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Is buying a small car from a car supermarked a safe bet? Do you get the same service as you would from a small independant and how do prices compare?
We will soon be taking delivery of a new Laguna Coupe. Is there a need nowadays to apply a corrosion inhibitor, underseal or whatever in view of the large amount of salt used on the roads in winter? If...
Very much enjoy your website & Telegraph articles. Are you able to suggest a replacement for our much loved Fabia VRS. The replacement needs to be 4x4, 4m long (give or take a few mm), have 5 doors, be...
I am interested in the new Polo 1.2 TSI and have read your road test and watched the vidio. You write that the engine has a chain driven cam yet in the video you piont to a belt driven cam. Which is correct?...
We ordered a New VW Golf match in September 2010 with the dealer saying it would be 12 weeks. In fact every dealer we spoke with told us 12 weeks. After many emails and calls with both the dealer and customer...
I am about to retire having had company vehicles all of my working life. I am budgeting about £15,000 and am tempted towards a new or nearly new car with a long warranty, e.g Kia or Hyundai. Thinking...
My wife has now decided after a long review to buy a Ford Focus. She needs four doors and to be able to carry equipment for two young grandchildren with good and easy access to the boot. What do you recommend...
Being snowed in for the third time, I am looking at the possibility of an alternative to my Audi A3, to get me back on the road, but don't care for the huge Jeep/Land Rover type 4x4's, which are far too...
Looking to buy Skoda Roomster auto, 3 spec on oct 2008 plate - model not the facelifted one. If buying pre-Christmas, does car depreciate from Jan 1st of New years as car, for example, becomes closer...
We are about to take the plunge and buy a brand new Kia Sportage and trade in our '08 B7 Audi A4 Avant. We're undecided to go to a dealership or take the plunge and buy and sell through Buyacar.co.uk The...
 

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