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We are about to buy a Mini Cooper S, and part-exchanging a Ford Ka. The Ka is not worth very much, has rust and the driver door lock is dodgy. We have informed the dealer of this. How can we cover ourselves...
I am 64, have a Mondeo '06 in VGC with 47000mls and I'm thinking of downgrading for economy reasons. I'm looking at a Fiat 500 Twinair. Can spend £3k - £5k plus trade in for the Mondeo.
My son is looking to part-ex his black 2007/57 Astra Sportshatch 1.7 CDTI SXI, 27k miles, good condition, brand new MoT, brand new front tyres for a Ford Fiesta 1.6S 1600 3-door petrol, Racing Blue,10k...
We are interested in a new Golf Cabriolet S 1.2 and have an Astra Cabriolet 1.8i 16v 2Dr with leather seats to PE. The Astra has about 50k on the clock and was registered in Oct 2002. It is in pretty...
Hi, I am trying to find out what is a fair value for a Y Reg metallic Black 2.0 Selespeed 3 Door Alfa Romeo 147. The car has done 64,000 miles, had the cam belt changed, and got a FSH up to last year....
Back in March this year I placed an order for a Mazda 6 with a specification that meant that the car would have to be built. At that time a 4 month lead time was mentioned. This has subsequently become...
Can the garage put the price of a car I ordered in January 2011 up by £2,700? I have rung them a number of times and I was assured this would not happen. But the car arrived a week ago and I was informed...
I have a Citroen C4 2.0HDI (138hp) exclusive that will be three years old in September 2011 and has done 34,000 miles. I am torn between keeping the C4 for another year after taking out a warranty, or...
I recently went to Mercedes to try and trade in my 53 plate E320CDi Avantgarde against a 2008 ML edition 10. Both had average mileage. Parkers list my car at £6,300, but the dealer offered me £5,000. Parkers...
I had my 1993 Porsche 964 for sale and was contacted by an interested buyer, answered all questions asked honestly and he liked what he heard. We discussed money and he was happy to pay £13,000 after a...