Buying a used estate

I'm looking to buy an 18-24 month old estate car with a bugdet of around £12-13k and have narrowed my choice down to a Toyota Avensis Tourer, Volvo V50, Seat Exeo ST, Citroen C5 Tourer. I drive around...

Seats of this content

I love my 6-year-old Yaris automatic. But I need a small auto to carry my husband to hospital and a little higher seat. It must be a more comfortable ride as he has cancer is in his bones and he feels...

I need a car with Isofix tethers for child seats and a large boot - am I right to consider the Citroen C3?

I have been driving a Volkswagen Lupo for 10 trouble free years. However, with the recent birth of twins to my daughter-in-law I now need a car that has Isofix tethers installed so that I can put in child...

Grand Picasso caravan towing

We are looking at buying a used Citroen Grand Picasso 2.0 hdi. Apart from the school run and work commitments we intend to use it for towing our caravan, which weighs 1000kg, two or three times a year....

Xsara Picasso versus C3 Picasso

I am 6'10" tall, aged 66 and currently have a 2-litre Xsara Picasso Exclusive HDI. I love the styling, size, driving position, mpg. etc. but it is seven years old at 75,000 miles. Should I be starting...

I need a seven-seater

I'm in the market for a new car to replace my 52-reg Ford Galaxy Ghia 1.9 TDI. I'm looking for something similar and I can't decide whether to go with diesel or petrol. I've noticed the Citroen C4 Grand...

Which winter tyres?

I recently bought a C3 Citroen Picasso with 195/55 Michelin Energy saving tyres on 16" alloy wheels. For winter use I intend to buy 16" steel rims and would like advice on which winter tyres to fit.

Which gearbox?

Which is better, manual or automatic in the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso? Or is it personal preference?

Please warn your readers about the Siemens tyre pressure monitoring valves as fitted to my Citroen C5.

I feel bound to add weight to the letter from RH of Cumbria about the catastrophic failure of certain tyre pressure monitoring systems. In February 2010 three Siemens TPMS valves failed within 24 hours...

Replacing our Octavia

Please advise: When should we change an Octavia 2009 VRS CR estate with 25k miles, and for what? Superb estate, Passat, or an used A6? Best quality, reliability a priority, petrol or diesel? We do lots...