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In October 2008, based your Car Review of the Mazda 2, I sold my 138,000 trouble-free mile Honda Jazz and bought a Mazda 2 TS2. This has been by far the best all round small car I have ever owned. The...
You asked for reader experiences of Tyre Pal. I bought a set just before Christmas 2011 when on offer at a near half price. The sensors are fitted to my S-Type Jaguar. When cold (4 degrees Centigrade)...
I would like to recommend a small Ford dealer: Tuxford Road Garage, Boughton, Notts. I recently decide to buy a nearly new Fiesta traced by internet. I agreed a price for my car and the Fiesta over the...
A couple of months ago, I sought your advice concerning Churchill Insurance's insistence that my MR2's replacement stainless-steel exhaust was a "modification" and therefore merited a premium increase...
A short while ago I signed up for The AA Breakdown Repair Cover as I am driving an ageing 2002 Isuzu Trooper that has given me quite a lot of trouble over the years. True to form, it recently broke down...
Thank you for your prompt reply regarding the Audi A1 1.2 T SE. As I explained I have always bought Ford and, in view of what you say regarding the A1 and Polo, perhaps I should reconsider and revert to...
Following recent experiences with a motor insurer who advertises a lot in motoring magazines, please can you indicate which insurers are best thought of, in your postbag, for private buyers?
I would like to add to the email from RFN and say that my experience with LV has, so far, been a good one too. I was caught out last year in the bad weather - at only 10mph - and sedately slid into a wall,...
Hi John how are you? Been a while, mate. I need to buy a new car, wondered if that action buyer you put me in touch with before might still be operating? I think it was an old Irish boy called Jo?
Some time ago you recommended LV for car insurance and I switched over to them then. On receiving my first annual renewal premium recently, I was very pleased to note that there had been no increase on...
 

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