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Please could you suggest answers to my needs? I shall be travelling all over Devon for my new job. I know and like the Toyota RAV-4 but would prefer something rather smaller. My base will be a place at...
My son recently bought an imported Toyota people carrier. The vehicle is shown as first registered (abroad) in 2000 but not registered in the UK until 2008. The DVLA has issued it with a date related...
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 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...
Why can't I renew my car tax on line? My current car tax and insurance both expire on 31st July. I renewed my insurance on 13th July and received the certificate a couple of days later. The insurers...
I read your reply to N.B. of Hurst, about the new Jazz I-Shift 'auto' option. Presumably Honda does not fit the torque converter box because of its need to get the emissions down as low as possible and...
If I buy a new Isuzu Rodeo 4x4 pick-up, do I have to pay £3,000 road tax per year? I'm self-employed/VAT registered.
Now that summer is upon us and holiday traffic is building up, can anyone give me one sound reason why caravans should not be subject to road tax. They slow traffic flow, clog up country lanes and abuse...
Last September I bought a Yaris diesel 2-door. Almost immediately I wished I had bought a 4-door version that, then, was only £500 dearer. Friends advised me against the 2-door but my husband thought it...
I have a 1992 FIAT Uno that I have owned for about 12 years. It failed its MOT a couple of years ago and has been SORN on our drive ever since, awaiting the rust remedy that never came. I rubbed my hands...