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• GB sticker on number plate 7 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  (Driving in France) The rear number plate on my car has the usual small blue GB band on the left hand side, but the front one has nothing at all. Having noticed that all other cars with these have them on the rear AND front, I'm wondering if I'm required to stick one on the front plate too
• Mazda radios 14 May 2007 (Forum)
  is disconnected (which will happen sooner or later in any vehicle's life) the radio becomes locked up with an UNKNOWN security code. Mazda France have confirmed this and the only known solution is to ...fit a new radio!!!
• Renault sales slump! 25 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I read an article in the paper here in France today: total sales of Renault cars for the period January-July 2006 are down by more than 11%. In the same period, UK sales of Renault cars fell by a staggering 23.7% over the previous year! They are blaming it on an ageing product range
• Citroen 02 Xsara LS 9 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Just bought a xsara estate and am wondering why the speedo dial is so dim. I have adjusted the brightness to max as per handbook yet I still cannot see the red KPH dial. As I use the car in France a lot this is a bit of a drawback. Has a bulb blown? (the dial does light up though) Has a bulb
• Snowchains 31 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I'm off on a skiing trip to France at the end of Jan and will be taking my car for the first time. I drive a 2004 Alhambra TDi. Can anyone recommend the best snowchans to use and where I might get them? I don't want to spend a fortune and in fact will be saying goodbye to the car within a fortnight
• KIA Rio 28 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  with other makers? Do they have a presence in France? Nearest garages are all significant journeys (despite living in Home Counties North), so any problems would not be just an inconvenience. -- pmh (was peter)
• Need to remove 'car sick'!!!!! 22 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Help, Back in August during our trip to the South of France, my daughter was sick in the car. I thought I'd managed to clean it up, but noticed at the weekend (during a hoovering stint) that there is still evidence of the event. The car is a new avensis with the black cloth interior
• Citroen C5 Abroad 22 May 2005 (Forum)
  I have 1 year old Citroen C5 which I think is blinding value for money. However it is equiped with factory fitted Xenon headlights and Citroen have no way of modifying them for use on holiday in Right Hand Drive Countries i.e. France! They tell me that you should not use stck on converters or even
• Badge thieves 23 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  - Woken up this morning to find that some urchin has pinched the Volvo logo from the grille of my S60. I thought this little game had died out about 12 years ago? Or is it in vogue again? The again, I am in France, maybe "fashion" takes longer to reach here... I s'pose the Volvo dealer
• Radar detectors abroad. 22 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  I don't have a radar detector myself - those who know me know I drive like a priest. However I do know that they're illegal in most of europe. If you use one and venture abroad, remember this: in France this morning someone I know has been fined 750 euros for having one. Yes, you read right: seven
• Foreign Servicing 31 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  As mentioned in my other thread (help with route planning) I am going to France for a weeks holiday, driving my Scenic dci. I have just realised that I will hit the 18,000 miles for its first service whilst I am there. I know buying cars is cheaper abroad, but has anyone any experience on whether I
• Any Transit experts out there? 24 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Going to see a transit minibus 2.0 petrol A reg 1985 in the morning - is there anything I should look for aprt from the usual.It passed its MOT in Dec and has four months tax. I'm trying to buy it for £200 (advertised for £500)to deliver a load of stuff to SW France where, after its last grand
• 1999 golf tdi engine probs 6 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I have a 1999 golf tdi import- engine gone- french dealer trying to wrangle out of any responsibility- have full vw service history- can anyone help? Sold me extended VW guarantee in france, which apparantly they had no right to do-VW said this. I am due on a holiday of a lifetime to Australia next
• Green Cards 18 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  of languages, were sufficient. I believe the police in France, at least, will not recognise these. What exactly is the correct practice? Can I insist on a green card? Has any contributor had a problem over this while on the Continent?
• Which part of the country do we live in? 14 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  in France). And of course don't answer this at all if you'd prefer not to. I'm in rural north Dorset, a mile from the Somerset border, in a village between Gillingham and Wincanton.
• Death of diesel cars 12 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  Sorry if this has been discussed before. Recent news is that the mayor of Paris, along with our own Boris intend to ban all diesel cars in Paris and London by 2020. The french premier has also gone on record to phase out diesel across all of France, the home of cheap diesel where 80% of drivers
• Mainly Japanese - World's worst car names 14 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  =7803619&subsectionname=worstevercarnames My favourites:- Suzuki Afternoon Tea - perfect for little old ladies in England or the Mini After Eight for little old English ladies in France Gaylord Gladiator Daihatsu Charade Social Pose 1998 - the very last car you'd use for posing
• French Autoroute Breakdown 11 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  where their own breakdown insurers could assist. Having driven through France regularly for the last 20 something years, there's something I didn't know... sounds like I need to carry a breakdown fund of 150 notes!
• Preparing For a Continental Trip 27 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Got the fluorescent jackets, bulb kit, fire extinguisher, documentation and warning triangle tucked away in the Hyundai coupe ready for my trip to Spain and France. What are the latest thoughts about headlights? I've set them to the lowest position in years past and sometimes used duck tape (after
• Why there is no British automotive manufacturer? 1 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  countries like Germany, USA, Czech Rep, Spain, France, Japan etc. can all successfully run their own automotive business. So, what's been fundamentally wrong in Britain?