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  • Is this deal on a new Toyota RAV-4 too good to be true? 21 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I'm about to purchase a new Toyota RAV4. The local dealer is quoting £25,245 for a cash sale whereas an online company (www.broadspeed.com) has quoted...
  • Which company car for motorway driving with good fuel economy and low tax? 1 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I am shortly to change jobs and will have to choose a company car, list price up to £28,000. I am 6-feet 4-inches tall, will drive approximately 60,000...
  • Which company car? 21 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I am going to have a car through work so to some extent the purchase cost is not a consideration. More important is economy and tax. However I drive...
  • Can you recommend a suitable car for a young family with three children? 25 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
    Sometime during 2012 our family will have an addition and we will then have three children under the age of two years old. The current car will need to...
  • Buying a used estate for the family 30 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
    My wife is looking to buy a family estate for the arrival of our second child, and also to use for her garden design business. We have a budget of...
  • Hybrid v Diesel 5 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
    We have two cars, Audi A4 and Corolla Verso, both 2004 and both Automatics. We are considering consolidating to one car between us. We would...
  • Buying a new or nearly new small car - what would you recommend? 19 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
    My daughter is a single parent with a four-year-old child and very happy with her 04 plate, manual, petrol, Jazz, but wants to change it for a new or nearly...
  • Would you recommend a BMW M Sport 3 Series or an Audi A5? 15 Dec 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I have a budget of around £17,500 and I'm looking at the Audi A5 or BMW M Sport 3 Series coupe. Fuel economy and cost of insurance is important as well...
  • Do premium fuels de-coke turbochargers as well as injection components? 9 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
    This is a very important question as many vehicle owners suffer sticking vanes in turbochargers due to carbon build-up, which is very expensive to fix....
  • My Mercedes-Benz C270 has developed an electrical fault in the dash. Do you think Mercedes-Benz will contribute? 27 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I purchased my Mercedes-Benz C270 estate on 1 September 2004 new from a Mercedes-Benz dealer. The instrument panel needs replacement due to an electronic...
  • Eye-bitsa 3 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I'm on my fourth Ibiza but need to trade it in soon. I'm comparing it to the Hyundai i20 and Skoda Fabia, both 1.4 petrol versions. Speed isn’t important...
  • Calm without harm 15 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
    As a UK manufacture of traffic calming devices, I agree with the comments of your reader from Liverpool about the ramp gradient being more important than...
  • Diss-be-lever 30 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I would be very grateful for any advice. I would like to buy a car with small body dimensions and a great automatic gearbox because most of my driving...
  • Shoulder bolster 23 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
    My daughter will be 17 soon and I am starting to think about a suitable car. Due to a shoulder condition she will be limited to an automatic. I would prefer...
  • What are the best tyres for the Toyota Prius? 26 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
    Now that all tyres are rated could you please advise what are the best tyres for a 2006 Toyota Prius? I want the tyres to combine longevity, fuel economy...
  • Renault Megane or Volkswagen Jetta? 23 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
    Should I buy the Renault Megane 1.2 TCE 115hp or the Volkswagen Jetta 1.2 TSI 105hp? Which one is better particularly for engine noise and performance?...
  • What advice do you have on buying a Toyota Alphard? 5 Jan 2022 (Ask HJ)
    My daughter and her husband are thinking of buying a Toyota Alphard as an alternative to a Mazda Bongo. What are the service intervals? Does it have a...
  • What is happening to Honda in Europe? 16 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
    When Honda announced 800 job losses at Swindon the company blamed declining markets in Europe for their problems. Unfortunately this appears to be a severe...
  • Gran sport 20 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I'm looking to replace my beloved Fiesta 1.6TDCI Zetec S and want something with the same sort of performance - either diesel or petrol. Now retired, I...
  • Bah, Hamburg! 14 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I wrote to you some time ago, perhaps a year ago, about my E46 BMW 320d Sport I imported from Hamburg in 2002. The car is serviced by my local BMW dealer...
 

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