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What small automatic petrol car do you suggest to replace my wife’s diesel MINI Countryman for £17,000?
I am looking at the SEAT Ateca - either the 1.5 TSI DSG Or 1.6 TDI DSG. I have been doing up to 15,000 miles a year of mixed motoring. What would be the break even mileage to make the petrol version more...
I need to buy a newish Euro6 van. Should I buy a diesel or petrol?
I have been a diesel car driver covering around 30,000 per year for the last 10 years and would like to add my two pence to the conversation. Along the A1, the cheapest fuel I have found is at Tesco Huntington,...
In this current climate should I replace a diesel car with a petrol car?
I am on the cusp of trading in a 2016 TSI VolkswagenTiguan (Mk2) for a 2018 TDI Volkswagen Touareg (Mk3). Putting the cash differential to one side (the Touareg is broadly twice the price of the Tiguan...
I don't know what to do about purchasing a new car. Should I buy an electric, diesel or petrol vehicle? I have heard from various friends who have purchased electric vehicles of many teething problems...
Does the 1.2 PureTech in the Peugeot 5008 struggle on hills or would it be better to go for one of the diesels?
Should I buy a Volkswagen Polo petrol 1.2 TDI Match (2017) or a Polo diesel 1.4 TDI (2016)? It will be used for city travel with three or four long trips a year Bristol to Cornwall or Ireland. How does...
I have a 2017 Nissan N-Connecta 1.5DCI with 48,000 miles on the clock. Due to a change in circumstances I no longer need to make a 20-mile journey twice a day, most journeys will be 2-5 miles, except...