Which car for France?

[pscocoa]

no issue - Insignia every time given age of Omegas - what is position on insurance cover?

[feeutfo]

Although you could see if tmc works in unruley France.

[Kevin Wood]

I wouldn't ever use the channel tunnel again, if that helps your decision?

Insignia? That dodgy after shave your aunt keeps buying you for Christmas? Might mask the smell of the LPG when you pass the sniffer dogs, I suppose...

[TheBoy]

no issue - Insignia every time given age of Omegas - what is position on insurance cover?

Everyone is covered for euro, but need to confirm if I need my own greencard...

I believe I just need to fuel it, and sort out euro breakdown (AA for UK portion)

[JamesV6CDX]

no issue - Insignia every time given age of Omegas - what is position on insurance cover?

Disagree, uncomfortable compared to Omega...

You'll arrive much more relaxed in in Silver Bullet..

[TheBoy]

I wouldn't ever use the channel tunnel again, if that helps your decision?

Insignia? That dodgy after shave your aunt keeps buying you for Christmas? Might mask the smell of the LPG when you pass the sniffer dogs, I suppose...

I prefer the chunnel. At worse, you lose about 75mins (assuming no breakdowns), ferries (to dunkirk, for price) are probably a loss of 3.5hrs...

[Kevin Wood]

I wouldn't ever use the channel tunnel again, if that helps your decision?

Insignia? That dodgy after shave your aunt keeps buying you for Christmas? Might mask the smell of the LPG when you pass the sniffer dogs, I suppose...

I prefer the chunnel. At worse, you lose about 75mins (assuming no breakdowns), ferries (to dunkirk, for price) are probably a loss of 3.5hrs...

.. or the overhead wires fall off, and you lose a whole weekend, then the 'stards have the audacity to refuse your return ticket when it does actually open, and you have to pay a second time.

Boats. Plenty of redundancy. One sinks, bad luck, but you just get on the next one.

[aaronjb]

Boats. Plenty of redundancy. One sinks, bad luck, but you just get on the next one.

As long as you weren't on the one that sank..

[Kevin Wood]

Boats. Plenty of redundancy. One sinks, bad luck, but you just get on the next one.

As long as you weren't on the one that sank..

True. But I can swim, at least. I haven't pitted myself against a tunnel with 25kV cables thrashing around, along with fires, etc. but I suspect the outcome wouldn't be that positive.

[aaronjb]

Valid points Not that I'd want to try and swim to Calais or Dover.. I suppose I could float, though

I wonder how much longer there will be (many) ferries running for, as an aside.. unpopular routes are already disappearing (Newcastle->Norway is already gone, for example) as air travel becomes more and more popular.

Not that air travel is any good for those of us who want to take cars..

I'm sure Dover->Calais will survive for a good long while though, but the less popular routes?

[JamesV6CDX]

SeaFrance are no longer trading!

http://www.seafrance.com/SiteCrises_en.html

We saw a load of their boats tied up doing nothing at Calais...

[jonny2112]

I took my MFL to France four times, and loved it! Granted I didn't have the same choice of vehicles ......
I bought a separate Euro cover for the month that I was away, think it cost around £50, but that was 2007 (the last time I went    ) at which point the Omega was nine years old.
Roofbox shouldn't cause an issue either way. It didn't in my case and I used both means of transport. The chunnel had just enough clearance! There were no extra costs involved either as the total height was still within the limit.
Just my thoughts, and I appreciate my last experience was a few years ago 

[jonny2112]

SeaFrance are no longer trading!

http://www.seafrance.com/SiteCrises_en.html

We saw a load of their boats tied up doing nothing at Calais...

Sad! We used them twice, as it was included in the 'package', then the chunnel, and P&O.

[Kevin Wood]

Yeah, ferries are struggling. I much prefer ferries, though. I tend to take either the fast cat from Portsmouth or the overnight slow boat. 40 minute drive to the port, load up, hit the bar for a couple of beers and some dinner, crash out for the night, wake up in France, off to Normandy coastal village of choice for some coffee and pain au chocolat for breakfast before hitting the road.

[MaxV6]

from an earlier response,  i gather you're heading a fair ways down south.

Omega every time.....  probably TBE . based on age only.


i've driven a hire insignia,   no way on gods green earth would i contemplate taking that uncomfortable POS 1000 miles each way.    not for me the driver, or for the passengers....   

an omega on the other hand....  especially an elite...    no problem,   would happily do it weekly.


the visit is going to be no fun if you're laid out flat with your back after driving an insignia.     if you were totally fit and not having had recent trauma, then MAYBE... but even then, I'd choose the omega....   


these days when i work down south,   (have clients in Montpelier,  and St Remy )  i fly....  but if i was taking a load of kit again,  the Mv6 would be much higher up on my choices list than any Insignia.


the usual " make sure you have all the required kit in the car, like Hi-Vis waistcoats and the like.....     "   applies....     i've got several if you've forgotten to get one.