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I have a 56 plate BMW 320d SE Touring, owned from new, which has done 90,000 miles commuting up and down the motorway. I am trying to work out whether I should keep the car or replace it, and if so, when....
I want to buy an Audi A4 2.0T FSI. It's done 60,000 miles and is three years old. The service history is complete but I want to go into to it with my eyes open. What should or could need replacing in the...
My SEAT Leon 1.9 is five years old in Nov 2010 and has only done 30,000 miles, but my SEAT dealership is advising I get the cam belt changed on my next service at around £355 (on top of the service and...
My Volkswagen Golf diesel 1.9 TDI is four years old with a mileage of 35,000. When should the cam belt be replaced?
I have run an Audi A4 TDI SE (multitronic gearbox) for five years since new. It is a second car and has a fairly gentle life. It is only used for journeys of more than 20 miles, usually on motorways at...
I have just changed the front disks and pads on a 2002 Volkswagen 2.0-litre petrol Passat. All the bolts and guide pins on the caliper and clamp are tight and torqued correctly, as are the wheel bolts....
I am dithering about whether to replace my 2002 BMW 320d Touring, which I have had from new, has 110,000 on the clock and has given me little trouble. It still returns 54mpg. Do you think it is sensible...
My 2005 Peugeot 407 SW has done 106,000km. I've fitted a Chip Express "chip" which works very well, making the car smoother, more powerful and with better fuel consumption, down from 5.8 to 5.3 l/100km...
I recently took my 2007 Volkswagen Golf to a main Volkswagen dealership for an oil and filter change on my car's DSG transmission. The garage rang an hour later to state it can only change the oil once...
For the past 10 years I have driven diesels and never needed to top up the oil in between services. I now have a BMW 3 Series petrol from new (Sept 2009) and it required one litre of oil after 9000 miles....
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