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What's the best value satnav?
Can you recommend any products that will bring back the 'new leather' smell to my car?
I'm thinking of spending money to fit an aftermarket rear-view camera to my medium-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. What's your view of these cameras? Will they make life easier when it comes to reversing...
How can vehicles be secured against keyless entry theft?
I've just bought a new Mercedes-Benz C-Class and have read that the C-Class is the fourth most commonly stolen car. I live in rural Oxfordshire. Would you advise getting a tracker fitted and, if so, which...
I have read quite a few forum posts about jump starting modern cars (or not) using jump leads, and the (various) procedures to do it (or not), and am somewhat confused. Some say that using jump leads on...
My 2002 Ford Focus the front plastic headlight covers have faded and discoloured. Is there any thing I can clean them with?
Do you have an opinion on battery jump starter/chargers that plug into the cigarette lighter? Are they okay or best avoided?
I'm looking into buying a dash cam after two near misses this evening. Please could you advise on them as know nothing about them?
Suzuki advise that the price for an SD card bearing the latest maps for its built-in SatNav will cost £272. The SatNav maps are likely to be close to a year old since I bought the car secondhand, which...
 

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