Looking to buy a cheap van for my new business, all vans within my budget are clapped out, well trashed and have travelled to the moon and back. I've found the car version of the vans (e.g. Citroen Berlingo, Peugoet Partner, Renault Kangoo & Nissan Kubistar) I've been looking at are in much better condition for cheaper, so I'm thinking about converting a car to a van. From what I see, I have to remove the back seats, render seatbelt anchors unusable, blank out the windows, and a few more jobs, and then get it inspected. All I can do easily - even if I get a van, I still need to do similar work to get it to meet my business needs. I'm not going to use the car/van for personal use at all, 100% business. I'm not looking to save on tax or insurance, or pull a fast one.

My question is can I change the V5 to show it as a van, and what about insurance? Where and who does the inspection? Will it run me into problems with the authorities?... Read more

Hi. Today I noticed none of the brake lights are working including the one in the back window. Can someone please help so I can resolve this problem. It's becoming a nightmare. I don't have the car Manuel either so I'm in the dark.

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We have had a new ignition barrel fitted to the car by a local garage but the keys that came with it are not remote keys.

Is there any way to program the old key to the new barrel and locks.

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Hi all - I am thinking of ordering a new Lexus IS300h as my next company car to replace a MB C220 cdi. Does anyone have any experience/views on the car.
For a number of reasons the IS works out about £150 a month cheaper than the equivalent 3 series and C class so is looking very tempting. Read more

Hi, we have a zafira as our large family car, need a replacement for my faithful astra G as it can't fit 3 baby seats in the back, plus eldest daughters have almost no legroom now behind me if I am driving (I am 6ft 4 and usually have the seat fully back on any car.
There is 13 cm behind my chair and front of rear seat, exactly the same as in a new golf mk7 we looked at in a dealer today (although golf does fit 3 kids seats across)
Tiguan had 17cm, Jetta had 19cm but the car is longer than we like or need, we live in London and ease of parking is a major issue, and why we don't just go for another zafira type car.

A golf 1.4 petrol would have been ideal if it had only had a few more cm space rear legroom, we don't need boot space for second car.

Also looked at the next door Audi garage, the A3 was even tighter in the back.

Due to wife's company car allowance scheme, we kind of have to go with a new car or nearly new through main dealer route. Read more