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I purchased a faulty car from a garage and, after discovering this, told the garage that I wanted a refund under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 because the car is not fit for purpose. We only had the car...
Is a Toyota Yaris hybrid a sensible buy for rural drivers?
My son has just passed his driving test, could you recommend a few small cars to insure? He has a budget of around £1000 for the car and I'm expecting the car insurance to be high.
I've just bought a van. Does the previous owner have to cancel the tax or can he leave it on for the remainder of the time left on the van?
I'm looking at buying the Citroen DS3, what do you think?
I live in Italy and own an Italian registered Hyundai i10. The car was purchased new in 2012, has covered 43,500 miles and has a full service history. I want to sell this car and purchase a U.K. reg car,...
It's time to change my Toyota Corolla 1.6 VVTi which has basically given 128,000 trouble free miles. I intend to gift this car and then buy a petrol replacement outright. Not so sure about a Toyota Auris...
My wife's 2002 Ford Focus 1.6 was bought second hand just over 2 weeks ago. We noticed a small amount of oil leaking from the engine, and took it to a repair shop. They looked and said they couldn't find...
I bought an SWB van from the dealer on 19 January 2017. It had a full service history, 123,000 miles and I paid £2400 with VAT. I drove home and left it over weekend but when I drove it on 23 January...
I would like to sell my 2008 BMW 2D convertible and buy a hard top car with 4 doors and a larger boot. The car was originally just a fun car and it's a super car to drive, however, my circumstances have...