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5 Nov 25th, 2001 

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Buying a car is one of the most expensive purchases most people are
going to make so the publishers have made a magazine which makes buying a new car much easier that any other mag in the country. It contains the most popular cars in the UK e.g. Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 206,Toyota Yaris and one of my faviroutes, Fiats wonder car the Punto!!
The contenders are nicely laid out beside one another, and then the test is started!. The cars are marked out of 5 for each rating. The cars are tested for the following.
Performance
. Ride and handling
. Refinement
. Behind the wheel
. Equipment
. Space
. Reliability
. Safety
. Security
. Buying and owning
Q&A
Q and A is a brilliant way to have your problems answered and discussed with the whole of England!.

HELPLINE

Helpline is a excellent way to share your sorrows with the whole of the UK it is normally people who have written in and explained about there new car which is to expensive for the guarantee to be covering them etc etc

Top 20 Buying tips

The top 20 buying tips are a brilliant way to make sure you are getting the best deal from your dealer and make sure you are not paying out money which will not add value to your vehicle e.g. special trim body kits and special colours which dealers may talk you into buying do not add value to your vehicle when it comes to re sell!.


Trouble Shooting

Trouble shooting is a extremely helpful and easy way to give you information on how to get your money back etc if the asking price is higher than the figure on the order form.

New Car Tables

The new car tables give you a quick idea of what you are going to get for your money and what you can have as extras and what they are going to cost
The following information is given on nearly every new car in the
Book

§ What car verdict
§ On the road price
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§ Cost per mile
§ Maximum service cost
§ Insurance group/typical quote
§ Retained value (after 3years/36,000 miles
§ Official/extra urban
§ Official combined
§ What car touring rate
§ Road test date
§ 0-60MPH(SECS)
§ 30-70mph(secs)
§ Maximum speed
§ 30-0mph(metres)
§ 70-0mph(metres)
§ Engine type/size(cc)
§ Power bhp/rpm
§ Kerb weight
§ Tow weight max
§ Automatic box
§ Metallic paint
§ Air conditioning /Climate control
§ Manual/Electric sunroof
§ Power steering
§ Central/Remote locking
§ Deadlocks
§ Alarm/ immobiliser
§ Driver/passenger airbag
§ Side airbags
§ Abs brakes
§ Traction control
§ Cruise control
§ Front/rear power windows
§ Power wing mirrors/heated wing mirrors
§ Hands free phone
§ Satellite navigation
§ Radio cassette/RDS
§ Single cd player/multi disc cd player
§ Manual/Elec seat adjust
§ Leather seats
§ Split fold rear seats

This magazine is priced at a brilliant price of only £3.20 which can be bought at any good newsagents and the occasional corner shop and most supermarkets

I enjoy reading this magazine because I like to know the latest news in each and every model launched in Britain .I am interested in the stats of cars and there equipment etc

I would have no problems of completely recommending this to anyone who likes a good read and enjoys reading about the latest equipment and models etc

 

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Comments about this review »

brian27mpv 26.11.2001 01:54

Works a treat does'nt it! - Cheers B27

jeocar 25.11.2001 13:59

Great op, very useful, but I thought you might like to know that you've repested it. Still a great op though. Jayne

innocent 25.11.2001 13:57

A good opinion, you appear to have pasted the same opinion twice though, so it might be an idea to get rid of the bottom one or something like that. Very well written, would be a VH from me if you mentioned the group tests a bit, perhaps also a bit could be said about some of the regular monthly features like the imports & special deals on offer from various companies.



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