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Old 22nd October 2016, 09:26   #1
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Default 75's or ZT's availability in France?

If we decide after our trial peroid of renting a place that we like France and decide to buy a property to live in we will of course require a French registered LHD car. So have been doing some web surfing and it seems that finding a Rover 75 or MG ZT is not going to be that easy. It is noticable that the few ZT's found for sale are generally in drab colours Grey or Black and I much prefer brighter colours. British Racing Green is a good colour and despite being darker better than Silver IMHO.

How would it be best to go about finding a suitable vehicle in France especially as out French is very limited ....................... something which we need to address and have tried but there seems to be no availability of learnign French locally here and the computer programme bought is frankly not the best .

We could of course re-register the Copperleaf Red Classic CDT but it would remain RHD of course but that is for next year to worry about as we understand it takes a while to purchase property in France and there is the trial period to go through before we make that decision.
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Old 22nd October 2016, 16:03   #2
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It could be worth keeping an eye on this website
https://www.autoscout24.com/results?...ipr=200&zipc=F

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Old 22nd October 2016, 17:19   #3
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Proposal: Have a look in Belgium, but then you need to import. In theory should not be an issue with the 'modern' EU documentation.
In Belgium: not many ZTs available these days, but come up from time to time, but in your not preferred colours!
75s should not be an issue as they were popular when new a quite a few were sold here, especially diesel, just to find the right one which is standard for a secondhand buy.

The 75/ZT on the continent is not cheap, as they were and are considered up market and quality cars. Often people comment to me that I drive a nice Jaguar..... If they are lower priced, they were not maintained and the clutch , MOT not passed or something needs to be done. The only disadvantage is to find a place that wants to work on it and knows there stuff. Do everything myself so that is not an issue for me

France: these models always have been expensive so not many around and still expensive to buy secondhand. French enthusiasts therefore in the past often had a look in Belgium for that reason!
Think there are two places in France that are 75/ZT specialists and know there stuff (don't have their details), perhaps worth to give them a shout that you are looking for a decent one and perhaps they can be of help.

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Old 22nd October 2016, 19:40   #4
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In your post you say you will NEED a LHD car WHY ?

I have been coming to my house in France for the last 12 years and lived permenantly here for the last 5 and have been driving my RHD Rover 75 Tourer all of the time with out a problem.


You do of course have to be more careful when overtaking and emerging from side roads.

Registering the Rover is a simple procedure,CT(MOT) every two years and NO road Tax.

Parts are not that much of a problem but access to a T4 is virtually impossible.certainly in the area I live.

Where are you thinking of trying (area)?
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Old 23rd October 2016, 12:49   #5
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Thank you all for you helpfull comments will keep an eye on that site thank you.


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In your post you say you will NEED a LHD car WHY ?
As Mother will be in the font passenger seat a lot of the time she wold be happier and feel safer in a LHD car. Her eyesight is such that some days she sees better than others and sometimes is surprised by other vehicles even here when travellng the in the passenger seat. So imagine how much worse than could be for her sitting in what should be the drivers position?

As for area initially we are looking at Normandy/Brittany possibly Pays-de-la-Loire and are looking for a 2 bedroomed (min) property with a garden with a seperate shower as Mother cannot climb into the bath now and with no stairs and a parking place for the twin axle trailer which will be used to move once we find the place to buy. Then from this base we can explore more areas until we find the place we wish to settle in and then look for a property to purchase.
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Old 23rd October 2016, 14:09   #6
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Thank you all for you helpfull comments will keep an eye on that site thank you.


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As Mother will be in the font passenger seat a lot of the time she wold be happier and feel safer in a LHD car. Her eyesight is such that some days she sees better than others and sometimes is surprised by other vehicles even here when travellng the in the passenger seat. So imagine how much worse than could be for her sitting in what should be the drivers position?

As for area initially we are looking at Normandy/Brittany possibly Pays-de-la-Loire and are looking for a 2 bedroomed (min) property with a garden with a seperate shower as Mother cannot climb into the bath now and with no stairs and a parking place for the twin axle trailer which will be used to move once we find the place to buy. Then from this base we can explore more areas until we find the place we wish to settle in and then look for a property to purchase.


OK I can understand that,The other solution would be to sit her in the back maybe.


We live in Brittany on the borders of Morbihan and Cotes D'Armor.

When we were looking for a house we did look at Normandy but found the weather to be a lot colder than Brittany which is always a few degrees warmer than the UK,But it still gets cold.

The house market here is very slow at the moment and there are a lot of properties available,But depends on what price range you have.

There would not be a problem with a shower as a lot of the older properties have both and are normally located downstairs as is the toilet (Its a French thing).

If you want any help let me know and I will see what I can do for you.


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In your post you say you will NEED a LHD car WHY ?
Millions of bloomin tole booths springs to mind lol.
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Millions of bloomin tole booths springs to mind lol.
Not really. I live here and maybe go through a toll booth once every two or three years.

I can drive from half way down France up to the channel on motorways all the way without seeing even one toll both.

There are LOTS of toll free motorways.----------
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In your post you say you will NEED a LHD car WHY ?

I have been coming to my house in France for the last 12 years and lived permenantly here for the last 5 and have been driving my RHD Rover 75 Tourer all of the time with out a problem.


You do of course have to be more careful when overtaking and emerging from side roads.

Registering the Rover is a simple procedure,CT(MOT) every two years and NO road Tax.

Parts are not that much of a problem but access to a T4 is virtually impossible.certainly in the area I live.

Where are you thinking of trying (area)?
The French know a thing or two about cars, the motorist isn't ripped off unlike some place I could mention.
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sorry Mario I might have to disagree with you on that..
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