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In April 2008 my son bought a 2005 Ford Focus 1.6, 5-door automatic from Car Giant. The car had a recorded mileage of 30,000 and was ex-Motability with a service history. Since then the car has been driven...
I for one will not be putting my hand into my pocket to change my car under this joke of a scrappage scheme. My fabulous Audi A4 Avant 1.9 TDI SE bought new in September 1999 for £22k still looks immaculate,...
A small problem to which I think I know the answer. We have two cars, both ‘57’ reg: a Toyota RAV-4 XT4 and a Hyundai Tucson CRDT Limited’. Both cars are leased, the Toyota by my wife, and the Hyundai...
I have been offered a new king cab Navarra, taxed, with towbar and tarpaulin cover for the pickup bed at £15,240 inc. VAT. I am told that the dealership (Donnelly Bros here in N.I.) has bought 1,000 assorted...
I would be grateful for your advice. I have an 11 year old Lexus 3.0i Sport in good condition with a recent MOT to get rid of and am thinking of scrappage and buying in its place a small run-around, reliable...
This email comes all the way from Tasmania, which is the little island below mainland Australia where you sent your convicts. In 2002 I bought a Holden (Vauxhall) Vectra (new) and ever since have had...
I noticed a car I didn't recognise at the local branch of Arnold Clark yesterday, and stopped to take a look. It was a Nissan Tiida hatchback, of whose existence I was previously unaware. The car looked...
Back in March 2003 I brought a 1400cc Honda Jazz SE Sport, (on your recommendation) it has now done 96,000 miles, average 46 mpg, original exhaust, it is still a great car. I tend to keep my cars for 6...
We are looking for a glove compartment road atlas that is not spiral bound nor paperback, unless it is laminated. I cannot find anything suitable on the web and wondered if you know where to go.
I am interested in buying a Honda CR-V, but am unwilling to do so while it still retains the obsolescent diesel engine instead of the new design, as now offered in the Accord. I understand that the Accord...
 

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