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I just got back from my 2400 mile blast across France in the E500. The holiday was fabulous as was the car. The air suspension swallowed up everything I could throw at it (from fully-laden-plus-roof-box motorway blasts to unladen twisty-bashing). The four zone air con came into it's own in...

Due to a change in numbers (!) I am now taking our 2004 E320 cdi (with Xenons) to France tomorrow for a long week end (wedding) Old E series I've owned I used to stick neat black tape on the outsides but the E320 obviously different. Have read previous posts and does anyone know please...

As I was asked in this thread for the gory details, here goes... For those unfamiliar with the geography of France, the Ardèche department in the south-central region of the country takes its name from the river that runs through it from its source near the village of Astet in the Massif...

Hiya, Does anyone know where (or if) the switch is to adjust my xenon headlights for driving on the right in France? Had a good look around but can't find anything, either in my headlight or online :dk: Cheers!

Hi All, In August I'm off to stretch my E500's legs on a canter to SW France and I've got a few questions; please chip in if you've been doing this recently COMAND I've got the DVD version - do I need to order/buy a COMAND Nav DVD for France? Xenons I don't think I have bi-Xenons...

Just got to our hotel, final 0.5km, nice - lumpy ride, on stopping big screw planted in front right tyre. Checked at the desk - no tyre places open on a sunday, all shut now - there is 'a man' who will come out for 140 euro to look at it, but he may not be able to do anything. We're in...

Hi there, As I am now the proud owner of an E500 I am experiencing an overridding desire to go on a driving holiday in France in July. I was thinking of driving from London to Folkstone, going through the Eurotunnel and then driving South/West for 5, 6 or or 7 hours. This would get me to the...

Hi everyone, Expat living in France and looking to buy a W210 E55 AMG (or maybe a CLK) in June this year. I won't have a massive budget: I'll have to buy LHD lights and get the car reg'd here in France; plus, insurance is about three times the cost it is in the UK. Already done this with my...

My neighbour has asked me to take him over to Belgium next week to collect his new toy, a 1965 MKI Lotus Cortina. I think I have read somewhere recently that when driving in France you need to have a high visibility jacket with you and spare bulbs? I have also read that it is a good idea to...

A little bit of history… In September every year during the mid-1990’s up until the time when a certain B. Ecclestone spoiled the show by buying the track, I used to ride down through France with a bunch of friends on motorcycles to watch the Bol d’Or 24hr endurance race at the Paul Ricard...

just join this site and love it already, helped greaty with non working fan blower now have a new problem i have just arrived in the south of france having covered 750 miles of faultless driving, apart from temp gauge going up to approx 90 degrees (normally holds 80) but outside temp was around...

Does anybody know whether petrol is currently more or less expensive in France? I'm going tomorrow, so am wondering if I should fill up in England or France.

Not trying to steal our fire-breathing friends crown , but this made me giggle .... http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080822/tod-france-transport-offbeat-7f81b96.html

We have just completed a trip to the South of France, pleased to say our C230k estate managed the trip without fault, the poor thing was subjected, yet again, to a roof box and every thing except the kitchen sink (i think she couldn't unbolt it) no word of a lie the tops of the rear tyres had...

Just got back from a 5 day holiday in France touring. The SL behaved beautifully and was lots of fun even when it rained a bit. Spent most of the time with the roof down in comfort due to the comfy seats and the great wind deflector. Did 1200 miles in all and averaged about 30mpg from the...

Good Friends of ours & neighbours are putting their little house in France up for sale: http://www.thegrapeescape.co.uk/ I said I'd pass on the info to see if anyone's curious. The exchange rate today = 125,000.00 EUR=99,292.62 GBP Lovely part of the world & close to the great city of...

We are in Monaco for 2 weeks in August and this year I decided to fly rather than take the E class. We fly into Nice and want a hire car - and having booked the flights am now disappointed by the cost of hiring a car. We had planned on renting something interesting and fun, but the costs are...

Sharing garage space with this immaculate car is a Mercedes 600. Yours for 349,000 Euros :eek: (£262,500) Roll out the red carpet.

Tough New Measures on Driving in France The French Government has announced a number of tough new measures in the battle against drink-driving, including impoundment of the vehicle and compulsory installation of an ‘alcolock’ immobilisation system. The measures have been announced as part of...

We’ve just returned from our annual French holiday. The old gal put another flawless 2400 miles under her wheels. With the direct ferry link from Rosyth, it’s only a 17 mile drive from my front door to the dock gates exit at Zeebrugge. We stayed near Nyons, around 30 miles southeast of...