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Yesterday my 2002 Mitsubishi Shogun was running absolutely fine. Today, I came out and the gears felt a little stiff. Now I cannot get it into drive at all. Any ideas?
We live three miles up a forest track and own a Land Rover Discovery 3 with 235/70R17 tyres. I want to fit winter tyres, preferably on steel wheels, but have been told Land Rover doesn’t make steel wheels...
I live in the Scottish Highlands, which gets heavy snow and ice from November till April. I own a 2009 Land Rover Discovery, but am not sure which tyres to buy as I only spend 10 per cent of my time off...
Are there any problems with automatics Toyota RAV4a? I will not be going off road but do live in rural North Wales so do get snow in the winter.
We want to buy a used 4x4, diesel, with inward facing rear bench seats that can be tipped up/moved for occasional sleeping in the back. Our very, very old Toyota Land Cruiser had them, but we can't find...
I am looking for a new/nearly new automatic four-wheel drive car. I have a £7000 part exchange and am expecting to pay £20,000/£25,000. I do 20,000 miles per year with about half that on the continent....
We currently own a Toyota RAV4 and Audi A4. We need to sell both and get a family sized car, which has occasional 4x4 ability (prefer two-wheel drive which switches to 4x4 if needed). We'd like a diesel...
An elderly neighbour has offered to sell me his 2011 Toyota Urban Cruiser AWD 1.4 deisel. He doesn't drive it anymore and the mileage is only 12,000 and he wants £9000. It is in showroom condition and...
I am considering moving to an area in the central belt in Scotland (between Edinburgh and Glasgow) that won’t have easy access to motorways. Therefore, I am thinking about getting a 4x4 for the days the...
I have an old Land Rover Freelander, which I have had from new and clocked up 135,000 miles. I now need to buy a new car. I love my Freelander, but to replace it with the same HSE trim will be huge money....