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• Nissan Qashqai - Qashqai Noise 9 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  . We're due to drive to France in a month and I don't want the anxiety of the noise returning.  My wife thinks we should get both the bearings and brakes replaced but I'd hate to spend hundreds of pounds unnecessarily. Any ideas as to what this could be?
• Nissan 100NX 2.0 litre GTI (1992) - Nissan 100NX brake compensator valve EPDM seals 23 May 2022 (Forum)
  , France, Germany, Austria. Switzerland, etc..... :-(   Consequently (unless anyone can propse me 2 (left and right brake compensatir valves), I have stropped them down and found that there are 3 seals per unit. I am now trying to source the 6 EPDM seals necessary to get my car
• Citroen jumpy - 2011 citroen jumpy 2.0 ltr diesel won’t start 22 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  Hello, let me introduce my selve. I’m a dutchy living in france having some old english motorcycles an a jumpy that wont start. Let me start from of the beginning, driving back home i lost power and rpm, could get it going but finaly i had to stop. I squeezed the rubber ball and suprisingly i had
• New cars - 'infotainment' screens 20 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  a 2400 mile trip to Andorra, Begium and France, much on small country roads and it worked just fine, allowing me to keep my eyes mainly on the road, watch for signs, etc. In modern cars, the screens seem to be set low in the fascia and it appears to me that the driver has to look down to change
• Budget camper van or similar 14 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  in Europe, having spent many a great holiday in Spain/France. I've seen many folk over there on campsites with a budget /minimalist van conversion. This really appeals to me, the sort of thing I'm thinking of is a Berlingo/Partner/Kangoo size thing. The VW Transporter seems to be the default choice, nice
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  Jaguar XF Sportbrake - which all weather tyres are best? 20 May 2016 (Ask HJ)
  Can you advise the best tyres for a Jaguar XF Sportbrake? Its original Pirellis 235/55r17 are almost worn out. I normally do 15-20k miles and change to...
• Vauxhall Astra J 1.7 cdti ecoflex - Dreadful fuel economy 4 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  the newer 1.7 would do about the same, but last week it did just 46mpg there and back. Thats about 20% worse! It has the right Michelin energy tyres inflated to higher pressures, driving speed just the same , ie 130kph (80mph) most of the way there once in France, and motorway 210 miles to Dover
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  Uni student in need of a cheap car – what do you recommend? 4 Jun 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am a university student looking to buy my first car. I have a maximum budget of £2000 and need something small and cheap to run and insure. What do...
• N/A - Old chestnut again - which camera warning system. 30 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  /getting-the-best-from-coyote It seems to originate from France, which is where I live. Life on the road over here could shortly get very tedious and expensive as the m****s in charge of road safety here (they call themselves experts) are very likely going to reduce the maximum speed limit on all
• Nissan X trial Aventura DCI 2008 - Timing chain 15 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  My car broke down in France recently and the garage says its the timing chain. They now want about 600 euro to strip down the engine to see how damaged it is. The engine died without drama going a short incline. There was no noise of the sort you might associate with valves
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  Winter tyres 16 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am driving to SW France, to a remote mountain/hill region, at altitude up to approx 800-1000m. There is a steep and winding road to and from the house....
• Toyota Avensis, Hyundai i30? - Advice, family car with big boot 6 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  something newer, especially as we travel to visit family on round 250mile trips a few times a year and want to go camping in France this summer, with all our camping gear. Realise we will still use the roof box for holidays. What would you suggest on a budget of £7k? We want this car for the next 5 years
• Ford Fiesta 1.6 TDCI or Citroen C3 1.4 VTR+ - Which Car To Drive To Spain In????? 31 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  Hi all, Im having a bit of a dilemma,  Me and the better half are driving to spain next week (and back), Plus touring france for a bit, a combined mileage of 3000 miles. We have 2 cars a brand new C3 1.4VTR+ and a 09 reg Fiesta 1.6TDCI and im wondering which one to take
• Vauxhall Astra H - Compensation for breakdown within six months of pu 20 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  In February, I bought my son an 06 registered Astra 1.9CDTi 16v SRi from a local garage.  Earlier today, he went on holiday in it to France, and on the way broke down on the French motorway system.  He called out a local breakdown garage and was towed to their premises where a faulty
• How long does it take to transfer a registration 9 May 2009 (Forum)
  Just a quick query. I'm still trying to buy something nice in the UK to bring back to France as a weekend toy. I've found a really nice example of what I'm looking for just up the road from family members in Yorkshire and my brother-in-law, with whom I've stolen a few horses in my motoring past
• First World War Cemetery- where was it? 31 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I can`t remember the place but would like to return, but I can describe it. 1986, travelling on ordinary roads heading up from the South of France and I think within a hundred miles of Calais. Motorway was to our right, North east and parallel almost to my line of travel. Needed a bank and turned
• Audi A4 B6 (2001 - 2005) - 04 1.9TDi Central Locking / Alarm problem 26 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  had all unlocked. So far so good, but this is now the only way to both lock and then get in to the car and it's been a pain for two weeks in France. My handbook tells me nothing about re-setting things. Is it a fault or can I reset it by holding the key in the ignition in a certain place
• recalls and reliability? 17 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  With a few hours to kill at Toulouse airport on Monday I bought a copy of L'Automobile (www.automobile-magazine.fr) to struggle through. One of the articles was on manufacturers recalls in France and the relationship between recalls and quality. Does a large number of recalls indicate poor quality
• Motorhome hire or not? 22 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Following a newspaper article we contacted a UK company who wanted people to go to Italy to collect their new fleet of motorhomes and drive them back to the UK on trade plates. As we have relations in South of France it seemed a nice idea. The new vans are to be collected mid-February and you
• Max 6 months in rest of Europe? 29 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  One of HJ's old columns has a story about someone getting hit by an untaxed English registered car in France. HJ then says you can only use a British registered car overseas for 6 months on any 12. But where does it actually say this? Does that mean my brother who works 4 days a week in Belguim