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Under One's Own Power to Europe Auto tour

Under One's Own Power to Europe

For most car owners, a car is just a means of transport on the route home - work. Approximately three-quarters of all motorists use their cars for trips to the country or to the nearest suburb - for…

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A bottle of kefir may cost you your license Auto tour

A bottle of kefir may cost you your license

Apparently, Russian drivers will be banned from drinking kefir and breathing air in the near future. The Department of Road Traffic Safety of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has decided to…

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American Fiscal Mile Auto tour

American Fiscal Mile

The authorities of the American state of Oregon are thinking about introducing a 'travel tax'. Instead of the current tax on gasoline consumed by cars (from each purchased gallon of fuel, 24 cents…

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A Double-Decker Legend Auto tour

A Double-Decker Legend

A two-decked brig on rubber wheels, the Routemaster bus, is considered as much a calling card of London as red telephone boxes and Big Ben. By the end of the year, just short of its 50th anniversary…

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Mass die-off of iron horses Auto tour

Mass die-off of iron horses

Finland has been struck by a strange affliction - an automobile epidemic. According to Novye Izvestia, the cause of the previously unknown disease that is mass-disabling cars is "Russian gasoline"…

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Who will help tow your car away Auto tour

Who will help tow your car away

Drivers do not like the word "tow truck". It is associated with such an unpleasant concept as "impound lot". However, there are cases when tow truck drivers are eagerly awaited – for example, if a…

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With a right-hand drive on left-hand Cyprus Auto tour

With a right-hand drive on left-hand Cyprus

Throughout its history, Cyprus, located at the crossroads of trade routes between three parts of the world - Europe, Asia, and Africa - has repeatedly changed hands. It belonged to Byzantium, the…

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Driving Through Turkey Auto tour

Driving Through Turkey

Many of our tourists going on vacation to Turkey rent a car there - to drive around and see the sights without the rush of excursions. Gazeta.Ru reminds compatriots of the basic rules of Turkish car…

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Across Europe by Car Auto tour

Across Europe by Car

You can go to Europe on holiday not only by the usual plane, but also in your own car. You will, of course, have to drive for a long time, but just think how much you can see along the way! Moreover…

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How to rent a car: how to rent properly Auto tour

How to rent a car: how to rent properly

What is required of those wishing to rent a car while on holiday If you have not decided to drive to Europe in your own car, but want to combine business with pleasure and take a ride through Spain…

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Not insured - don't drive! Auto tour

Not insured - don't drive!

In Paris, there is an unwritten tradition: a young driver is considered fit to drive if he can get through the Place Charles de Gaulle during rush hour, better known by its old name Étoile ("Star")…

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Look to the left, look to the right... Auto tour

Look to the left, look to the right...

Here you have to do everything the other way around: shift the gear lever with your left hand and look in the rearview mirror to the left, not to the right. It is not easy for our driver in countries…

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