I've got the KPH display on the speedo, but by changing the settings in MaxiDot, the cruise control can be set in KPH.  If you don't change it, you'll have to convert KPH to MPH each time to correctly set your speed.  Some are easy to convert, such as 50 KPH is 30 MPH, but others such as 40 or 70 KPH are not equal to a round figure in MPH.

2 minutes ago, Cmonty said:

 

My wife is French so she only thinks in KM.. whereas i'm still stuck in miles. I'll be able to do the conversion easily enough too, but the kids just want to know how long it will take 

 

I'm in the same position as my wife's Russian (she's totally anti-Putin and fully supports Ukraine) and we're visiting her family and friends at the moment.  We've visited her aunt in Belarus previously, but there's no chance of going there this year.  In the UK, I keep on having to convert distances to kilometres for her.  It keeps my brain active, I suppose!

Thats a really good shout.. thanks Penpusher. Its funny how many of the small things you take for granted.

Regarding the cost of the carte grise which can be crippling for a vehicle with a high CO2 rating (its actually rated by some archaic fiscal horsepower rating) if you wait till the vehicle is 5 years old (from initial registration) then the taxes come down considerably, my Yeti was 4 years old but they dragged their heels so long with the registration that I ended up saving a fortune!

Yeah, I was reading about the carte grise, control technique, pollution tax and all that tax stuff - i'm going to delegate that as I feel it needs a french speaker/reader  . car is now just over 5yrs old so hopefully it should be cheap enough.

 

i'll keep a record of anything that is needing to be done and by who, and post back when its all completed in case it helps someone else in the future.. exciting times.. one-way flight booked for the 21st August.. 

Bon Voyage!