Off to see the Johnny Foreigners
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Don't bother IMO, the lights aren't that bright anyway and I read something in the times to say modern cars are designed not to dazzle oncoming traffic regardless of what side you drive on.
If you feel you have to just stick them on the front somewhere so any police can see youve made an effort, somewhere in front of the bulb I'd say
If you feel you have to just stick them on the front somewhere so any police can see youve made an effort, somewhere in front of the bulb I'd say
Just back from France, 5 days 2,000 miles - en famile so in the 4x4anaut not the M12. Highlights; citroen Zara doing 80mph that I was approaching to overtake on the A6 about 100yds away suddenly takes a beeline for the central barrier, slams into it, front wheel torn off, barrier "slingshots" the car into the air where it does a 360 along and lands back onto its roof coming back across towards the verge, it then starts to roll sideways 2 times before ramming the verge and ends up half way up the banking after setting fire to the dry grass.
All the while we are driving behind it seems like we are watching a stunt from a filem but I can actually see the guy in the passenger seat being rolled around in the cabin as the car rolls.
So we stop and lend a hand after putting out the fire and the the car is totally wrecked, not a straight panel in sight, roof domed. The driver gets out and calmy calls her son to say she's had an accident and the 20stone bloke I'd been watching roll around in the passenger seat is a bit dazed but has a small cut on his forehead.
I thought I was watching 2 people die but they came out virtually unscathed.
The car was totalled but saved them. It left a whole load of deep impressions one of which is how safe that Zara is.
The day before we'd seen a lorry jacknife, block all the lanes of the A7 with the trailer overhanging the central barrier and a car crashed into the uptured belly of the trailer, burn to a small pile of cinders in about 10 minutes flat.
So all in all if you are off to show johnny foreigner a thing or two in your Noble be carefull.
Oh and by the way the "Jeunes en bleu" were waiting on the last 30km of the A26 into Calais with hand held radars at roughly 10km intervals. Look out for the marked cars and motorcycle pairings.
Regards
Paul C
All the while we are driving behind it seems like we are watching a stunt from a filem but I can actually see the guy in the passenger seat being rolled around in the cabin as the car rolls.
So we stop and lend a hand after putting out the fire and the the car is totally wrecked, not a straight panel in sight, roof domed. The driver gets out and calmy calls her son to say she's had an accident and the 20stone bloke I'd been watching roll around in the passenger seat is a bit dazed but has a small cut on his forehead.
I thought I was watching 2 people die but they came out virtually unscathed.
The car was totalled but saved them. It left a whole load of deep impressions one of which is how safe that Zara is.
The day before we'd seen a lorry jacknife, block all the lanes of the A7 with the trailer overhanging the central barrier and a car crashed into the uptured belly of the trailer, burn to a small pile of cinders in about 10 minutes flat.
So all in all if you are off to show johnny foreigner a thing or two in your Noble be carefull.
Oh and by the way the "Jeunes en bleu" were waiting on the last 30km of the A26 into Calais with hand held radars at roughly 10km intervals. Look out for the marked cars and motorcycle pairings.
Regards
Paul C
paulcundy said:
Just back from France, 5 days 2,000 miles - en famile so in the 4x4anaut not the M12. Highlights; citroen Zara doing 80mph that I was approaching to overtake on the A6 about 100yds away suddenly takes a beeline for the central barrier, slams into it, front wheel torn off, barrier "slingshots" the car into the air where it does a 360 along and lands back onto its roof coming back across towards the verge, it then starts to roll sideways 2 times before ramming the verge and ends up half way up the banking after setting fire to the dry grass.
All the while we are driving behind it seems like we are watching a stunt from a filem but I can actually see the guy in the passenger seat being rolled around in the cabin as the car rolls.
So we stop and lend a hand after putting out the fire and the the car is totally wrecked, not a straight panel in sight, roof domed. The driver gets out and calmy calls her son to say she's had an accident and the 20stone bloke I'd been watching roll around in the passenger seat is a bit dazed but has a small cut on his forehead.
I thought I was watching 2 people die but they came out virtually unscathed.
The car was totalled but saved them. It left a whole load of deep impressions one of which is how safe that Zara is.
The day before we'd seen a lorry jacknife, block all the lanes of the A7 with the trailer overhanging the central barrier and a car crashed into the uptured belly of the trailer, burn to a small pile of cinders in about 10 minutes flat.
So all in all if you are off to show johnny foreigner a thing or two in your Noble be carefull.
Oh and by the way the "Jeunes en bleu" were waiting on the last 30km of the A26 into Calais with hand held radars at roughly 10km intervals. Look out for the marked cars and motorcycle pairings.
Regards
Paul C
Hi Paul , remind me not to be in front
of you at any point in the future - seems you might have a lucky streak !Just got back from France myself; 2,200 miles in 4 days (2 there, 2 back). Calais, Burgundy, down through Lyon and Dijon to Perpignan. Friends have a house in Vernet Les Bains - an absolutely stunning village with a Casino!. Then West along the Pyrenees to Biaritz, back up via Bordeaux and LeMans.
I probably spelled most of that wrong! Would have been fun in a Noble, but I was quite happy to take the Merc - that car just eats the miles... Only saw three cheese-gargling coppers, but there are traps out there.
Make sure you get off the toll-routes onto the back-roads; excellent driving country indeed.
I probably spelled most of that wrong! Would have been fun in a Noble, but I was quite happy to take the Merc - that car just eats the miles... Only saw three cheese-gargling coppers, but there are traps out there.
Make sure you get off the toll-routes onto the back-roads; excellent driving country indeed.
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