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Our daughter turns seventeen next month and driving lessons are booked. The family car is an automatic. With a budget of between £5000-£6000, what would you recommend we focus our attention on for her...
I have a budget of £10k to £11k for an automatic for a driving school car, which auto box is best? DSG, DCT or CVT?
What's the best secondhand car I can get for a learner? Budget £2500.
I'm picking out a car for a friend and would be interested to know what would be a good hatch/saloon for a learner driver at under £2500? Preferably a diesel one as he intends on using it for a long commute.
With the development and promotion of persuading people to use electric cars, if you passed your driving test in an electric car would you be restricted to driving only that type of car?
I need to buy a small car for my son to learn in, then drive when he passes. I am looking for the best combination of safety and value. What do you recommend? We're hoping to spend less than £7000.
Can you recommend a car to replace my 2015 Fiesta 1.5 TDCi Econetic? I'm a driving instructor covering 55k miles a year so needs to be a diesel. My current fiesta is on 162,000 miles and never had any...