jibjob
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thinking of going for a road trip to disneyland paris with the missus because im a stindgy bastard and cant be arsed paying for flights or a hotel  just wondering if anyones been there before? or been through france?
looked on the internet and know about the reduced speed limits in the wet, warning triangle, flourescent jackets, informing insurance before you go, must be 18 to drive, seat belts, driving on the right, etc but are there any unwritten rules i should be aware of or any stupidly obscure ones??
also anyone name any good places i could stop on the way down? funny place names, things that are good to look at, views, landmarks that sort of thing. dont want to get too far off the motorways so within reasonable distance of m6, m1, m25, m20. im setting off from sandbach, M6 junction 17.
thinking of getting the ferry across or would it just be easier to get the channel tunnel?
whats driving like in paris as all ive seen of it is on the tv and it looks like a right hassle lol
and finally would it be worth investing in a sat nav with euro coverage or just invest in a couple of decent maps?
cheers
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James
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You are planning to drive to Paris for the day? 
It's like a 5 hour drive from London (dunno where you're based)
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Aaron
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It's like a 5 hour drive from London
And thats if you're lucky TBH, i've driven through France many times.
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richc
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hahaha so its gonna take you about 2 hours to get to dover...then about 4 booting it to paris! You will be knackerd aswell driving all in one day.
Dont do it. Get a hotel
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jibjob
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nah im going for like 3 full days in paris.
drive down one day, 3days in paris then drive back 5th day
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James
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Thought you said you didn't want a hotel?
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jibjob
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ye i dont lol missus said she didnt mind sleeping in the car ive got not back seats and was just going to stick a blow up mattress in the back lol if all else fails we could always just find a b&b
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Tommy L
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All i can say is
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Aaron
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Originally posted by jibjob
ye i dont lol missus said she didnt mind sleeping in the car ive got not back seats and was just going to stick a blow up mattress in the back lol if all else fails we could always just find a b&b
That has "fail" written all over it TBH
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MatthewR
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I drove to Maastricht in Holland last weekend, left London at 3.30am got to my mates front door at 11am including an hour on the ferry - took fookin ages!!! just fly lol
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jibjob
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ye to be honest in my opinion i cant see it working thats why im going to take enough money to stay in a hotel anyway but was just wondering about the other bits really. im not too arsed whether i stay in a hotel car or whatever.
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Jamescorsa97
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Its not really cheap driving to paris.
Their Peage's are quite expensive, then there is ferry cost and petrol etc
you might as well fly.
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jibjob
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well thats not too bad considering its holland ive budgeted a whole day getting there so not too bothered how long it will take as we can have some fun messing about on the way down going to see things and stuff
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Aaron
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You can get some motel rooms for 15 Euros per night. They're called Formula 1's i think (might want to google that) They're all over Europe and we stay in them for laughs when we travel back up from the Alps every year.
We get smashed and keep everyone else in the motel up 
[Edited on 08-02-2009 by Aaron]
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CorsAsh
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You'll spend more money driving tbh.
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MatthewR
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also u need to make sure your insured for outside of Uk n Ireland
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jibjob
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ahh cheers mate that'll do then. does anyone know if direct line insure u outside the uk? they do european breakdown so im guessing they do insurance aswel. ill ring up tomorrow though
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Doug
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Just fly there. GF will appreciate it more if she has any class
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James_DT
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ahh cheers mate that'll do then. does anyone know if direct line insure u outside the uk? they do european breakdown so im guessing they do insurance aswel. ill ring up tomorrow though
Third party cover in Europe for up to 90 days in any year as standard.
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richc
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I would drive tbh if you want the experience of driving over there. Otherwise, probably not
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Danny P
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Originally posted by jibjob
ye i dont lol missus said she didnt mind sleeping in the car ive got not back seats and was just going to stick a blow up mattress in the back lol if all else fails we could always just find a b&b
FFS
Your going to Paris with your bird & you're going to sleep on a blow up mattress in the back of your car How can it be possible that i'm single when folk like you have a GF 
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Danny P
quote:
Originally posted by jibjob
ye i dont lol missus said she didnt mind sleeping in the car ive got not back seats and was just going to stick a blow up mattress in the back lol if all else fails we could always just find a b&b
FFS
Your going to Paris with your bird & you're going to sleep on a blow up mattress in the back of your car How can it be possible that i'm single when folk like you have a GF
I thought this also.
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