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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...
I drive an increasingly inappropriate Porsche 911. It's wrong for two reasons - it's a sports car, so it's best for younger folk and at 63 maybe I'm getting a bit long in the tooth. Secondly, the state...
I have a Renault Avantime V6 and a Punto 1.1. I need to switch to just one car. I'm thinking about a Golf but which model? Or do you have an alternative suggestion? A car in between the two extremes would...
I have seen a car that I like and was offered £1,300 as a part ex for my car. I told him the spec over the phone and then went to view the car the same day. I then went back the day after and put a deposit...
Part-exchanged my 180,000 mile car for £800 with dealer and handed over VT20 MOT Certificate which had a few weeks left on it before expiry. However, we had put car in for re-test early, prior to part-ex,...
I'm probably trading in a Mercedes ML 320 CDI Sport on 06-plates for a VW Golf estate. It has £5,400 worth of optional extras on it from new. What sort of value can I expect from the car, which is in...
We intend buying a new car in the Autumn (Toyota Auris Hybrid T Spirit). Our son-in-law would like to buy our present car; a Citroen C5 Exclusive 2.2 diesel automatic with leather interior. We bought...
I am 80 years young and my current Honda Jazz is now three years old. This is my second Jazz and I am well satisfied with this model. Knowing nothing about the mechanics, I have been changing my car every...
I have a BMW 123d coupe 59-plate (Oct 09) in space grey metallic with 11,000 miles on the clock. I am thinking of changing it for an Audi which will be delivered in April/May. What sort of money should...
Thinking of part exchanging my BMW 123D COUPE on a 59-plate, 10,750 miles in Space Grey metallic against the new Audi A1 185ps to be delivered in April/May. What sort of money should I be getting offered...
 

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