Advice and Tips
Good will gestures urged from car park operators
As stranded passengers return to the UK following the reopening of air space above most of Europe many are faced with potentially hefty charges from the extended car park stay of their vehicle.
UK drivers paying over the odds for multi-car insurance
Nearly a third of UK households with more than one car could be paying as much as 60% over the odds for their motor insurance, new figures reveal.
New website for first time and learner drivers launches
A new independent information portal and community for learner drivers and their families, partners and friends went live today.
Cleaning volcanic ash from your car
Motorists across the UK are being warned that the volcanic ash from the Icelandic eruption could damage vehicle paintwork.
Unique price-drop car auction offers over £1m in savings
The UK’s first price-drop car auction has launched, and it’s already bringing an average saving of £930 to car-buying Brits. Over 1,000 retail-standard vehicles are available now on the UK Car Exchange website at ukcarexchange.com, and the price of every car drops automatically every day.
Seat celebrates What Car? Driving School deal
Hard on the heels of its impressive 500-car fleet deal with British Gas SEAT is today celebrating another headline-grabbing agreement. The Spanish brand has secured an exclusive two-year contract to supply Ibizas to the newly-launched What Car? Driving School.
Kids cost parent taxi-drivers dear, says AA
Mums & Dads are clocking up 2,000 miles per year taxi-ing their kids on the school run and to after-school and weekend activities, AA Financial Services has found.
Romantic Road Rage causes nearly 2.5 million accidents
After hitting a tree in the aftermath of a fight with his wife, Tiger Woods may be the most famous victim, but he's far from alone.
Motorists drive to the moon and back (again and again and again)
The total number of miles driven by UK motorists each year would take them to the moon and back over half a million times according to new research.
Learning to drive? Is your instructor a learner, too?
What Car? Driving School is warning all learner drivers to check that their driving instructor is not a learner, too.
IAM Drive & Survive
The IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) has announced the merger of its two commercial businesses, IAM Fleet and Drive & Survive. They will now trade under the new name IAM Drive & Survive. The news was announced yesterday at an official launch at Palmer Sport’s motor circuit, Bedford Autodrome.
Key to preventing car theft begins at home
Figures announced in a parliamentary answer given by the Rt. Hon Alan Johnson MP, Home Secretary last month, show that in 2008/09 over 19,400 cars were stolen in this way, more than 1,600 per month: a 19 per cent increase over similar figures announced last year.
British Car Auctions launches buyer training initiative
BCA’s Dealer Training Division has launched a new training course on how to buy profitably at auction. Aimed at all levels of dealer staff involved in stock procurement, the BCA course gives a thorough grounding in the principles of physical and remote auction buying, stock location, appraisal and valuation.
Cost of motoring rises 8.6%
Sainsbury's Finance estimates that the annual cost of running a car has increased by up to 8.6% in just five months following steep increases in fuel and insurance costs.
Increase in people planning to buy cars
The latest figures from the Sainsbury's Finance Car Buying Index, which tracks the number of people planning to buy a car on a six-monthly basis, reveal a sharp increase in the number of people planning to buy a car in the six months to August this year.