Car Blog & Car News
MSN has an excellent new article that looks at the common tricks that car thieves up and down the country use to steal our motors. As always, Car Articles best advice is to make sure your motor is secured at all times – even if you’re only nipping to buy a pint of milk.
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 […]
In the second of articles looking at tyres this week, here’s a little quiz – just what sort of activity will wear tyres more quickly? It isn’t actually driving at high speeds on a motorway like a lot of people think. It’s another type of fast driving – driving aggressively or frenetically. When you’re cruising […]
Breakdown cover and road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist is warning motorists to ‘Be Prepared’ for the busy bank holiday weekends. The ‘boy scout’ approach could not only save you holiday heartache but also lots of money too. With millions of families setting off on weekend breaks or braving the journey to London for the […]
When buying a car, you really need to make sure that you’re getting exactly what you pay for – and nothing more (e.g. unexpected nasty surprises) or less (a car actually worth far less in real terms due to being clocked for example). Here’s the latest from Netcars.com on what to look out for: Following […]
There are some possible changes afoot for the MOT system here in the UK. The biggest being that for newer cars the current annual MOT test could be required every two years. In an extremely positive move, ministers have recognised the massive increases in safety and car design since the 1960’s, when the MOT system […]
It appears that I’m not the only person who would not buy a car online, as the latest research from Manheim Auctions shows. However, I definitely use the web as a research tool to find out what new and used vehicles are retailing for. Here’s the latest from Manheim on our buying habits: Motorists lack […]
Yahoo has covered the possible greatest near miss of the year so far – the moment when a stray plank of wood is hit by a driver, hurling it into the path of another vehicle. The woman in question is, apparently, miraculously unharmed following the incident. It certainly makes quite scary viewing. More to the […]
I’m currently on a little holiday, taking time off from my busy schedule for a little rest and recuperation. I didn’t set off too early and unfortunately hit rush hour, which I have a strange knack of doing. That wasn’t a problem though, I just took it in my stride. However, the thing that did […]
The Times Online has a new article on a recent development/test that’s taking place in Portsmouth to speed up late and early travel – going on amber! Essentially, the scheme will allow road users the opportunity to continue their journey rather than be forced to stop at a red provided the way is clear. At […]