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Would a petrol SUV be okay for towing?

I currently have a Volkswagen Tiguan that has been okay on a mixture of short trips and towing a caravan. We've never experienced any DPF issues, but since...

Tags: towing petrol or diesel? buying and selling buying an suv consumer advice emissions fix petrol suvs dpf issues
Volkswagen Honda Land Rover Renault Mazda Tiguan 2008 - 2016 CR-V 2012 on Discovery Sport 2015 on Kadjar 2015 on Tiguan 2016 on CX-5 2017 on

Should I get a hybrid car or an EU6 diesel?

I'm looking at replacing my Honda FR-V with a Lexus NX or Land Rover Discovery Sport. My heart is with Land Rover, but build quality seems to be an issue...

Tags: buying a new car buying and selling hybrid or diesel? diesel cars reliability consumer advice diesel backlash hybrid cars
Honda Lexus Land Rover FR-V 2004 - 2009 NX  2014 on Discovery Sport 2015 on

Would a pick-up truck be suitable for off-roading and city driving?

Following your advice five years ago, I purchased an old Range Rover Sport - which I loved and was very practical with a reasonable amount of off road...

Tags: fuel economy refinement vans pick-ups offroad buying and selling poor fuel consumption city driving buying a new pick-up
Land Rover Mercedes-Benz Nissan Discovery 4 2009 - 2017 Range Rover Sport 2005 - 2013 C-Class Estate 2014 on Navara 2016 on

What should I do if I misfuel?

What will happen to a Land Rover Discovery 3 if it's misfuelled?

Tags: misfuelling maintenance and servicing owning consumer advice
Land Rover Discovery 3 2004 - 2009

Should I go for a petrol or diesel Land Rover?

I currently own a 2009 Range Rover Sport diesel and I'm looking to acquire a new Land Rover Discovery Sport. I'm not sure whether to go for diesel or petrol....

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Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2005 - 2013 Discovery Sport 2015 on

My insurer have increased my premium even though I didn't make a claim - can they do this?

I contacted my insurers to inquire about getting some vandalism repaired on my Range Rover, but it turned out the excess on my policy (which also has protected...

Tags: insurance claims legal and consumer advice insurance named drivers no claims complaints insurance premiums ncd ombudsman ncb fos
Land Rover Range Rover 2013 on

Range Rover Evoque panoramic roof cracked when we manually closed the boot - is this normal?

My girlfriend closed the boot of our Range rover Evoque manually, without using the auto button. I was sitting in the driver seat at the time and it made...

Tags: maintenance and servicing panoramic roofs customer service owning glass roofs consumer advice panoramic room crack
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 2011 on

My new car is 14 insurance groups lower than the previous one - so why has my premium gone up?

My wife recently changed her car from a Land Rover Freelander, worth £2000 and insurance group 23, to a Renault Clio, worth £2000 and insurance group 9....

Tags: insurance claims personal injury claims insurance insurance groups whiplash no claims theft young drivers consumer advice ncd ncb
Land Rover Renault Freelander 2 2006 - 2015 Clio 2013 on

A pavement parked car forces my daughter and pushchair onto the road to pass - is this a police or council matter?

My daughter with her pushchair often goes down a road where there's a Range Rover parked on the pavement, not completely but enough to stop her getting...

Tags: legal and consumer advice councils police pushchair pavement parking
Land Rover Range Rover 2013 on

Our new car will be off the road for three months with a fault - what are our options?

I bought a new Range Rover but when we picked it up there was an airbag light on on the dashboard. We thought this was the indication that the front passenger...

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Land Rover Range Rover 2013 on