Pyramid sale

My daughter lives and works in Sinai, Egypt and has asked me to suggest a replacement for her old Suzuki Grand Vitara automatic, a car that has given her very good service. She requires a 4-wheel drive...

Retiremumt

Quick email to ask your opinion on what would be the best automatic cars for my mother to buy? She has just retired and has very bad arthritis so doing things like changing gear all the time is getting...

Fuel if you think it’s over

I have a Sept 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara 1.9DDIS which I bought about 18 months ago with 19k miles from a non-franchised dealer. In April of this year at 31k we discovered a problem with filings being deposited...

Seventeener

My Granddaughter, who is 17, hopes to pass her driving test in the next couple of months and my wife and I are thinking of buying her a car. I seem to recall you mentioning in your column that a KIA Picanto...

Swift decision

I am selling my 2006 Suzuki Swift 1.3 GLX and am torn between another Swift DDiS 1.3 GLX or the Splash DDiS 1.3, which is 1100 Euros less but with only manual aircon. The Splash seems a better buy but...

Fox shunt

My wife has just had her 3-year-old VW Fox written off. A possible contributory factor was the over generous roof strut at the drivers side. She only uses it as a ladies shopping trolley and fills the...

Higher purchase

I am having difficulty in sourcing a vehicle with a high seating position. I am disabled and need a high seating position and relatively easy access. I don't like the Vauxhall Agilia. Any other suggestions?...

Two grand turismo

Our second car is a 1998 CR-V and whilst it is currently reliable I am concerned that we may miss the opportunity to get £2,000 for it under the scrappage scheme if that scheme closes. My wife has taken...

Crashing in?

Last year I bought a new Suzuki Swift and the accompanying literature recommended that if I had an accident I contact Suzuki, rather than my insurance company. Suzuki would then do everything (recover...

All white on the night

My wife found last year’s snow particularly challenging for her much-loved Honda Jazz CVT. She would appreciate your advice regarding a small automatic 4x4.