Monday, 11. July 2011
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We have heard of run-flat tyres, they effectively have a hard wall that enables you to continue driving with a puncture as the tyre wall holds up the weight of the car enabling you to drive about 50 miles at 50mph. However, Michelin now have a new tyre that they are about to re-introduce, the self-heal tyre that was a bit of a disaster in a previous launch as Read more »
Monday, 11. July 2011
This blog is number 1 out of 134 million when you search Car Finance Blog on Google worldwide! Something that Saga’s CEO should have found out before seriously letting down yours truly. If you are a journalist receiving these blogs by RSS feed watch out for a major revelation any day now that involves Zurich Insurance.
Monday, 11. July 2011
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Been a busy week for me this week, had a board meeting of the NACFB, of which I’m a director on Tuesday 28th followed by a lovely dinner, hosted by an old friend of the association, Bob Lefroy, editor of Business Money. This all took place at the Birmingham NEC Hilton Metropole and what a hotel that is. Amazing in size and activity. Add in a Neil Read more »
Sunday, 10. July 2011
Buy a car costing more than £5,000 and have a problem with it that requires court intervention and it could cost you a fortune in legal costs. However, this may be about to change if new proposals go ahead. The Government plans to increase the value of ‘small claims’ from £5,000 to a more sensible £15,000. This means that legal disputes relating to Read more »
Saturday, 9. July 2011
VW are currently leading the race towards accident free driving with a concept car that can operate completely driverless. Based on a Passat the car can be driven hands and feet free using many features already available on current production cars. The car can scan road conditions and make adjustments with the driver simply acting as an observer. Read more »
Friday, 8. July 2011
The Graham Hill Gadget of the Week is in fact a liquid. It’s that time of year when driving more than half a mile will make it virtually impossible to see out of the windscreen as a result of bugs being splattered on the windscreen, made worse of course by the fact that you know if you splash your windscreen with windscreen wash and pass the wipers over the Read more »
Thursday, 7. July 2011
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You will recall that I reported a couple of weeks ago that some cars that were designed as left hand drive cars and converted as right hand drive (these are normal main dealer supplied cars not botched conversions), had insufficient protection over the brake linkage on the passenger side of the car allowing drivers to apply the brakes whilst driving. Read more »
Thursday, 7. July 2011
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You know when you see something and it’s so damned obvious you wonder why no-one has thought of it before like the suitcase handle with built in scales. Well I was reading about the latest electric car technology and a new entrant into the market, the General Motors owned Chevrolet with their impressively named Volt, get it, electric car, volt? Bloody Read more »
Wednesday, 6. July 2011
None of us particularly likes to deal with finance, except me of course but then I’m a bit nuts! But finance is like a critical ingredient in a delicious cake. Get it right, choose the right ingredient used in the correct way and magic happens. Get it wrong and all that time and effort and expense results in a total disaster. When customers come to me many haven’t heard Read more »
Wednesday, 6. July 2011
Who would be a driving test examiner? I certainly wouldn’t if the latest statistics regarding serious and dangerous faults found during examinations are anything to go by. The information provided by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) shows that over 1 million serious or dangerous faults were logged during 1.5 million tests taken last year. Read more »