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• Check your passports before heading for France 23 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  there since yesterday. Yesterday, they drove from Cheshire with the van in tow to catch a ferry to France last night for their holiday. They were turned back at the port. Neither adult had noticed that the kid's passports have expired. The only passport office with an available appointment was Durham
• France/Italy or Scotland - Early March or May? 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  of the latter - but need to start planning the March trip shortly Any advice on missing school holidays in March and May in France and on the best chance of finding hotel vacancies (on the day) abroad? Previously we have only headed south from Calais in late May or September. It`s around 500 miles to get
• Cars used by rental firms - UK, France, Germany 29 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Observations: 1) When I hire a car in France, using Europcar, and choosing the cheapest category, I always seem to get a Renault Clio. (When I use Budget, it is a lot more unpredictable.) 2) I recently hired a car at a UK airport - Europcar, cheapest category - and got a Peugeot 308 (an upgrade
• Speed camera on A75 - France 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  glad the bulk of the miles were in France! Back in the UK, he A2 was closed just outside Dover, and the subsequent delay meant that by the time I reached the M25 (23.00) you could not turn North without a tortuous diversion. The Blackwall tunnel was clear, but ended in a long jam somewhere in East
• Car hire in Spain - pricey? 22 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  noticed price hikes? The best deal I can find is to fly into France instead of Spain and get a prepaid week for 155 quid. Spain always used to be cheaper than France??!
• Toyota Auris and Auris HSD - selecting a Service dealer non-franchised VS Franc 6 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  Having serviced our Auris v v t mm1.6, with the extremely rare low mileage of 23,500 in 5yrs, we have great difficulty in choosing between the garages...
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - Driving in Europe headlamp dip adjustment 3 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  later this year I am driving to France. Please can anyone tell me anythging about either a ) adjusting the headlamp for european driving b) how to block the left facing dip beam so as not to dazzle in France. I have noticed that the headlamp lense is complety smooth with no segments or areas
• Speeding on Autoroutes in France - urban myth? 14 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I've heard lots of times that it's possible to get nicked if you go too fast between the pay booths on French Autoroutes. The theory is that by working...
• Chevrolet Matiz (2005 - ) - 6 days in a Matiz - thank you Hertz! 17 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Booked a "small" car via the web for 6 days in France. Website suggested Fiat Panda or Peugeot 107 1.2 would be supplied. Either of those should suffice I figured, even though I had a 400km drive each way they should keep up with the traffic. Hertz gave me a Matiz 0.8... No other cars
• FIAT Multipla 1.6 petrol yr 2000 - Fan not working 21 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I have a Multipla 1.6 petrol yr 2000 which lives in France. Friend was going to take to airport for me to collect next weekend when i fly over but he noticed fan wasn't working and engine was getting hot so didn't use the car. Is this the thermostat? Or a switch or fuse. Any advice would
• Dordogne/Lot suggestions for hols 27 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I am starting to think about next year's summer holidays. Thinking of flying to Bordeaux or Tolouse and then hiring a car and travelling around the Dordogne or Lot valley areas of SW France (or both). It will be a four-week holiday starting 2nd week of July, mainly staying in hotels, or possibly
• Ferry prices 23 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Not been across to France since 2000. The ferry brochures show much evelvated prices on Y2K. Want to do South West England to say ST Malo or similar in N W France, returning 3 weeks later via Dover crossing with car and caravan, 2 adults, 3 children {5, 3 and 1} Anyone know the cheapest ferries
• Musings on motoring in France 15 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Having just returned from a very pleasant 10 days and 2700 miles throughout France, I thought I would share some thoughts and observations with you. Partly this is for those off abroad in the next few months, and partly as there's not much on at work.. Travelled out and back with P&O - still very
• Car rental advice sought (for UK and Europe) 23 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  We are a family of 3 intending to rent cars in the UK and France for a three week trip. We will need one for Wales, last week in May, to be rented in Cardiff and dropped off in Manchester. Then we're flying to Perpignan where the plan is to rent one for 2 1/2 weeks to look around the region
• LPG Problem - Rover 820 6 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  The LPG system on a friend's car decided to pack up at the weekend. The car is an "S" reg Rover 820 Auto, with (but don't quote me on this) a LaVorta? LPG conversion. The car was driven all the way from Oxfordshire to Dover and onto the Ferry to France with no problems whatsoever. However, upon
• Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing 21 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  an image of the damage: https://filebin.net/acdgcpvr5v9s7h5e/chomp.png?t=pqvtxeie i'm in France at the moment, so a brand of glue might also help me to avoid working out the French equivalent! Cheers
• n/a - Speed limits lowered in France - starts today. 3 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  Just a reminder that the speed limit on two-way roads without a central divider is reduced from 90 kph to 80 kph unless another posted limit applies....
• 1974 Peugeot J9 - Importing from South of France 22 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Can anyone give me advice on transporting my vehicle from Montpellier region to UK please? I have ony found one shipper who cannot do this for 6 weeks....
• Passat CCn Passat CC - Passat CC headlamp units 17 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Living in France I would like to buy a CC in UK and ship it over here, problem is that the headlamp units have to be altered to comply in France. When I moved here some years ago I brought my 406 with me but had to buy new headlamp units to comply with French norms, at considerable
• Any - Headlamps 15 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  I have read in this weekend's press that for France, headlamps have to be adjusted to the Right. In the old days, you could place beam adjusters over the lenses (where marked out on the lense) to deflect the dipped beam to the right.These days, there are no guide marks on the outer plastic