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I live in Saudi Arabia and own five BMWs, E23 chassis and the year of 1986 up 1986. All of the cars require extensive restoration and I am looking to get the full interior parts because I am planning to...
I am considering buying a post-2006 SAAB 9-5 Aero. What is your opinion of these cars? Is parts availability likely to still be an issue now that SAAB are supposedly up and running again?
The dealer we purchased our Perodua Myvi from in 2007 has told us that Perodua has pulled out of the UK and they no longer offer service facilities or spares. Is this true? If so, where can I buy spares,...
I wondered what your thoughts are on the pricing of minor trim parts by manufacturers? I recently suffered the misfortune of losing the cover from one of my door mirrors on my 2011 Qashqai. No worries,...
I wish to buy an inexpensive convertible and have been seduced by the cute looks of the Daihatsu Copen. However I understand that Daihatsu no longer markets cars in the UK. Will this mean servicing and...
I own a 2003 Seat Leon 1.4 petrol and the engine is beginning to sound like a knackered cement mixer. I think that I've tracked the problem to the EVAP purge valve - part number PA66-6F30, 2580033B, 1J0906517F...
My daughter's Micra recently broke down in Swindon. The AA were called and she was towed to an AA recommended garage. The garage found that the starter motor had burned out and had to be replaced. After...
Please would you clarify something for my mother, who is over 80 and thinks that the garage is trying to 'diddle' her. Her car is more than ten years old, and doesn't do much mileage at all. The garage...
Like SG I own an identical Rover 75 with almost identical mileage and it still drives like a dream so I fully understand why he wants to keep it. It is certainly the most comfortable car I have ever owned....
Two weeks ago, the rear window of our 2011 model Jeep Grand Cherokee was smashed whilst we were away from the car. Auto Windscreens arrived to fix the window with the news that they did not have one in...
 

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