Driving in Europe

[Himleiwolf]

Hi all, I'm about to leave for a trip into Europe (France to Germany) and had my vehicle booked in to have headlight deflectors fitted. My dealership has just advised that stickers do not work on Mustang headlights and that they have to be re-aligned properly. This is an expensive job that my dealership does not do. This leaves me with 2 options - go to Halfords and just fit the stickers even though they may not work or just leave them off. Does anybody have advice on the subject?

[bigblockmark]

I recently did 2000 mile trip around Europe. I didn't bother with the lights.
I think having euro/GB plates or badges is more important to them.
I have never bothered with lights on any cars or bikes and have been driving and riding abroad for many years.
Mark

[Himleiwolf]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the advice

Chris

[Geo22]

I have done a lot of European road trips and never bothered with the stickers.Many modern headlights don't need them and some have a European setting so no one is really going to know yours are any different, unless they get dazzled by them that is lol.

[rolster]

Hi there, as a English, French resident down in the south here, i would suggest you just use the dip setting (on the light control panel) and lower the beam height a bit when driving over here. The headlight beams are fairly flat and don't extend to high at the side anyway, so you should be fine.

You will however get quite cheesed off with the other drivers that cannot be bothered to drop from high beam to low beam on the auto routes, either behind you or coming towards you in the opposite lane.

[Himleiwolf]

Hi all,

thanks for all the advice - trip starts tomorrow and can't wait to hit those autobahns (as long as the weather is good)

[Himleiwolf]

Well, trip is coming to an end and can report that the mustang performed well on the autobahn and easily reached 145mph and there was plenty left on the loud pedal for improvement. What a car for eating up the mile after mile at high seed and not too bad on fuel. Averaged 26 mph over 800 miles

[CaptainSensib1e]

Himleiwolf said:

Averaged 26 mph over 800 miles

Did you hit a lot of traffic jams?

[Himleiwolf]

CaptainSensib1e said:

Did you hit a lot of traffic jams?

A couple but nothing serious, pretty much plain sailing

[sonicbloo]

Averaged 26 MPH over 800 miles.......

Read it again, I presume it was a typo!

Glad you had a good trip, I love driving in Europe in a Mustang

[Himleiwolf]

yeah lol MPG!!!

145 to 150 mph on the autobahn easily and plenty more left if needed