Drivers have been warned when opting for E10 petrol as some vehicles might not be compatible with the fuel. It can cause substantial damage and huge repair costs if drivers accidentally fill up their car with the wrong fuel type. According to the RAC, there are around 600,000 older vehicles and classic cars that should …
Halfords’s boss has warned that soaring living costs are putting road users at risk. Chief of the motoring and cycling retailer, Graham Stapleton, said that the UK has the oldest car fleet in its history and hard-pressed owners are keeping vehicles going that risk safety. On average, cars across the UK are 8.7 years old, …
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Sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles continue to slide with August showing a 23% decline in demand for the vehicles which combine traditional and new powertrains, says The Car Expert. This is in line with a year-to-date trend of plug-in hybrid sales being down almost 16% after the first eight months of the year. Fully electric …
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BookMyGarage.com has seen a surge in the number of air conditioning re-gas bookings, after temperatures in the UK reached over 40°C in the UK last month. On some days, there was as much as a ten-fold increase in the number of daily bookings compared to typical booking numbers, such as on 18th July – the …
Private new car sales remained robust in July despite economic headwinds says The Car Expert following the publication of the latest market data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers (SMMT). While retail sales have held up relatively well throughout the year, the interest rate hike announced today jumping to 1.75% is likely to impact the …
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Picking out your first car is a very exciting and pivotal moment in your driving journey. You’ve finished your driving lessons and just got your pristine shiny full licence, and now you want the car to help you exercise your newfound freedom. With the sheer number of vehicle choices out there, it can certainly be …
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Demand for MOTs is expected to rise sharply from August according to data obtained from the DVSA by BookMyGarage.com. The Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the UK’s leading real-time comparison site for motorists shows that the number of vehicles due an MOT will surge by up to 23% in the late summer and into …
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Victims of car crime are being urged to leave crime-fighting to the police after Jo Coombs from Battersea used her car insurance GPS tracker and smartphone app to locate her Land Rover after it has been stolen from outside her house. Even though in this case it ended well, Tracker says that organised criminal gangs …
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As the country celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Quotezone.co.uk look at the iconic changes in motoring during the course of the Queen’s reign. On the Road The first thing a driver would notice in 1953 was the lack of traffic; there were four million cars on the road, 70 years on there are 40.3 million …
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Many drivers are searching for methods to help save on fuel costs after both petrol and diesel prices hit new record levels. Hypermiling techniques have been popular with drivers, which involves changing driving habits to boost fuel economy and save on fuel costs, but some may be more dangerous than others. To be able to …
