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Nearly 2 years ago I bought a 2005/55 BMW 535d M Sport. I have been very happy with it except for the run-flat tyres. On the inside of the near-side rear and the near-side front, blisters have appeared...
My wife and I bought a three-year old Polo TDi from a VW dealer in Nottinghamshire, as an approved used car. After only six weeks of owning it, it needed new rear brake discs and pads due to excessive...
I have read your column avidly for many years but today's response to D.E. of White of Roding is enough to put me off you for life! This is the sort of response I would expect from 'new' Labour, or even...
I can’t see the point of space-saver emergency wheels. A wheel well has to be large enough to take the road wheel when the space-saver is fitted so they do not save space. Also, an alloy road wheel only...
My friends in Portugal have a 1959 Ford Thames van, engine/chassis number 715531. The van was taken to Portugal from Zimbabwe so it could be of South African origin. It was running until 4 years ago when...
I purchased a 55 plate Seat Altea from CarGiant on 7th of June 2009 with 83,075 miles (verified) on the clock. It seems to have been and still drives as if it is trouble free, however when carrying out...
Please can you help with this dilemma? I used to drive an X5 (57 plate, 7-seater), which my husband now drives and I have a 56 plate manual MINI Cooper S. The MINI has been good fun to drive but with two...
I bought my 2006 Mazda 6 2.0 diesel SAKATA in November 2007. For the first 3 months the car was fine no problems. Thereafter, I’ve had the same problems described on the site by other Mazda owners, especially...
I recently purchased a 1996 Mercedes E320 Sportline Cabriolet, FSH 100,000 miles - a model recommended by you in the past. There are two small abrasion tears in the blue-coloured outer mohair hood covering....
My daughter had a similar experience to AF (Honest John July 25) with her Golf, which was 6 months out of warranty. The ABS pump failed and the VW dealer quoted £1,500 to replace it. After some protestation,...
 

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