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• N/A - Car scrappage – the French way 5 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  vehicles, and before 2001 for diesel vehicles … so probably not taking too many BR readers' cars off the road  The vehicle you trade in must be registered in France, and have been owned by you for at least one year. The amount you might be paid varies depending
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  Need a higher off the ground car with a spacious boot - what do you recommend? 18 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I have happily owned Citroen estate cars for many years but we now find we need a car that we can climb up into rather than down into. However, we still...
• Jaguar XF - BMW 5 series 2011 Manual or Jaguar XF 2011 20 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  is more around manual vs automatic, I love driving and I go on driving trips to Switzerland/France/Spain/Scotland from London, so the question is will I love automatic as I get used to it or if driving pleasure is the priority, is manual the one to go for ?  
• Jaguar X-Type 2.0d - Positive Story 22 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  . Took it for a good run and I really am pleased with it.  Looking forward to a 1200+ mile run to France in Spring and a 2500 mile run to Andorra in summer. Had the car been terminal I planned to buy a new Dacia on PCP at £100/month. The sensible thing to do now, of course, would
• Renault Clio II - Clio II pollution - how to read 4 gas analysis 12 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  : Acceleration (max CO 0.3, max lambda 0.97-1.03) CO 0.92 Lambda 0.978 Co2 14.4 O2 0.18 HC 90 And Idle (max CO 0.5) CO 0.54 CO2 13.2 O2 1.93 HC 169 I live in France so I'm not sure whether acceleration and idle are the correct ways if translating the two tests but I hope you might recognise them from UK
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  Volkswagen Touareg - engine clatter 18 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My 2009 Volkswagen Touareg is starting to make a clatter on start-up, which lasts for 30 seconds. My local dealer has said that nothing shows on diagnostics...
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace - Citroen Berlingo Clutch problems 2.0 HDi 14 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Our 2003 Citroën Berlingo 2.0 HDi has been amazingly trouble-free for 200 000 km. (we live in France). Extremely reliable, comfortable, roomy, we love it. Then Oct 2009 the clutch cable broke. A main dealer replaced it but said that the diaphragm had become hardened and the clutch
• Toyota Corolla - Returning with an untaxed, un-MOT car 16 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  . We can't get a MOT without getting in to the UK. We are having to drive from Morocco through Spain and France with our vehicle that will not be taxed anywhere. I'm expecting that we can buy insurance online and print off the emailed cover note (but I might be wrong on this score?) We're
• Foreign drivers let off 25 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  that if a driver is registered outside the UK, the camera offence is currently "rejected".'' Now go to France and try speeding or choose another european country and fail to carry your fluorescent jacket, spare set of bulbs,warning triangle and see if you get ' let off ". Gives me a clue as to why so many
• FIAT - Buying flawed 70s Gems.... 16 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  having fantastic engineering were built from useless recyled steel and rusted away over here. However do cherished cars still exist in the south of Italy and France, where is the best place to look and are pristine examples of such cars expensive? I remember them all as great little cars as a kid
• punto cylinder head at main dealer 15 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  I've a 2001 Punto 1.2 8v and the head gasket just 'went' at 75000 Kilomteters (I live in France - thats about 50,000 miles). THe local FIAT main dealer took two weeks to fix it, offered no courtesy car, and charged 800 Euros (about 520 pounds) for changing the head gasket, water pump, cam-belt
• What's in your boot? 9 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Security screw bits and holder Roof bars Ratchet straps and ropes Warning triangle 4 cardboard bottle carriers (for the next trip to France) Car rug for picnics 4 large towels (used for stopping items rubbing or moving) Screen wash concentrate Deicer Car polish Interior plastic polish Roll of kitchen paper
• Car hire in Europe -- help! 6 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  The last time I hired a car it was a Ford Zodiac, so I'm yonks out of date on these things. We spend a chunk of each year touring France, but it's a 250-mile flog each way just to drive to the ferry, and Lady Stripey and I are starting to feel the strain a bit. Consequently, I'm now thinking
• Which Oil Filter for VW Polo Classic 12 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  I've got a VW Polo P Reg (97) 1.6 Classic Saloon (100BHP) I bought it in September, and its always been serviced at garages by previous owners. Now its my car - and its been almost 5k miles since last change - and seeing as I'm about to do a long drive through France next week, i've decieded to do
• Rebecca's next question 16 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  . It's been to the south of France once. But - at the end of the day I am a girl after all and maybe I should just think of it as a means of getting from A to B and 'downgrade' to a different car to save on the tax bill (40%) So any thoughts about what I might replace it with? Safety and reliability
• Zafira 16 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  Hi all. I have had a Zafira 2.2i for over two years now. I must say here that we use it for two things: daily school runs & shopping, and long haul trips to the south of France. As a result the clock show 28K Miles. I must say that I am very happy with it (handling, etc...). But... As I started
• Premium unleaded 7 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  what happens. I know 40mpg from a bike seems lousy, but it seems to do around about that from around town upto 120/130. After that it falls off lowest about 32mpg speeds over 125-155. One of Motorcyle mags had less than 30 in France on a looney trip. Bill
• Supercharged Harley 8 May 2007 (Forum)
  Five guys all with pass outs for good behaviour and off on our bikes mid June to the south of France via photo shoot at the Millau bridge. Today was a planning day, so we all met chez SjB and then rode out to a Cotswolds pub for grub and the planning session. We've all ridden together before
• Automatic Family Car 21 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  reasonable long journeys a couple times a month - currently I do about 11k miles a year, which is a mix of commuting on a motorway a couple times a week, and visiting family a few hours away. We also semi-regularly drive to places in the UK and France, and so something that can handle carting around child
• ANY - Electric vs ICE cars - why not use a bicycle? 19 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  countries a large amount of fossil fuel is burnt to generate the electricity. So unless you charge your EV in France or Sweden - or pay out £8000 for a full 4KW SOLAR PANEL ARRAY on your rooftop you are not really saving the planet. Are we all being hood winked and bullied into buying electric