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  When should I have my Volvo C30 serviced? 15 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have been in France for the past six months and return to the UK in November. My Volvo C30, diesel, will have travelled 12,500 miles since its last service...
• Chevrolet Matiz (2005 - ) - 6 days in a Matiz - thank you Hertz! 17 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Booked a "small" car via the web for 6 days in France. Website suggested Fiat Panda or Peugeot 107 1.2 would be supplied. Either of those should suffice I figured, even though I had a 400km drive each way they should keep up with the traffic. Hertz gave me a Matiz 0.8... No other cars
• FIAT Multipla 1.6 petrol yr 2000 - Fan not working 21 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I have a Multipla 1.6 petrol yr 2000 which lives in France. Friend was going to take to airport for me to collect next weekend when i fly over but he noticed fan wasn't working and engine was getting hot so didn't use the car. Is this the thermostat? Or a switch or fuse. Any advice would
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  Creating a seen 29 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Does hi-vis clothing have to be a jacket with sleeves or is a waistcoat OK in France?
• Dordogne/Lot suggestions for hols 27 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I am starting to think about next year's summer holidays. Thinking of flying to Bordeaux or Tolouse and then hiring a car and travelling around the Dordogne or Lot valley areas of SW France (or both). It will be a four-week holiday starting 2nd week of July, mainly staying in hotels, or possibly
• Ferry prices 23 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Not been across to France since 2000. The ferry brochures show much evelvated prices on Y2K. Want to do South West England to say ST Malo or similar in N W France, returning 3 weeks later via Dover crossing with car and caravan, 2 adults, 3 children {5, 3 and 1} Anyone know the cheapest ferries
• Musings on motoring in France 15 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Having just returned from a very pleasant 10 days and 2700 miles throughout France, I thought I would share some thoughts and observations with you. Partly this is for those off abroad in the next few months, and partly as there's not much on at work.. Travelled out and back with P&O - still very
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  Personalised numberplate lost after accident in France 30 Dec 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst on holiday in France in July of this year, my Jeep was hit by an 80 year old Frenchman who failed to stop at a cross roads. The insurance company...
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  Please warn your readers about the new card-only toll booths in France. 14 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Bad news for visitors to France. The cash pay booths on the Autoroutes in Southern France have been replaced by ‘card only’ machines. The queues are horrendous!...
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  Should I change my Octavia estate now while interest rates are low? 14 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I presently drive a 2006 Octavia 2.0 TDI automatic estate. Generally I am very pleased with its performance and its load capacity ideally suits my requirements....
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  Warp speed 7 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased my 406 automatic, petrol engine, new in June 2000 from a main dealer in France. After about 6 months and coming down an incline on a Spanish...
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  Why were Skoda Assist so unhelpful when our Octavia broke down in France? 10 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Please could you inform your readers of an experience we had in May of this year when travelling in France with our 2-year-old Skoda Octavia 1.4TSI. About...
• Car rental advice sought (for UK and Europe) 23 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  We are a family of 3 intending to rent cars in the UK and France for a three week trip. We will need one for Wales, last week in May, to be rented in Cardiff and dropped off in Manchester. Then we're flying to Perpignan where the plan is to rent one for 2 1/2 weeks to look around the region
• LPG Problem - Rover 820 6 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  The LPG system on a friend's car decided to pack up at the weekend. The car is an "S" reg Rover 820 Auto, with (but don't quote me on this) a LaVorta? LPG conversion. The car was driven all the way from Oxfordshire to Dover and onto the Ferry to France with no problems whatsoever. However, upon
• Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing 21 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  an image of the damage: https://filebin.net/acdgcpvr5v9s7h5e/chomp.png?t=pqvtxeie i'm in France at the moment, so a brand of glue might also help me to avoid working out the French equivalent! Cheers
• n/a - Speed limits lowered in France - starts today. 3 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  Just a reminder that the speed limit on two-way roads without a central divider is reduced from 90 kph to 80 kph unless another posted limit applies....
• 1974 Peugeot J9 - Importing from South of France 22 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Can anyone give me advice on transporting my vehicle from Montpellier region to UK please? I have ony found one shipper who cannot do this for 6 weeks....
• Passat CCn Passat CC - Passat CC headlamp units 17 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Living in France I would like to buy a CC in UK and ship it over here, problem is that the headlamp units have to be altered to comply in France. When I moved here some years ago I brought my 406 with me but had to buy new headlamp units to comply with French norms, at considerable
• Any - Headlamps 15 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  I have read in this weekend's press that for France, headlamps have to be adjusted to the Right. In the old days, you could place beam adjusters over the lenses (where marked out on the lense) to deflect the dipped beam to the right.These days, there are no guide marks on the outer plastic
• Road safety, French-style 7 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Figures released yesterday reveal the number of deaths in road accidents in France during January was up nearly 14 per cent on the same month in 2006. This follows a year in which road deaths were said to have fallen. The explanation given in the French media is that people may be driving more