Hi,i'm a new member from FRANCE.I'm waiting for my 2006 FORD F150 5.4l that i just bought in NEW JERSEY,unfortunatly there are not more than about 200(two hundred) FORD F150 in FRANCE (maybe less!!!).Except US cars fans,nobody knows this car, so i decided to find help for all my questions by subscribe your forum.Hope you can help me.Sorry if my English is not so good.Thanks.

 

Welcome, Glad to have you here!

You have certainly found the best and most up to date information on a F150, right here on the forum.

How long did they say it was going to take your truck to get to you?

Good Luck!

 

Thanks,the guy who bought it for me said it would arrive in ROTTERDAM(NETHERLANDS) at MAY 19th.I will probably have it here June 1st(i hope so) and then i'll have to wait round 1year to have the FRENCH certificate of title("CARTE GRISE" in French).Without that i can't drive it!!!!!I will post pics as soon as i got it believe me.

 

Welcome!

A F150 owner from France.

1 year to get it licensed for your business/company (grise carte) ?
That's a long time.

So, are you going to convert it to lpg/propane.
How much is gas in France? €1.50/litre?

 

Hi,yes i get 1 Liter for 1.52 euros!!!!!!!!

My truck arrives in ROTTERDAM just next to you.

No i don't think i'm gonna convert to LPG,the installation is to expensive(3800 euros)

I asked in the ENGINE forum section what kind of oil i can put in my truck because i can't find any 5w20 here in FRANCE.

could you send me this oil from NETHERLANDS?

Shipping costs are to expensive from the US.

 

Hi bast0325.
Nice to see more F150´s in the "neighborhood"!
I ran around the first year trying to find a way to get the right amounts of 5w20 oil. Finally drove a couple 100km to talk to a Ford dealer in Germany that is able to do warranty work on US vehicles and serviced them on a daily basis. I had a hole bunch of questions for the Meister and he took his time to give me advice. One of my main questions was about the engineoil. He ensured me that a fully synthetic 5w30 is absolutely OK for a long live of the 5.4 3V and that that is all they use on those (i think it was Helix). Since Ford still gives the full warranty i assume that the reason for them to require 5w20 is not due to wear and durability but more due to fuel efficency and pollution.
Well, ever since that i´m using Mobil1 5W30 and the engine runs and sounds just great.
André

 

Yeah, the conversion is expensive.
It depends how many kilometers you drive, I guess.
Propane is 65 eurocents per liter here.
Mileage on propane is a bit less than on gas also.

My truck runs on gas, it has never been converted to propane also.

About the oil, I think I have 10w40 in mine.
That shouldn't be a problem.
Ask your local european ford cardealer.
I will ask the guys here with the newer models what they are using.

 

Hi F150EUROPE,thr price i gave was for gas,not LPG.

LPG here costs about 0.80 per liter,but as you said conversion is too expensive for me

I would drive my truck week ends only.

 

Hallo AUTOBAHN,wo bist du von?

Ich bin aus STRASBOURG in FRANKREICH,30 km von BADEN-BADEN,ich kann ein wenig DEUTSCH schreiben aber leiter konnen die andere nicht lesen!!!!!

I think i will put 0w30 in my truck,that would be fine.

If you here about a meeting of AMERICAN CARS in GERMANY,please send ma an quote.Thanx.

 

Meine Frau und ich haben vor zwei Jahren ein Wochenende in Straßbourg verbracht. Da wohnst du aber in einer wunderschönen Stadt! Wir leben zwischen Koeln und Aachen.

I would reply in french, but since its 20 years ago that i had it in school, i better don´t even try . There is a quite big US Carscene in the area of Cologne and Aachen. Once i hear about some events i´ll let you know.
Hope waiting time is not getting to long for you, i remember i had to wait one week to get the truck registered and it must have been the longest seven days of my live...

 

Aachen and Cologne are not near the FRENCH border are they?

Yes,time is very long for me and once the car has arrived,the troubles are beginning for me.

It will take a verrrryyyy long time to get my car registred.

That' s the FRENCH administration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanx to let me know if there are some US-CAR TREFFEN,but i would not drive 400km to see them.

Bye,SEBASTIEN

 

Yes, I know.
Today's Shell gasprices

Euro 95 (which is 90 octane in the US) €1.619
Super 98 (which is 93 octane in the US) €1.704

Why does it take so long to register your truck.

 

It takes so long because FRENCH administration does not want people to buy cars in other countries as FRANCE.

I have to make tests like,brakes,pollution,muffler sound,lights,mirrors,etc....

For example,turning lights have to blink orange and not red!!!

All parts that are not C.E(communaute europeene) have to be changed!!!!

I need to add a rear fog light that turns off when activating front lights!!!!

I need to change all 4 tires if the C.E is not on it!!!!

Stuff like that!!!!
Same s*it if i buy a F150 in GERMANY,can you believe that???????

 

I saw an '02 or '03 supercrew with Austrian tags here in town yesterday...


I'm glad there are F-150's all over the place it's great to have the "import" for a change, sure sucks about the whole registration thing and light modifications i'd love to see some pics of your truck...

 

Aachen is near the Belgian / Netherland / German border like about 50kilometers