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Stay Within The Speed Limit To Make You (And Everyone Else) Safer…

August 21, 2017 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging all drivers to stay within speed limits on every journey. This, says GEM, is a key part of reducing collisions and casualties on our roads. The advice comes as police officers join with colleagues across Europe for a week of enhanced speed checks, using a […]

Filed Under: Driving Advice Tagged With: Car Articles, Car driving advice, Driving in Europe, Europe, GEM, GEM Motoring Assist, Neil Worth, Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging all drivers to stay within speed limits, Safety advice, Speed checks

Europe Key For Industry Success

June 22, 2016 by Mr Butterscotch 1 Comment

The UK motor industry has today restated its view that staying in the European Union is best for its business and best for British jobs, just ahead of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which represents the UK automotive industry, wants to ensure there […]

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: BMW, Car Articles, EU vote, Europe, GKN, Jaguar Land Rover, Ken Gregor, Magal, Mike Hawes, Politics, SMMT, the government, The Law, Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK

Beaulieu Boatjumble Set For 24th April 2016

March 22, 2016 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

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Boating experts will be on hand to answer event-goers’ questions at Beaulieu’s Boatjumble on Sunday 24thApril. The Ask the Experts feature is back by popular demand, with leading marine industry experts sharing their specialist knowledge and answering boating questions. With thousands of new and used boating bargains, Beaulieu’s Boatjumble is the largest outdoor sale of […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Ask the Experts, Beaulieu, Beaulieu Boatjumble, Boating events, Boatjumble, Boatmall, Boatmart, Classic Motor Boat Association, Europe, Events, Flare Amnesty, Life raft inflation, Nautical paraphernalia, Things to do in 2016, Trunk traders

Ford Research Shows Europe Loves SUVs

September 7, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Europe Loves SUVS

As you can see from the latest research from Ford, Europe is firmly in the grip of SUV mania! The body shape that has become ubiquitous for just about every manufacturer (even Jaguar is getting in on the sales event of all time) is widely becoming the go to type of car of choice – […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, New Cars Tagged With: AWD, Car Articles, Europe, Family cars, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Ford of Europe, Large cars, Millenials, New Cars, Roelant de Waard, SUVs, used cars

Department For Transport Calais Advice

July 31, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Here’s the text direct from DfT to advice readers on the current (and changing) situation: Calais situation: 30 July 2015 There is an ongoing possibility of disruption to cross-Channel services as a result of industrial action and migrant activity in and around Calais. Check online with your chosen operator and plan your journey to avoid […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, The Environment, The Law Tagged With: Calais, Cross channel, Dover, Driving to the Continent, Europe, Europe trips, Folkstone, France, General travel advice, Port of Calais

TPMS Failure Means MOT Failure

April 17, 2015 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

A faulty Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) is now an automatic MOT fail and is already catching motorists out – does your car have it and how do you know if it’s working? Millions of cars in the UK are fitted with tyre pressure monitoring systems, or TPMS, which monitor the vehicle’s tyre pressure and […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Featured Posts, Industry News, Maintenance & Breakdown, Safety & Security, Technical, The Law Tagged With: Car Articles, Car technology, Europe, Maintenance, MOT, MOT failure, TPMS, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, Tyre pressures

Brake Calls Time On Dangerous Drivers From Overseas

July 24, 2014 by Mr Butterscotch Leave a Comment

Brake, the road safety charity, has joined a coalition of organisations calling for the UK government to support a proposal to help police catch risky, law-breaking drivers from other countries. The European Commission proposal, published today and backed by TISPOL, the European Traffic Police Network, would allow police across the EU to pursue traffic offences against drivers of […]

Filed Under: Daily News, Editorial, Safety & Security Tagged With: Brake, Car Articles, Europe, European driving, Law breaking drivers from overseas, Road crashes, road safety, Safety and security

Alert: Third Generation Toyota Prius Recall

February 9, 2010 by Mr Butterscotch 1 Comment

As per the previous announcement of recalls from Toyota, I will provide the words direct from the manufacturer so none of the meaning is lost: Toyota today announced a global recall on the latest, third-generation Prius built before 27 January 2010. This will involve 8,500 cars in the UK. To date, there have been no […]

Filed Under: Safety & Security Tagged With: ABS, Bumpy roads, Car fixes, Car recalls, Danger, Europe, Maintenance, Prius, toyota

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