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Resigned to Domestication: Buying a Family Car - 2011

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.

Advertised mpg doesn't match reality

12 Oct 2011

Who would have thought? Car manufacturers finding ways to inflate advertised mpgs on new model cars? Could it be? Actually, sarcasm aside ...

Foundry Cars North Walsham (buying a used car MPV)

04 Oct 2011

This is a tale of woe about the trouble we had with buying a used car in North Walsham, Norfolk. If you have your own experience of 2nd-hand ...

Mr Clutch will fix your car... Eventually

06 Jul 2011

When our not-so-beloved MPV became almost impossible to drive because of a slipping clutch, we took it to our local garage for a prognosis ...

Buying a 2nd-Hand Car? STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!

10 May 2011

Don't even think of buying a used car until you've read this! We bought a car from a dealer who we thought we could trust, and learnt the following ...


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  • 12 Mar I had the same problem, bought a car, paid cash, 8 weeks later spent Â
  • 25 Aug I purchased a car from a Norfolk dealer nearly two years ago, with a brand
  • 29 Feb That is such a poor attitude, isn't it, but doesn't get him out of his
  • 28 Feb He is still totally refusing to pay any labour costs and will only put
  • 25 Feb That soon after you bought it, the car dealer must prove that the car didn
  • 25 Feb We have just bought a car from him and the turbo has blown after just two
  • 13 Jun That sounds like a warranty claim, and is relatively straightforward for
  • 11 Jun We bought a car for ?3995 from Foundry Cars on 28 April - on 28 May the
  • 08 May Thanks for your insight, John; it's certainly a logical explanation for
  • 08 May most of the cars on such sales lots are bought from auctions,and likewise
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