Should I allow my Lexus RX300 automatic's brakes to cool before using them to hold the car stationary at traffic lights etc?

I have just bought an automatic Lexus RX 300 (2003, facelift, 5-speed auto). In many ways a silly concept, I am delighted with it, because the large number of speedbumps on our road (I live opposite a...

Can you recommend a reliable 7-seat MPV for my daughter?

My daughter and son-in-law have two old cars but they really need to upgrade to a 7-seater. They do not have much spare cash but would like to know what would be a good, reliable secondhand one about two...

Wee automatics - HJ opinion?

Head says ... buy Mazda 2 auto Heart says ... buy Suzuki Swift SZ4 auto Have Suzuki sorted the autobox issues on motorway raised in your review? PS: wife has i10 auto ... it's a little whizzer on motorway

I need a smallish automatic car, but comfortable for a 6ft 4 in man

I need to buy a small-ish automatic car, second hand. It needs to be comfortable for a 6ft 4in man and have 5 doors. I've driven the VW Golf and Ford Focus automatics, both diesel and quite like them....

Buying a used large family car, what would you recommend?

To replace a company car, I will be buying a used large family car. It needs to be automatic, with low depreciation over two years as I only intend to keep it that long. I have £12,000 to spend and would...

DSG Gearbox

In reply to ST, Oxford in the Sunday Telegraph Motoring Lifestyle you state that VAG's DSG gear box is improving. Does that apply to both the six-speed and the seven-speed versions and is the seven-speed...

Car for partly disabled driver

My sister-in-law is partly disabled with spine problems that cause left foot drop. She currently has an ex-mobility 06 plate Nissan Micra automatic which she likes but which is unreliable. She previously...

Can you recommend an automatic car with reasonable performance to replace my wife's MINI Cooper?

My wife’s MINI Cooper has now blown its cylinder head gasket for the second time in less than 36,000 miles, and I have decided that it must go. Can you recommend another small car with reasonable performance...

Is there a technique to driving my Peugeot 308 automatic to prevent it lurching when changing gear?

I have just taken delivery of a Peugeot 308 1.6 Diesel Feline Automatic. I ordered it with an autobox, expecting the Techtronic box from my old 307SW. Far from being a smooth cat, it is a dog. I have renamed...

Please recommend a small 4x4 to replace our BMW 1 Series for use in snow.

We are a retired couple and currently run a 3-year-old 2-litre automatic BMW 1 Series that proved to be totally unsatisfactory during the November/December weather (although it is kept in our garage when...