Car buying

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  Reduce your congestion charges
  Drivers entering the centre of London must pay £8 a day, while similar schemes are planned in Manchester and other major cities. Here’s how you can avoid paying the charges. Alternative transport  Walking...
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  Top ten tips to beating depreciation
  Cars lose money – fact. However, there are some clever tricks that will help you slow down the rate at which your car depreciates, whether you’re buying or owning.   If...
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  Save on servicing
  In an ideal world, getting your car serviced would simply be a case of booking it into the nearest garage. But, not all garages are the same, so it pays...
• Reduce your road tax
  The only sure fire way to reduce the cost of road tax is to drive a car that produces fewer carbon dioxide emissions. Only cars with 100g/km or less CO2...
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  Why does motoring cost so much?
  With the costs of running a car continuing to soar, why has driving become so expensive? It’s not just high fuel prices hitting your pocket hard – many other elements...
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  Small cars are big winners in 2007
  The MINI reclaimed its crown as the UK’s slowest depreciating car in 2007, according to latest research from Parker’s Car Guides. In its annual depreciation report, Parker’s compared last January’s new...