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I agreed a part exchange value with a local garage for my wife's car. The deal was done and she collected her new pride and joy. The next day the garage called to say that they want a cash contribution...
I viewed a five-month old 2010 Vauxhall Zafira Ecoflex Elite at a Vauxhall dealer. During a test drive the salesman informed me that the car had "traction control". I agreed to buy the car and to collect...
Could you help me again please. I am 50 years old and I have had an interest in high end cars for many years. I've owned a fair few and turned them over frequently. I have bought 18 month old Porsches...
We were thinking of selling our Audi Q5 to an Audi dealer who has offered us £30.5 k. He has suggested payment in the form of a banker's draft, but is this the best form of payment and do the funds clear...
In Nov 2009 an error message on my Ford Focus TDCI (56 plate, 65k miles) subsequently indicated that i needed the Diesel Particulate Oil changing. My local reputable independent garage was unable to help...
My wife's S3 was 11 months 29 days old when at 7900 miles I sent it to an Audi main dealer for oil service on 30 Dec 2010. After 40 miles I discovered oil underneath it. There was no reading on the dipstick...
My father in law has been advised by his GP not to drive anymore (he's 80) so he is taking the advice and stopping, however he only bought his latest vehicle a Hyundai i20 automatic (1.4?) petrol, 6 months...
My wife's new Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec is fitted with a plane driver's door mirror and a convex passenger door mirror. The agent (Perrys)and Ford Customer Care Centre explain that this is because it has...
The dealer my wife bought her 59-plate Fiat 500 1.2 lounge from is insisting that if the car is not serviced after 1 year her warranty is invalid. The information in her service schedule says it should...
The steering has just failed on my 56 plate Meriva (its only done 18k miles ), with an ESP warning light also showing. I have noticed on your website that this seems to be an increasing problem with Merivas....