What is our 1959 Mini chassis number worth?

I wonder if you could please let me know if we have been offered a good price. For 40 years my husband has owned a 1959 Mini, reg number WEA 819. Obviously over the years it had nearly disintegrated with...

Insurance claim after an accident in France. Does this value sound right?

If treated as a write off what value should I get for a Mercedes-Benz C180 Kompressor Avantgarde SE 56 plate petrol manual with 34,000 miles (approx) and in pristine condition? My insurers have offered...

Buying used high mileage - price adjustment

I am thinking of buying a 54 plate Polo Twist 1.4, 5 door. It has 90,000 miles. What would be a fair private sale price to pay?

Dealer attempted to raise the price of our new Touran after signing contract - what should I do?

I was today due to collect a 2010 Volkswagen Touran SE with 6000 miles on the clock from a Volkswagen dealership in Twickenham. The dealer sourced the Touran for us and gave us a price of £14,195, to which...

Where can I sell my 6000-mile-old Fiat Panda?

Five years ago I bought a Fiat Panda diesel Dynamic Multijet. It has proven to be ideal but alas, at 85 I have decided my driving days are over and I must sell my little blue Panda with only 6000 miles...

How can we get good trade-in prices for our cars which match our local dealership's?

For thirty years my wife and I have bought and driven Honda cars. Throughout this period we must have bought 25 new cars from the same salesman at the same dealership. They serviced the cars and the trade-in...

We want to sell our 2007 Focus and 2005 Mondeo and buy a Kuga - what's the best way of doing this?

We both recently retired and no longer need our two cars. We are considering buying a 28,000 mile 2008 Ford Kuga 2.0 Zetec TDCI, as 4WD would be useful, from a Ford main dealer in Gainsborough, advertised...

Is this one-year-old Meriva a good buy?

Am I wise to go for an 2011 Meriva 1.4T 140 for £7795 from Motorpoint, including trade in for my old Tacuma? It seems to tick all the family's boxes but I never thought I could get a suitable one-year-old...

Which Mini edition offers good resale value?

My daughter who is fast approaching the age of 40 has set her sights on a Mini Convertible. She is at the moment thinking of a Mini One, and she only does social mileage of 4000-6000 miles per year. What...

What do you think of the Vauxhall Meriva?

My wife has driven Corsas for 20 years but its time to look for a new model. I am trying to persuade her to go for the Meriva instead as we have grandchildren, and I think the Meriva is not only slightly...