I'm just going to say that we've gotten some complaints about some of the replies in this thread. I'm not going to remove them (I can't speak for Mark), but I will say that we shouldn't insult others who are asking questions on this forum, even if we wouldn't personally do whatever they're asking about to our own cars. Cool? Cool!

 

I would love to have LED's underneath my car. White color, just like the ones under my side mirror. I don't think it will look weird at all.

 

Well, France is going well even if our politicians are faced with big monetary problems. It seems that our top-of-the-range social security system is no more top-of-the-range and it get privatised more and more.
I think we will soon get the same system as in your country.

Apart from this, the roads in France are great (but speed limited with lots of controls now ). If you go once there in sommer time, try our "routes nationales" (national roads) and "routes departementales" (regional roads) which are sometimes very sinuous but most of the time well maintained.
This far much enjoyable than driving on a motorway which is boring.
I went last sommer in the region of Bordeaux and came back in the north of France via another wine region (less famous but really great), l'Anjou near the cities of Saumur and Angers. It was really great especially because this trip allowed me to make the first 2000km on my new 5 serie and at the end of the trip, I was able to have quite some fun!

The only problem I see is that my tires are half weared after 9000km so I try to be less aggressive in my driving now using most of the time the D mode and trying to press very gently the gaz and the brake on long trips to obtain from the AUTOTRANS the Extreme Economy mode. I still have funny times but only when I'm not on a motorway (and of course in the city for security reasons but it goes without saying); this is my rule.

CU and have fun at Xmas time. I recommend you to drive through the "Champ Elys?es" in the evening from the "Porte Maillot" (Ring exit) to the "Place de la Concorde". It is generally crowded but the lightening is quite great to see if you never looked at.

Fred
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Thanks for all the information Fred. I should have been clearer. We will be taking the fast train through the Chunnel to get to Belgium. But, in general, we have enjoyed driving in France in particular--along the Loire, in central France, and in southern France. I love the roads in Europe--especially France. We will be back next summer to drive partly in France, through the Alps, and into Bavaria.

 

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Acutally, it is illgeal here in my state to have such thing.
Too much distractions for the other drivers.
Cops can issue ticket for that.

 

Removed comment.

 

Heres a pic of mine not JJ's

 

can u tell me where u got the bulb from ??

 

Wow !!! It looks eeeeeeeeevil !!! (where's mini-me?) haha. I like it !

 

Fine and understood.

I don't know what type of car you will have next summer in the alps but if it a 5er, we could try to arrange a kind of 5er trip through the alps one day with the interested members... That could be an idea.

 

Secretly, I kind of like these lights. Shhh.... don't tell anyone. I am usually conservative about something like this, but I have to say, I like the look in the pictures. Extra lights aren't necessarily tacky-- consider the eyebrows on the e60, those are purely for aesthetics, right? So why not put some accent lighting under the car. The E60 has a very forward looking design so I think the undercarriage lighting is more suitable than on a lot of other cars. Shhh.