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I have a 100 mile daily commute of mostly quiet motorway and I’m looking to replace my company Mitsubishi Outlander with a diesel estate that is capacious (I’m 6-feet 4-inches), economical (mpg 60+ extra-urban),...
Our half mile dirt road drive (with various sizes of potholes) has finally got the better of our Ford Ka, which we use as a second car for commuting to the local railway station and as a general runabout....
I need to buy a car for my wife and daughter to commute eight miles each way, via rural roads, to school each day. Occasionally we will drive from our farm to Edinburgh and back again, which is a 300-mile...
My workplace is relocating shortly from its current position within walking distance of my home to a town 30 miles away. The commute will mostly involve a direct route on a dual carriageway except for...
I'm about to start a 500 miles per week weekly commute in my new role and need to make a choice on company car to fit several needs. With this mileage and cost of fuel it's got to be economical. I have...
I have recently moved to a job where I need to commute 25000 miles per year. I currently drive a Ford Focus 1.6L petrol. Could you please suggest something that would be similar sized but a good economical...
I wrote off my 52-plate petrol Fiesta Zetec in the ice the other day. I need to replace it with a small second hand car. I will be using it for a daily commute (round trip 64 miles). I'd like it to be...
I need to get rid of my MG ZT-T CDTi and get something much smaller and more economical as I am commuting 500 miles per week between Warminster and Weymouth - all A roads with a few miles of dual carriageway...
Need a used car for my 70 mile each way motorway commute, £25k to spend. Have dog so would prefer hatchback or estate. Needs to hold value well. I like to try to buy with a mileage of about 10k on the...
Here my conundrum: I'm in the market for replacing my ageing Polo and am looking for something suited to my daily 55-mile round trip to work. With that in mind it needs to be comfortable, economical...