Driving on the continent

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I’m going to take the yellow peril on holiday in a couple of weeks. We’re going down to the south of France, Monaco, Nortern Italy, and maybe Switzerland.My main question for the collective is what to do about the poxy stickers you’re supposed to put on the headlamps. Do I really have to get them fitted under the plastic covers, or will I get away with sticking on the headlamp covers?Anybody got any other comments on things I should bear in mind? I presume I’m not going to get hassled about emissions and noise regs?

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quote:Originally posted by Brendan:I presume I’m not going to get hassled about emissions and noise regs?In Switserland you may get pulled over if your car is really loud though.They are a bit strict on the rules there and don’t really seem to make any distinction between locals and foreigners.Only country I have ever seen random police ‘checkpoints’ where they simply stop all cars and go through the paperwork and condition of the car.Bye, Arno.

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Brendan,if u come in south of Switzerland,let me know…we can meet.Nicolas

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Brendan,don’t worry. (I sure didn’t)You can search in this site for a post I made after a round trip to Italy (search for Uldis). Apart from an alternator belt while still in the UK, the trip was ueventful, really nice.I didn’t install those stickers and didn’t adjust the lights. And I asked in the border and to the local police and they couldn’t care less.It is the british that are so picky about light adjustments, most of the people in the rest of the world don’t get bothered by it.And I didn’t install the GB sticker in the back either. [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image]What can I say, go for it. You’ll find that Optimax has different names in each country, but you’ll find a high octane Shell fuel.Good trip! [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image]Uldis

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I will second thatI drove to Imola via Switzerland and back through France without any problems as Uldis said nobody seemed to careJohnCmy login seems to have died says password wrong how do I get it back anyone know[This message has been edited by OrangeX (edited 14 April 2003).]

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yep, you shouldn’t have any problems at all.if you get over the alps, give us a shout… [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image]enjoy… [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/grin.gif[/image]later,Bruno

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Thanks for the replies guys. I’ll carry some stickers for the lamps ‘just in case’.Bruno and Nicolas, I’ll try to get in touch if I head your way. It would be pretty cool to meet up.