Advice and Tips
Travel and Training from Porsche
For all drivers wanting to brush up on their driving skills in preparation for a future bout of extreme winter weather, the Porsche Experience Centre Silverstone offers a specific Winter Preparation course.
Buying cars online is starting to click
Shopping for cars online is becoming more popular and it's a win-win situation, says Which? Car - you're not only likely to secure a bigger discount, you'll also have added legal protection.
Toyota announces further details of safety recall programme
Toyota GB has announced further details of its accelerator pedal safety recall programme in the UK.
Record numbers buying cars unseen over the internet
A third (35%) of all Autoquake.com’s customers now sign on the dotted line without taking a test drive or even kicking a tyre.
To protect or not to protect your no claims discount?
The longer you protect your NCD without claiming, the less valuable it becomes, warns moneysupermarket.com
Seat belts ad shows deadly consequences of not belting up
A hard-hitting THINK! campaign reminding drivers of the potentially fatal consequences of not wearing a seat belt was launched today by Road Safety Minister Paul Clark.The £1.3 million campaign shows that if you have a crash without wearing a seat belt you actually experience three crashes, even at everyday speeds like 30mph.
Popular de-icers include credit cards, CD cases and monitors
Credit cards, CD cases, hair dryers and spades – these are just some of the items drivers have confessed to using to remove snow and ice from their cars during the recent blast of Arctic weather.
New law to keep banned drivers off UK and Irish roads
A new law to keep disqualified drivers off UK and Irish roads comes into force today. As a result of a groundbreaking agreement between the British, Irish and Northern Ireland Ministers, UK drivers disqualified for serious motoring offences in Ireland will no longer escape punishment when they return home.
Euro NCAP's top five achievers of 2009
For the first time, Euro NCAP can now release its top five safest cars of 2009, based on their maximum five star award and their overall score. Top of this list is the Volkswagen Golf VI that was first tested in 2008 under the former rating scheme and was re-released in 2009.
2010 could be the year of the used car
Independent car advice site honestjohn.co.uk believes that 2010 could be the year of the good value used car. But, in the aftermath of the worse winter spell for more than 20 years, it’s also warning used car buyers to be especially watchful over vehicle condition before doing a deal.
Ford Fiesta joins AA Driving School Fleet
Ford’s position as Britain’s top choice for learner-drivers has been underlined with the announcement of a major new vehicle supply deal with the AA Driving School.
Combat the corrosive effects of road salt
Motorists are being urged to give their car some serious TLC following one of the coldest spells of winter weather in the UK in living memory.
Safe driving fleets back at-work driving vocational qualifications
Government proposals to introduce vocational driving qualifications for at-work drivers have been unanimously backed by some of Britain’s most safety-focused fleets.
Car speeding leads to higher insurance premiums
Motorists convicted of speeding could see the cost of their motor insurance premiums almost double according to research by moneysupermarket.com, which also reveals the UK's worst speeding culprits.
Potholes - a ‘hole’ lot of trouble, says IAM
With potholes estimated to cost motorists £320 million every year, and more potholes than ever appearing with the thaw of the recent cold-snap, the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) has issued advice on how to deal with them.