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I am due to take my old car to a dealer in the next few weeks (under the government scrappage scheme) and until seeing a letter from a reader had assumed the unused tax disc amount could be claimed by...
My 27-year-old son has just landed a new job that will entail daily travel around the Middlesex area. With occasional trips to Cornwall and Manchester we think the mileage will be in the 20,000-30,000...
With the rising cost of fuel and increase in VED, I am after a small diesel car. I am not looking to spend much and have seen a 55 plate Ford Fiesta 1.6 (90bhp) TDCi for sale. It has done almost 70,000...
I am looking to buy a new or nearly new estate car to replace a Vauxhall Omega. I am considering the Toyota Avensis, the Ford Mondeo and the Vauxhall Insignia. I will buy a 2.0 diesel version of the car...
For many years I have owned and driven 4x4s: RangeRovers, Shoguns etc. For many reasons I am now considering to a smaller car. I have always fancied a MINI Cooper. However friends say I will find the difference...
I have decided to buy a CC - convertible with a metal folding roof. Having owned a 3 Series BMW convertible in the past, I find their servicing costs, cost of oil changes, batteries and other parts to...
I have owned a 1997 Nissan Micra 1.0 5-door for nine years and 92,000 miles. As a part-exchange it is worth pennies. I am wanting to use the scrappage scheme. From the test drives undertaken I really...
I am over 70 and seek a car about Focus size. A Citroen C4 Picasso does not iron out the shocking road surfaces we have here, and the Focus, although better, does not have speed-sensitive steering, which...
We have been offered a year old Ford Focus Titanium, imported to the UK from Jersey, and on your advice I have also looked at drivethedeal.com which has quoted £13,458 for the same car but new. However...
You have been very helpful in the past and I wondered whether you could recommend a four-seater convertible. My Touran which replaced a Japanese import Pajero had been very costly with something constantly...