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Which auto is best for nervous drivers?
Which is the best automatic car with hill assistance to buy for a nervous driver?
Jean Doyle (Laois)
Jan 2016 Filed under: automatic
Is a PCP right for me in retirement?
I'm approaching 66 and recently had to retire. My state pension will be around €230 when it comes in March plus a small work pension of €57 a week. My car, an Audi A2, is a 2001 reg. It's showing signs of age and as it's an obsolete model services are expensive. I would have 3,000 maybe 3,500 Euros to put towards an upgrade. Can you advise me as to whether I should opt for a new car and a repayment plan or get a second-hand one?
Angela O'Sullivan
Angela O'Sullivan (Waterville)
Jan 2016 Filed under: finance
What's the 60,000km service for an Avensis?
How to do a 60,000-kilometre service on a 2010 Toyota Avensis 2.0-litre?
Dominic Espey (Stranorlar)
Oct 2015 Filed under: servicing
I'm looking at a 2014 Skoda Rapid.
Hi,
I'm looking at a 2014 Skoda Rapid. I don't see many of them around so unsure what to do about it.
Aisling Breen (Wicklow)
Jan 2016 Filed under: choosing used car
I'd like a Jetta-like saloon, but smaller...
Hi,
I am sick of hatchbacks. I yearn for a four-door saloon. Love the Jetta interior layout but would like a smaller saloon with same layout. Similiar to older Golf model. Can you suggest a smaller saloon with Jetta interior layout?
F D (Dublin)
Jan 2016 Filed under: choosing new car
What will I replace my Kia Soul with?
I had a 1998 Honda CRV auto. I changed it in 2014 as it was costing so much to run. To this day I still pine for my Honda. Its reliability was incredible. I got a Kia Soul diesel 1.6 but find it noisy and bumpy on country roads. Also, the boot is too small for country living. Everything I look at is too big and bulky. I want something in a similar size to my Honda, diesel, 1.6 engine, automatic with low tax. I need height as I have bad back issues.
Many thanks. Margaret
Margaret Devereux (Louisburgh, County Mayo)
Jan 2016 Filed under: choosing new car
Does a SEAT Cordoba TDI have a timing belt?
Does a 2007 SEAT Cordoba 1.4 diesel have a timing belt or a timing chain?
Mark Walshe (Navan)
Jan 2016 Filed under: servicing
Have you reviewed the Ford Focus Titanium?
I'd like to see reviews of the Ford Focus Titanium.
Rita Sheridan (Claremorrr)
Jan 2016 Filed under: choosing used car
I can't get insurance on my old Honda!
Hi,
Is it legal to increase the price of an insurance premium times five? I was paying €400 last year (seven years NCB plus for 55 per cent discount) for a 1999 Honda Accord. I've got letter from my current insurer (AIG), with a new quote for €1,998. When I rang them, they told me the reason was that my car is too old! Car passing NCT every year, no problems whatsoever, no convictions either. Another two broker companies and three individual insurers have declined me for the same reason.
Any ideas?
Joe Black (Dublin 18)
Jan 2016 Filed under: insurance
Hybrid and electric cars are not the future...
This is not really a question, just a comment. I just don't understand all this hype about electric and hybrid cars. I live in an apartment, probably way more than half the world lives in apartments or cities where recharging is not feasible. It doesn't look like the future to me.
Cheers
Philip Donegan (Ballina)
Jan 2016 Filed under: hybrid
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