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Weegie

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  1. It's all here: http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/N532.xhtml?&n=Transports&l=N18&n=Automobiles%20et%20deux-roues&l=N529&n=Permis%20de%20conduire&l=N530 In particular:  "Validité du permis  Le permis est valable :  cinq ans, pour toute personne âgée de moins de 60 ans,  deux ans, entre 60 et 76 ans,  un ans, à partir de 76 ans.  Pour obtenir sa prorogation (renouvellement), le titulaire est soumis à un examen médical.  La demande de renouvellement est faite à la préfecture de son domicile, avant l'expiration du délai de validité." Which boils down to, other than for categories A and B, you need a medical.  It must be carried out by an approved doctor (list and application form obtainable from Mairie, Sous/Préfecture - you can also download the form).  Current cost €24.40.  You need to have three new photos to accompany the application.
  2. Just to throw into the pot regarding exchange rates.  Currently the Impots in the south of the Haute Vienne are using €1.07. This is the rate that they are applying when Brits are giving their income in £ sterling and asking for the Impots to convert (which they will do).  Over the border in the North of the  Dordogne the rate they are applying in the same circumstances is €1.20.  Go figure.
  3. [quote user="Araucaria"]Thanks Clair - if it's my own bank account I just leave it blank then? [/quote] You can put in "Titulaire du Compte" - "Account Holder" "Qualité" in this context is you status in relation to the account.  Eg.  Account Holder (as above), Company Secretary, Director etc.
  4. Weegie

    FD5

    It's a "one off" form and, when eventually processed, your tax liability as far as UK is concerned will take into account the date you indicate as being the date of taking up residence in France.  That's the date you put on the last page above your signature and under your National Insurance No.  - "and the exact date of leaving the United Kingdom". Any tax refund due will be calculated from this.
  5. Is it  béton désactivé ? http://www.francebeton.com/beton_desactive.htm
  6. Thanks, Teapot. The problem was that the gauge itself was defective and, amongst other things, the pointer would stick either showing some reading or none at all.  I don't think it was what you might describe as a "quality" gauge.
  7. Just to take Bugbear's point, I have just, today, bought a new pressure gauge as the old one was becoming erratic/knackered. = €10.  This one has lasted four years.
  8. Try using this link https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/
  9. My understanding, and experience, of the 3131 system is that it only retains one number, i.e. the last unanswered call, which I believe was Cathy's point. Any previously retained number is lost by being superceded by the last unanswered one.  If you use the facility of calling the last unanswered  number by dialling "5" then that number too is erased.
  10. Weegie

    E.121?

    MOH, who reaches that age in a couple of weeks, had her E121 sent automatically with her letter notifiying her of her amount of pension. She received it mid-January.  She has been an "ayant droit" on my E121. If this helps.
  11. [quote user="Âme"]Would advice be welcomed?[/quote] I think you would have to have a licence for that.  Unless you could effect it surreptitiously.
  12. [quote user="steve"]Me dad had a 650 lightning (A10 rings a bell somewhere) mind you it was before I was born! I had the FIL's D10 Bantam but never got it going. Steve [/quote] The "Lightning" was an A65 (650cc) and the first of the unit construction BSAs.  There were different names depending on the spec.  The A7 and the A10 were separate gearbox.  500cc and 650cc respectively.
  13. When I was 20 I was the proud owner (my first bike) of a 1938 "Cammy" Norton  - for all of an hour!!  I had "swopped" it with another youth in exchange for a 1936 Riley Victor.  As I said, I "owned" it for about an hour before his father gave him a flea in his ear and sent him to recover it forthwith![:(].  This was in the mid 1950s. Some years later I had a BSA Bantam (175, As I remember) Then a BSA A7 (500).  I changed the engine for an A10 (650) it being the same frame Then an AJS 500 (Jampot) Later BSA 650 "Lightning" BMW R75/6 BMW R100RS Also had access to Triumph Tiger Cub and Speed Twin. Workwise progressed through Le Velocette (200), BSA 350 single, Norton Atlas. Sadly MOH now thinks (probably rightly) that I'm too old.[:(]
  14. It then leaves the question "Will do what?".  Unlike in English "Will do" won't stand on its own it has to be qualified (completed) in French.
  15. [quote user="nomoss"][quote user="Weegie"]  although not showing a disc the vehicle will still be taxed to the end of the current month [/quote] But it is an offence not to display a current disc. [/quote] Yes it is but it will be the buyer's responsibility to make the necessary arrangements..
  16. I don't understand why you are concerned about "weigh up the buyers and see if they are likely to use the car illegally or not."  If you are concerned about them using it without tax then if you follow the correct procedure it is not a concern for you. The procedure is set out on the DVLA site: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/RegisteringAVehicle/DG_4022310 "Three part registration document V5The person selling the vehicle must complete 'your details' in the top (blue) section. Both you and the seller need to sign the declaration. It is the responsibility of the person selling the vehicle to send it in to DVLA. They should then hand you the V5/2 green section appropriately filled in. The DVLA must be notified as soon as the vehicle changes hands." You will have the three part  V5.  If you follow the procedure then the buyer and yourself will have to sign for change of ownership which will include the date.  You send it off to the DVLA and your responsibility ends there. Any subsequent use, legal or illegal, is the responsibility of the buyer. As far as the existing tax disc is concerned, it is a matter for you, as part of the deal, whether you leave the disc on or not.  It may form part of the bargain.  The new owners will have plenty of time to obtain a VEL and , in any case, although not showing a disc the vehicle will still be taxed to the end of the current month as , as has been said, you can only claim a refund from the start of the next complete month.  Your claim for refund must be received by the DVLA (or postmarked) before midnight on the last day of the preceding month.
  17. It burns well and gives good heat.  Always happy to see some in the delivery.[:D]
  18. still; (just the same) "ils étaient occupés mais ils nous ont quand même rendu visite."   -  "they were busy but they still came to visit us."
  19. From a towing site: "The usual definition of kerb weight is a vehicle in its ready to use condition with all tools, spare wheel etc. and a full tank of fuel. Many vehicle manufacturers are, however, now following European Directive 95/48/EC which specifies the kerb weight as a car in ready to drive condition with the fuel tank 90% full, a driver on board weighing 68 kg and luggage of 7 kg."
  20. Useful to  remember that Transmanche do a 20% discount for senior over 60  youth under 25student under 27disabled personIt cannot be done by booking on line but only by telephoning - UK contact number for UK to France and French number for France to UK. Booked today for Dieppe to Newhaven return in February.  Car and two was £125 less 20% plus a £2 fee for booking by telephone - Total £102.  A useful saving for those who qualify.  http://www.transmancheferries.co.uk/tariffs.html
  21. [quote user="ErnieY"] A. It is patently unsafe to assume that the posted speed is both safe and appropriate for all conditions when often it could be something considerably less. 30mph past schools for instance and 60 on country lanes. B. Most people no longer drive cars, merely operate them virtually on autopilot, and this would be yet another 'feature' to ensure that they are even less aware of what they are doing. What's your opinion ? [/quote] My first reaction was a bit like yours but, having seen the report on BBC, the device is a speed limiter.  It merely restricts the maximum speed at which you can travel in the mapped area.  One can drive at the speed limit OR BELOW.   In addition, you can over-ride it if you wish. In some ways it is a bit like a sophisticated cruise control.  It isn't some automatic driving device.  As for having it in the car, the proposals are, at present, that it would be a matter of choice whether you  have it or not. The TV report showed it slowing at a natural rate as it approached the restricted area (which one would no doubt do anyway[:)] ) so no "slamming on" of brakes. As reported and demonstrated it wasn't anything other than an aid to safety and observation of speed limits.
  22. [quote user="Clair"][quote user="Patf"]I read something today in the french press ( a comment in a letter in the Depeche ) that France may be introducing medical checks for drivers over the age of 70. Has anyone else seen this?[/quote] I have read something about this, but have no specific details... Something about the driving licence being subject to a medical examination throughout the EU, as it is for many EU countries already, but as far as I remember, this is a vague proposal. [/quote] There is some information here: http://www.senat.fr/ue/pac/E2472.html Raised before the Senate but opposed.  There has probably also been other discussion.
  23. [quote user="ErnieY"]No it cannot. I see SD has beaten me to the DVLA link which implies that he can drive for 3 years before having to apply for a UK licence however is there not something on the French licence saying something to the effect that it is not valid in UK after age 70.   -  No. Also, depending on the groups, it is necessary to undertake an annual medical to keep the French licence valid is it not ? - Groups other than A & B Furthermore, and this is probably as definitive as it gets, according to THIS EU document there is an obligation to make a health declaration in which case he might just as well revert to a UK licence and be done with it.  -  The document quoted would require to be tested.  Where and how would the holder of  French Driving Licence make a declaration of health during the period permitted as quoted by SD?  I would suggest that the need for a declaration arises when the French licence is eventually exchanged for an UK one.   Finally most UK insurance companies will demand a UK licence. I would be interested in your authority for that statement. Frankly you can read what you like into the rules but ask yourself this, how much confidence do you have in UK plod comprehending the nuances of an 83 year old UK resident driving on a French licence. I know my answer ! Oh ye of little faith![:)] [/quote]
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