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I'm a new dad and now want to move from an Audi S3 to a more suitable estate or SUV that I will use as a daily drive but would like something sporty. I have a budget of £15000, what would you recommend?
The 2008 Mercedes A150 I was about to buy from a garage has had to have the ECU sent off for reconditioning in order to pass the MoT. The garage agreed to do this before I bought it. In light of this do...
Please can you recommend the best used car to purchase for a £12,000 budget? We are a family of three living in London but often use our car to drive back and forth to Wales and for European holidays....
I'm hoping to purchase a 2013 Jaguar F-Type and have noticed quite a few of these vehicles have low mileages. In performance cars does this cause any mechanical problems due to the cars sitting immobile...
I want to find a car with the same driver's seat dimensions as a 2003 Ford Fusion. In particular the height of the seat from the floor of the car (not the ground). If you could give me any advice I would...
We have a limited budget of about £13 000 and are not after anything fancy but do like a higher driving position We don't do many long journeys and our daily journey is normally a 15-mile round trip. We...
What would you recommend out of a Ford Puma, Audi Q2 or Volkswagen T-Roc? Most journeys would be 200 miles on the motorway?
Our son is 20 years old, with a clean licence held for three years. He has about £1500 to spend on a car, plus £1000 for insurance. I'm afraid he knows very little about car maintenance. What would you...
I currently drive a Land Rover Freelander. I love it, but my conscience says I need a less polluting small car for my 23-mile round commute on country roads. My needs are, low mpg, not a sports car, sub...
The original Ford EcoSport automatic had a problematic dry clutch transmission which was the subject of several successful lawsuits in America. This clutch was later replaced by a torque converter but...
 

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