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I have been offered 4 steel wheels, 16inch diameter, from a 2004 Touran that I want to use for new Winter tyres. My car is a 2007 1.6 FSI Touran. Are these compatible? Price £70.
My wife has just bought a three-year-old Mini Cooper S Convertible and today received an email from Mini offering a set of winter tyres and wheels from £560 per set. They also offer to store the summer...
I have just purchased a set of Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme tyres for use on a Kia Sportage. This was the first time I have come across the new EU tyre labels and I was not surprised to see that, for a...
I will be driving on country roads to work early mornings and evenings, and am worried about winter. I would like to buy a used car, which is female friendly and does not breakdown, handles well in small...
Is either of 2007 BMW X3 3.0d and 2006 ML320CDI likely to be appreciably more reliable than the other? For driving one of the above on road in bad winter weather and snow, should I use winter tyres or...
I have a 2011 Santa Fe with standard Kumho 235/60/R18 tyres. I need to fit winter tyres for the ski season, and understand it is preferable to fit complete wheel and tyre sets if the winter tyres will...
I'm unclear if I should tell insurers that I have fitted winter tyres to my Skoda. The tyres are exactly the same size as the summer tyres and were supplied and fitted to new wheels by our local Skoda...
In your column today, you recommended, again, fitting winter tyres. However, Chris Knapman's article later in the Motoring section offered a different point of view. They cost money to fit, and to refit...
I have just read your comments on diesel particulate filters and am a little concerned as I have a 2010 Jaguar 3.0d XF Premium Lux which I bought new, and I was never advised that the DPF could cause problems....
I own a BMW 320 ED and I want to purchase winter tyres. I don't know what type and how to store the tyres in my garage, or should I purchase a new set of rims and if so what type?