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• Ford Focus - ESP System Fault 3 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Help Live in France and have a 4 year old Focus Ghia 2 Litre TDCI. When it was 3 years old the ESP System Fault sign came up. Knowing nothing at all about cars, went straight to the Ford Garage that services the car to be told that the part alone was 1700 Euros - they told me to write
• Toyota/RAV4 - European Insurance 15 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  I live,for most of the year, in Gozo,Malta. I own a house in the UK. I have just bought a 2007 RAV4 which is registered in Malta and I want to drive it back to the UK via Italy and France and stay for 3 months - to sort out some family matters, driving back to Malta in March 2011
• Vauxhall Zafira - vauxhall zafira is the 1.7d a reliable engine 13 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  I own a vauxhall zafira diesel with the 1.9 150bhp engine. During my summer holiday in france the bearing in the water pump seized causing the engine to seize. The engine has been repaired by vauxhall under warranty as my car is 2 years old with 30,000 miles on the clock. The engine required
• Honda Accord Tourer - Automatic Transmission Fluid 12 May 2010 (Forum)
  the car for as long as possible so am wondering if changing the ATF every 2 years is ok (my annual milage is circa 15,000). Also I annually tow a camping trailer (weight of 280 kg) to the west coast of France (from West Yorkshire) - is this an issue with this auto box ? Should I go
• Nissan xtrail 2.2 di? 2003 - Rattling under load? 11 Apr 2010 (Forum)
   or smoke anymore than normal. I am a bit worried it may be the timing chain,could this cause the above problem. We have a trip to France planned and i am getting a bit concerned. Don't really want to take it into my local Nissan dealer due to compleatly losing faith in them
• Most common tyre sizes 21 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  to country - so what about comparative lists for 5 or 10 years ago, and for, say, the USA, Germany, and France?
• Honda Legend (2006 - ) - Suggestions for a car to spoil myself with 30 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  it. I drive 20 miles each day to work through city traffic and have the occasional long drive to France on holiday. My insurance is really low and I don't really car about road tax etc. I seem to be favouring the Honda Legend but am easily swayed by suggestions. I would be really grateful for any
• Classic Gear programme 3 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  of interest despite driving an Aston Martin DB5 on winding mountain roads in the south of France - this culminated in her having a 'race' with a DBS which seemed to be run at about 50 mph with fast editing used to make it seem quicker. Most of the rest of the hour-long programme was taken up with repeated
• New long term car 7 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I've just returned from living in France where I've been running an Opel Omega 2.5 diesel for the last 8 years - it's been stunningly reliable - over 300k km with only oil and filters (lots of them). I'm going to be doing something like 600 miles/week so will need something comfortable yet
• DIY- Interest, Summer Servicing completed (you?) 16 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  with no time constraints on the job. Must have saved quite a bit in labour, servicing and repairs on our cars so far this year, which will pay for the hotels and meals in France later. But its not that really, more the enjoyment of doing it and knowing its been done thoroughly. If you are into DIY, how
• Cling film the car? 18 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  OK , maybe one of my more silly ideas. Shortly going to be driving to South of France and back, a distance of several thousand miles. Now I see advertised in car magazines, "clear shields" for exotic cars that are transparent, look just like a sheet of cling film (obviously thicker and stronger
• Almost 80mpg, getting nearer as engine loosens 22 May 2008 (Forum)
  miles to the East coast. Went to France last week ( drivng for speed and not economy) and covered 800+ miles at just under an indicated 80MPH and obtained 61.6mpg. The Multijet engine in the Mk2b van is nicely loosened up at 20,000 and is getting better all the time on fuel consumption. Because of its
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2002 - 2007) - Rear bumper damage 17 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I have over the last year put a couple of deepish gouges on the rear bumber taking things out due to the low bumper on the car but i have just come back from France and somene has put a 12" scratch down the side of my rear bumper,but to cap it all i have reversed into a sign today and scratched all
• 2 things, Insurance and Sat Nav 7 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  -) Also thinking of buying a sat nav, do not want to spend a fortune as I do about 7K private and about 3K work miles. Really wanted as the missus and kids are of to the South of France for the summer and has said she wold like to travel around a bit so has suggested SatNav, any recommendations
• Accord Diesel Service 17 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  journeys, mainly to France each year. I won't use the car for just a couple of miles. Should I pay extra for an emissions service and a brake check with the wheels removed?
• Car "searched" before boarding ferry 13 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Went over to France two days ago from Poole. After checking in and before loading all cars were stopped and searched by Securitas badged staff, ostensiby for weapons. The old boy who "did" me couldn't have found a can of beans in Tesco. Didn't look under the car (no mirrors etc), didn't check
• UK Roadworks and Speed Restrictions 30 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I have just returned from an epic 2,200 mile tour of Southern France, Andorra and part of Spain. In all this mileage I saw virtually NO roadworks (other than some minor streetworks in Calais town centre). This begs the question, how can the continentals do such a good job of making their arterial
• Thinking of Changing My Car 7 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  . The electric tailgate is still giving problems and it's a day's journey to take it to the dealer - that's a slight exaggeration - but dealers are few and far apart. In France it's 45 miles to the nearest Honda dealer. Granted, the problems have not been major, but they are niggly. Coupled
• Boulogne 5 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Off to the sun soon on the 'vomit comet' as some have called the speedferries super cat - but hell I travel well and how sick can a wife get in 45 minutes? I've not been to Boulogne before so any tips welcome. I have been driving in France for 20 odd years so I don't need the sort of 'Don't forget
• What do we import from Latvia?? 24 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Odd question I know but went to Belgium/France this weekend to stock up on cigars and wine and on the way back there were an inredible number of foreign trucks on the motorway. In fact from M25/M1 junction today we got to Milton Keynes before we spotted an English truck (McFarlane of Leeds) among