Additional costs

Used cars are rarely perfect. Most have the odd scrape or dent or may have developed a fault or two. When parts are needed for repairs, there is a simple choice to be made – buy new parts or used...

A used car may come with a warranty, it may even pass an independent inspection with flying colours, and it may come from a manufacturer renowned for reliability, but it can still breakdown. Being...

Gone are the days of the amateur mechanic pottering about in his garage trying to get his car to start. Today’s cars are far more complex than their counterparts of 10 or 20 years ago, and there is...

It is an expensive business buying a used car. As well as paying for the car itself, a buyer may have invested in a car data check, professional inspection, breakdown cover, insurance, road tax and...

A necessary expense of owning a car is road tax, although the cost can vary considerably and depends on the type of vehicle. Anyone who keeps a car on a public road must display a valid tax disc on...

Buying a used car is just the beginning. It is only when the car is sitting safely in the driveway that the real cost of motoring kicks in. Running costs add up to more than most drivers think and...

Car insurance can be baffling. Buy a car similar to the one just traded in and it would seem reasonable to assume the insurance cost would more or less stay the same. After all, one family estate...