Part-vexed

I recently bought a Ford car, and decided to trade my wife's Hyundai Coupe in part exchange. I thought the dealer's offer for the Coupe seemed rather low. He insisted that, although the car was immaculate,...

Costa blanker

I purchased a 55 plate Seat Altea from CarGiant on 7th of June 2009 with 83,075 miles (verified) on the clock. It seems to have been and still drives as if it is trouble free, however when carrying out...

One bournemouth every minute

I purchased a second-hand diesel Freelander from a trader in Melksham on 18th April 2009. It is a 2006/55 plate with approx 51k mileage when I bought it. I paid £7,795 and have done 3,000 miles since....

Grasping for air

I bought a T reg Citroen Xsara West Coast 1.4 on May 21st this year for £1,200 from a dealer who gives a 3 month warranty. It was advertised as having A/C, but as I'm not a fan I only tried it once during...

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....

Vauxhall curser

I purchased a new shape Vauxhall Corsa in December 2006 under a finance agreement. Two services have been carried out since and I had a free Visual Health Check carried out by the Vauxhall dealership...

ML from hell

Are you able to help me with an ongoing problem that my daughter has with her ML 320CDI. She purchased the car new from Mercedes Salisbury in July 2006 and since then the car has been back in the Mercedes...

Rank Vectra

I run a 2005 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9CDTI 120 as a taxi, purchased new. The dual mass flywheel was replaced under warranty at 42,000 miles, and has just been replaced at 102,000 miles, at £1,000 it is an expensive...

Contracting contracts

I have just taken delivery of a new Nissan Note (under the scrappage scheme). The dealer has offered a 3 year service deal for £767.73 inc VAT now, or in monthly instalments which add up to the same amount...

Pounds, shillings and Bents

We have a 2006 Bentley Flying Spur, which is currently in our local Bentley dealer for a service. The dealer has phoned to say the car needs a new front wheel bearing and new front brake discs. The car...