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Yet another famous car review from Graham Hill who has that spooky knack of understanding what people really want to know about:  I was at the launch of the new Porsche Cayenne last night making friends with anyone who I thought might wish to invest in my latest business venture. They were serving Champagne and a couple of fruit drinks, I stuck to lemonade, the real stuff that looks like it’s been floating off the Read more »

I’m grateful to Auto Express for the story about the driver in London Ontario who was clocked doing 66mph in a 31mph zone. As Auto Express said, because they’re all a bunch of comics there, his excuse for speeding, when stopped by the police, didn’t hold much water when he explained that he had been speeding to dry his car after washing it, get it (groan)? It may however turn out to be the most expensive car wash he’s ever had because, if convicted, he could face a fine of up to $2,000 (£1,300). They finished their report by saying that the car would be impounded for 7 days at the owner’s expense, lets hope it’s in dry storage (G falls off seat in hysterical laughter). By Graham Hill

• Went to the launch of the new Porsche Cayenne tonight, a 4WD that does 0-62 in 4.7 seconds is nuts! But luv'd the 4dr Panamera. #
• Finished newsletter and deal on Chevrolet Captiva http://www.videotrainingonthenet.com/dealoftheweekcaptiva.html #

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After Christmas we are now about to hit the highest drink drive season. Long warm evenings beckon and the incidence of drink driving increases but where in the country are you most likely to be tested, where are most of the drunks driving around in their cars and where are the least offenders? I have the answer from the Home Office. You are most likely to be tested in Wales, most offenders are caught in Cheshire Read more »

The Department for Transport has released figures that show a decrease in the number of vehicles on the road during the first quarter of this year. Car traffic decreased by 3% while traffic on motorways fell by 2%. However light van traffic increased by 2%, most of whom were on their mobiles if my experiences are anything to go by! Congestion times also decreased with the inter-urban journey delays dropping from 3.9 minutes to 3.65 minutes per 10 miles. Journey times remained the same for urban trips at 3.34 minutes per mile. See, I’m an absolute mine of information! By Graham Hill

Time for this week’s dopy gadget award! It has to go to Rolls Royce and their first iPhone app that allows you to configure your £195,000 Ghost via the free to download app. You will be able to use it on your iPhone or iPod Touch and configure the car of your choice selecting the colour from 12 options along with 3 different wheel styles, visible exhausts (don’t ask) and a contrasting satin silver bonnet. Inside there are Read more »

On the subject of grey fleets, ALD Automotive who provide fleets with licence checking services, have highlighted the need to constantly check employee licences if they are expected to drive their own cars on company business. Their advice followed the discovery of a driver who had received 16 years of bans in a space of just 16 weeks. ALD first checked his licence in 2009 and noted that he had received a 12 Read more »

Now here’s a funny story! There has been a lot of  criticism over the way that companies encourage their staff to use their own car (known as the grey fleet) for business use. There are many health and safety implications but the criticism has been aimed at companies that don’t vet the vehicles that are being used and are taking a cavalier attitude towards the environment and the way that they are happy for their Read more »

I’ve often pointed out to customers that they can now have their new cars serviced at non franchised dealers and still retain their warranty cover. This resulted from the changes that were made to the EU Block Exemption rules removing the stranglehold that manufacturers had over the servicing of new vehicles during the warranty period, that was cunningly extended by most manufacturers to 3 years. In an effort to Read more »

Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions have warned drivers to ensure that they don’t risk their lives and the lives of others by missing services on cars. In a study carried out by Ford it was shown that 15% of Britons miss out a service in order to save money during this recession whilst 18% don’t have breakdown cover. The biggest culprits are the 18-24 age group who miss services with over a third not having a breakdown Read more »