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I follow your column in The Telegraph and due to your advice I was able to get £450 back from Citroen UK - so thank you. My wife's four-year-old Citroen C3 started misbehaving and was diagnosed that all...
You have in the past recommended quiet-running tyres. I find the 17-inch Pirelli P7 (which I run from April to October) produces a noticeable amount of noise on most surfaces. Do you have an up-to-date...
I took delivery of new Fiat 500 1.3-litre diesel at the end of Oct 2010. Within a couple of weeks problem with warning triangle and stop/start unavailable lights coming up. Car went back to dealership....
I need a diesel car for towing a caravan, and have been considering a 2010 XC70 with the 205ps Geartronic D5 engine. I don't use the car for really short journeys, but I am concerned that with such a high...
I have read your general advice. Can you advise how the regeneration of the DPF in a Freelander 2 works? Does it regenerate anyway when one goes on a long drive or will it wait until it is partly clogged...
My Nissan Primastar has just stopped. The red engine management light is flashing "stop". It will turn over, but won't start. No fault found on computer.
We recently part-ex our two company Hyundai Getz 1.1 CDX for two six-month old Kia Rio 1 1.4s. While this car is basic and is designed for the emerging world, we have found it to be ideal as there is very...
Yesterday morning I decided to order from an online company called Model Car World a die-cast scale model of the Jaguar S-type I own. To my surprise and delight it arrived on my doorstep early this morning,...
Just bought my third Toyota Verso, which comes without a spare wheel. Thinking of buying four steel wheels with winter tyres. Can I put a steel wheel and tyre in the boot during the summer, and conversely,...
We are in a similar position to your contributor regarding part time living in Spain. However, we live in the South in the Andalucia region, and bought a car, Spanish registered, 18 months ago. The...
 

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