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• French buzz 2 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Go to France if you want a buzz in your fast car. According to this week's "Canard Enchaine", motorway police allow a leeway of 30 k.p.h. over the maximum speed (in good conditions) of 130 k.p.h. , plus another 10 k.p.h. to allow for radar inaccuracies. This makes about 106 m.p.h
• £465 fine plus confiscation re radar detector in F 4 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  from a letter to a British MEP: A British motorist driving in France was stopped on the A10 south of Poitiers, and told that he would be fined for possession of a radar detector, even though it was not switched on. If it had been, the fine would have been twice as great. It is not clear how
• LHD Fiesta size - Car for French holiday home, buy here or there? 7 May 2019 (Forum)
  Friend looking for £5k runabout to keep in France.  Buy left hooker here and pay ?lots to change number plate to a French one, or buy one from local garage there, where rumour has it they are more expensive?   Thinking of something like a Fiesta, Pug 206, Skoda Fabia, Hyundai i20
• xtrail - nissan xtrail 2018 diesel loud knocking 26 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  hi. i have a 2018 18 plate diesel manual. drove to southof france no problem. on the return  leg got to the channel tunnel switched engine off at passport control.......30 secs later turned engine on..Car made a horrendous very loud knocking. sounded likethe  big end had gone. however
• Ford Mercedes Vauxhall - Car Scrappage Scheme 15 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Interesteing article in the Sunday Times about a reader who has a 2002 Passat TDI with 180K miles which has taken him on holiday to France involving a 2000 mile trip, with no problems. Real trade in value £100 but the car has £76 of fuel in the tank. The reader has
• VW polo V - Headlight converters - help ! 17 May 2011 (Forum)
  I have a new polo with large plastic lensed h'lights which I want to take to France on holiday. With my old cars I just stuck some black tape on the lights over markings on the glass lenses. With this car there are no markings on the lenses and my vw garage advises fitting lense protectors
• Priorite a droite - what is the point? 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Just returned from a cracking trip to France on my motorbike. The roads/drivers were no problem , just could not get my head around 'priorite a droite' (hope I have spelt this correctly!) though, what is the point of this rule? I only ask as I cannot see why users of minor roads should have
• Missing number plate 15 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Just back from France and whilst waiting to board the ferry I noticed a German reg BMW with a missing front number plate. Went to speak to the driver and he was mortified, he had not noticed the loss and asked me if it was possible to get a replacement in England. At this point I was struggling
• Car Hire Excess Insurance - any recommendations 26 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I will be making several trips to France and Italy over the coming few months and am considering buying an annual car hire excess insurance policy. Internet quotes start at around £30 with most companies around the £40 mark. Does anyone have any particular recommendations? Has anyone had
• Speeding points 15 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  We all know t goes on - Someone else takes the points for a driver. Highly illegal and results in a very stiff sentences and fine if caught. Quite correctly to. If you do the crime take the pain. But Have you seen what happens in France and Spain. Thriving market in points being taken by other
• Boot Rack - Suggestions? 28 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, taking my missus away to France this June for 2 week hols. The Saab 9/3 convertible is roomy, however Missus T takes enough clothes and makeup for a whole year. I only take a toothbrush and my fold up bike. Suggestions please for a bootrack for the fold up? There is what appears
• Yorkshire to Dover Thursday evening/Frid 30 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, I am going to france on Friday Morning. Need to be in dover at 7am, so I thought a nice overnight run should avoid all the usual congestion. Then someone said something about the A2 being closed overnight ? Is there something I need to worry about or can I assume that setting off round
• best car for me 9 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  I'm 75, able and fit. Present car Shogun. What I need is some advice on what's the best car for me under £25000 new or second-hand, running costs not an issue. I live in rural North Norfolk and do about 12000 miles a year - occasional trips to South of France and Portugal, but mostly the longest
• Continental Breakdown Cover 12 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  deal with more realstic cover under this heading please please? I don't expect to go outside France/Switzerland/Italy.
• Child allowed in front seat? 9 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  - Does anyone know if under-12 year olds can travel in the front passenger seat of the car, in Germany? (Even with a child seat fitted and seatbelt on?) I don't think it's allowed in France, and I'm not sure about the UK any more? I'm going on a long run up to Denmark next week and am thinking
• Used Peugeot 407s - any feedback? 26 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  I'm not a Peugeot fan, but the 407 does stand out from the crowd. As a potential replacement for my Volvo S60, they look really good value at under £11k for a 54 plate 2.0 petrol. And living in France as I do, servicing must surely be cheap and easy to arrange? What's the catch?! Anyone out
• French diesel fuel 25 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  I am convinced that our Megane gives us about 4 to 5 mpg more when running on french diesel. In the UK I generally use BP or Texaco and average 50mpg. In France I fill up with whatever is convenient at the time at we seem to average 55mpg. Driving conditions are similar, length of journeys perhaps
• RDS car radio clock 1 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Can any of you well-informed guys help me out? On a day trip to France the other day the RDS clock on my radion automatically set itself to european time; but it has notably failed to re-set itself on return to the UK. The BBC web site SAYS that they broadcast a time signal on RDS, so why aren't I
• Highmileage better than low? 17 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  I am considering swapping my M reg Mondeo 1.8 TD estate 116,000 miles for my father's identical car but N reg and 76,000 miles. Most of my miles were done on the motorway in the first 2-3 years of its life. All my father's miles were done locally except for holidays in France towing a caravan
• Why am I paying for other people's pollution? 5 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  Recently the blockage  of the Suez Canal has been on the news. Dave Hinton, owner of a timber company in north-west England, said he had a consignment of French oak stuck on a ship. The oak had been sent from France for reprocessing