Carpooling, which simply means having more people travelling in single vehicle, not only reduces travel costs such as fuel costs, tolls, but also decreases the overall stress of driving amongst the group. Carpooling is also a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way to travel. Sharing journeys reduces carbon emissions, traffic congestion on the roads, and […]
Year: 2017
The Transmission Control Unit (TCU) is one of the most common problems that we usually deal with. This module is essentially the brain of the gearbox, and it makes all the decisions about changing the gears based on all the information it gathers. When TCU fails, it should light the fault indicator on your dashboard. […]
Some people think, that if they substitute their summer tyres with the all-season ones, they will gain on traction on wet roads. However, in reality all-season tyres perform better than normal tyres only on snow and in temperatures below 0 Celsius degrees. In warmer temperatures, they actually give worse traction that the summer models.
A slot car is a powered miniature auto or other vehicle that is guided by a groove or slot in the track on which it runs. The fastest speed reached by such models is currently 50km/h (31 mph), which when scale to a speed that would be reached by a full-sized car, would equal 1583 […]
To be safe on the road, you should never let your emotions influence your driving. If you are too angry or nervous, stop for a while and calm down before continuing. Have a walk to get some fresh air and take a few deep breaths. If you don’t do this, your behaviour behind the wheel […]
In order to stay safe on the road, you should make sure that your tyres stay properly inflated. Remember that this is the only element of your car responsible for acceleration and braking, that interfaces the road. If this contact is less than optimal, there is no way to drive safely. If your car does […]
A lot of people claim that red cars actually do get nailed for speeding more often than any others. However according to one study, it turns out that the most tickets for speed in therms of colours, got the owners of white cars! The red cars were second in the study, but there’s absolutely no […]
West Edmonton Mall in Canada is the largest shopping and entertainment centre in the world. An it also holds the record for the largest parking facility, which can accommodate up to 20,000 cars. The mall has more than 800 stores and services and attracts more than 30 million visitors a year, which is twice as […]
If you are driving and need to pull over, always try to find a safe spot to make sure you will not cause any safety risk by leaving your car there. It may sometimes be tempting to break this rule, especially if we’re stopping just for a few minutes. But such behaviour may have severe […]
Did you ever imagine how it feels like to find out your car stopped on a motorway and is not going to run again? It may sound like a bad dream, but unfortunately, that’s what happened to some of our customers before their cars were transported by a trailer to our workshop. If you don’t […]