The throes of winter are finally leaving us and spring is just around the corner. With the COVID-19 vaccine rolling out at great speed across the UK, there’s light at the end of the tunnel and everyone is hopeful to have the ability to move freely and resume some semblance of normal life come the […]
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There was a lot of news back in 2019 about then-PM Theresa May’s Conservative government becoming the first one to commit to a legally binding target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. When Boris Johnson took over in July 2019, and even after winning a huge working majority in the December 2019 election, Johnson doesn’t […]
Even as the country begins to get ready to make the big switch from internal combustion engines to electric cars from 2030 onwards, the majority of demand continues to be for both petrol and diesel cars. That’s natural, of course, while people still get over the many things stopping them from making the switch, such […]
We understand, you don’t look forward to having to take your car into the garage for its annual service. It’s a tedious chore, and can leave you without a car for a day, or longer if there’s something wrong that has to be urgently fixed. Worse still, we are all of us at least a […]
Regardless of what kind of car you drive, one thing that they all have in common is the 12V battery that is used as part of the starting process, as well as the power source for your car’s many electrical functions on which you have come to depend. There are a number of everyday factors […]
Replacing the car’s transmission is not a task that many of us can take on ourselves. In fact, nearly all professional mechanics recommend that you never attempt it, even if you have some degree of experience and/or confidence to do the job yourself. An automatic gearbox is an extremely complex piece of kit, and it’s […]
Did you know that defective tyres are among the top causes of road accidents in the UK and around the world? We tend to only pay attention to our tyres when they are in the most extreme condition and in need of either rotation or replacement. A more pernicious problem of which we need to […]
When you search for information about sounds that your car is making, it’s bound to be about 99 percent scary bad news. In the automotive world, any kind of unrecognized noise is considered to be a terrible, even doom-filled sign; a sign that something serious is wrong with the car and it needs major (and […]
One of the top things that drivers say when they move from a manual transmission to an automatic one is how much they miss the gear shifting action. Some people claim that on long drives, it’s better to be in a manual car because the need to shift gears helps keep you more alert, and […]
Misfueling happens to the best of us, it is one of the most common calls to any roadside assistance services. It even happened to none other than Barack Obama, the former US President. According to the BBC, during Obama’s 2013 visit to Israel, one of his chauffers pumped diesel fuel into a petrol Cadillac armored […]