London to Bordeaux in November

Woolly

17,123 posts · Joined 2006

#2 · Oct 14, 2013

If you avoid rush hours, driving through Paris is OK, much like any other big city, and the drivers aren't quite as mad as in Italian cities. Don't forget, they all drive on the wrong side of the road!!

 

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PrinceAlbert Discussion starter

169 posts · Joined 2013

#3 · Oct 14, 2013

We'll be leaving Blackheath around 1800hrs, so should be at Paris sometime around midnight I'd have thought. There's a convoy of us, and one of us has driven there before. So I assume I'll just be following tail-lights all the way down.

Though he does drive a Golf....so it's only a matter of time before I get bored waiting for him to find the accelerator.

 

Der Flieger

6,759 posts · Joined 2010

#4 · Oct 14, 2013

Why not down through Normandy (La Petite Suisse) area?

 

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PrinceAlbert Discussion starter

169 posts · Joined 2013

#5 · Oct 14, 2013

It's a possibility we may end up that way. Who knows? I'll need to discuss the route with the other drivers. Though it will be night-time driving so no need for pretty routes. Just quick ones

 

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cliveandstella

1,128 posts · Joined 2014

#6 · Nov 25, 2014

So.....which route did you take?......and did you have a good time?

Stella :smile::smile::smile:

 

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Stark9

87 posts · Joined 2014

#7 · Nov 25, 2014

Drive as fast as you want, take the roadside penalty if they come and enjoy yourself!

 

Der Flieger

6,759 posts · Joined 2010

#8 · Nov 25, 2014

I'm not sure that's good advice... We went from Paris to Toulouse/Carcassonne and got hit by foto radar... Speed limit, 110km/h, grace limit 115km/h, we were doing 122km/h (that's 7mph over the actual limit... here in Canada cops won't blink for anything under +20km/h or 10mph..)

Cost 45euro... I'll take my tourist money elsewhere... (and France can get itself out of the next war all by themselves...)

 

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Stark9

87 posts · Joined 2014

#9 · Nov 25, 2014

So if you had a 458 and had a few million, you wouldn't mind taking 1000 euro to Europe with and spending 2 weeks driving at 150 in France in some of the nicest roads?

I have friends with BMWs and TVRs who are happy to do that with just 500 Euro

 

Der Flieger

6,759 posts · Joined 2010

#10 · Nov 25, 2014

...too bad it's not more like the Autobahns. It is nice country.. we've been to Paris a lot, and three times in Champagne.

 

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cliveandstella

1,128 posts · Joined 2014

#11 · Nov 25, 2014

The roads around us are narrow, twisty and have some terrific hill-climbs... however.. speeding is not a good idea as the tractors and other lumbering machinery take no prisoners when it comes to meeting head-on :wink::wink:

Frankly, if you insist on speeding.. OK you will get to your destination a lot quicker, but what a shame .. you will miss out on some of the most beautiful scenery, the interesting villages and glorious old chateaux etc... not forgetting the little cafés and bars, where you can stop and enjoy a coffee-cognac in the sunshine...

Life is not always about speed.... sometimes slow and steady wins the race !

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