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Resigned to Domestication: Buying a Family Car

It's no easy decision handing over thousands of pounds of hard-earned cash for a large hunk of metal on wheels. We want to try and collate some information on the models that can be had before pounding the forecourts.

Kia Sedona - Details
[02 February 2010 19:30]
The vehicle details for our new Kia Sedona are: Date of Liability 01 03 2010 Date of First Registration 01 03 2002 Year of Manufacture ...
Car Fuel Costs
[01 May 2007 21:16]
Here are our fuel costs, showing the miles per gallon and cost per mile: DateMileageLitresCostMPGCost Per Mile ...
Budget MPVs on Autotrader
[09 February 2009 21:34]
These ones are all in Norfolk, or very close by: 1995 N Reg MAZDA BONGO 8 SEATER 4 Doors, Automatic, MPV, Petrol, 68,000 miles 1999 RENAULT ...
Top Gear Test Track Found
[06 November 2008 22:05]
Here is the 'secret' Bedfordshire track that Top Gear used for performing their truck-driving antics in early November, 2008. It is conveniently ...
7-Seater People Carrier MPVs
[25 June 2008 21:50]
We are looking for a seven or eight seater people carrier to lug us and our stuff on infrequent long-ish journeys. There are six of us in our ...
Five-Seater Family Car: Choices Choices
[27 October 2005 19:05]
We are looking for a family runabout with features in approximately this order: Reliable Economical Low depreciation It is to be ...
Fiat Dublo 7-Seater
[04 June 2008 20:10]
From my cousin, regarding seven-seater cars: I discovered there is a fiat dublo 7 seater. Based on a small van, so fairly rough and ready I ...
Petrol Prices in Your Area
[09 January 2008 20:58]
Do you want to know where the cheapest fuel prices are in your area? PetrolPrices.com tells you just that, for Unleaded, Diesel, LRO (Lead Replacement ...

Car Stereo
[25 December 2007 09:40]
Our stereo has the interesting (but irritating) habit of randomly attempting to play a CD, even if there isn't a CD inside and without us even ...

Act on CO2
[25 May 2007 22:22]
The UK Government has launched a campaign to reduce car CO2 emissions by better driving and car care. Their page of Smarter Driving Tips and ...
Our Carbon Emissions
[04 March 2007 16:57]
Here are the CO2 emissions for our diesel Passat, based on the TargetNeutral Emissions Calculator: Your CO2 emissions ...
Pay As You Drive Insurance
[04 November 2006 09:30]
We currently have our car insured with Norwich Union, and decided to ask them to quote for their new Pay-as-you-Drive scheme. We have a low ...

Roof Bars for the Passat
[24 April 2006 21:41]
Now that the Passat has proved its worth, we need to fix some roof bars to it so we can carry all our bikes. Roof Bars The car is a '96 ...

Here it is!
[17 November 2005 18:34]
It's been 24 hours since we bought the Passat, and it hasn't been used once. The weather's been miserable too, but we're determined not to use ...
So much for Protracted Buying Process
[16 November 2005 20:40]
There we were, getting prepared to investigate every estate car and MPV under the Sun, when all of a sudden (almost) we now own one! It's ...

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