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I'm selling a car privately, but a couple of the tyres have a slight air leak near the rims and need topping up with air about once week. Do I have to disclose this?
I've received a quote for the lease of a Volkswagen Tiguan SE Nav TDi of £79 per month, with an initial payment of £1527 over 36 months - including a maintenance package. Another car dealer (competing...
My wife will soon be having an operation to remove a small tumour in her head. The oncologist said she will have to stop driving for a year and she must tell the DVLA. We both have a car and have added...
In December, our car was showered in gravel from a lorry that sped by. Our windscreen was cracked and the stones left my driver door and bonnet covered in stone chips. My insurer, LV, are treating this...
We moved to the North East of England from the South and would like to replace my wife’s 2016 Ford Fiesta (6500 miles, Titanium Ecoboost) with a small 4x4 SUV. She likes the look of a used BMW X1, Kia...
I've been living in Australia for the last three and half years. I'm 48 years old and have had eight years no claims bonus, but I've spoken to an insurance company and they have advised me that my no claims...
I would like a decent van like a Ford Transit or Vauxhall Vivaro, but would like an automatic gearbox, which would you suggest?
My car is currently SORN. It passed the MoT in June 2017 but the exhaust fell off in November. Am I able to sell it on eBay? If so, how can a buyer legally get the car home?
My daughter had a car accident today. She was waiting to pull out of a petrol station, which is situated on a junction right near a set of traffic lights. She was indicating to turn right and would have...
We have a 2014 MINI Cooper D All4 Countryman, that's done 28,000 miles. It has recently developed a whining sound and the MINI dealer has identified it as a transfer box problem. The parts, labour etc...