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• Avis Car Hire in France & Fines 13 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  Afternoon all. A friend told me that this might be a good place to seek advice or opinions. I was in France for a few days last month and hired a car. No problems driving it. All went well. I received a letter today saying that Avis had "been notified of several fines of charges imposed during your use of the rental vehicle".
• Moving House to France 19 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Need a bit of help please. Have to move contents for a three bedroomed house from just outside Swindon to South west France, and I wonder if anyone in the haulage trade can answer me some questions. Firstly I have approx 24 cubic metres of stuff - according to some spreadhseet I downloaded yesterday, thus I'm going to need a bigger van than a LWB sprinter (capacity 13 cubic metres), what's the biggest van I can hire on a car licence (I've been told 7.5 tonne box van) and if so anybody got any idea of their loading capacity?
• Mercedes CLK 03 - Fuel contamination 19 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  Returning from a trip to France, we filled up with fuel at the BP garage in Reims. Just as we left the ferry in Dover masses of whitish/grey smoke bellowed out. We limped home at 40mph unable to accelerate as this seemed to cause the smoke to belch out.
• Renault Espace - Failed repair to alternator 14 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  They said the alternator was broken and agreed to repair it for £380. I told them i needed car asap as I was taking family holiday in France next week. They fixed problem and I set off to France. As we were travelling in France,  (before we had even reached our destination) only  3 days after getting car back, the same light appeared.
• petrol - a difference? 3 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Just got my Saturday Telegraph here in SW France and I see, once again, HJ is warning against using supermarket petrol. Can I recount my personal experience? Before I moved to France I ran a Honda Legend in the UK and always used Esso or Shell 95 unleaded - convenient and cost no more than at the supermarket.
• any - Real MPG on HJ website 5 May 2011 (Forum)
  Secondary point, the road network i travelled on in northern france and belgium was in far better condition, and i only used the free motorways.
• Beige box mystery 19 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Although the number of scameras is increasing in France by the week I don't think these are they, but I have seen similar beige plastic boxes sprout beside ordinary roads as well in the last few weeks. Does anyone have any idea what they might be for?
• X Trail Recall Problems 11 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  People are telling me that the engine could be damaged more and will not show up for some time. I have had to pay £1000 to hire a car to take to France, as they would not give me a car to take abroad. Has anyone any advice for me??????????????? Please
• www.lhd-europe.com 13 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Any thoughts/tips very welcome. Thanks P.S. In case you're wondering, it's a French car for use in France, where I'm moving later this year.
• The French get grumpy with the Swedes 11 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/polestar-logo-temporarily-banned-france-over-citroen-similarity
• Pug 1007 24 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Where are all these cars? I've not seen one in the UK. Back in France I've seen quite a few but no as many as I thought.
• passat headlamp deflectors 24 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  can anyone tell me how to put on deflectors for driving the new style passat headlamps for use in France?
• Renault 12 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I was in France yesterday and Renault were advertising the new Megane with 5 year warranty. Now I thought they only did that with really reliable cars....
• Headlamp converters 25 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, taking the Mk2 Renault Scenic to France next month, the headlamp lenses are plastic if you are familiar with these. What ones are recommended by yourselves. Thank you
• Honda CRV 4 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Saturday Telegraph time again in rural France. I see Honda have released the CRV in its 'sneak preview' form then. Oh dear...
• Is E85 ethanol making a comeback? 10 Oct 2022 (Forum)
  I remember  Ford selling Focus dual fuel cars in France  back in 2006. Never took off due to limited opportunities to refuel.   I was surprised therefore at my local French supermarket, that the E5 98 octane choice on the pump had been removed for E85.
• Citroen C4 VTR+ HDi 5 door - Long high speed cruises, comfort and not too wide 5 May 2015 (Forum)
  We have a 2007 Citroen C4 VTR+ HDi hatchback, and cover about 15,000 miles a year, but half of that is done in 13 hour high cruise speed motorway blasts to and from the south of France on autoroutes - 750 miles a day on 10 days each year. We need to replace it with a comfortable car with reasonable carrying volume and max width of 2000mm to go into a narrow village street. Automatic, cruise and speed control essential, and diesel preferred as it's much cheaper in France and likely to remain so.
• Old Bangers - Televised Motoring Mayhem from France 19 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  When we first got satellite TV in the early 1990s we used to be entertained by a programme on Eurosport (I think) which came from an indoor arena in Paris....
• none - Australian visitor wants to lease car for 4 months 16 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  My niece and her friend fly into the south of France in July 2010 and return home in November, intending to drive round Western Europe, including the UK, for 4 months.  They would lease the car in France and return it there, not necessarily to the same city.
• `ere in France - motoring under ze conkers 16 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Cars service today - none! Pierre our head mechanic is suspended for letting his great great Grandaughter change the oil on his motor - eze only an 11...