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I have a Freelander 2002 TD4 and live in France. A problem has happend and the mechanic has said that I need a new 'Pompe de Gavaje avec un filtre gasoil' which will cost 450 euros. He said it may take...
My daughter, who lives in France, has a problem with her French bought 2005 Toyota RAV-4 D4D 2.0 Litre. It seems the “Volant Bi Masse” has packed up, which I take to be a dual mass flywheel. It will cost...
On 15 August you published a letter from "DW" about registering his car in Ibiza. We too have brought our car over (to Mallorca) and I would very much like to know whether your correspondent resolved the...
I have now done 6 months with my New 2008 model 1.5 L 120 HP Jazz. 6,500 kms on the clock and mostly used around town, Chiang Mai, Thailand, but with a couple of runs up to the Burmese border at Mai Sai...
I have a 2005 BMW X5 4.4 petrol LHD, bought and registered by its first owner, an English ex-pat, in France. We bought in England in 2006 whence it was brought to sell and we, having a place in Mallorca,...
I have a holiday home in Spain but am not resident there. I spend less than six months a year in Spain. My residence is in UK. If I buy a Spanish registered car (in Spain!) and bring it to UK how long...
I’m thinking of buying a car in the UK and bringing it down to Spain as I have a house there. Are there any auctions in the UK specifically for LHD cars?
Is it still necessary to have to change to Spanish plates to keep a British registered car in Spain?
What do I have to do to put a British registered car onto a Spanish registration? I want to take it to Spain and keep it there for my use when I go to my second home there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
There is a person in the UK who advertises on the Costa del Sol in one of the local English language newspapers, from a UK address (email and tel. no.) offering MoT certificates. There are an awful lot...
 

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