Scrappy information

I have taken advantage of the scrappage scheme and ordered a Toyota IQ. High list price, but with the £2k off it seems more palatable. Also very green and costs less to run and insure than my current barge....

Life sentences

You recommended recently that a Hyundai i10 would be a good car for me - and I am due to get mine next week. I read your column every week and you often give good tips on how to look after a new car -...

Back to the fewture

I note your support for the scrappage scheme. Is this the whole story? MoT service centres are immediately losing out on £4 million (30,000 cars times £45 times 3 years) income. Secondly the statement,...

Swift reaction

Your site and immediate replies to emails have been a godsend in the selection of a suitable small automatic for my wife. We narrowed it down to a choice of five: Fiesta/Colt/Jazz/Swift/Ibiza. Then road...

Spec savers

I am considering a purchase of a Hyundai i20 for my wife. Partly on recommendations you have made in your columns. As my wife does not do an excessive amount of driving the plan is to go for a petrol...

Couped up in the back?

I think you recently wrote on BMW 3 Coupe and Audi A5, your recommendation was the BMW due to rear seat space and you made some comments to avoid deep low profile tyres; could you elaborate on all the...

Ague Class

My partner owns a 52 plate Mercedes A Class which has done 120,000 miles. A bit of rust is appearing and she is getting itchy feet, hence us looking at new cars around £10k (ie: Mazda 2, Seat Ibiza, plus...

Me and my galls

Like me, my T reg. Mazda 626 2.0i petrol Estate is getting a bit long in the tooth and will soon need replacing. I do about 10,000 miles a year and it delivers 40-42mpg. I'm looking for another estate...

News summery

Both Motorpoint and Bob Gerard admit that their “new” S2000s were manufactured 9 months or so ago. Motorpoint’s are registered from Nov 2008, which is when the 36 month Honda warranty started, whereas...

Gite car

I am considering buying a car to keep at my holiday home in France. I know I could continue renting but I’m spending about £2,500 pa on that, plus what the rest of the family spend when they go there....