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Thanks for the reminder to report back. The eventual diagnosis was a failed turbo hose, as seemed to be the main conclusion of this thread. We went and picked up the repaired car and drove home in a day with no concerns. It's now back to its usual job of school and supermarket runs. Thanks...

Thanks for messaging. Yeah the mechanic was nowhere in sight. We've successfully applied to Eurostar to take our dogs as assistance dogs so we're off to Paris in a one way car rental.

Thanks for asking. It seems the French breakdown mechanic is a busy man and didn't get round to looking at it yesterday. We're not too chuffed. Heading down to the depot this morning to put a bit of pressure on. Meanwhile we're planning to get ourselves over the channel by tomorrow whatever...

Thanks for the reply. I'll try to remember to post an update when we find out from the garage.

Cheers that sounds like good advice.

Thanks. I like the sound of anything that could be fixable.

It's really useful to know. Obviously might not be that but it's enough to make it sensible to see if that's confirmed by a garage on Monday.

Thanks Thanks for the reply. Tempting but not with all the family on board.

Thanks for the reply. Unleaded. No cloud of black smoke as far as I know, think the gf would have noticed. But yeah drives ok, no oomph but can get to about 60 and hold it, less on the hills. I managed to drive it onto the breakdown guy's rollback lorry with plenty of revs. Sounds a bit whistly...

Hi Would be great to get some ideas about how bad this is... We're stuck in central France after my girlfriend's Skoda Octavia mk 3 (2016ish, 88k miles) broke down last night. Breakdown assistance company are gonna tow it to a garage on Monday and we need to decide whether to wait here while...