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I am 80 years young and my current Honda Jazz is now three years old. This is my second Jazz and I am well satisfied with this model. Knowing nothing about the mechanics, I have been changing my car every...
I may well change my car - can you make any suggestions please? We are both retired and travel abroad without the car several times a year so our annual mileage is fairly low. My ideal is - a good ride,...
I need to replace my Peugeot Partner with an automatic diesel with a similar load capacity. What is available new up to £25,000?
Was the FIAT Multipla JTD diesel ever marketed with an automatic gearbox? If so, when?
I have just read with interest your reply to JG, Fleet, regarding the switching off of ESP in snow and ice. I own a rear-wheel drive Lexus IS 250 automatic, not the best combination for snow. Whilst the...
I'm 63, semi-retired and seek a used ‘runabout’, the criteria being an automatic (a must) with the lowest possible road tax and insurance costs, and excellent economy. Depreciation and ‘street cred’ are...
My Yaris TR with the new-type combined automatic is now three years old and paid for. I find this type of automatic very jerky in first gear and very poor at pulling away at junctions and traffic lights...
I have just bought an automatic Lexus RX 300 (2003, facelift, 5-speed auto). In many ways a silly concept, I am delighted with it, because the large number of speedbumps on our road (I live opposite a...
My daughter and son-in-law have two old cars but they really need to upgrade to a 7-seater. They do not have much spare cash but would like to know what would be a good, reliable secondhand one about two...
I currently happily run a 2006 Renault Megane convertible 1.6 petrol manual. I do about 3,500 miles per year and the car has done 30,000. I have the oil changed annually and have had no trouble with it....
 

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