Another severe winter with flooding and frosts this year could see the forcing of road closures in several places in the UK with roads becoming unusable. The roads are already costing the economy massively with £5bn being poured into fixing the roads yearly. Last years attempt to fix the backlog of needed repairs as 1 in 5 of Britain’s roads are classified as being in a poor condition has been unsuccessful, last year councils fixed 2.2 million potholes which is around 500,000 more than in previous years. (more…)
BP 50p Car Wash Offer
BP are kindly offering their registered online customers a premium car wash for just 50p, simply register on the BP website and 1,2,3 your car can be washed for just 50p, but is it that simple? The offer means that you can get different offers such as express wash (£3), Super wash (£6), Premium wash (£9) at just a small price of 50p although I don’t see why you wouldn’t go for the premium as they are all 50p no matter which was you go for. This isn’t what’s upset people however it’s a great offer from BP and it promotes their services as people are going to go out their way to travel to a BP station. (more…)
Ryanair Keeps 1st Place For International Passengers
Ryanair the well-established low cost airline budget has been known as one of the big competitive airlines in the industry today partially due to it being one of the lowest cost airlines out there. Established in 1984 Ryanair has had serious growth from the tiny airline it once was Ryanair is now the hub of several airports worldwide and fly’s to hundreds of locations internationally and its always been one of the busiest international airliners and this was rewarded last year when Ryanair welcomed just shy of 80 million passengers for international flights which topped all other airliners and got crowned the biggest international airliner of the year, a long way to come for a 29 year old airline still considered the new kid on the block. (more…)
The Risks of Ignoring Tyre Safety
More than half the amount of people driving the UK don’t perform regular tyre checks which can be a very serious matter. A tyre that is in good nick is more important than people presume, take for example a vehicle travelling on the motorway at 80mph the only thing ensuring that your car doesn’t hit the bottom of the road are your tyres. When you’re travelling at such a speed if your tyres aren’t taken care of they can chip away in small potholes and gravel or even just a normal road, evidently parts of your tyre can be worn away. (more…)
Motorway Speed Limit To Be Raised?
The road safety minister has been quoted saying that raising the limit to 80mph on motorways is still firmly on the government’s current agenda. There is set to be three trails of the change in raising the speed limit in certain areas across the country, if the results are successful the change could be rolled out across the country. He also said that the trails are likely to take place in 2014 and said “my message, though, is that it [speed limit increase] has not been lost. Our philosophy is that we should have the right speed on the right road”.
The talk of a speed increase has come as many feel it would be more beneficial to both traffic and safety, the question that’s arising is why is such a change taking such a long time? The government constantly changes the speed in rural areas mostly in the form of reduction but they claim it’s a much more complex process to increase the speed as it’s a more dangerous thing to do, however this contradicts what they are saying about 80mph being less dangerous than say 50mph.
They realise that many people at the current speed limit still drive at 80mph despite the limit being 70 however they worry that if the limit was to increase to 80mph if people would drive at 90mph which could be a danger. This has seen controversy with many split opinions on whether the change is a good or bad thing for the safety of drivers some believe it would be more dangerous and worse for the environment but then some believe it’s a safer alternative than blanket rising which could cause several deaths and countless accidents, what’s your opinion on the subject? Will an increase be good or bad? We are yet to see.
30 Million Golfs Later
Volkswagens Wolfsburg manufacture plant has seen a lot of golfs in the close to 40 year history of the model but this particular Golf marks a special occasion. Volkswagen have just announce that they have made their 30 millionth golf recently driven out of the plant. The extremely popular Golf has definitely written its name in the history books, several motoring enthusiasts are making their way to Germany to see the 30 millions Bluemotion TDI Golf unveiled. (more…)
Rent A Car, Save The Enviroment
When renting a car you could be doing your bit for the environment or at least research seems to suggest so. When people come to hire cars it promotes more sustainable travel habits, its claimed that renting enables people to own fewer cars or just avoid car ownership all together as it can be a most cost effective way if you aren’t a regular car user, when you have your own car you tend to use it less efficiently and make trips that you could avoid or seek an alternative transport eg public transport or walking to the shop where if you had a car then you would use it. (more…)
Car Hire Annual Insurance Sale
Regularly hire cars and need to take out the insurance policies? Insurance policies for car hire can be expensive and you don’t have to put up with it. We can offer annual insurance which covers you for a variety of things I will describe later, we can offer you this deal for as little as £38.99 per year! That’s nothing compared to the cost of doing it with the supplier. (more…)
3 Million Mile Car
857 oil changes, 30 drive belts, 150 points and spark plugs and 120 litres of transmission fluid later a 1966 Volvo is still running, well 1966 is a very good year after all. This isn’t the impressive part however the most impressing feature is that the car, originally bought for $4,150 (£2,650) is close to achieving the 3 million mile mark! The owner, 72 year old Mr. Gordon, a frequent traveller averagaing around 85,000-100,000 miles a year is just 6,000 miles short of the 3 million mile milestone. (more…)
What Cars Are The Most Reliable?
The recession still ragaing on many are wanting to reduce their total expenditure and one of the main costs is that of a car. This in mind many people want to reduce the amount of money they spend on their car, one way to do this is ensure that you get a reliable model and that it lasts you a long time without having to be repaired as repairs can foot a hefty bill. So what are the most reliable models of car that will save you the most money? (more…)