Car Insurance, I have found is more expensive in France than the UK. The maximum No claims discount in France is about 50% whereas you can get 70% in the UK if you’re lucky. Also it has a free ‘green card’ and break down cover included. I think, but I may be wrong, insurance is expensive because of certain people in France whose hobby seems to be setting fire to cars. Compared to the UK there are a phenomenal number destroyed by this means each year, usually around the big Cites.