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• Windscreen for Accord Diesel 13 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  I damaged the windscreen of my car when I was in France and RAC Windscreens are unable to repair the chip and so I'll need a new screen. However, before I bought the car I recall reading in one of the reviews that Honda had fitted a thicker windscreen to the diesel models in order to reduce engine
• Camper Vans 19 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  A colleague of mine is a mad keen cyclist and wants to watch the Tour de France at first hand. To do so you need to camp on the mountain halfway through a stage, so he wants a camper (doesnt fancy towing his caravan up the mountain). He has looked into renting a camper, but has been quoted £900
• Laptop holdal/mount for a car 26 May 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, Planning our summer holiday for the South of France, we have thought of taking the laptop with us so our daughter can watch some DVD films during the lengthy journey in the back of the car. The laptop is rather large for her lap (she's 6) so I wondered if there are any harnesses or mounts
• buying new, or second hand 22 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Living in Montpellier in France, i want to splash out soonish and get a reliable motor, something extremely economic and cheap to run. Diesel is a must. But want to avoid garrage bills and costly servicing. Was thinking either about a credit option or saving up and paying cash on a used
• Channel Robbers 24 May 2004 (Forum)
  Last year on 25th May I booked a crossing by Eurotunnel for the 27th May for a three day stay in France. It cost £59. I have just tried to do the same again for next week and received a quote of £173. Tried P&O, Seafrance and Speedferries. Cheapest was Speedferries at £140. I won't be going
• Fiesta 1.25 LX 1996 front suspension 25 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  78k miles, failed Mot on both front lower suspension arm rubbers 'split to excess'. I am told the bushes are not replaceable, replace whole arm only. How easy is this job? My Haynes manual is in France, and the MoT tester said it can be a little difficult, 'splitting and then lining up ball
• Refitting Golf exhaust to manifold 27 May 2003 (Forum)
  to put it back on (VW3049A). Living in France that tool will cost the value of the car or will be impossible to find. Any ideas / tips / tricks would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Steve
• Toyota Yaris Diahatsu YRV 7 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  to and from footie matches- I might even take it for a leisurly potter through France next year. I don't need a great car but just something that gets reliably from a to b with economy if little 'style'.
• Electric failure (temporary) Merc 11 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  I have 1998 C class Mercedes estate 1800, auto, which is great - except that while my wife was driving in France there was sudden electric failure covering windscreen cleaner, turn flashers, and door s were unlocked. A friend with an E class said a similar thing happened to him. With my own car
• Cavalier Success 13 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Just returned from a two week tour of France. For reasons too complicated to explain, we ended up taking my wife?s Cavalier (1994, 90K bought for £1,700 about a year ago). It gave faultless service, accommodated four adults and luggage with ease, was smooth and comfortable, had adequate
• Mitsubishi Outlander - VAG 2.0 engined outlander losing power 4 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  last week, halfway through France on our way to Charente and the wife's Outlander lost power on an incline, it lost speed and would have come to a complete halt had I not turned off and on again, at which point it recovered. In in my attempts I also placed in neutral and blipped the throttle
• Anyone been successful in the small claims court? 7 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  it for an imminent family trip to south of france & made this clear to the dealer. He said this was the car to get us there and back! At the time of sale he kept telling me not to use the overdrive button (automatic tranmission) as it would damage the gearbox but having since spoken to Toyota they have said
• Peugeot 607 (2000 - ) - 2002 2.0 hdi Turbo boost coming in late 12 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  preasure sensor so we changed it out. Still no joy. We then stripped the car down and adusted the waste gate on the turbo ( the car had a new turbo fitted by pug in france and the gate was at it lowest point so we adusted it by about 10 mm to the line on the threads where we could see it had been
• Technological `facilitators`and continental travel 7 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  . But not that long ago you set off and were on your own, relying on public call boxes, even with a breakdown having to find a phone to ring the breakdown organisation. Some memories of navigating in and out of Barcelona by observing the position of the Sun. Then across France, Belgium and Germany on a bike
• UK car market and tax changes 10 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  and if required residents permits rated quite exponentially on CO2 emissions can you see the market moving more to what used to happen in France that effectively a car with much more than a 2.0ltr engine was very rare indeed. Will many more people will be driving the smallest engine in a car with economy
• Nissan Terrano Clutch Slipping 22 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Hi folks, Has anyone any suggestions for clutch slip on a Terrano II 2.7TDi. Car was bought online form UK company (found out it was built in France for sale in Cyprus). It's a 53 plate with 24K miles. Symptom is clutch slips (4th / 5th gear after around 2000 - 2200RPM with foot to the floor
• Benefits of Optimax... 28 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Morning all, I've just got back from a long driving weekend through France, where, in my wisdom, I decided to buy some petrol before I left (ferry was getting in at 7am - I just wanted to drive when I was there and not spend/waste time looking for a garage). I therefore went to the nearest Shell
• Une carte postale 1 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  are in La Belle France. Boxy and inelegant, with a behind like a fishwife, but unmistakeably French, French, French. The Kangoo - such a practical motor, no doubt with roots in the 2CV van. But in style? - unmistakeably French - and noticeably unpopular on British roads. The baguette, delivered
• SUVs Public enemy No 1? 31 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  France has had the guts to crack down on SUV drivers. Why doesn’t Britain
• n/a - Border crossings within the EU 30 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  In these post-Brexit times, are there any restrictions/queues for UK cars criss-crossing borders between EU countries, unlike the unhindered pre-Brexit times?  I'm shortly doing a driving holiday which will involve France as my point of entry to the EU (where I would expect a degree