Insurance prices too hight

I own a 2004 118d BMW. Lovely car. I am 29, have been driving for 12 years with 9 years no claims. I have 3 points on my license for going thriugh a red light a year ago. I also live in London. My insurance...

Vibrations in a BMW

I have a BMW 318d, 2006 model, and at 80mph there is a bad vibration coming from the rear. I had the tyres tracked and balanced, but to no effect. What could be the problem?

Will a newer Mondeo match up to an older BMW 3 Series?

We have a BMW 3 Series Coupe 02 plate, my husband wants to get a new car! We are looking at Mondeo 2.0 Titanium X 08, how do you think this will compare to the BMW?

Practical and enjoyable - what can are the choices?

I currently own a 51-plate Rover 25 1.6 and a 97 plate MGF 1.8vvc. The MGF was bought as the fun car and I love driving it. Time has come to consider selling both but I hate the thought of losing the...

Run Flat Tyres - do I need to replace them all?

I own a BMW 320 Touring and will soon need to buy new tyres. Runflats are fitted at present and to replace all 4 it looks like I will be paying £1,000+. Friend recommended changing from runflats and buyng...

When should I worry about my BMW 320d Touring going wrong?

I have a BMW 320d Touring new in Sept '08 & dealer maintained throughout its 62,000 miles. It's the best car I've ever owned (great to drive, never let me down and averaged 45.5 mpg since new). But I've...

Which executive car?

I am looking to buy a large excecutive saloon to keep for 7- 10 years, which you would recommend? Volvo S80 D5, Mecedes-Benz E220D, BMW 520d? It would need to be high spec and auto diesel.

Winter tyres

I'm looking to fit winter tyres on my BMW 3 Series Touring. It's had 225/45R17s run flats from new. Kwik-Fit do a Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip GW3 runflat in that size. My local BMW garage, however, are suggesting...

Buying a family saloon

I'm new to this site and must apologise if my question has been answered. I need to buy a family saloon car as we are expecting our first child. The car needs to be reliable, solid and provide good miles...

Running in a new automatic

(1) You recently gave specific information on running in a new engine to reduce oil consumption, giving RPM relative to mileage. But how would you be able to control rpm in an automatic car? (2) Also...