Motoring

11 September 2008

Close Encounter Of The Animal Kind

Europcar rents thousands of vehicles out a day so expects the occasional late return or damaged vehicle. But a recent survey of its branches revealed some of the strangest reasons ...

11 September 2008

Yawn! Yawn! Yawn!

The 200-mile stretch of motorway known as the M1 has been named the most boring road in Britain in a survey of company car drivers. The M1, Britain’s first full-length ...

10 September 2008

The New Honda Accord

Honda has sent the Accord to the cosmetic surgeons but it must have been a lunchtime job as the exterior changes are so subtle you almost need a magnifying glass ...

10 September 2008

Car Key To Love?

A well maintained car could be the key to a revved-up love-life, after research from Kwik-Fit found that 14 million Brits say they can tell much about a prospective partner ...

8 September 2008

The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate

With airport security tightening along with the inevitable delays and general hanging around, us Brits are binning the plane in favour of, no, not the train but in fact the ...

8 September 2008

Seat Ibiza 1.4 Se

It appears things are hoting up in the SEAT camp. Their best selling car both here in the UK and worldwide has just been given a sizzling makeover. The result ...

8 September 2008

Review: Essential Car Care For Girls

After spending the last couple of days kangarooing down the dual carriageway on my way to work, when this book landed on my desk it couldn't have come at a ...

8 September 2008

Men Love Their Car More Than The Wife

Three per cent of male drivers would consider giving up their wife or partner rather than their car, according too new figures from an AA/Populus panel survey of 18,547 AA ...

5 September 2008

Vanity Over Vision

Over a quarter (27 per cent) of female motorists should wear glasses whilst driving but do not always do so, with 10 per cent of women questioned admitting to feeling ...

5 September 2008

Don’t Blink

Road safety champions GEM Motoring Assist said the human body has developed a very efficient system of warning of impending tiredness and loss of concentration - long before you become ...

5 September 2008

Brits’ Travel Fibs Exposed

Name-dropping exotic countries they have never visited and citing sites they have never seen - the little white travel lies told by British holidaymakers are being exposed.          New research from easyCar.com ...

5 September 2008

Fuel Price Rises Despite Oil Being Cheaper

Motorists are still being hit by rises in petrol prices - even though oil is up to 27% cheaper than in mid-July.The failure of oil companies to pass on the ...

5 September 2008

Motorists Face Road Toll Postcode Lottery

Motorists face a ‘postcode lottery’ under a national road pricing scheme that could see them charged according to where they live.The Government is considering using the electoral roll to set ...

5 September 2008

Hyundai i800 - Size Really Does Matter

I have a very good friend now living in Brittany in France. She has three children, her partner also has three so when they came to visit in April and ...

5 September 2008

Londoners Love Top Gear More Than Their Cars

Londoners would rather give up their cars than miss Top Gear. Boris may have scrapped the tax for Chelsea tractors but eight in ten Londoners would rather give up their ...

5 September 2008

Essential Car Care For Girls

After a major success in Ireland, the book, Essential Car Care For Girls is launching in the UK on September 4th 2008.Its amazing that in an era when no-one would ...

5 September 2008

Credit Crunch Spreads Sleep Deprivation

Money worries and the credit crunch biting is driving a wave of sleep deprivation across the UK workforce. Twenty two million (75%) workers admitted getting less than the prescribed eight ...

4 September 2008

The New Lexus Is250 2.5 Se-L

Lexus, renowned for their luxury cars have revamped the IS range that is their top selling model in Europe as well as their top selling sports saloon. One would question ...

4 September 2008

Female Crime Wave?

Figures released recently showed women conduct an alarming amount of car vandalism! Nearly 1.5 million women admit to deliberately damaging a vehicle. The damage ranges from slashing tyres, breaking-off car ...

4 September 2008

UK Teenagers Reject ‘Uncool’ Advanced Driving Lessons And Tests

The vast majority of young drivers are shunning the chance to improve their skills with advanced lessons despite figures which show extra tuition will keep them safer on the road ...

4 September 2008

Driven To Deception

Dishonest motorists who see insurance as a way to clear their debts or make money face a nasty surprise.Figures released today by the ABI (Association of British Insurers) show that ...

4 September 2008

Under-Inflated Tyres Add £1.3 Billion To Fuel Bill

With motorists looking for new ways to cut their fuel bills, Kwik-Fit’s annual nationwide tyre spot check concludes that 12 million motorists could cut costs at the pump by a ...

20 August 2008

Shared car trips are driving couples round the bend

UK’s lovebirds are losing their way—and their tempersCouples planning a leisurely car trip together are likely to find that it ends in tears, it has been revealed. Over three quarters ...

15 August 2008

Help for travel sick dogs

Help is at hand for those of us who would like to take our dog in the car more often but are put off by the prospect of it being ...