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Don't get me wrong. Diffusers are well worth having but you have to think about other aspects as well if its air flow you are thinking about

Bad news..... sorry to hear that, Plan B then..... I'm going to the pub! Nem.....

thought this page was about making a nice cuppa tea

BCF, very good point about the transmission tunnel! That could make a noticable difference to keeping dirt and spray out of the rear end area, though closing up the gaps around the diff where it sits slightly inside the transmission tunnel could help for fairly little effort/cost.

A rear diffuser keeps some of the dirt and wet off rear and stops some of the air entering he "boot area" which can act like a parachute.

Corr look at the lift it has, you could put your car on the sideboard no problems with that. Terry

Rab, I'm interested but cant confirm until very near the time. Im a skinny runt anyway so wont eat much if I do turn up Graeme

I also used http://www.autoroutes.fr/index.htm to help plan my route handy as it calculates your toll charges and fuel (although I would ignore the latter for a Westfield ) My route down in 12 days (not that I am counting down or anything ) is below, by taking the costal roads/motorways i saved 60 eu and will have a more enjoyable drive as some of the newer cross country roads are very monotonous to drive on, and the overall distance is almost the same, I did set the sat nav it to avoid all tolls one year but you end up driving at 50Km through little villages and it’s just too slow to do any serious distance. For local roads a good French atlas is worth having as well. http://www.autoroutes.fr/en/routes.htm?itiFrom=50100+Cherbourg-Octeville%2C+France&itiTo=66000+Perpignan%2C+France

Good call about the speeding the French are very hot on instant fines and can even impound your car or take you to the nearest cash machine and if your well over the limit they are hefty. there are some good threads on pistonheads worth reading but as the motorway limits are higher I have never found the need to go silly,

Don't forget to look at health insurance it may be wise.

@Markc555, they are good..! Really like the Salmon one LOL Not so much inspirational, but I have always liked this one - we must all have had moments like this... Usually when somebody dialing in to a meeting makes a racist, sexist or disabled joke, not knowing there is somebody from one of those categories in the room. And if you are really ham-footed... All three...

are spectators allowed ? If not I am happy to be a brolley girl....

+1 to what Bigals said. I took a GT40 rep to France and took all the required bits and bobs just for piece of mind. I did notice that a lot of others didn't bother though. Have fun, I loved driving in France, just don't get caught speeding!!!!! Jas

I believe you need, breathalysers, high viz vests, a warning triangle, gb marked plates or a gb sticker and headlight beem deflectors, but about 50% of the cars I see don't appear to bother, personally I take them all as it's not worth the risk for the sake of a few quid, the roads are a dream compared to the UK in both surface conditions and lack of traffic

Make sure you take an additive to convert the left hand drive petrol to right hand drive. Plays havoc with your steering otherwise

Ahh corporate BS, don't you just love it I particularly dislike those motivational posters with words of wisdom under an inspiring image. "Demotivators", from http://despair.com/collections/demotivators, are a great antidote, some of them are genius

Cracking car this one