Best first cars?

What cars do you recommend for a 17 year old in terms of lowest insurance and best for safety. Budget circa £5,000.

Citroen C1 power steering issues

An elderly friend has owned his C1 from new. The power steering began to intermittently stop working 6 months ago. His local [small country garage] could not diagnose the problem but fitted an internal...

Buying a second hand small car - what would you recommend?

At present I have a 1.6 Ford Focus, but as my 17 year old son will soon have passed his driving test I was considering changing this. I have been advised that it would be easier to insure a car with a...

Can you recommend a small car for me?

What's a small reliable car with good mpg?

Which small, fun city car do you recommend?

My chairman at work suggested you might be able to give me some good advice on buying a car. I’d like to buy a small, economical car and have a budget of £8000. I live in central London so don’t drive...

Replacing my very costly 407 - with what?

I currently do 35,000 per year in a Peugeot 407 SW, when it is working it is lovely but last year cost £3k to keep on the road, in the past I have always purchased French diesels for £6k, mainly Citroens,...

Would you recommend a Citroen C6 to replace my C5?

For reasons lost in the mists of time I have always been a Citroen freak and I actually own a nice 2CV. Our main cars have been BXs, Xantias, C5s and so on. I'm currently thinking of updating my current...

Which car for our 17-year-old, 6-feet tall son to learn to drive in?

I have a bit of a dilemma that I hope you may be able to help with. My son is 17 and just learning to drive. We want to buy a car to replace my Nissan Almera so that he can learn to drive, and after passing...

Buying an estate car

We are looking to change our Fiat Punto for an estate car, Citroen C5 or Peugeot407 size, due to arrival of a daughter. We have £6000 plus trade in to spend. What estate would you recommend?

Indicators not working after repair

After a small bump my high insurance excess meant paying for damage myself. A good bodywork job was done but the nearside indicators are inoperative. The garage checked everything (broken wires, fuses...