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• New car advice - downsizing 6 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  for the bi-annual run down to the South of France, and public transport where we live is both cheap and good quality. Has to be automatic, hybrid not necessary, but would consider one. Needs to be a bit pokey - recognising that this is somewhat open to interpretation, but for arguments sake
• Any - Driving in EU after lockdown, great news today! 26 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  in France later in the summer! Will still need the Green Card, and no indication whether in duplicate for Switzerland as used to be the case before we joined the EEC See links below  https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1355823094657675265?s=20 After Covid lockdown, Brits
• VW T Cross - Exporting a family car from NL to the UK 9 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  - but they wont give me this certificate.  God knows what the implications of that are. What worries me is whether I can drive it through France and the UK.  Obviously it isn't registered in the UK currently. If anyone has any experience of this situation some advice would
• Audi A4 3.0Tdi v6 s-tronic auto quattro jul-2012 - Audi A4 auto idling at only 590rpm 9 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  times and even Audi France took control of the calculator 'at distance' but have so far been unable to improve things. They apparently had trouble getting into the calculator for some reason. The garage even told me "there is no solution" but I don't believe that and I'm concerned that I am
• Audi A4 3.0 Tdi V6 Quattro July 2012, 28000 miles - S tronic problem 25 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  : At constant 80 mph on the motorway (in France!) the box becomes immediately noisy (boomy, which can seem to ring around the cabin of the car), and with the additional noise comes additional vibration (through the floor?) and trembling of the horizontal part of the driver's seat
• to be decided... - What car to replace loyal SAAB 9-3 18 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  We have a 18 year old saab 9-3 which we have had since nearly new. At some stage it will need to be replaced but we are struggling to decide what to buy. We have 2 young children to accommodate, do ~6k miles a year including a couple of trips to France to visit grandparents, my preference
• VW Golf - 1.4 TSI engine reliability 30 May 2014 (Forum)
  I am looking to change my Ford Focus turbo diesel.   I now only do 10K miles pa with lots of short runs and need a small car for day to day use but which is large enough and powerful enough for comfortable holiday touring in France.   Having read all Honest John's warnings
• Speedometer error 26 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  My C5 speedometer shows 7 miles below real speed since I had the cambelt changed in October last year. 3 GPS systems agree with actual speed and radars that show your speed too. I recently made a long trip through France were before the sped cameras they had radars that advise your actual speed
• Car Delivery waiting times 2 May 2012 (Forum)
  delays (also bullocks). I am getting suspicious, espicially because they havent yet sent over the "carte gris" the ownership papers in France, which I need for the auto insurence. they also refuse to give me a date for delievery. So am I just impatient, or does this sound like a snow job
• Peugeot 307 SW - Starting problem 15 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  somewhere. I have taken the car back to Peugeot who have run a diagnostic and the want me to spend Euros (i live in France) 850 for a new battery (even though I have already just done this) and an Vanne EGA (some sort of valve?), I don't believe they have found the problem as it is so intermittent and I
• Any vehicle - Online tyre retailers .... winter tyres! 4 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  Been searching for winter tyres - existing tyres need replacing anyway and after last winter seems to be a sensible idea. Also will make me legal when I visit France / Switzerland in January. UK channels have limited choice / stocks so I've looked at some euro sources - priced
• Buying winter tyres - online or otherwise 12 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  . Second choice would be to buy winter tires....but these seem to be impossible to find in the UK at the moment. Someone suggested to me that there are websites in France and Germany where you can order online and have them shipped to a local UK fitter. I tried using mytyres.co.uk (Germany-based
• Speeding punishments 18 May 2009 (Forum)
  mph day and night except on unlit sections at night or in poor visibility (similar to in France). Over to all you BR's .............
• What`s your risk assessment on breakdown? 12 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  anyone done a risk assessment on their current car? the outcome perhaps being a relatively cheap part or two carried, that could then be made available to the breakdown service if a weekend breakdown occurs. (I`m thinking of France for example) Regards
• 1st baby on the way, £3.5k to spend - suggestions? 31 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  not go a miss as we will be living out in the Scottish countryside, but not that bothered. The in laws have retired to the south of France - we're in Aberdeen, so a car that could handle THAT journey would be great - but to be honest it might be just way too far to drive. So far I have been looking
• Diesel waxing 14 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Last week I travelled back from southern France to the UK by way of Belgium. When I set off, my vehicle (a 2.5 DI Transit) had a full fuel tank and the weather had been hot and sunny for several weeks, with temperatures in the mid-to-high 20's. When I got to Belgium, near Bastogne in fact, the air
• Carbon Taxes 7 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  to my hotel. or 2. Drive B to Channel, ferry across either to France or North Spain, drive from Calais or Bilbao to M. Apart from the 4 days travel involved in the drive my guess is that flying is way better for the b***** environment than driving my car!
• Petrol, diesel and beer 24 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Having cut the grass I sat down last night to watch the France v Togo match with a couple of tins, this got me thinking. Unleaded is around 95p a litre, I reckon the little Honda used around 20p worth to cut the lawns Diesel is £1.00/ltr on which the Mondeo will take the family, I and a load
• New Focus tdci 90 - underpowered??? 30 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  their first service after being bought. I was just wondering if this car feels underpowered, it having the smallest power output on the new Focus diesel range??? Any experiences??? This centre is in Grenoble, France. You often see good deals on good cars in which the French have little interest, e.g. Fords
• Bad Cars or Urban Myths? 13 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  On holiday in France,I had just driven into a camping site when a man came over and asked me what I thought of the car I was diving.I was perfectly satisfied with my car,comfortable,ultra-reliable,good economy and performance,so I asked him why he was interested-he told me his neighbour had said