a trip to the factory in Stuttgart.
You get lined up and boarded with tall cars with bikes on the roof, caravans and trailers etc, but it is completely flat on the entry and exit. An additional bonus is that the 'kerbs' inside the carriages are further apart so it makes it much less likely that you'll damage a wheel.
There's no extra charge, either, so I'd be very happy to use it again. Hope this helps.
You get lined up and boarded with tall cars with bikes on the roof, caravans and trailers etc, but it is completely flat on the entry and exit. An additional bonus is that the 'kerbs' inside the carriages are further apart so it makes it much less likely that you'll damage a wheel.
There's no extra charge, either, so I'd be very happy to use it again. Hope this helps.
Zero problems with Eurotunnel. Just book the car in as a high vehicle - with bike racks, even if it doesn't - and that will put you in the tall, single storey part of the train which has the added advantage of narrower kerbs and more space for your alloys.
Threading the car down the full length of the train with only a few inches to spare each side is otherwise difficult.
No extra charge for this, they know the score.
Edit: Sorry, my points already made in an earlier post, but you get the message!
Threading the car down the full length of the train with only a few inches to spare each side is otherwise difficult.
No extra charge for this, they know the score.
Edit: Sorry, my points already made in an earlier post, but you get the message!
Edited by blueSL on Sunday 12th October 09:05
blueSL said:
Zero problems with Eurotunnel. Just book the car in as a high vehicle - with bike racks, even if it doesn't - and that will put you in the tall, single storey part of the train which has the added advantage of narrower kerbs and more space for your alloys.
Threading the car down the full length of the train with only a few inches to spare each side is otherwise difficult.
No extra charge for this, they know the score.
Edit: Sorry, my points already made in an earlier post, but you get the message!
+1Threading the car down the full length of the train with only a few inches to spare each side is otherwise difficult.
No extra charge for this, they know the score.
Edit: Sorry, my points already made in an earlier post, but you get the message!
Edited by blueSL on Sunday 12th October 09:05
Everytime
My parents have a motorhome and use the Eurotunnel 8-10 times a year. I frequently get an update on which Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo etc joined them in the "high vehicles" section. Even after many years of this, they struggle to know their 911 from Cayman, never mind their 997 from 996, or GT3 from Turbo. 
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