Life / Car test..The Polish equivalent of the MOT [36]

Fair point really, I suppose its in the UK where new cars get abused company cars, and leased cars in general.

Life / Car test..The Polish equivalent of the MOT [36]

I always thought cars due there first MOT often needed loads doing to them as they often havent been looked at for the first 3 years?

Life / Car test..The Polish equivalent of the MOT [36]

that explains why there are so many wrecks on the road, I know for a fact our maluch wouldn't pass a UK MOT,

Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]


If you can already drive then passing the test in the uk should be easy for you and take a matter of weeks, do your theory which is easy and then do a weeks intensive course which you should pass,

sorry our laws don't allow you to drive on a provisional in europe but you can see it makes sense.

Although the oz way does seem to be quite a good way, do you have to take a test or can you just jump in a skyline attach the p plates and go for it?

Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]

Fill up with fuel before you get on the boat as fuel on the continent is expensive, make sure your tyres have more than 5mm of tread all round and are matching brands and type, (legal requirement in ze fazzerland) From calais to the polish border should take around 9 hours maximum, if you do it overnight. Try to travel through germany on a sunday as there are no lorries on sundays.

Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]

In Japan its fashionable to have a LHD although they drive on the same side of the road as us for some strange reason,

Imported cars normally come with full service history and a "JUMVEA" certificate which certifies the mileage. Its also illegal over there to rebuild write offs etc. When you look at cars from japanese dealers they measure the condition on a scale of 1 - 4 4 being the best and 1 being needs work on the panels anything with structural damage has to be crushed by law (maybe the poles should take note)

I would be more than happy to help you source something from wherever I can find one as i'm sure we can find something.

As for the Gieldas i had the same sort of feeling, When spending £1000 on a car history doesn't matter too much but any more than that i would always demand service history.

Personally i wouldn't touch anything for sale inside Poland as the majority are in some way dodgy.

UK, Ireland / Cheap calls to the UK from Poland [30]

I swear by vonage as you get a proper phone and the computer doesn't have to be on to recieve calls,

Law / CHINESE TO BUILD POLISH ROADS.... [92]

I reckon even the chinese would do a better job of building the roads than the Poles, They couldn't even manage to get that little stretch of autostrada right between nowy tomysl and Poznan and now it has to be rebuilt.

It seems that the people who work on the roads don't give a **** what the finished product looks like and the companies that oversee these projects are riddled with corruption which doesn't make for a good finished product,

they should get the japanese in to build the roads, If they can renew an entire motorway overnight after an earthquake they should be able to build the entire motorway network here in lets say, a month?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Polish people are extremely rude especially females who seem to think they are better than everyone else and seem to have got it into their heads that they are all highly attractive when this clearly isn't the case. Educated blokes seem to be fairly civil and happy to help but the ones who are thick are just khunts.

Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]

@jedi

I've been to Poznan auto gielda a few times and the pricing people put on their cars is very optimistic, I personally wouldn't dream of buying a car here in PL as the regulations governing the practice of rebuilding wrecks are somewhat none existent.

A good source of LHD cars is tradecarview.com its buying direct from Japan I used to do it with skylines and imprezas back in the day when they were popular and the stuff from japan is always very low mileage and maintained very well due to their strict emissions laws and their version if the MOT (shaken test)

Shipping from JP to a UK port is usually about £300 per unit. If you need any help i would be happy to help.

Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]

Finland has the right idea, they teach you how to drive properly ie, correcting slides, power sliding, snow driving, its similar to rallying lessons, This produces good drivers who are able to cope with whatever happens which is necessary when on the road as things can go wrong and drivers should know how to correct it. It has long been my belief that skid pan training and a few laps of a track should be incorporated into driving lessons to prove you are a compentent driver.

Look at Polish drivers for example, they seem to have no idea about road position and how to take a corner effectively ie braking before you enter and powering on as you exitto keep the rear wheels in check (RWD only)

My instructor explained to me that a car is like a piece of string and you should aim to keep it tight at all times to maintain the best traction.

Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]


Theyre trying this in the UK but when its cheaper to drive a v8 bmw from one place to another as opposed to taking the train their plans are somewhat flawed. Also where I live there are 2 buses a week to the nearest town, + public transport is dirty, smelly, unreliable, slow and usually packed full of peasants and therefore unless public transport can provide me with the same level of comfort and convenience as my car its not a viable alternative.

The day they can provide me with a bus or train which leaves from my driveway as and when i want it to and takes me directly to my destination for the time I want to be there surrounded by leather and wood with the music of my choice playing and the air conditioning set at the temperature i want for the same price or less than it costs me to drive i'll start using it, Until then no chance

Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]


I normally assume the autobahn starts in Holland and open the taps when I leave Belgium and proceed at full tilt through holland and ze fazzerland, Never been caught and at night the roads are usually lovely and empty. 70 kph is far too slow, The BMW would produce higher emmisions at this speed as it would select 3rd or 4th and keep the engine at high revs whereas at 100 mph it would be ticking over at about 2000 rpm and using less fuel. seems a crazy bit of legislation.

Speed doesn't kill, its becoming stationary suddenly, thats what kills you :)

Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]


Inferior? British drivers are among the safest and most courteous in Europe,

Driving on a british motorway during the week the whole thing works like a well oiled machine and you can predict what other drivers are going to do, when somebody has overtaken they usually pull straight back in using indicators to show their intent.

I know that our testing system is quite barbaric but it seems to produce drivers who know how do drive (well the basics, clutch brake etc) whereas in Poland Most people who have passed their test are useless and can't even use a clutch correctly.

On the other hand UK speed limits are far too low as they were devised when cars were built out of wood with wire wheels, drum brakes and cart springs for suspension and therefore 70 mph wasn't that easilly attainable. Nowadays a modern car can stop from 140 - 150 mph as effectively as a 30 - 40 year old car could stop from 60 and as technology advances so should the speed limits. I think we need a minimum speed limit of 70 mph and a maximium of 125 mph as its actually nearly impossible to find a car that won't do 100 mph nowadays

zero tolerance on alcohol too, and fit every car with a breathalyser linked to the immobiliser making drink driving impossible.

Food / Can you do online food shopping in Poland? Supermarkets. [42]

Nothing wrong with the Maluch :(

Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]

Fair comment, I drive back to the UK on business quite regularly so its never been too much of an issue, They really need to introduce a europe wide technical inspection which can be done anywhere,

Gone are the days when you could just call your friendly MOT inspector and ask him to post you a ticket too,

I know some insurers who will insure your car without a UK MOT provided that it has an overseas one, ie french, spanish etc, It won't be legal in the UK but you can always book it in for an MOT at dover should you wish to use it in the UK,

failing that would you be selling your BMW?

Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]


Yeah its a RHD Uk car, I've got the knack of driving them on the right now, I actually prefer driving a rhd on the left,

My Polish quote was for the suburbs of poznan, a pretty good area but was still way too much,

News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]

Still can't beat the malluch :), however this thing does look rather cool,

Does anyone else know that Poland was responsible for the first version of the renault twingo? A friend showed me a video of polish prototypes and some where quite impressive.

Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]


Pretty much yes, Bude in North Cornwall, Car was kept in a garage, I have had my own policy since i was 17 and managed to get 7 years no claims,

Just had a pretty good quote on a 99 jaguar xj8 i'm thinking about buying at £234 full comp for both me and my GF with up to 180 days per trip out of the UK green card allowance.

I think the postcode area EX23 is one of the lowest insurance band areas in the UK as my insurance has always been really cheap compared to my friends who lived in plymouth etc.

News / RHD cars in Poland - my campaign to change the rules in Poland [128]

I'm going to register a load of cars in PL just because i can :)

How can they say that a rhd car with uk MOT is unsafe just because the wheel is on the right when most poles continue to drive utter wrecks around badly?

The fact my Malluch has a valid technical inspection is case in point when my pristine BMW with the correct lights etc wouldn't have passed, utterly ridiculous

News / RHD cars in Poland - my campaign to change the rules in Poland [128]

driving on the left is safer in any case, damn Napoleon with his left handedness

Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]

Insurance is much cheaper in the UK, On my 7 series i was paying less than £300 a year, with a polish insurer they wanted 3500 pln for third party,

Theres quite a few uk insurers who do the yearly green card now which makes things much easier.

I drive back to the UK regularly anyway so igetting an MOT isn't so much of an issue also taxing can be done online so its only really the MOT,

Life / Prices of cars in Poland? [88]

buy in the uk and put up with having the wheel on the right, its fine really

Law / The Euro, is it a good idea for Poland? [66]

if Poland join the Euro I would have to go home :( My income is in sterling

News / RHD cars in Poland - my campaign to change the rules in Poland [128]

I will happilly support your case. Its about time Poland got rid of these stupid laws, I personally don't feel safe driving a LHD car as its just not natural, changing gear with your right hand ffs whats that all about.

Aren't poland breaking some sort of eu directive by not letting people register their rhd car here? I've seen a few registered but they were more specilist cars ie the poznan drift team have a fleet of orange nissan 200's which are rhd and on polish plates and also an old london cab.

About time this was sorted, expect my fax.

Classifieds / Maluch restoration party in Poznan with beer [21]

I love parts of that orange one, the wheels look ace as do the 80's style rear window slats,

Classifieds / Maluch restoration party in Poznan with beer [21]


The paintwork is staying standard for the time being as its pretty much perfect with the exception of the bonnet (carbon skin perhaps?)

Regarding the suspension, I think this will need to be totally replaced as there are no anti roll bars and it looks like a cross between a torsion bar and a mcpherson strut, Something i've never seen before although avo do an uprated kit for £92 posted, (nearly what i paid for the car).

Looking at the brakes these can be easily uprated to items from the uno in order to beef them up a little bit.

I've got loads of random bits back in the UK from my old drift car, bucket seats, wheels, steering wheel and some random trick bits which i'll bring back when i collect my sensible car from the uk,

I'll be taking the bumpers off tomorrow evening to check for rust and I also think they look much better de bumpered as the 80's massive plastic things ruin the overall look so i'll see what condition the body is in behind them, Also the door bump strips are looking a little worse for wear so they'll be going too.

thats just a quick pic of the difference a bit of g3 makes :)

Life / Cost of converting cars in Poland to left-hand drive [58]

If there is no LHD alternative then you can register the car in Poland, I've seen a few rhd JDM skylines on Polish plates so you shouldn't have a problem, Make sure you buy a JDM special edition so that you can prove theres no lhd alternative.

With something like a lancer it would probably be very difficult to convert as the bulkhead will be specifically for a rhd model and unless you fancy cutting and chopping a fine car up then it would be worth keeping it rhd

[quote=inkrakow]I've just been told by my insurer who I have a long-term European policy with (I can stay outside the UK all year) that they accept Polish przeglądy, so I no longer need to go back just for the MOT!/quote]

Who are you insured with, please tell :)

Classifieds / Maluch restoration party in Poznan with beer [21]


Engine won't be for a while, but will start making preparations soon, Its something i've wanted to do for ages as I think it would be amazing fun,

it seems to have polished up nice tonight so will post some pictures tomorrow,

this is my ultimate plan to have one like this :)

Classifieds / Maluch restoration party in Poznan with beer [21]

Sure,

here she is in her current glory,

maluch poland

Will have some more later today after a good t cut and polish