Apulling prospect

We are looking for a new car 4 wheel drive car or estate car, but not an SUV to tow our caravan. We drive about 6,000 miles a year of which at least 3,000 is towing the caravan, we tow all the year round....

Return to National Service?

I have two Ford Focus Estates on PCPs with Freeway (Lex). One had its first 12,500 service this week and I was interested to see that Lex used a member of the National Service Network instead of the...

Twenty grandad

I am retired and find myself in a situation whereby I need to convey my two grand children in car seats along with their mother. Therefore I need a car up to £20,000 that has space for 3 adults and 2 children...

Power-a-sister steering

Two years ago my sister suffered an accident that crushed a vertebra. It has healed to a great extent and she is mobile on foot and about the house. She has a Peugeot 206 with power-assisted steering....

Soul rate?

At present my wife and I are sharing a 53 Honda Stream 2.0 auto (super gearbox) and a 04 FIAT panda Dualogic. We wish to reduce to one vehicle and are considering the new KIA Soul. The auto is a 4 speed...

Mini-mum

My post-pensionable mum is looking to replace her teenage Astra with something reliable and inexpensive to run and maintain. Journeys are typically local and short with a train being used for longer journeys....

Manual Labour pains

I am looking to replace my ageing A4 Avant (1999, 180,000 miles) and have been very tempted by the new V6 S4 Avant (well, putting the cash into a pension seems foolhardy by comparison). Naturally the...

Jazz tidy….

I finally ordered my Jazz today after a quick 20 minute test drive. I am reassured by your forums when people say you do get used to it but am still worried that after having such a wonderful CVT box that...

….belt

I am looking to replace my CVT Honda Jazz, which has been excellent in all respects. I was going to upgrade to the new Jazz as they have now included cruise control, something I wanted in my replacement...

Vote wagon

I intend to purchase a family hatchback, which I wish to keep for some time. The VW Golf Mk VI with the 1.4TSi engine looks interesting. However, it also looks complicated. Would there be any reliability...