Advice and Tips
Top 10 'eco-driving' tips
An innovative eco-driving simulator programme that monitors how your driving style affects the amount of fuel you use is helping businesses save money as well as cutting carbon emissions.
Motoring off for the eggs-tra long Easter break?
Those workers savvy enough to book off the three days in between the two, four-day bank holiday weekends in April (getting 7 working days off but just using 3 of their holiday entitlement), may well be planning to escape to the Continent.
Motorists beware - uninsured drivers rife on our roads
Uninsured drivers are rife on Britain's roads, according to research by moneysupermarket.com.
What Car? campaigns for drink-drive limit to be slashed
What Car? is calling on the Government to radically change the drink-driving law, reducing the limit to effectively zero, after research revealed the difficulty in judging drink-drive limits.
Don’t take ‘potluck’ with potholes
As local authorities set about repairing the UK’s pothole damaged roads with an extra £100m of government investment, motorists are being urged not to take ‘potluck’ with their wheel alignment.
HPI reminds consumers to protect themselves
‘BBC 5 Live Investigates’ is set to report this Sunday (27th February) that unwitting used car buyers are being chased for large sums of money, owed on loans taken out by previous owners. Leading vehicle information expert HPI is warning consumers to be vigilant on the risks of finance fraud and get protection with the HPI Check.
Coolant calamities
This year’s harsh winter has seen motorists go through millions of litres of coolant – to keep their engines running smoothly, and screenwash – to maintain good visibility.
Autoquake makes car buying even easier
Autoquake.com, UK online car supermarket, now offers a part exchange facility to its customers.
Grab a great used car bargain in March
The March plate change is looming and, according to leading vehicle auction specialist, British Car Auctions (BCA), this is good news for used car buyers too.
More than £100 million of extra funding to repair winter potholes
Councils in England will be given more than £100 million of extra funding to spend on repairing potholes, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced today.
Low mileage, small cars still top dog for buyers
The economic downturn, coupled with greater awareness of greener motoring means used car buying trends are moving with the times.
BBC’s Top Gear highlights dangers of used car buying
The latest episode of BBC Two’s Top Gear shone the spotlight on the pitfalls associated with used car buying. The team bought three BMW 325i convertibles and demonstrated how seemingly identical vehicles can have a very different past. HPI warns consumers to remain vigilant and protect themselves with an HPI Check.
Online car buying with BCA brings rewards
It’s already been a switched-on 2011 for Jerome Chandrian, General Manager of Ruislip Honda as he was a lucky winner in a BCA Bid Now/Buy Now competition to win an Apple iPad. Jerome is pictured with BCA’s Head of Buyer Development, Danielle Gauci, who presented him with his prize.
Newer cars for younger drivers
Choosing an old car can put young drivers at risk, says RoadSafe. Younger motorists need the safest modern cars they can afford.
BCA offers a safe, easy way to sell cars at auction
Over two million people in the UK choose to sell their car privately every year, despite the time and effort it takes, worries about getting paid in full and getting the right price.