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• Help! Service interval and petrol choice 26 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Just bought a Citroen C5 - 1.8 petrol. 1 year old, 11K miles. The issue is a general one though. The manual says 20K mile service is all that's required, but I only do 6K miles per year, most of it round town (plus an annual drive to the south of France). So my questions are; 1) Should I have
• Ford Focus wheel bearing problem 2 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  My car is a '99 Focus Estate Ghia 2.0L with 25k on the clock on a V-plate. Following a recent trip across France, I became aware of a noise from one of the rear wheels. Suspecting a wheel bearing fault I thought I would let it develop until I could be sure which side it was coming from. It soon
• Puncture repair techniques 7 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Previously posted, but it seemed to get lost amongst a log thread...any views please In France punctures are routinely repaired using the 'old' english method of just inserting a single loop of rubber from the outside of the tyre. ( This is at major tyre quick fit establishments as well as small
• A303 - European Superhighway? 30 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  Just had a poor journey to Basingstoke and back along the A303. Two points; 1.) If a road carrying this amount of traffic and also part of the Euro Network were in Spain/Portugal/France/Italy then I'm sure they would already have a 3-lane superhighway in state of the art tarmac - funded by the EU
• Range Rover 10 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  My parents have just been to France with ssome friends in a brand new Range Rover. While they were there the rear suspension collapsed, leaving them stranded. My folks came home by Eurostar but the people whose car it is decided to wait until it was fixed and drive it home (not sure what
• Peugeot Citroen in trouble 1 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  redundancies in France and Germany, something the French government is unlikely to let Peugeot family do in its home market.  Peugeot is reported to have sought finance for the business elsewhere, but a lack of willing bidders has forced it to turn to GM, which owns seven per cent
• Citroen C5 2.0 litre diesel HDi - Engine hunting 29 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  Any Help Please!! Apologies for a long entry but I wanted to give as much info as possible. I've had the C5 for 2 years. It's been a good car. In France this year, during a particularly hot spell, the engine suddenly started hunting. One second at walking pace then suddenly a great
• Romanian registered former UK cars 24 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  Travelling to France and back weekly via the ferries on the Dover Straits, I have noticed that recently there has been a surge of UK right hand drive cars coming to the UK with Romanian number plates. I am not sure why it is necessary to drive these cars all the way to Romania
• n/a - Expats using UK driving licence. 22 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  or not they have a UK address. Whether or not it is necessary to exchange the UK licence for the licence of the country where the expat is living depends on the law of that country. In France for example, it is not necessary to exchange the UK licence for a french one unless one commits a driving
• PURFLUX LS152B ALCO-810 - Oil filter size Purflux 7 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Hi All I have a problem to find the equivalent size oil filter for my Peugeot 504 ti 1978 Cab. Purflux stopped making the LS152B few years ago and finding one is nearly impossible. Apart few in France but they wont ship to the UK. So I tried to find the equivalent. Got
• Nissan Navara - The old Nissan Navara versus Hilus vs Isuzu debate 10 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  hello to all, first post on here and need some advice. Just had my Mistsubishi L200 54 plate written off due to a fire in the dashboard!. Upset as was great for what i needed and only had 31000k on the clock. Anyway, hoping the insurance pays out first and foremost as I was in France, another
• Vauxhall Zafira B - Useless tyre repair kit 12 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Having read HJ's experience with a puncture in his Mazda 6, I was reminded of my episode with "glop" and a compressor. My Zafira SRi came with stupid 225/40 18 tyres, no spare, but a can of "glop" and a compressor. I damaged a sidewall in France, and, of course, the "glop" had no chance
• Sheep Trailer - Replacing 155-400 Tyres On An Old Trailer. 18 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I live in France and have an old two-wheeled sheep trailer maximum weight 490kg which has size 155-400 tyres. The trailer is in good condition so I would like to keep it. This is an old size tyre and now hard to find and expensive to buy. So I think it maybe better to replace the wheels
• PEUGEOT 206 HDi - YEAR 2000 - FRONT END KNOCKING 13 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  is more pronounced now.   I drive a lot in France and their village & narrow country roads are very poorly maintained - someone said it's their version of "sleeping policemen" and speed control  Could well be right !! The knock is a series solid knocks. Could it be the top of the coil
• Hyundai Tucson 2005 CRTD CDX - Engine misfiring 9 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  I was driving in France recently and having refuelled I drove about 200 miles on the autoroute at about 80mph. on decellerating to enter services, the engine started to misfire and run rough. I stopped it and restarted with the same result and was evenyually towed off to a garage. The French
• Speed limit rising from 70-80mph 8 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  , they have the ability to stop a lot quicker and we are all used to having the amount of cars on the road that there is. -Interestingly, France and Luxembourg have weather dependent speed restrictions:-when it raining 110kph, when not, 130kph...And obviously there is Germany who don't have a speed
• Skoda Octavia - Variable Servicing / Oil change 6 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  annual service. Last service was April 09, next one due April 11 - we have a long trip to S of France this August. Q: Would it be wise to do a  National Tyres Castrol Edge oil change now (£31.50 and 507.00 spec) or would it void my Approved Used Skoda warranty? Or is it  really
• Motoring 'agony aunt' advice required 1 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  to marry, but apparently he thought it better that this fact was kept from me. Luckily, I am happily settled in France, 500 miles from any potential face-to-face embarrassment, so I don't feel the need to emigrate. But how will I keep a straight face if I ever see it? And what will I do if my friends find
• Renault Scenic (1999 - 2003) - 03 1.6 Is the alternator checked during servicing? 30 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  In May we had a major service (120,000 Kms - we live in France = 75,000miles), and at the same time, had our cam belt replaced - expensively. Last week, just 6,000 Kms later, the alternator pulley somehow stopped turning fully, shredded the V belt, which jammed the cam belt, resulting in bill
• Honda Accord UK (1993 - 1998) - 96 2.0 Tapping noise when accelerating 12 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  long motor way runs. My wife says it sounds like I'm running some great big sewing machine! Could it be the fuel - I have made several trips to France recently and have filled up with 95 E10 grade petrol. Most petrol stations now have only this grade and rumour has it that this new stuff can cause