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My father in law, who is now 84, drives a twenty-year-old Renault 5 which he is planning to use in the newly announced government scrappage scheme. He wants to replace it with a new car that must be easy...

Ranging Bull?

I have seen a June 2001 Range Rover Bordeaux 2.5 diesel with 99k miles on the clock and full service history (14 stamps) from Land Rover service centres or dealers. Looks to be a tidy car. Please can you...

Un Thaid

I am contemplating the purchase of a used 5 Series BMW with a budget of £20,000 - £22,000. Looking on the Autotrader website I notice that there are a number of companies offering new, high specification...

Maz transport

I have seen a ‘new’ pre-upgrade MX-5 2.0i Sport on offer for £13,635. This seems almost too good to be true but how do you feel about the 'old model' against the recent upgrade? This price would not buy...

Prix fix

I wonder if you could advise me about a car I have recently seen in a local (non VW) garage. It is a VW Golf 1.4 FSI S 5-door manual car with metallic paint. It had one previous owner and mileage is 22,000....

Born again BMW

I viewed an unregistered BMW 525i SE Auto at Motorpoint yesterday (after seeing details on your site). There were signs that it had stood around for some time, but with £13k off list price it seemed a...

Z Z top?

After more than 40 years motoring I have it in mind to enjoy myself with a second-hand Nissan 350Z. As they are not popular for economy and duty reasons, I wondered if they might be making appearances...

Obscure object of Desire

I need to sell my 2004/53 Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6 Desire 2 privately, but am unsure what realistic price I should ask. The car is in very good condition inside and out has full service history and has...

Overloaded

I have seen a 2004/54 BMW 525d M Sport Touring Auto. Would mileage of 87,000 put you off? The car is immaculate, originally cost £45k including £12k of extras. Extended BMW warranty/assistance expires...

Week argument

Having been made redundant last month, my company car has to go back when I start another job. I have very fortunately found an office job with no car for the 13 week initial trial. My question to you...