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Here’s the latest from Vauxhall on the deals to be had in the run up to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton: Between April 15 and 30, any customer visiting a Vauxhall dealer will be granted the choice of 16 majestic deals on new cars and vans that will leave them feeling like […]
This just in, fuel duty has been cut by 1p! The Chancellor engineered this change to take place at 1800 hours, so you can now go to the pumps and see a whole 1p off per every litre that you buy. Furthermore, the planned inflation rise in fuel duty which is due in April is […]
Ahead of this week’s budgets and the possible impact of the proposed fuel duty may have on motorists, road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging drivers to be as fuel efficient as possible and has come up with some top tips to make your tank last longer. David Williams, MBE, CEO of […]
The Telegraph has covered the fact that Boris Johnson is looking at raising the current fine for leaving your engine idling from the standard £100 (in London) all the way up to £120. This will bring it in line with parking offences. My question is who is going to enforce this and who is leaving […]
Now we’re at the 130+pence per litre price for petrol. When you go to the pumps, the cash now whizzes around the meter far faster than the amount of petrol being dispensed. These are worrying times for us all no doubt as the cost of living keeps rising whilst pay rises are not keeping in […]
It’s one of those funny things – down as much to personal preference as to anything else. Mileage. The big number of the dash that tells you just how far a car has travelled in it’s life. What I mean by personal preference is just what the level of mileage is acceptable to you. For […]
The Mail Online has an article that states 9/10 parking tickets that are issued end up quashed – so why bother issuing them in the first place? It’s an extremely good question. Tickets have their place, no doubt. When a car is causing a minor obstruction or has been left in a dangerous place then […]
CAR Magazine recently embarked on what can only be described as an extremely long drive – in nothing other than the GOlf BlueMotion. Here’s the release on just how far they went to test the abilities of this economical motor: The Golf BlueMotion is one of the most efficient and low CO2 emitting cars currently […]
With petrol and diesel prices soaring to new highs and a possible further rise in April, road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is encouraging motorists to be as fuel efficient as possible and has come up with some top tips to make your tank last longer. David Williams, MBE, CEO of GEM Motoring […]
In what may well be a confirmation of a prediction I made on this site, Yahoo have ran an article stating that we may soon be paying up to £70 in order to get a full tank of petrol. Worse still, diesel could be up to £1.40 per litre, which isn’t unbelievable when current prices […]