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I am driving to Zurmatt, Switzerland in the New Year and I am trying find out what I need to take. Any advice?
I'm going to be driving to France and wanted to get breakdown cover - does the fact that I service my car myself affect the cover?
I have just received a notification of a traffic offence in Florence on 14 August 2007. Is it correct that according to Italian law I have to be notified within 360 days? If not, this has got to be a record!
Perhaps you would like to alert your readers to a potential trap. Recently, in Hanover, parked up legally in the museum area, I returned to find a ticket on the car. On enquiry, this turned out to be a...
I am told that there is a switch on the Volvo V50 which deflects the headlights for European driving. Where is it?
I'm 73 and hadn't driven on the right for 30 years. I solved the problem of lack of practice of driving on the right and the worry of starting on the left hand side of the road through habit. I bought...
My wife and I plan to spend a couple of weeks in France this summer with my 2006 Mercedes C180. My insurance broker says my UK insurer covers me fully comp for up to 30 days. Is there any other insurance...
I will be collecting a pre-booked Europcar hire-car from a French airport this Summer. My current UK paper driving licence does not expire for a few years yet (I am in my early sixties). Please would you...
I recently experienced a blowout and visited an Official Porsche Centre in Paris where a tyre was supplied and fitted, for which I was charged nearly £600. The full price of the same tyre fitted by an...
We were on holiday in France in July last year when we were bumped in the rear by a French driver. We were stationary at the time, waiting for a car which was two cars in front to complete a turn. It was...