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My husband is considering buying a Dacia 4x4 to replace our three-year-old Renault Megane Estate. It will be used locally, to tow our two-berth caravan occasionally and a small cattle trailer rarely, doing...
At some point I plan to replace our trusty and excellent 2003 Volvo V70 2.4 petrol auto. I was thinking about a 2008 or 2009 E-Class estate or the new V70. Is the Mercedes-Benz worth the extra money? Will...
My wife's 2010 Volkswagen Polo with DSG has shown exactly the same bad characteristics as AD of Chorley has experienced. The problem, which took ages to diagnose, was with the ‘Mechatronics’. The car was...
I would be grateful for your advice. I have a choice of Mercedes-Benz S 350 diesel, new at £57,000, or an Audi A8 SE 3.0 V6 diesel, which has done 4000 miles, was registered in June 2011 and is priced...
Like TC (29/12/12), I have a Honda Jazz 1.4 SE that I bought in September 2005 when it was 18 months old. At the time, I was 74 and looking for a car that was reliable, economical and practical. Next March...
I have an E36 M3. It’s a wonderful car that I have always maintained, money no object, but she now has 170,000 miles on the clock and has recently had one or two sizeable bills. It’s difficult to know...
Would you please kindly clarify for me as to what one can expect from the latest range of Ford diesel engines? I am currently shopping around for a nearly new Ford Focus or Mondeo car. A local Ford salesman...
My lovely 1994 Nissan 200SX with 99,445 miles, which I have found reliable, solid, comfortable and secure, evidently needs about £1000 of work - mostly welding - if it is to pass its MoT. Even then it...
I have been happily driving my manual Honda Civic for 23 years and it has done 67,000 miles. It is entirely reliable, sails through MOTs and doesn't depreciate. My father left me his two-year-old automatic...
My chairman at work suggested you might be able to give me some good advice on buying a car. I’d like to buy a small, economical car and have a budget of £8000. I live in central London so don’t drive...
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