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• Skoda Fabia (2000 - 2007) - 02 1.4 Headlight masking 31 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  I have an 02 Reg Fabia 16v Elegance. I want to mask the headlights for a trip to France next week-end. The handbook says cover the area of the glass which is marked with diagonal hatching. The glass on the headlights of my vehicle does not have an hatching. Can anyone tell me which area should
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 03 2.0 HDI Exhaust prices? 2 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Travelling in France, I've had a problem with the exhaust on my 406 hdi. I need to get a new middle section and silencer, and a new back silencer and tail pipe. How much would this cost in the UK? I've been quoted E390 here - no real option but to pay it, but out of interest would like to know!
• Safety & road quality of Czech Rep & Poland 7 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Thinking of motoring in Europe this summer in the Boxster, has anyone got any experience of motoring in Poland & Czech Republic? I know Poland hasn't got many motorways but any further info is appreciated. I have experience of driving in Italy & France (where I think they're pretty dangerous
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 04 1.9 Changing dip beam to drive in Europe 18 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I'm going to France in a couple of weeks and want to know if I can easily adjust the headlights on my 2004 (old model) Passat TDi Sport Estate to dip correctly when I get there, or do I have to fit horrible sticky things to my headlights?
• 1997 Primera - overseas headlamp adjust? 5 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Hi Going over to France soon and this is the first time I've been in the Primera. I've never adjusted my headlamps before because I've never driven at night, but this time I need to. Do I just need to buy one of the convertor kits form somewhere like Halfords and how do I know where to stick
• Cars made in Japan? 26 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  I wonder how many Japanese cars are actually still made/assembled/manufactured in Japan! I won't be surprised if in few years time the term "Japanse reliability" will synonym like "French reliability". Honda - UK and China soon (Jazz) Toyota - France (Yaris) Suzuki - Hungary (Swift/Ignis) Mazda
• Speeding (mostly excl cameras) Vol 35 4 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, I was caught speeding in France over the week-end (140 km/h instead of 90 km/h). I was not stopped by the police, just got caught by a flash camera. Does anyone know what could that lead to? I know that a new legilslation will be enforced by 2007 but until then, what should I expect? Thanks
• Euro breakdown cover 28 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Can anyone recommend a Euro break down cover policy ? I have a pretty straighforward Vectra and am planning 8 days in France in July , if the difference is not too great I would consider annual cover . I've done some looking on the web already and discovered that fro what appears to be the same
• Foreigners 29 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Very sorry if this has been discussed before....... Do the drivers of foreign registered cars caught speeding by the UK revenue cameras receive a ticket back home in France or wherever ? Or can they belt around sticking up two fingers...so to speak. (Actually most of them that hit the motorway
• Alfa sportwagon - friend or foe? 23 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  After years of reliable Honda motoring I have a yen to be adventurous again and own an Alfa... I had a 33 1.7 sportwagon once and it was a hoot - but wasn't without frustration and grief. Now I'm too old for the f and g but I fancy a 156 sportwagon with the 5-cylinder diesel (I live in France
• Buying a car from Europe and shipping it 11 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I live in the US where any car of any worth drinks petrol like there's no tomorrow. I want to research buying a car from Europe, i.e. left hand drive, maybe Luxembourg, France or Germany, and shipping it to the USA. Does anyone know anything about this? I'm looking at a Diesel vehicle
• French Diesel Prices 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Just returned from 2 weeks in France and am totally confused as to their diesel pricing. Prices I saw ranged from 0.71 euro to o.89 euro per litre which is an amazing differance and what amazed me even more was seeing filling stations yards (sorry meters) apart selling diesel at widely differing
• Galaxy Cambelt Change 17 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  A colleague has an R reg Ford Galaxy with a 2.3 petrol engine. It has done 100k miles and he needs to know whether the cambelt should be changed before he goes to France on holiday. In a previous post HJ suggested that the cambelt is a chain - does this mean that a change is not required
• Bulk Diesel 23 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  A colleague has just told me there are companies just the other side of the channel who will deliver a bowser of diesel at French prices (currently about 30p a litre less than UK prices) to your home. The only condition is you have to go to France to order and pay for it and there's obviously
• french garages 22 May 2002 (Forum)
  - Is it be fair to assume that as every other car in france is a renault, then parts/labour would be cheaper.
• car import/export 4 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Does anyone have any experience of what is required to export a British registered car to mainland Europe (France)? I know that the V5 allows you to state that the vehicle has been exported and that seems a clear cut case as far as the DVLA are concerned. But what about on the Calais side
• Diesel Prices 9 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  to France next week, interesting to see if hypermarket prices there are still at the same 4.90 litre as in the summer.
• 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
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  Why does charging an EV have to be such a complicated process? 1 Nov 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a 2017 Nissan Leaf with a 30kW battery. I have been looking at recharging points across the country and in France but am now very confused...
• £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