Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

Tyres more important than jerry cans

March 30, 2012   Sean

In the light of the Government’s Corporal Jones moment about not panicking over the possible fuel strike, two organisations have said that we should focus on our tyres instead.

Kwik Fit has said that 69% of cars it checked had tyres under-inflated by at least 3psi (that is typically around 10%). The company reckons it adds up to an annual bill of £1bn, due to excess fuel consumption – it takes a lot more energy to make a wheel rotate if the tyre is soft, as anyone who has tried to push a car with a flat tyre will attest.

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How To Beat A Traffic Ticket

February 12, 2012   Ian

No one wants to face the prospect of receiving a traffic ticket. It’s expensive and if you’re looking up at a police officer who has stopped you in traffic to write you a citation, it may be embarrassing as well.

With the advent of the photo radar ticketing, you may not realize the damage until days or possibly weeks later when you open your post to find an image of your license plate on your vehicle captured whilst speeding or running a traffic light. Also inside the envelope is a hefty fine for breaking the law.

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The Benefits of Learning a Defensive Driving Technique

February 09, 2012   simon

Automobile accidents cause thousands of deaths and millions of injuries every year. The best way to ensure the safety of everyone is by learning a popular defensive driving technique.

There are a large number of defensive driving techniques that help ensure the safety of all individuals on the road. Being alert while driving is the important defensive driving technique. This means being fully aware of what is going on around you. Too often, drivers concentrate on other things rather than the road.

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4 Ways To Increase Automotive Performance

February 08, 2012   John E.

In these days of high petrol prices, it may seem ridiculous to consider ways to increase your car’s performance as they are almost always associated with increased petrol consumption. However, there are four ways to increase performance that do not have to negatively impact your mileage. Let’s look at each one more closely.

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Vectra Key Fob programming

October 08, 2011   admin

Vectra Key

 

If your Astra(F or G) or Vectra (B) remote stops working its normally one of two things wrong. Battery low or its gone out of sync with the car, worse case of course it couold just be buggered but thats rare as they are pretty robust.

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