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I am considering buying a new car as my aged mother is finding my aged Corsa increasingly difficult to get into and out of. Are you able to suggest some suitable vehicles at which we could look? I "shan't...
After my stroke two years ago, my husband purchased a Renault Kangoo 1.6 petrol, automatic, Lewis Reed conversion with ramp to transport me in my electric wheelchair. The conversion necessitates the halving...
I am in my 80th year, my husband has recently died, and I must for reasons of economy and size change my Volvo V70, 2004 automatic Estate, 28,000 miles, for something very much smaller. I have in mind...
All too often I get frustrated when, on paper, a car meets my perceived requirements only to find the seating is uncomfortable and the back seats are like "a park bench" as my wife puts it. Over the years...
I emailed you last year about a car for my Thai wife and settled on a Jazz, but then delayed due to the economic situation. Now I’m glad that we did because, having read your excellent report on the new...
My next-door neighbour, a widow, wants to buy a new Supemini. She is worried that a car may have been stored for a year or more, possibly in the open. I seem to remember that, in your column, there is...
There are a good number of three-year-old C5 and 407 estates on the market at what seems a good price. Many of them have the 1.6 HDI engine. Aren't these somewhat underpowered for what are pretty large...
We are currently running a 2001/51 Nissan Primera and thinking of downsizing. Purely an armchair exercise so far, but as a result of reading your articles, a Nissan Note, KIA Cee’d and Hyundai i30 are...
My daughter returns from a lengthy stay in Bangkok with her family, as her husband now has a job in Luton. He will have a company car and she needs one for herself. She has 3 boys, 10, 7 and 8 months....
I am very pleased with the automatic Skoda Roomster I run, apart from that my wife feels ill when she sits in the back. Maybe it is my driving, but she did not have the same problem in my previous car,...
 

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