Those of you who have heard our nightmare stories about trying to get the US made Ford pickup we (impulsively) sent over here approved to drive on French roads will recall that it took nearly a year, 2 trips up and back to Paris, 1 trip to Bordeaux, purchasing temporay liscense plates, months when the vehicle was off the road, and close to 5,000 euros. So thinking all was good, we drove the pickup into Bordeaux and on the way home were stopped by 3 gendarmes. They did not like the rear liscense plate. Not legal, can't read the bottom row of letters well enough. Yes, yes, yes we insist. It was passed by the DRIRE! That means we got exemptions to all sorts of French codes. Silence. No ticket to give out with this stop. So after 45 minutes discussing life in France, size of plate letters, and how we could make the gendarmes happy we agreed there was no immediate solution and we should go back to the DRIRE (over my dead body). But once again we are hesitant to drive the truck. Hopefully we can get a custom-made plate that is smaller but still have regulation size letters and numbers of between 70-80 mm.
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