Maintenance & Breakdown

How Many Cars Are In The World Today?

August 21, 2011

A recent report suggests as many as one billion cars are now on roads in the world. A vast 240 million of them are in the US, whilst the rest are shared amongst other countries. Surprisingly large a number or smaller than you thought? Answers in the comments as per usual.

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A Quick Note On Tread Depth

August 8, 2011

It is not just enough when you’re checking tyres simply to take a brief glimpse. Get your wheels over to the left and the right and take a good look for lumps, bumps, cracks, craters or wear markers. If they are level with the tyre tread, it is time to buy new rubber. Equally important [...]

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Who Can Fix My Car

July 20, 2011

If you’re searching for a mechanic or garage, then you may well want to consider the services of Who Can Fix My Car. The website offers a way in which you can upload the job and this can be seen by national or local garages from small independents up to bigger chains. The benefit for [...]

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Summer Tips From GEM Motoring Assist

July 17, 2011

Here’s the latest information on some considerations should you be taking a trip to Europe this summer: With the good old British weather remaining as unpredictable as ever, lots of families are packing up their cars and driving to Europe’s holiday spots for a summer get away. Wherever you’re headed, breakdown cover and road safety [...]

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GEM Wins Top Awards For 2011

June 28, 2011

GEM Motoring Assist has for the third time in four years hit the top spot in the Auto Express Driver Power Survey for Breakdown Cover, proving that its small and friendly service consistently impresses its customers over those of the major operators including the RAC, AA and Green Flag. The survey of over 20,000 readers [...]

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On Strange Intermittent Problems…

June 27, 2011

Sometimes it can be difficult to pin down exactly what’s going wrong with a car. A friend of mine is a mechanic and someone recently had their car bump started and took it in for him to take a look at. The weird thing? Once it got there, it started up every time following about [...]

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Is Car Size Important To You?

May 26, 2011

There are some very valid reasons for having a bigger car – for example if you regularly transport the whole family you’ll probably want more space inside. However, so called ‘executive’ cars seem to be more of a status symbol than really required by the one person sitting behind the wheel who is going up [...]

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Stone Chip Surfacing

May 25, 2011

There is more than one way to skin a cat as the saying goes, and there’s certainly more than one way to surface a road. Stone chip surfacing is one cheaper method that councils up and down the UK are resorting to. It’s quite a simple method of road resurfacing, though perhaps not an ideal [...]

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Cracks Showing In Tyres

May 2, 2011

As there have recently been some comments on a previous tyre article, I thought I’d cover in brief something that could happen to an older tyre – cracking. It is self explanatory but it is simply the rubber of the tyre perishing, and cracks appearing therein. Unfortunately, there’s no substitute or solution when you have [...]

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Do You Know What’s Under The Bonnet?

April 28, 2011

Here’s the latest from STP on how we should reconnect with our cars. Car DIY is on the increase, thanks no doubt in part to the financial squeeze, but an unnecessary fear of the unknown is preventing simple cost-saving DIY amongst many motorists, according to STP, the engine care and fuel additives specialist. Lack of [...]

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