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I'm interested in buying a car from someone who has kept the car in Spain. The car is a classic and is registered in the UK, with a UK owner, who has an address in the UK. If I buy the car, I would pay...
Can you recommend a comfortable, reliable car to do approximately 20,000 miles a year on windy B-roads. My budget is £8000 and I was thinking a 2011 onwards Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI or a newer Ford Mondeo....
In Malaysia recently I tested the Great Wall Haval M4. It was exactly what I would be looking for in my next car - a torque converter auto, proper hand brake, higher driving seat, good ride and performance....
We bought a car while living in Italy. We have now moved back to the UK and would like to register our car here. Is there an all in one service out there that can handle this for us?
I'm moving to Thailand and will need to buy a car. My company will ship one over for me for free or I can buy locally. I will be based in Bangkok but will wish to explore the country with three passengers....
I bought a UK registered ex-MOT Full Tilt 1993 Land Rover Defender 110 and exported it to France in 2004. I still have all the UK registration papers and DVLA letters acknowledging my export. It has...
Volkswagen only offer diesel-engined versions of its Golf Alltrack model in the UK in spite of making petrol versions for other markets. Recently I found on YouTube a road test from Australia of a right-hand-drive...
What would the import charges be for importing a 1966 Ford Mustang from the USA? Do you have to register the car before it arrives?
I will be spending six months a year living in Spain and need a car to travel there and back in and would like to know if I am better buying a LHD British registered car or to purchase one that is Spanish...
I'm a Brit who's lived in the US for the last seven years. We are relocating next year to the UK and can bring two cars tax free - one for me and one for the wife. We have to own them six months here in...
 

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