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I've written you in the past, when we lived in the UK, but we’re now in Maryland. I'm considering selling my two aging vehicles - a 1994 Honda Civic with 200k miles and a 1999 Nissan Sentra - for a 2010...
I have just bought a 1996 E320 Cabriolet Mercedes Benz. The car does not have a user manual with it. Please can you advise me if you know how and where I can source a user manual to go with my nice new...
In April 09 I ordered a Mercedes A180 CDI Elegance SE 5door with the optional Luxury Package. I took delivery on 19th June and the car has only the standard air conditioning, not climate control. In the...
I currently own a 2001 Land Rover Discovery Series 2 automatic, which had been trouble free until 105,000 miles, when I have had to replace suspension sensors, a known fault documented on your web site....
I had been looking for a car for sometime when I saw one advertised in the Auto Trader. I phoned the mobile number and asked the guy who was selling it if I could arrange to view the car. He told me that...
What would you recommend as the best/most reliable estate car? I currently own a 2005 Mondeo Ghia X diesel automatic that has so far provided excellent service. It is used mainly for fairly frequent trips...
I am taking advantage of the scrappage scheme to trade in my N reg Peugeot 106 to buy a Hyundai i20 on 1 September. My insurer refuses to amend the value of my Peugeot 106 and says it would (in the event...
We are currently a two car couple and have just paid over £700 to have both cars serviced. This has made us realize that as pensioners it is time for us to become a one-car couple. Our problem is how best...
I have some money to spend on a new car and like the Nissan 370Z and the BMW Z4, both have great looks and initially it was the Z4 I fancied but your two star rating put me off. I have been on today and...
My recently acquired son-in-law, a 28-year-old VAG mechanic, is seriously considering leaving his VAG Main Dealer employer to take over a Snap-on Tools franchise. It is seemingly an established round:...
 

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