312 Sprinter
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The Peripherique has a fearsome reputation I have never felt it's deserved. OK, rush hour is busy but so is any city ring road.
Sunday - no problem.
Thursday evening - no problem after 1830.
Plus Paris tends to empty during August for the holidays, so traffic tends to be much lighter than normal anyway. I've only be held up once, and that was through coming into Paris at about 1600 on a Friday night.
Compiegne is a really nice town and we've spent some enjoyable breaks in the area. Don't sweat about the Peripherique...
I agree, in the hundreds of times I've driven the peripherique I've rarely been delayed by more than half an hour or so.