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I am 70 years old and am looking to purchase either a KIA Picanto 1.0 model, or a TOYOTA Aygo 1.0 model, which I think will be the last new car I shall buy. In your opinion, which would be the more reliable...
With a budget of £5,000, I'm looking for a diesel ex-AA or BT or council van for my surfing holidays. The van will be converted to house surfboards and possibly a bed. I am based in Manchester and would...
Can you help? I'm replacing my wife's X-Trail 2.5L Petrol Sport 04 Plate and handing it back on a balloon payment deal. I have a 52 plate VW Passat 1.9Tdi 130 at 112,000miles (new engine at 85,000 miles...
After living overseas for the past 6 years I have now returned to these shores to find a difference in the trade with car supermarkets and deals on new, etc. I used to work in sales for main dealers many...
In April 2008 my son bought a 2005 Ford Focus 1.6, 5-door automatic from Car Giant. The car had a recorded mileage of 30,000 and was ex-Motability with a service history. Since then the car has been driven...
I for one will not be putting my hand into my pocket to change my car under this joke of a scrappage scheme. My fabulous Audi A4 Avant 1.9 TDI SE bought new in September 1999 for £22k still looks immaculate,...
A small problem to which I think I know the answer. We have two cars, both ‘57’ reg: a Toyota RAV-4 XT4 and a Hyundai Tucson CRDT Limited’. Both cars are leased, the Toyota by my wife, and the Hyundai...
I have been offered a new king cab Navarra, taxed, with towbar and tarpaulin cover for the pickup bed at £15,240 inc. VAT. I am told that the dealership (Donnelly Bros here in N.I.) has bought 1,000 assorted...
I would be grateful for your advice. I have an 11 year old Lexus 3.0i Sport in good condition with a recent MOT to get rid of and am thinking of scrappage and buying in its place a small run-around, reliable...
This email comes all the way from Tasmania, which is the little island below mainland Australia where you sent your convicts. In 2002 I bought a Holden (Vauxhall) Vectra (new) and ever since have had...