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I recently bought a Mini Cooper S (R53 2005) and had some work done on the brakes. On inspection the technician queried whether the car is a cut and shut as he saw what looked like a weld on the underside...
If I buy a 2wd drive petrol version of a crossover e.g. Skoda Yeti & Nisan Quashai, will the residual value hold up as well as the 4wd diesel?
We are taking my wife's 6 year old VW Beetle cabriolet touring through France this summer. From your experience, which company gives the best breakdown cover - just in case?
My girlfriend’s car was recently hit up the rear, whilst stopped at lights by a closely following car. Her insurers Quinn direct are having difficulty defending her as she is only third party fire &...
I have a 2006 Volvo XC70 D5 SE with the safety package which included the built in phone and the Volvo "on call" system. The car was in fabulous condition and had only about 29,000 miles on the clock,...
Recently the speedo has been dropping to zero for a while. Occasionally it jerks and then restarts again later. The vehicle as been owned from new but is now a second car mostly in good working order,...
I have a CR-V 2.2 i-DTEC EX March 2010. From new, creaking at all speeds and road surfaces was apparent which became worse as the weather became hotter. It was tolerated for 5 months but became unbearable...
I drive a SAAB 9-5 Aerodeck 04-Reg and I am fed up with the tight squeeze in and out of my garage. I would like to buy a smaller car with all or more of the comfort and gadgets that the SAAB has.
I agreed to buy a Fabia 2 from a main dealer in September 2008. The agreement said that the vehicle was first registered on 2nd August 2008. In fact the car was registered in February 2008 and is now out...
I would like to know where I stand legally with a manufacturing issue outside warranty. The 2005 Swift had issues with a certain batch of rear axles which had a rear toe angle about +3 degrees more than...
 

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