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My wife and I are looking to get a 'runaround' which is suitable for transporting our new granddaughter and my wife's elderly mother. We think it needs to have five doors and we've eliminated the Yaris,...
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My Suzuki dealer has sent me an 'exclusive invitation' as a valued customer, as they must sell 40 new cars to reach their target (assumedly before the new registration) within the next 10 days. They are...
I've just been into my local Ford dealer with a view to buying a new showroom-displayed and unregistered Ford Galaxy Titanium X 163 2.0 diesel with quite a lot of extras installed from the factory. The...
I am looking to buy a used (57/08) BMW X3 or X5. A slight complication is that I am trying to do this from abroad so I can pick the car up shortly after my return to the UK. This mitigates in favour of...
Is this a good time to buy secondhand or new as a cash buyer? We want to buy a decent 7-seater and have narrowed it down to a Vauxhall Zafira or Ford S-Max. Ideally we want a high spec one (leather seats...
It appears Ford's current preference is to maintain high official list prices and then to rely on dealers to grant large market place discounts in order to bring prices into line with market competitors....
We are considering purchasing a new FIAT 500 1.2 Sport. Can we realistically expect any discount on list, or failing that what extras can be satisfactorily negotiated into the deal?
I have just made a deal with BMW dealer for a 520d automatic due out in July, but I will be having it in September with a new registration. As these are sought-after, no dealer would discount it but I...
Maybe you noticed Tesco's offer on Castrol oils? I picked up the 5w-30 A3/B4 for my 1999 model Petrol Vauxhall Vectra (60,000 miles), for which I used all the time Vauxhall oil 10w40 A3/B3 because I thought...
 

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