The top speed on my Defender is limited to howm uch noise I can be bothered putting up with. According to it's handbook the top speed on my other car is electronically limited to 185mph although I have to admit I've never got close to finding out if it's true.

Think you missed my point. Clearly when on duty any emergency response vehicle with blue lights will use them and i'm sure that the OP wouldn't get in their way. My point was - is it fair for people who are in no particular rush to hold up those who actually have somewhere to be going. Yes...

I don't :D

The difference is that at 55 you are not causing the potentially dangerous bottleneck that you are doing at 45-50 ( your original statement)

You don't need to avoid trucks. It's the truck's responsibility to avoid you. You just need to avoid causing potentially dangerous situations.

Whilst you are absolutely right that it is up to the trucks to pay attention and avoid slow traffic and that the fact that there is no legal minimum limit means the law is on your side ( although the fact you got pulled is perhaps a hint) it is a real and dangerous world out there and having “ I...

The rules are - practice fitting them, put a pair of rubber gloves in the container (trying to fit chains with cold wet hands is no fun) and carry a head torch cos it's impossible in the dark.

Chipper

Where's the ****ing myself laughing emoji? One day we're going to have to meet!

And don't think the French necessarily know how to drive in snow. The first week I arrived here in Brittany there was about 3 inches of snow and a car in the ditch every 100 meters. These are the same people who flock to the alps every winter. Beware!!!

Just to say the OP said the were doing 45-50 which is not the same as 55 - pretty much what HGVs are restricted to. As I said a very interesting discussion.

Very interesting topic. Certainly when I was repping and doing high mileage in the UK I would have been seriously peed off by someone sitting in the slow lane doing 50 and causing the lorries to pull out and slow everyone down. I've now moderated my view and agree that it's not up to me to...

Gotta justify that functionaires budget somehow.

I have M&S tyres on mine which are fine going uphill on normal roads when it snows. Terrifying coming downhill though which is why I always end up with a long tail of peed of locals behind me. So I always carry a set of chains even though I've never been stopped by the gendarmes. If I remember...

Yep I gave up on it pretty early on. I've now get one working Fob so emergency over but has anyone used these guys before? https://remotekey.co.uk/land-rover/defender-2/ My local LR dealer is trying to charge 360 euros for a replacement which is taking the p*ss so badly I refuse to do it out...

Even checked inside the Aston Martin! You'd have thought it logical but there is a bit of a "debate" between the wife and I over which keys she used when she took it out the other day!

oops sorry - should have done a search first but was a bit frazzled. There's a great article by Neilly (thankyou, thankyou) for the D2 which I would assume will work for my Def. Will try tomorrow when it's light. Now off to find my EKA code!

After tearing the house apart and visiting everywhere I could think of I had to admit they have gone for good. So I got a new Landy key cut but it won't work without the key fob to disable the security. Does anyone know a way round this? If you do could you PM me the solution rather than post it...

Oh Good Grief! That's something I hadn't even thought about and is now something new worry about! Mine is a 2003 TD5 which, as far as I know, has never had the anti-freeze changed and I spend the winters in the Alps which can get seriously cold. I'd seen the sticker saying "do not drain" and...

Bit late for a reply, sorry, but Hi from Ille et Villaine.