Newbie in France seeks help!

[Beemer]

Bonjour!

Greetings from a new member.

Now that our French house has been rendered habitable it's time to rekindle old memories and add an R4 to the stable.

Does anyone know of a good R4 somewhere in the southern part of Poitou Charente (Departements 16, 17. 79 or even 86)? So far they have proved elusive and as France is a BIG country the mileage is already mounting up!

No objection to the right car in the UK, providing it's LHD and has the right paperwork for a carte grise.

 

[paulandpat]

Try www.leboncoin.fr for the car, if its got a landline telephone number use www.pagesblanche.fr use the second tab along - something like a qui est ce numero, put in the phone number and it brings up the name and address so you can work out how far away it is.
Bonne chance!

 

[malcolm]

A few come up on eBay.fr too, and older ones can be found in the 4L magazine (and presumably website).

I wouldn't buy from the UK - the French cars (even northern) are normally less rusty than the UK cars.

 

[pepper]

I'll second Malcolm, they use far less road salt over in France than we do here, it makes for far less rusty vehicles.

I wonder if the SMMT own the salt mines by any chance?

 

[reidalpine]

Hi there pepper and Malcolm! -just a tid-bit of useless info re salt...
Did you know they started using SUGAR -instead of salt on their roads in Sweden couple years ago?? -Yes,I know- it sounds like a joke but it is true! Any Swedish members on here to give us some more info?? -I hear they have had great success with it as apparently the sugar "binds"the ice/water/snow in some way -R.

 

[corky]

Hi newbie aswell
french man living in cork (irl)
no 4l magazine doesnt have a web site but try r4 r6 club de france they have a good ad section.
I ve seen a lot of r4 in your region search you'll find the right one for you
avoid 4l trophy they are usaly crap
Guillaume