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• About to drive through Europe... 22 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Taking my own as an example, the motorways do not have a 70 sign on them. If the same is true in France, Belgium, Germany, etc. how am I supposed to know what speed I am allowed to do?
• Frontera fuel gauge shows empty 26 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  The fuel gauge on my 2.0i Sport Frontera (1998) has packed up - problem is, which end do I start looking?! The tank (sender) end or the dash end? I have...
• Dental work 20 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  My new Volvo D5 collected a significant dent on a rear passenger door while parked in a car park in France. I am convinced it was caused maliciously as it is on the strongest part of the door (according to my local Volvo bodyshop). If the spaces in supermarket car parks look to narrow I simply park over two spaces.
• Ford S-MAX petrol - Ford 1.6 ecoboost turbo gone 29000 miles 1 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  Hi all Turbo blown on way home from France. Car is 2011 and low milage. Been a recall Where ford want to add a coolant sensor among other things. Chances of getting them to Pay for the turbo!?!
• Volvo XC70 2007 - Switchable headlights 7 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  I want to convert the headlamp dip from right to left hand drive on my car to register it in France and noticed that Volvo XC70 appears on the list of cars that have switchable lights. I cannot see where they adjust and wondered if this facility was removed for the 2007 model. Can anyone throw some light on this please - pun unintended!
• fuel jets 18 May 2014 (Forum)
  Hi we live in France,we have just had our car serviced at the local garage. He has told us that we have a dead fuel jet which will cost 970 euros to put right.the car sounds fine to me(what would the symptons be??)He did not show us any print out.
• 1999 200D C Class Estate - Replacement key for Mercedes 10 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  I am trying to help a friend now based in France. He has damaged his key and can no longer use his car. I have tried on the web for a specialist firm to replace it but apart from Merecedes who want £200 I can't find anyone. Help!
• 95 unleaded - current price in UK? 24 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  We arrive Wednesday morning for a brief visit and I'd like to know whether to do what I did earlier this summer, ie wait to fill up until we get off the boat. At the moment its about 1.25 euros a litre in France - roughly 1.07 sterling.
• Family v RAC Insurance 16 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  In advance of holiday in France I've just renewed family multi-trip (inc mountain sports cover) two adults two children unlimited trips up to 24 days each for a year with multi-milion cover. Price £68. One trip RAC European breakdown cover for a car worth at most £13k.
• Zenon Headlamp Converter - Ford Galaxy 8 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Can anyone clarify how I can convert Zenon headlights for driving in France. I have a headlamp conversion kit from Halfords and I think I know where they go. I would like to know if anyone else has done this, where they put them, so I can go away happy.
• Car Rental and Europe 11 May 2005 (Forum)
  Thinking about going to Amsterdam, then driving to Germany and back to France in 8 days-quick stop tour. Looking on the usual websites to rent a car, does anyone have any experience of any less costly companies to rent from. All of them seem to have a massive one way rental charge of atleast Euro 250.
• Audi S4 1999 Suspension Geometry 6 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Morning all - can anyone PLEASE give me the CORRECT suspension geometry settings (or even a link), front and rear, for a 1999 S4 2.7 Bi-Turbo?? I have...
• xenon headlights abroad 15 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Im off to France / Italy this summer in my car, which is fitted with xenon headlights. The handbook says to take to dealer to alter them, however, I have a 320mile drive to dover overnight, so will need headlights!
• European car Supermarkets 2 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I am in the market for a LH drive car and wondered if anyone knows of the equivalent of trade sales or motorpoint in the Bnelux or France region. Your help is much appreciated.
• Beam Deflectors 30 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Having recently acquired a 95 Honda Civic, I need to fit beam deflectors before driving in France. The headlight glass has a (polycarbonate?) cover about an inch in front of the lens, so the deflector can't be positioned accurately. Has anyone a solution? Or do I (as suggested by HJ)just leave the beam adjusted to its lowest position and forget about the deflector?
• Europ assistance- breakdown cover 13 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  I am an RAC member but don't like the limit of 14 days alternative vehicle cover as that might expire with still a week of hols to go (if started 7 days before departure) so I am looking at Europ Assistance because they include £1,500 worth of hire car (Enough for about 6 weeks of Mondeo in France)
• Peugeot 306 Turbo Diesel 20 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  I have just travelled almost 3,000 miles through France with no problems, but on my return, my Peugeot 306 has developed a problem with starting. It starts up OK but runs very unevenly for about five seconds. The glow plugs have been checked are are fine.
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  I'd like to recommend the RAC's breakdown recovery after our Volkswagen Golf broke down in France. 15 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  You recently wrote favourably regarding RAC Foreign Travel. For over 40 years my normal cars have been an XK120 and XK150. Most breakdown firms do not...
• Land Rover Discovery Sport - Land Rover Engine failed suddenly 26 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  I have taken extended warranty until 31/05/2021, at which point, I have not renewed this.   We drove it to France in August 2021 and while in France it showed an error message, “incorrect diesel exhaust fluid quality detected". We took it to Land Rover Garage in Agen, France and they have sorted this out.
• Octavia Estate - Stick with petrol/diesel or change to hybrid? 26 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  At the moment there is only a matter of a few cents difference in petrol & diesel here in France whereas in Portugal petrol the difference is around 15 cents, and whilst France are going to stop the sale of new diesel cars by 2020 and then gradually phase out fuel driven cars over the next 20 odd years, there are no plans in Porugal to follow suit in the near future.