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  Please warn your readers about the new card-only toll booths in France. 14 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Bad news for visitors to France. The cash pay booths on the Autoroutes in Southern France have been replaced by ‘card only’ machines. The queues are horrendous!...
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  Should I change my Octavia estate now while interest rates are low? 14 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I presently drive a 2006 Octavia 2.0 TDI automatic estate. Generally I am very pleased with its performance and its load capacity ideally suits my requirements....
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  Warp speed 7 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased my 406 automatic, petrol engine, new in June 2000 from a main dealer in France. After about 6 months and coming down an incline on a Spanish...
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  Why were Skoda Assist so unhelpful when our Octavia broke down in France? 10 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Please could you inform your readers of an experience we had in May of this year when travelling in France with our 2-year-old Skoda Octavia 1.4TSI. About...
• Car rental advice sought (for UK and Europe) 23 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Around June 18 we will fly back from Perpignan to Manchester to hot foot it back to Cardiff for our return flight the next day. Questions are: 1. It seemed that cheapest rentals are in the UK, followed by France, then Spain, but recently it seems rentals may be cheaper in Spain, so does anyone know of a rental company that they would recommend, whether Spain or France? We are looking for a small car. 2. We've heard white knuckle nightmare stories of driving around Barcelona - any confirmations?
• LPG Problem - Rover 820 6 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  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 leaving the Ferry in France the car refused to run on LPG. It starts up fine on Petrol, but as soon as the LPG system switches over automatically the engine stops dead immediately.
• Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing 21 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Here's 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,   Stephen  
• 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 expense.
• Any - Headlamps 15 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Are defelecters still valid and if so where do you place them. I have driven in France (and other euro countries) for the last 40 years (lately not using deflectors, but with driving common sense) and have never been questioned. Is this new legislation or just a confused journalist?
• Road safety, French-style 7 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Figures released yesterday reveal the number of deaths in road accidents in France during January was up nearly 14 per cent on the same month in 2006. This follows a year in which road deaths were said to have fallen. The explanation given in the French media is that people may be driving more carelessly at the moment because it is traditional in France to grant an amnesty on traffic offences immediately after a new president is elected, and one is due this spring.
• Vauxhall Parts and servicing in France 3 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I am off to Le Mans for the 24h race in June. The car (Omega MV6) is due some bits. Possibly: 2 new tyres (fitted) (currently on G F Goodrich) 1 new exhaust...
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  What do you think of the Citroen DS3? 1 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  It's time to downsize from my Passat 1.8T, but what should I buy? The Golf GT is too big and the Polo GTI only comes as an automatic. So I'm looking at...
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  Where can I find information on the French government's banning of speed trap detectors? 21 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have attempted to translate a French press release about that country’s new decree banning all forms of speed trap detector whether reader detector or...
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  Will we need to apply for an international driving licence if living in France for six months per year? 27 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  We are planning to buy a property in France with a view to spending perhaps half the year there and the rest in the UK. I envisage that we shall be travelling...
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  I'm unsure whether to buy a petrol, diesel or hybrid car. What do you think? 21 Jan 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I live in France but, in normal times, return to the UK 4-5 times a year. I have been thinking of buying a Citroen C5 Aircross but I'm unsure whether to...
• Petrol in France 31 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  Just back (yesterday) fuelling using 95 Ron. Highest price was 1 euro 42 cents on Autoroute, lowest was 1 Euro 21 cents at SuperU. A hint; if you have...
• Registration query re emmisions 17 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Slightly complicated one this, a vehicle was manufactured in 2000 and was put into storage then was registered in France in 2003 though still unused. The reason it was registered was because of euro emmisions regs it would not have been able to be registered as new after Dec 2003. So now if it was imported into the UK and registered here would if have a 03 or 53 plate based in it's date of first registration in France and it's emmisions compliance at that time?
• Definition of "in the wet" in France 18 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Having just returned from holiday this evening, and driving across Fance in "now it is, now it isn't"-type rain, I've tried to find a definition of what...