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I have looked on your website and read John's and Mr Money’s advice. However I can't seem to find "deals" on new MINIs. Am I missing something? Or are these cars still exempt from discounts due to either...
I have to hand back the keys to my company car next month, and have started my own business. I need a comfortable motorway cruiser, to do approx 30,000 miles per annum, but do not have a great deal of...
I am in the market for a new Honda Jazz, either an automatic 1.4ES I-Shift or the 1.4 EX I-Shift and have a Honda Jazz 1.4 automatic with 42k miles on the clock, purchased in 2005. I have been offered...
As a fairly well seasoned motor trader of some seventeen years now I read your Saturday column with eager interest. Two points really, in the main it never ceases to amaze me that the vast majority of...
We want a selectable 4x4 (auto preferably) that is about 2 or 3 years old with excellent reliability and economy (which presumably means diesel, although we have been unlucky with auto diesel gearboxes)....
In my search of your road tests I came across the Hyundai i10 and i30. I have yet to drive the i30, but sat in one in the showroom and have to say I am very impressed so far. The interior seems very well...
My car is a 1999V Peugeot 406 L HDI Estate with no a/c and 83,000 miles on the clock. It has just had a new exhaust and drivers electric window switch fitted but is otherwise in good working order and...
I am in the market to select a new car and have finally narrowed my choices down (from a very long list) to Skoda Superb 1.8TSI 4x4, Nissan Qashqai+2 2.0 petrol, Subaru Legacy 2.5 litre. I want 4WD for...
Following a visit to your website, I checked out drivethedeal.com. Audi and Lexus (A4 and IS 220d) with almost £5000 off and Mercedes E Class (220CDi and 280CDi) with virtually £9000 off! What's the catch?...
I am considering buying a vehicle that has been advertised on the eBay website - not via an auction, but a "classified advertisement" alongside a price. The seller is a trader. Am I covered by the standard...
 

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