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I recently purchased a Ford Ranger pick-up truck from a dealer for £7k + VAT. It is a 2006 model with 44,000 miles on the clock and I am pleased with the condition, etc. However, the bill of sale states...
I have just had my Citroen C5 MoTd. As always my neighbour is a mechanic and we go over all the MoT requirements before the test. Today it failed on excessive play in the lower ball joint. Yesterday we...
I've had VWs and a SEAT in recent years and, enjoying the cricket commentary on the radio, have been frustrated that their radios do not receive LW. I presume that applies to all VAG cars. I have discovered...
I bought a second-hand (2004) Audi A4 Avant 2.5tdi just over a year ago. It was bought on HP over a 3 year period. The dealer said at the time that if I wanted to hand it back, I could do this after 18...
I note that one of your correspondents recently described his/her Honda Jazz as “a heap of unreliable junk”. Can I add my name to the list of dissatisfied owners? My 1.4 Jazz, first registered in May 2005,...
I remember some discussion in your column of the tendency of a certain era of Mercedes to be extremely rust prone. In our extended family we have an 18 year old Volvo 760 estate, a 14 year old Peugeot...
I purchased a demonstrator Mercedes A180CDI auto with 9,500 miles in late June from a main dealer and have put on a further 6,000 miles. The fuel economy has always been disappointing, averaging 41.2mpg,...
Seeing you refer to the Hyundai i20 returning "more than 50mpg" I wondered if it has the same 1,248cc engine as our recently purchased i10. Our only disappointment with this excellent little car is the...
A couple of colleagues reckon that there is a wide variation in the margin of error allowed in the despatching of pump fuel. One colleague reckons that he does not get as much Shell per litre as he does...
I own a 2002, 8,000 mile 3 door Honda Civic 1.4 Vision (bought privately from a "one lady owner). It’s fully serviced, timing belt changed etc., and body in perfect condition). The electric power assistance...
 

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