Ah yes. We call those universal keys at work. You borrow someone else's when you've forgotten the key to the padlock of your toolbox! That's a problem i've never had because my padlock keys are on the same keyring as the car keys which means if i've forgotten them i haven't been able to drive to...

When i was in high school, our technical drawing teacher, Mr (Steve) Williams decided as we'd been working hard that the following week we could bring a record or two in and we'd be allowed to play them on the bloody huge radiogram he'd got next to his desk. One bright spark decided he'd be...

It looks like something Q knocked up for James... He gets it running in this video

That cat has short legs!

Is this car of an age where you have to formally introduce a new injector to the car? If you fitted two new injectors or maybe removed them and didn't put them back in the same place as they came from, could that be the issue? I think this is the case with D3s.

Thanks. The problem i have is not using it since i left school...

I went out this morning to replace the last couple of flexible brake pipes on the 101 but ended up removing the battery to place it on charge as it went flat after about five seconds of cranking. :(

Well, it was only mildly mixed up until somebody brought up the subject of getting a carte gris... 🤔

I'm fluent in English and bollocks. My French was passable when i was 16 after just passing at CSE grade 1, but rarely used it in the 42 years since.

So, are you saying that if the vehicle is over 30 years old, which is how the French classify a classic vehicle to get a care grise véhicule de collection form, that you don't need to display a Crit’Air vignette (because you can't apply for one) and can then drive into LEZs? Or you can't and...

Sorry, i must have missed that comment. I thought you meant being an EU member means you can drive anything anywhere.

With regards to driving in a French LEZ, what's that got to do with the price of Les onions? 🤔

Thanks. I'll look into the "Vehicule de Collection". Not sure what it has to do with the French LEZs though. From your link... Do I need a Crit’Air vignette? All eligible vehicles need to display a Crit’Air vignette on their windscreen to be able to drive and park in restricted traffic zones...

Have you thought about using a roof tent? You could still put the kitchen 'downstairs' and have more living room 'upstairs'.

They have a badge to display for hybrids but i think the different badges are on a sliding scale of whether you are allowed in. As in a 'quite clean' badge might get you into a 'fairly low emission' zone but not a very clean one. The penalty is a double edge sword. If you aren't displaying a...

They do accept certificates from Gaydon as being 100% genuine and correct. I'm sure if i used it they'd change the build date to suit. The only down side being that they'd issue an age related number but that would then be non transferable which i don't want as about three years ago i bought a...

I think it doesn't matter to the French what you put on your V5. They base what catagory your emissions are by what it was when you left the factory. If it's a 101 ambulance it's simply too old to drive into their LEZ zones. Bloody ageist if you ask me!!! I know if you fit a different engine to...

Your V5 states what your emissions are. The French can check it online or from the manufacturer's records, i don't know which so basically you can't BS them. From what i gather, technically, you can't change your emissions 'class' by changing to a later engine. It's a case of whatever your V5...

No i don't. I think your predictive text might have kicked in...

OK peeps. Thanks for your thoughts. It seems it's a non starter. The idea behind it was to be able to drive in French LEZs. Unlike over here, if you have a 40 year plus vehicle you are LEZ exempt, in France, you can't drive in their LEZ unless you have a special badge which states what your...