Eurotunnel - issues?

Frank. Things seem to be a bit quieter just now,however,I believe A safer plan would be to cross Calais - Dover with P&O ferries. 80 minute crossing,but no problems.

 

I came through the week before last in the 458 with no problems at all, it's very quiet, I think many are avoiding it. The Eurotunnel staff said all the issues were all in the freight area not car transport

I would suggest going during the daytime

 

Went thru mid July at height of various actions, inc French. All fine but we had flexi plus ticket which was expensive but we were put to front of line, worth the money IMO. There's also the ferry from Dieppe as back up.

 

Just curious.

At what point do you start driving on the right side of the road going to France and the left side of the road going to UK?

 

Rail service only (vehicles drive onto purpose-built carriages), although there is a service tunnel between the 2 main tunnels and I believe all service/emergency vehicles drive on the right along the service tunnel (illegal immigrants are supposed to run on the left heading for the UK but have been known to use both sides).

 

I have been through the channel tunnel 4 times in the last 6 weeks. The last time was just last Saturday from folkestone to calais. I did not see a single suspicious person or refugee, I was looking out too, I had been 'terrorised' by the media reports and on my first trip calais to folkestone I stopped 50km before calais, brimmed the tank, locked the doors and made a bee line for the train terminal.

I expected people in the road trying to flag down trucks and cars, people trying to sneak in etc. But the reality was that I saw nobody and nothing untoward. I am left with the conclusion that it's all Daily Mail hype.

Imho, you can't beat the channel tunnel for low sports cars. If you ask to stay on the bottom level lhere are no nasty ramps and bumps to scrape your car on like there is getting on and off a ro-ro ferry. Also, nobody parks next to you and no dings and scrapes from people getting to and from the stairs.

My suggestion would be to use the tunnel and don't worry about it

 

Came through the tunnel in our 360 spider yesterday without a hitch... As easy as its always been in our RR and none of the drawbacks of sailing/loading ramps etc... Hope that helps...

 

Took my 360 down to Maranello two weeks ago using the tunnel. Absolutely no problems you refer to thankfully. I would though very strongly recommend that you book your car specifying the 'high vehicle' carriages because the normal ones are quite narrow and certainly on modern Ferraris have been known to damage the wheel rims. I'm not sure if the Dino is as wide as later cars but it's worth checking I suggest. Tony

 

I traveled the following day and got snarled up for 3 hours waiting for a train...

 

Tip: just took my 458 to Calais and had the unfortunate incident of scraping my left front wheel as it is a little wide for the normal car section: On our return a French worker asked if I would like to go with the high sided vehicles as he recognized the 458 had a wide wheel track, he also suggested in the future to tick the box that you are taller than 1.85 metres and take that lane on arrival, we returned with no issues and plenty of room for the wheels:

 

I was on the continent yesterday as i often do every month. Eurotunnel has no probs, as i keep forgetting when doing online booking when i go to lanes i always go to signs for high vechicles and coaches. I have Novitec 3 pcs split wheels and not wanting to scratch them i always go for higher and wider load coaches that way its better.