Monthly Archives: March 2012

Ten ways teens can cut their car insurance

March 29, 2012   Sean

The biggest hindrance to getting behind the wheel for a young driver is often the cost of insurance.According to What Car?, the average premium for a newly qualified driver is a staggering £3,000. It’s no surprise, then, that three quarters of young drivers say they’d take extra driver training if it reduced their premiums – which it usually does, by around £450 per year on average.But there are plenty of other ways that a 17-24-year-old* can reduce their annual premium, reckons the eminent consumer mag. So, here you go…
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Saab to become Electric Vehicle specialist?

March 29, 2012   Sean
According to a report in industry website, just-auto, a Japanese/Chinese consortium has expressed interest in buying bankrupt Saab in order to turn it into a specialist manufacturer of electric vehicles.
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Fire Brigade criticises ‘jerry can’ advice of Francis Maude

March 29, 2012   Sean

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has criticised Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude for suggesting today that “a bit of extra fuel in a jerry can in the garage is a sensible precaution to take,” to mitigate the effects of a fuel tanker drivers’ strike.The FBU has urged Mr Maude to withdraw the advice, saying it could pose a “disastrous” risk.
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BMW recalls 1,300,000 cars…Potential Fire

March 29, 2012   Sean

BMW has recalled 1.3m 5 Series and 6 Series cars amid fears they could catch fire. The recall affects 109,000 cars in the UK, and is because of a faulty battery cable cover, which could cause a fire.There’s very little chance of that happening – very little – but the risk was deemed serious enough to warrant an enormous recall.

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The £13,000,000 used car fraud

March 29, 2012   Sean

The amount of people flogging cars that they don’t actually own is on the rise. The value of car fraud cases exceeded £13.6m in 2011, with a significant proportion of that taken by so-called ‘conversion fraud’.Any car bought on finance remains the property of the finance company until all the payments are made, meaning that someone who sells a car with outstanding payments is selling a car illegally.
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