Advice & tips

You’ve probably noticed the tyre sidewall markings on your car, but like most of us you’ve no doubt not given them much thought. However, there’s lots of useful information locked away in those numbers and letters, much of it that is useful…

Charging your electric car might not cost as much as it does to fill up on petrol or diesel, but it’s not free. Even your electricity bills will rise to reflect the amount of energy you’re using to charge your car if you do so at home.…

These days it seems like we use our smartphones for everything – if you own an iPhone and want to connect it to your in-car entertainment system, one of the most popular ways is by using Apple CarPlay. Many new cars come with the…

As Europe’s largest car fleet operator, Motability accounts for one in ten of all new cars bought in Britain. That means it’s also a major supplier of used cars as a result – each year Motability sells around 200,000 of its ex-fleet…

An important part of maintaining the health of your car’s engine includes taking care of the oil. It’s vital to make sure you’re using the right oil for your car, and that it’s changed when it’s due a service or your engine could suffer…

If you’re considering leasing a car but want to make things even simpler by bundling some of the other running costs into the deal, a Personal Contract Hire (PCH) deal with insurance included might be the answer. Leasing a car with…

Electronic Stability Control (ESC), also known as Electronic Stability Program (ESP), is a safety feature installed on all modern cars that you might not even be aware of. It’s one of the best modern car safety features, because unlike…

Selling a car privately is generally safe, but cars are valuable commodities and there are unscrupulous people out there who are ready to take advantage of anybody that doesn’t have their wits about them. There are a number of precautions…

The official Highway Code includes all the rules, regulations and guidelines every road user must follow to abide by the law and drive safely. This includes the Highway Code’s new rules, most recently introduced in 2022. The Code has been…

If you like to change your car often or only need a new car for a short period of time, one option is short-term car leasing. Leasing a car is also sometimes known as Personal Contract Hire (PCH) and is growing in popularity. The benefit of…

In the simplest terms, alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) are vehicles that run on fuels other than conventional petrol or diesel. There are various fuel types, and combinations of fuel type, that would qualify a car running on them to fall…

Recently we’ve all become more aware of the impact that emissions from petrol and diesel cars have on the environment and on air quality. When people talk about car emissions, they are usually referring to the gases and particles that come…

The majority of new cars sold in the UK are bought using some kind of finance package and a sizable chunk of the sales made on the used car market are financed too. In most cases car buyers will wait for their car finance deal to end before…

If you can’t afford to buy your new car outright a car finance agreement will loan you the money to buy the car allowing you to pay it back through a deposit and a series of monthly instalments. You might sign on the dotted line with every…

Drivers face tougher rules on mobile phone use in their cars, as well as bigger fines for breaking those rules, thanks to new laws coming into effect from March 25 2022.It’s been illegal to make calls or communicate on a mobile phone while…