Member Since: 24 May 2012
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Preparations for Driving Through Europe
In a few weeks I'll be taking the D4 for its first trip across Europe. As a minimum we'll be passing through Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland. Possibly other countries as well.
So, can anyone help me with the following questions.
My car has xenon headlights, the LED fairy lights and obviously the normal LED rear lights. Am I correct in thinking that the only spare bulb I need to keep French plod happy is a spare front indicator bulb?
The Swiss require headlamps to be on at all times. Which DRL setting should I enable with my IID tool Standard / Scandinavian / Canadian ?
Is there much advantage to having one of the electronic tag things for the French Autoroutes rather than just swiping the credit card at each payage?MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
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Scandinavian lights via IID, like what I'm using in Norway at the mo.
Toll tag is worth its weight in gold, especially like me you travel one up. Also you sail past the big queues and don't even stop. Simples but excellent.
And don't take too many bags of haribos, you'll just eat them in the first day and feel sick, like I did.
Oh, and in France it's not a requirement to carry a bulb kit but it's illegal to have a blown bulb, QED peeps carry a kit. How it works on cars that need their bumper taken off to change a bill I don't know but hey, ho that's France for you. And don't bother with breathalysers, it's the law that you have to have them but the police have said they're not enforcing it. More French madness
16th Jun 2015 9:08 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
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But if plod do pull you and you haven't got one its hand over the money time and I for one am not arguing with them as I have been escorted to a bank to take the money out to pay the so called fine and they ignored an rta on the other side of the road but it was a sunday so maybe it was just for them Discovery 3 se gone
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16th Jun 2015 9:11 pm
maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
Had the same but in Portugal - missus was doing her nut, as did the police when I demanded a receipt
17th Jun 2015 9:16 am
crip010
Member Since: 01 Oct 2014
Location: Twickenham
Posts: 433
The toll tag is excellent, I would certainly do!!
I also bought bulbs as its good to be prepared for the french police in case.
The front indicator bulb is a hard one, I struggled but sorted in the end but read my thread I started.
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic118917.html
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17th Jun 2015 11:22 am
Mr Kington
Member Since: 12 Dec 2011
Location: Scottish Borders
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Sanef tag is very good. And also comes in handy when you are driving through the night with sleeping passengers. pM me your address and I will send you a link to it.James favourite hobby is writing in the third person.
17th Jun 2015 1:11 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
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Get a Sanef toll tag. Excellent, particullarly when your co driver is asleep.
Get some hi viz jackes and a cheap bulb kit from Halfords / ebay and you're sorted.New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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17th Jun 2015 1:19 pm
crip010
Member Since: 01 Oct 2014
Location: Twickenham
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Mr Kington wrote:
Sanef tag is very good. And also comes in handy when you are driving through the night with sleeping passengers. pM me your address and I will send you a link to it.
Or you could use my link and I could earn the 5 euro commission
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