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I have a 1994 Jaguar XJS 4.0 manual convertible which I have owned since new. Although the total mileage is 117,000, over the last 10 years it has only averaged 2,500-3,000 miles a year. I have decided...
My Hyundai Santa Fe diesel auto has 62k miles, is 4 years old and hence still has one year warranty. The car has been and still is ideal for my needs and I have no particular wish to change it. However...
When I have sold a car recently, rather then leave it on the street with a for sale notice in the window and risk prosecution for illegal street trading, I have placed it, by arrangement with the vicar,...
In March I was having my car touched up and improved at the motor engineers I have used for some years, Simon Green Ltd., Leeds. Whist there a motor dealer who was obtaining a MoT for another car spoke...
I have found a used car being sold privately which I would like to buy. The seller is reluctant to accept a verified bankers draft due to the risk of it being fake or cancelled and I am equally reluctant...
I have sold my motor bike and I am not replacing it. As a matter of courtesy I informed my insurance company, Hastings Direct, so they would not issue a renewal notice. To my surprise they want a cancellation...
I recently went to Mercedes to try and trade in my 53 plate E320CDi Avantgarde against a 2008 ML edition 10. Both had average mileage. Parkers list my car at £6,300, but the dealer offered me £5,000. Parkers...
I have not sold a car privately for about 15 years and would like to know the safest way to go about this. The BMW MINI dealer only offered £3,500 for my MINI Cooper as a trade-in, but suggested I may...
I had my 1993 Porsche 964 for sale and was contacted by an interested buyer, answered all questions asked honestly and he liked what he heard. We discussed money and he was happy to pay £13,000 after a...
If I buy a 2wd drive petrol version of a crossover e.g. Skoda Yeti & Nisan Quashai, will the residual value hold up as well as the 4wd diesel?