friend of stouby
New member
Hello
We are in our 50's and live part of the year in the UK and part in France.
We take a Ducato van with us to France as we have stuff to ship in both directions.
We live in central France and have some wonderfull roads for 100's of km in all directions and would really like to drive a nice car on some of these, so have thought of a Barchetta.
The idea would be to buy in the UK and re-register in France, has anybody here done that and is it a good idea?
We also have proper winters in this area of France, mostly bright and sunny in the day and sometimes very very cold at night. The winter proper lasts maybe for two or three months.
Do these cars have a good heater or are heaters an after thought?
Are hard tops easy to come by or rare and expensive?
Are these cars reliable if looked after with good spares/oils etc?
Is the boot size reasonable, say for 2 small suitcases and a little more luggage?
Is there a thread here that will give pointers on what to look for and what to avoid when looking at a car?
As our small barn is full the car would have to remain outside, is that a problem with these?
It's obvious from reading these threads that these small cars are a lot of fun to drive, are they easy to drive too?
If after reading the above, do you think we are looking at the right car for this situation?
Sorry there are so many questions but much of these don't appear to have been asked before although I could have missed them!
Thanks everybody for your time, hope we can get some good pointers here.
Jamie
We are in our 50's and live part of the year in the UK and part in France.
We take a Ducato van with us to France as we have stuff to ship in both directions.
We live in central France and have some wonderfull roads for 100's of km in all directions and would really like to drive a nice car on some of these, so have thought of a Barchetta.
The idea would be to buy in the UK and re-register in France, has anybody here done that and is it a good idea?
We also have proper winters in this area of France, mostly bright and sunny in the day and sometimes very very cold at night. The winter proper lasts maybe for two or three months.
Do these cars have a good heater or are heaters an after thought?
Are hard tops easy to come by or rare and expensive?
Are these cars reliable if looked after with good spares/oils etc?
Is the boot size reasonable, say for 2 small suitcases and a little more luggage?
Is there a thread here that will give pointers on what to look for and what to avoid when looking at a car?
As our small barn is full the car would have to remain outside, is that a problem with these?
It's obvious from reading these threads that these small cars are a lot of fun to drive, are they easy to drive too?
If after reading the above, do you think we are looking at the right car for this situation?
Sorry there are so many questions but much of these don't appear to have been asked before although I could have missed them!
Thanks everybody for your time, hope we can get some good pointers here.
Jamie