Riverboy wrote:

I have no idea what you are talking about?

And when I do I'll behave in the French manner and pretend I know nothing

Honestly, you wont be able to fart here soon

You're still allowed to fart in Provence???!!!!???

miker wrote:

Defender is an early TD5, No cat. That makes it EU2 and a 5.
The other car (2007 PD130 Ibiza) is EU4, which should make it a 3. Looks like I'm either way!!

Never mind, plenty of other bits of Europe to drive to!

ericvv wrote:

To understand, do all cars on French roads, be it French registration plates as well as all foreign registration plates, need such a sticker in the window?

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Geneva location is right at the border, and it is unavoidable for us to enter France regularly, certainly because the Bi1, Super U, Intermarché, Auchan, etc. are all within a few km from the border, and are quite a bit cheaper than our own supermarkets.
If the need for that sticker is correct, it is interesting that none of our newspapers, none of the Swiss TV and other press have even mentioned the existance of such sticker. At the time of all the french hoola about having a mandatory alcohol self test in your car, the Swiss press was all over that. Today, that requirement is no more as far as I know.
Now, additionally, I don't think there is anybody in Switzerland who would look forward or even accept to glue a French sticker on his/her car. Our love for les Fr..zes is not that passionate.
Eric

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In the spirit of protecting the enviroment , I doubt that Mrs. May will be able to avoid this information sharing.
Don't hold your breath, 10 years ago I still drove happily thru France regularly being flashed for moderate speeding, never got a fine. Today that does not work anymore, two years ago I got a simple parking ticket of €15.00 in a small Belgian town, threw it away, and 6 months later got a registered mail in Switzerland from a Belgian law firm claiming the fine which with expenses had grown to €35.00. Just paid, case closed, don't do it anymore now.
Now with the Antwerp LEZ, and other Belgium cities will follow, banning the SVX totally from 01-01-2020 has as result that our desire to ever move back to that country has dropped further from zero into serious Siberian winter temps territory.

ericvv wrote:

Now that we are on this subject, in my city of origin, Antwerp, Belgium, they also introduce as of 01-02-2017 a LEZ. The better part of the city will allow EU4 diesels still to drive, but only until 31-12-2020. Therafter they remain banned for good.
The way it works there is by numberplate recognition, Belgian and Dutch registration plates don't have to do anything, as Belgium have access to the Dutch car registration database for this purpose, but all cars registered in other countries, so including Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland need to register their truck on line before allowed to enter the LEZ zone without receiving a fine at home afterward.

To add to that, the same applies here in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. And I think it is a disonest method (numberplate registration), because the year of registration determines if you may enter the city ot not. Our Freelander TD4 may not enter because it is registered in 2000, but the same car, with the same motor and same specifications was made from 2000 until 2006. So if my Fl1 TD4 was registered just a few months later, it was OK to enter the city... This is pure discriminating on registration year, not on emmisions class ...  Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold)
1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold)
1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold)
1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold)
2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold)
2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold)

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