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Last year we went to France for the first time with our Caravan and remember having trouble at the petrol station, not knowing which pump we should be using, fortunatly there was an English man there who was able to help us. Can someone please tell me which pump or what the pumb will have on it we should use.

For petrol, green hose marked "sans plombe 95" & for diesel black one marked "gazole".

Sans Plomb, or SP95, is unleaded

Sans Plomb, or SP98 is 'Super-unleaded'

E10 is 'bio-petrol' - blended with Ethanol

Gazoil is diesel

Gazoil+ is Premium Diesel

E85 is 'bio-diesel' - blended with Ethanol

and GPL is liquid petroleum gas.

Quote: Originally posted by grapefruitmoon on 29/3/2010

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We also found the fuel in the UK cheaper than in France last summer...

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The link given aboves, takes you to the the 'Aires de Camping Cars' website, which I don't think is what you're looking for if you're towing a caravan. 

There is an Aire with a petrol station on the A84 but its not near to Rennes - it's the Aire le Mont St Michel, which is probably not where you want.

Aires can also be the picnic type which don't sell fuel - and there is one to the north of Rennes, near to Le Chapelle Aubert. They are shown on the Michelin maps as green half-circles on either side of the autoroute.  Blue half-circles mean they are fully serviced 'Aires' with a fuel station, restaurant, etc. South of Rennes the road is dual carriageway, and fuel stations are not indicated on these roads on the Michelin map. 

Some of the route planning websites will give you the location of Service Stations along the route, and the this website will give you the location of Fuel stations along your route, together with the current price and what types of fuel are available.