Author name: duncan.wood

To come tomorrow a review of both a top spec 2016 Nissan Qashqai and an 2012 Alfa Romeo Giulietta which really surprised me, in a good way!

If you have a Twitter account, follow me @BristolCarChat I regularly retweet great motoring deals and advice, articles covering all manner of motoring savings and give you my views on current hot topics in the car world. Twitter is another way you can contact me. So if you want advice or help with which car

Published in January 2016 Bristol Car Consultant (BCC) is continuing to help Chew Valley residents save time and money when buying and selling their cars. Here are two recent examples: After initially considering a bigger car and having difficulty with a pushy dealer, a client decide to buy a reliable, cheap to run, second-hand family

This client recently bought a VW Golf 1.4 TSI with my help, and is also considering a BMW X5 in the near future. “My husband and I were recommended to make contact with Duncan through some friends and were extremely glad to have done so! With busy full time jobs which involve travel and a

BCC has seen numerous happy clients since the last business update in June. I am helping more and more people to find the right car at the right price. Dealers will often mark up the price on a second car so it is considerably higher than the car’s actual value. I can tell you what

I have this week helped a client sell their Renault Zoe. This is a small (think Renault Clio) and very modern hatchback that runs 100% on battery power. It has no internal combustion engine. It was very impressive. Seemingly well made, lots of clever design touches and extremely well specced in terms of extras, most

There has been much written about this in the last two weeks. See this link: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/92893/vw-emissions-scandal-latest-news-on-the-dieselgate-recalls Halfway down the page is an overall explanation of the scandal. There are further links to help find out if your VW, Audi, Skoda or Seat is affected. In short, their 2009 onwards 1.6 and 2.0 diesels are likely to

A recent customer (see Beware dealer tactics – positive conclusion) kindly leant me his car for a test drive. The car is a BMW 3 series touring, 330D xDrive Luxury. It is a 2014 model with a 3 litre 6 cylinder diesel and an 8-speed automatic gearbox. It has 254bhp and 413lb-ft of torque. I

Just back from a trip to Canada. All things motoring are rather different over there. For example, their premium petrol is about half the price of our ordinary 95 RON petrol. As a result, they are rather less worried about fuel economy and V8 cars and trucks (pick-ups) are everywhere. I drove two vehicles over

If you are having problems with a new or used car purchased from a car dealer (main dealer or otherwise), there is a new service that can help you. The recently set up Consumer Ombudsman will provide advice in the form of step-by-step guidance when complaining to a company. It says that its advice is