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Firstly thanks for your Saturday column in the Telegraph. Saturday not the same without it! After a hard Winter and being a senior senior citizen, I am fed up of the doubts about getting about. So I am...
A local dealer is looking for £11,750 for the above. Is this a fair price, please?
What is the most economical used car, big enough to take golf clubs and motorised trolley in the back?
I'm thinking of a 09/59 Kia Cee'd, largely due to the seven-year warranty (or remainder of). Unsure on 1.6 diesel or 1.6 petrol. We do around 8-10000 miles per year, mostly town driving and school run...
I have just signed a credit agreement for an 09-plate Hyundai Santa Fe. During the process I noticed on the website that it said remainder manufacturer's warranty. When I asked about this, just before...
Not usually indecisive but can't decide whether its time to trade in my relaiable Volvo V50 2.4i for something diesel. There's quite a few good deals out there but it's never put a foot wrong in 102,000...
A silly question, but could you please tell me if the Kia Sportage 1.7 two-wheel drive can go into four-wheel drive by the press of a switch? I'm going to buy one of these cars, but not quite sure which...
To replace a company car, I will be buying a used large family car. It needs to be automatic, with low depreciation over two years as I only intend to keep it that long. I have £12,000 to spend and would...
My job involves lots of small stop/start journeys (40-50 per day), sometimes only driving a few hundred yards, sometimes a couple of miles and I am using too much petrol in my Nissan Note automatic 1.6....
I viewed a five-month old 2010 Vauxhall Zafira Ecoflex Elite at a Vauxhall dealer. During a test drive the salesman informed me that the car had "traction control". I agreed to buy the car and to collect...
 

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