A new app has launched with a promise to help Britain’s cash-strapped motorists pay their parking fines for free. The app, Park My Fine is the brainchild of a parking industry worker who believed there must be a way to help the nation’s drivers pay the £30 million worth of fines issued by councils every […]
5 Ways to Make Your Car Perform Better Everyone wants their car to perform as well as it possibly can do. This is only possible if you look after your car in a proactive way though. It won’t perform well by itself. Here are five great ways to make your car perform better than it […]
We’re hearing a lot in the news about ‘Europe’, ‘Brussels’ and the EU at the moment. Should we stay, should we leave? Well, we’re not going to get involved. We’ll leave all that to the politicians. What we’re interested in, rather unsurprisingly, is cars. So, instead of judging the arguments of both sides of the […]
Whilst it may seem like a fantastic way to buy a new motor on a budget, many second-hand cars could end up costing you a lot more than the initial price tag. In an investigation conducted by The Citizen’s Advice Bureau, 2,519 second-hand car complaints we’re received in the first two weeks of September 2013. […]
Known as Active Vehicle Protection, CarPro is a “ground-breaking self-healing performance allows swirls, scratches, and stone-chips to melt away before your very eyes”. According to the manufacturers this helps to make such investment-harming defects a thing of the past, and preserves your vehicle’s factory-fresh gloss and beauty so that it becomes “Immortal”. CarPro, a leader […]
Every driver is different, and we all have our own strengths and weaknesses, but if there’s one point upon which most of us agree it’s that parking causes problems. Whether it’s a lack of spaces, the type of spaces available, or the impact the spaces are going to have on our pocket, we all have […]
With the new wave of 16-plate vehicles about to flood the market, car buyers nationwide are being advised to think twice about splashing out and buying brand new. Selling points such as great fuel economy may lead people to think they are getting a great deal on their factory fresh car, but one thing that […]
New consortium led by Ordnance Survey secures Government funding to position the UK as a leader in connected and autonomous vehicles. A consortium of leading UK businesses has secured funding from Innovate UK to examine the data requirements needed to support autonomous navigation. The ground breaking ‘Atlas’ initiative will study data critical to the efficient operation […]
Figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show white has retained its position as the UK’s most popular new car colour for the third year running, with demand growing 2.2% to 564,393 units. Of the 2,635,518 new cars registered in 2015, 21.4% were white, compared with less than 1% a decade […]
Criminal gangs target 1980s classic cars, motorbikes, vans & campervans Owners urged to invest in security: alarms, engine immobilisers, tracking devices “Models such as Cortinas and Escorts have become increasingly desirable” – Dr Ken German The International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) is urging classic vehicle owners to invest in security equipment as the […]