Europe road trip July '24

[Rob 131 Sport]

mikef said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

Trust me it’s terrible, especially when a decent UK plated car is involved. It’s got continuously worse to the point where we would always have at least one holiday per year in France to I’ll go elsewhere.

I had my UK-reg Porsche out there several times last year for work, no issues. Maybe there was another factor?

Many of my friends who holiday in France are saying the same thing, one of whom drives a Porsche. Whilst not deliberately trying to damage your car I’ve observed that many French children just fling the car door fully open regardless of the adjacent parked car.

[acer12]

Rob 131 Sport said:

Many of my friends who holiday in France are saying the same thing, one of whom drives a Porsche. Whilst not deliberately trying to damage your car I’ve observed that many French children just fling the car door fully open regardless of the adjacent parked car.

thats a fair bit different to your original post which claimed French were targeting and damaging nice UK reg cars on purpose.

[Rob 131 Sport]

acer12 said:

Rob 131 Sport said:

Many of my friends who holiday in France are saying the same thing, one of whom drives a Porsche. Whilst not deliberately trying to damage your car I’ve observed that many French children just fling the car door fully open regardless of the adjacent parked car.

thats a fair bit different to your original post which claimed French were targeting and damaging nice UK reg cars on purpose.

Little bit of tongue in cheek here as regards UK cars. However doors being flung open with careless abandon is a real problem that friends of mine and I have encountered.

[paralla]

I’m currently on holiday in France in my UK car. This afternoon a speeding motorbike crashed into another car then ricocheted into the back of my parked car. It was a hit and run situation, by the time I got to the car the rider had scarpered off.

Make sure your insurance is tip top and Bristol fashion. The French seem to have a very laissez-faire attitude to property damage.

[leyorkie]

The French wouldn’t fix that just shrug and carry on

[Rob 131 Sport]

paralla said:

I’m currently on holiday in France in my UK car. This afternoon a speeding motorbike crashed into another car then ricocheted into the back of my parked car. It was a hit and run situation, by the time I got to the car the rider had scarpered off.

Make sure your insurance is tip top and Bristol fashion. The French seem to have a very laissez-faire attitude to property damage.

The most important thing is that neither you or your family were harmed. Just don’t let it spoil your holiday.