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I'm thinking about buying a “new” Focus RS from a main Ford dealer. The full retail price is £29,286. The dealer has offered me the car at a discounted price of £27,500. However, I have been told that...
My wife is keen to buy a new car and has her sights on the Mazda 2 Activematic. Have you had the opportunity to test one yet?
I have been running a Ford Focus 53-reg 1.8 Zetec diesel for the last seven years. The car has been very reliable except for water in the passenger foot well, about three times in all, and I have just...
I currently own a 2008 Honda Civic 2.2i CTDi with 25,000 miles on the clock. I love the drive, but find the rear window spoiler and lack of a wiper frustrating, especially when it is wet and frosty. A...
We are a family with two family cars. We are looking to replace the second car, an ageing Vauxhall Vectra, with something more fun. This would primarily be for my short daily commute and for weekends when...
My daughter, a trainee GP, needs to replace her 1999 Skoda Fabia hand-me-down as it is now beginning to cost more in maintenance. She is nervous about choosing a car herself for the first time. What would...
I'm interested in buying the Abarth 500. I really like the car but I'm having second thoughts about it because of the hard suspension. I currently own a 1.4 Fiat 500 and while I like it, I hate it's ride...
Child number three is due in December, so we are in need of a conventional estate car that is capable of fitting two baby seats and one booster seat across the rear seat. We specifically do not want a...
I want to replace my much-enjoyed Renault Megane Elise as it's now over 10 years old, but I don't know what to buy. I think all the medium cars are bigger than this now (wider and longer) so I'm considering...
I’m struggling to get any enthusiasm over my next car, can you help? My current car is a BMW 330CD M-Sport, two-door coupe, which is nearly five years old. The car has been brilliant, but it has only 2...
 

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