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Posted: 28.01.2021  ·  #41
Nope....no stickers spotted yet......have to wait for better weather..... a lot of trucks coming and going....

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Posted: 28.01.2021  ·  #42
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Nope....no stickers spotted yet......have to wait for better weather.....



I thought Wexford was the sunny South East 😂🤣😂

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Posted: 29.08.2021  ·  #43
 


Not so bad on the rear


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Posted: 29.08.2021  ·  #44
 


Not so keen on the side


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Posted: 30.08.2021  ·  #45
Somewhere in France, a civil servant is smugly sitting at a desk in the belief that they have somehow saved lives with this nonsense.

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Posted: 30.08.2021  ·  #46
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Somewhere in France, a civil servant is smugly sitting at a desk in the belief that they have somehow saved lives with this nonsense.


True and that was said when they started putting blind spot mirrors on also. but if it saves just one of yours,? :-/


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Posted: 31.08.2021  ·  #47
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Somewhere in France, a civil servant is smugly sitting at a desk in the belief that they have somehow saved lives with this nonsense.


True and that was said when they started putting blind spot mirrors on also. but if it saves just one of yours,? :-/


Blind spot mirrors are functional, signage like that is more like the warning notices on cigarette packets.

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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #48
Just did 450 miles from Cherbourg to just south of Dusseldorff. I saw loads of lorries with the stickers but I seem to be the only motorhome in France with them on although saying that maybe they aren't the weight

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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #49
Enjoy the trip Tommy and keep us posted on them


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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #50
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Just did 450 miles from Cherbourg to just south of Dusseldorff. I saw loads of lorries with the stickers but I seem to be the only motorhome in France with them on although saying that maybe they aren't the weight


Have a great time stay safe.
Anymore problems with the clutch.?


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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #51
No more problems with the clutch. Cant figure what it was its like a lazy change almost like a pre select gearbox. I'm probably due a new clutch and timing belt anyway but want to wait until I get home

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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #52
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Just did 450 miles from Cherbourg to just south of Dusseldorff. I saw loads of lorries with the stickers but I seem to be the only motorhome in France with them on although saying that maybe they aren't the weight


Should be fairly obvious as all the vans over 3500 Kg, have restricted speed limits,and should carry, the 80-100-110 speed markers on the right rear.( Including holidaying Motorhomes ) ;-)
Which I notice Tommy, your Van has a very bare Bum. :-/ :D


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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #53
Like at the tolls mh's over 3.5t but available at 3.5t, in other words mh's uprated from a base specification of 3.5t, don't have over 3.5t regulations enforced. Speed limit regulations might be different of course.
I think it's down to perception, if a mh's looks like it's over 3.5t, like a tag axle or it's on an Iveco, Merc twin wheel or Man base it's one thing but if it's on a regular Ducato or Transit it's another.

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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #54
Which I notice Tommy, your Van has a very bare Bum.  

Honestly I didnt know Officer. Maybe that's why I was flashed twice by speed cameras in Belgium.

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Posted: 01.09.2021  ·  #55
I've still got away with Class2 on the tolls with the tag axle. Only once charged Class 3. I just tell them I've a Camping Car

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Posted: 23.09.2021  ·  #56
I've seen plenty of vans with them blind spot stickers on them. I've seen them for sale at petrol stations on the border between France and Spain.

I wonder if magnetic ones can be purchased so that they can be popped on and off the van at will (for the doors anyway)?

Also, I've seen plenty of cars with the Crit d-air pollution control stickers also.


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Posted: 23.09.2021  ·  #57
I'll try and get magnetic ones for next time. Just home and they are coming off tomorrow, probably need sticky stuff remover


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Posted: 23.09.2021  ·  #58
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I'll try and get magnetic ones for next time. Just home and they are coming off tomorrow, probably need sticky stuff remover


For large stickers just peel off the backing for a cm around the four sides. It makes removal so much easier.

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Posted: 23.09.2021  ·  #59
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I'll try and get magnetic ones for next time. Just home and they are coming off tomorrow, probably need sticky stuff remover


For large stickers just peel off the backing for a cm around the four sides. It makes removal so much easier.


There was huge stickers of Tigers on our Motorhome when we bought it, I used a hairdryer on them and they came off no problem.
Magnetic stickers wont stick to the body of a Motorhome, only the cab if it isn't an A Class

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Posted: 23.09.2021  ·  #60
Would static cling vinyl work? Might not stand up to a lot of long journeys even if it did stick.


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Posted: 23.09.2021  ·  #61
If you are under 3.5 tonne. Forget about it. If you are above and have a big pair.. forget about it. If you are above.. and have a small pair, wear them with pride. IMO😜

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Posted: 24.09.2021  ·  #62
Trouble is Daffy I have a big pair.



Of rear axles 8-)

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Posted: 24.09.2021  ·  #63
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Trouble is Daffy I have a big pair.



Now Tommy you should know that self praise is no recomendation, but i am not saying that you do not have a big pair. :P :lol:

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Posted: 24.09.2021  ·  #64
Thats the van naked again, stickers off until the next time. They just peeled off. I tried the hairdryer but it just melted the glue onto the paintwork

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Posted: 26.01.2022  ·  #66
We were in Portugal in October and saw many French motorhomes, some with and some without this sticker. It looks hideous and although we bought some in case we need to go back through France I hope we don't have to use them.


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Posted: 26.01.2022  ·  #67
I had them on in the summer but took them off when I came back. I got 2 magnetic ones and a stick on one for the rear


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