As car buyers are gearing up for the new plate next month (and we’ll be keeping an eye on any super sales as car firms load the market with pre-registered sales which then flood the market and knock the resale […]
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08, 2012
Tag Archives: motorists
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07, 2012
And Britain’s most reliable car is…..
Here at the Firstvehicleleasing.co.uk blog we’ve been discussing the reliability of cars and the warranties offered by manufacturers. Buyers don’t want poor workmanship – no matter what the marque is – and they want value for money. People are keeping […]
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07, 2012
An In Car Massage or Another Blooming Reversing Light?
What extra would you like to see added to your car? Personally I would like a popcorn maker in the dashboard, a heated steering wheel and one of those massaging seats like the ones in the airport which I always […]
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07, 2012
Get tough with drink divers – say motorists
Now the summer holidays have begun it’s time for the annual summer anti-drink drive PR push to warn motorists from taking a risk with having one too many. And the first outfit to issue a ‘news’ release is the IAM […]
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07, 2012
Recession? What recession?
The UK’s new car market continues to grow – with sales up 3.5% in June. That’s four months in a row that sales have increased with June’s total of new car sales reaching 189,514 units. The surge in sales is […]
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06, 2012
Petrol Filling: DIY or Assisted?
Until recently I had never gone to a petrol station with forecourt attendants. I had seen this kind of thing on American films and always thought that I was missing out on something. Doesn’t it look great to pull up […]
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06, 2012
Wet and Wild
“Where is the drain system?” my colleague asked. “It’s underwater!” That’s what happens to the roads when it rains more than a few drops in the rural-industrial area we drove through today, just outside the small Chinese city I’ve been […]
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06, 2012
Bring Back the Traffic Wardens
Can you imagine life without traffic wardens? Would your home town become a driver’s paradise in which everyone happily parked wherever they wanted to without fear? Would there be parking spaces for everyone and would passing motorists wave cheerily to […]
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06, 2012
Could Cars Stop Drink Drivers?
A former government adviser has suggested that all cars should have some type of alcohol sensors fitted in them. The idea, which has been concocted by Professor David Nutt, is to cut down on drink driving levels in the UK. The […]
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06, 2012
Skoda’s new Citigo hits the streets
With sales booming, Skoda has high hopes for its new Citigo – even saying it’s the most important new model in the history of the firm. The all-new Citigo marks the start of a new era in the company’s 117-year […]
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06, 2012
Green Cars Mean More Cash?
We tend to think that going green is something which the Government encourages us to do, but rumours abound that the Treasury has plans to introduce a green car tax. The idea has come about because the nation’s coffers currently […]
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06, 2012
Have your roads gone to pot?
It’s a subject guaranteed to get the average driver irate – the state of Britain’s roads. And if you thought that our roads were getting worse, then you would be correct. New figures from the Department for Transport found that […]
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05, 2012
Speed Cameras Now a Fiasco?
You might not know the name Roger Reynolds, but he played a part in the history of UK driving. 20 years ago he was a traffic division sergeant who was also a keen photographer at the time when the UK […]
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05, 2012
From A to B with a Bit of Fun
I was saddened to read a piece of motoring news today. Mainly because it destroyed a little theory I had been building up in recent times. My idea started when I saw how drivers in a lot of foreign countries […]