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I am taking advantage of the scrappage scheme to trade in my N reg Peugeot 106 to buy a Hyundai i20 on 1 September. My insurer refuses to amend the value of my Peugeot 106 and says it would (in the event...
I have some money to spend on a new car and like the Nissan 370Z and the BMW Z4, both have great looks and initially it was the Z4 I fancied but your two star rating put me off. I have been on today and...
I want to change my 2004 Golf 2.0 FSI with 40,000 miles for a smaller car (from reading your column, an Abarth 500, FIAT 500 or MINI Cooper), but I still want enough zip to make frequent driving on motorways...
Three years ago, my wife and I downsized to a small house with a single garage. Being close to the town amenities we now walk a lot more and find that our 2 cars spend more time in the garage or car park...
We are very concerned about the increasing width of modern cars. we hired a Peugeot 308 in Toulouse last October and it was frankly too wide for the little villages in the Aude Department. We think that...
I would be grateful for suggestions. I am recently widowed, and need advice on choosing a suitable car. My husband had a Rover 800, which has been sold. I have a Mazda 323, R registration that I like...
Having seen a Croydon Volkswagen advert in the local press for “a £2,950 allowance to buy a new Golf on top of the government scrappage.” I called in at their showroom yesterday. I asked the sales executive...
This week we traded in our car under the government 'Scrappage scheme'. The car road tax had another 5 months to run and we asked the dealer for the disc so that we could claim a refund from DVLA. Our...
We have just ordered a Hyundai i10 on the scrappage scheme. We have a cherished registration on the part-ex car. We have been told by the dealer that the plate has to go on retention until the new car...
I wonder if you can help, I'm looking to buy a Hyundai i10, FIAT 500 or Toyota Yaris. I test drove the FIAT 500 and i10 today, both of which I liked. The only issue I have is the reliability of these cars....