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Having reached an age when my hearing now requires aids, I find these in fact distort extraneous sounds so that it is quite useless trying to listen to the radio on long journeys. Also, because of the...

Primera, Golf or 3 Series?

I am interested which is the best on motorway cruise - Primera P12, Golf VI or BMW 3 Series. I think that most of the diesels should be refined pretty much, except maybe that old 2.2 Di from Nissan.

A new mid-sized car

Do you know of any forthcoming changes to VAG diesels, such as chain cam and/or less problematic DPF? Are DMFs used on automatics/DSGs by VAG or Hyundai? Will VAG be introducing the more efficient 7-speed...

Smooth customer - looking for the right auto

I like smooth quiet automatic cars and only do about 6,000 miles a year. I am thinking of buying a 5 or 6-year old Toyota Prius with 100,000 miles on the clock to keep the purchase price down. What do...