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My Dad has been having horrendous trouble with his Volvo XC60. He purchased it from new in June 2011. Since then it has spent many, many weeks back at Volvo. The computer system fails in part - taking...

Exhaust control valve

How does one solve the problem of the exhaust control valve light being illuminated on the instrument console display?

Buying a SEAT Leon diesel

I hire these in Spain and France and am impressed. I see that a new model is on its way. I am thinking of buying either a newish old model or waiting for a new model demonstrator. Anyone have a view...

Replacing Tyres on a Freelander

I need to replace the tyres on my 2004 Freelander (I confess that it is still running on the original tyes but with only 34k miles on the clock). It currently has Michelin Synchrone 215/65 R16 98H on alloy...

Run flats on my Evoque

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY SPECIALIST THAT CAN SUPPLY RUN FLAT TYRES AND WHEELS FOR MY EVOQUE ? AS, VIEWING ADVANCING YEARS I DO NOT RELISH WHEEL CHANGING ESPECIALLY LATE AT NIGHT.

Diesel estate - what would you suggest?

I need a reliable estate for commuting (about an hour each way - motorway and traffic) and weekend jaunts with bicycles etc. Budget is around £6k and I tend to keep my cars for a while. I've narrowed...

What maybe the fault when connecting the battery terminals wrong way round

We have a 2002 Peugeot 307 Rapier. It had been running fine but finally a day came when it started showing up anti-pollution fault. We got it checked but the local garage couldn't resolve it. We kept running...

Toyota corolla

How good is the Toyota Corolla 1.6 automatic?

Different non-mainstream type cars

Your suggestions please! I have around 10k to spend on a car that could be described as ‘different’ or ‘unique’. I don’t want an eco-car! I would ideally like a six cylinder petrol or diesel but am...

Company car - spare wheel

Around this spring time my company car will be replaced with: Renault Megane Sport Tourer 1.5 dCi 110 Dynamique TomTom 5dr (Stop/Start). This car will come without a spare wheel/tyre, which will be the...