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  Does our Mercedes-Benz C220 diesel need a new DPF? 15 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  We have had a 2004 Mercedes-Benz C220 CDi automatic diesel in Spain for the last 10 years. All was fine until a week after its annual MOT last May, when...
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  I need a Green Card but my insurer won't send me one until my policy renews which will be too late? 27 Nov 2019 (Ask HJ)
  Two weeks before returning from Spain in April 2020 my Green Card expires. My insurance company will automatically renew my policy but l not my card. I...
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  Are runflat tyres just a ruse to relieve manufacturers of the cost of including a spare? 24 Aug 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I'm a bit suspicious of runflat tyres. What are the pros/cons of using them? Is it just a manufacturers' ruse to relieve them of the cost of including...
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  What cars can offer ease of entry and a large boot? 27 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  We have a Ford Focus Estate that enables us to carry a wheelchair and mobility scooter. We hired a Vauxhall Zafira in Spain last year and were impressed...
• Nissan Qashqai - Engine revved itself to death 31 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  Hi All, So.... Took our 57 plate, 2.0 diesel Qashqai on it's second trip to southern Spain. All was going well until day 2. I was on the motorway doing 75mph on cruise control when the road started up a steep section of motorway. All of a sudden the car started to speed up on its own. I turned
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  Kia Sportage - how often should I service it? 6 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a second hand kia Sportage 1.6 petrol in Spain and have been told by a Spanish kia dealer that the service is every two years or 30,000km....
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  Tyres perishing after being left in sun - can they be recovered? 11 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a BMW X5 in Spain that spends long periods sat in the sun. The car has completed 16,000km over the past four years and the tyres are cracking on...
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  Lost Accord 4 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 54-registered Honda Accord with built in Satnav. I travel to Spain, via France, every year and have found that the system does not take into account...
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  Rip off Britain? 11 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have just returned from Tenerife, a Spanish island in the Atlantic, miles from anywhere. Diesel fuel is 0.844 cents per litre or about £0.75 pence per...
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  Buying a left-hand drive car in the UK 5 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I am contacting u from South Africa and am due soon to go to the UK to buy a car. Im looking to buy a small RED convertible, four-seater automatic with...
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  Can I contest a bus lane penalty of 109 Euros issued whilst I was on holiday in Spain? 12 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  During a holiday in Italy in June 2009 it would appear I strayed into a bus lane, and have received a summons and a fine of 109 Euros. If I don't pay by...
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  Motor boater 18 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have recently bought a Left Hand Drive, (UK plates) FIAT Barchetta and am planning on driving it down to the coast of Spain and leaving it down there...
• Advice on a car for us! 30 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  With regrets, [don't ask!], after living for 7 years in Spain, we are probably returning to Britain in the fairly near future. Here, we have been happy with our Skoda Fabia 1.9tdi, which we bought new here in 2001. It performs very well and is reasonably economical, particularly as the price
• Am I being conned 14 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  I have put my grandmother's Clio up for sale on this site and on a couple of others and received an email during the night from someone purporting to be in Spain which reads: Hello,I am from Spain,i was going through the classified ads when i came accross your advert concerning your Renault
• Dying Mercedes Engine 29 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  I have a Mercedes 300CE 1992 (W124) which has done some 160,000 miles and runs very sweetly. However, over a period of a couple of years, the following problem has become more acute, to the point where it is completely repeatable, yet Mercedes dealers here (in Spain) have been unable to fathom
• cycle lanes 13 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  Just come back from a week's cruise to Spain and France and I was impressed with the way they have separate cycle and pedestrian lanes off the main roads. No making the roads narrower by painting a few lines but every one had their own dedicated lanes. I guess they have so much more space than
• Ford - 25% discount until 24-Jan-09... 24 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  "Ford Spain has announced that from Monday (today) it is offering a 25% discount on 6,000 of the estimated 25,000 cars it has in stock. All models will be available at the discount until January 24, with the exception of the new designs of the Ka, Fiesta and Kuga." Finally discounts that have
• Toyota RAV4 extended warranty 20 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  in Spain for six months. Is it really worth the cost?
• Exhange Rates £/Euro 7 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  As I know to my cost, (Living in Spain & with U.K. originating pensions paid in Euros) the current exchange rate is dreadful for buying euros with £s. All you folks intending to go the personal import route should keep an eye on F.Ex rates! There is a free exchange rate daily update, via e-mail
• Espace Diesel overheating 11 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  Our 2000 Renault Grand Espace 2.2 DCi started overheating and the engine cutting out in the Pyrenees last year. Garages in Spain and the UK failed to find any cause for this and the problem has increased, the final straw being the cutting out of the engine in slow traffic on Piccadilly! Any