Rear-facing vs forward-facing car seat: at what age?
Rear-facing car seat: 15 months and 76 cm minimum under R129, two years per ADAC, four in Sweden. The head-to-head, Belgian law and the SUV question.
Meilleur SUV
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Hybrides & PHEV
First technical inspection of a new car: and then?
First technical inspection of a new car in Belgium: at 4 years in all three regions, then a schedule, a fee and repair deadlines that diverge.
Électriques
Car jump starter: does it work on an electric SUV?
A car jump starter also revives an electric or hybrid SUV, but the reverse is forbidden. Amperage, dated Belgian prices and a case by case table.
Familiaux & 7 places
Refilling AdBlue: pump or canister, the maths
Refilling AdBlue on a diesel SUV in Belgium: 1 € a litre at the pump, 2 € in a canister, dated Belgian prices, six steps and the mistakes that cost money.
SUV compacts
Selling a car without an inspection in Belgium
Selling a car without a roadworthiness inspection in Belgium: legal to a trader, blocked between private parties. Breakdowns, accidents, Flemish reform.
Premium SUVs
Trailer tax in Belgium: 50.16 € or nothing at all
Trailer tax in Belgium: 50.16 or 104.15 € a year in Wallonia, exempt under 750 kg in Brussels and Flanders. Declaration, fines and exceptions explained.
Hybrides & PHEV
Hybrid all-wheel drive: e-AWD or true AWD?
Hybrid all-wheel drive: electric e-AWD or AWD with a propshaft, and what it changes for traction, towing and registration tax in Belgium's three regions.
Électriques
Can you tow with an electric car in Belgium?
Towing with an electric car: yes, if box O.1 allows it. Surveyed towing limits, B or BE licence, range cut in half and the rules in all three regions.
Familiaux & 7 places
Three car seats across in an SUV: the method
Three child seats across an SUV rear bench: only one new model passes the ADAC check. Belgian rules, the 132 cm width, a six step method and legal plan B.