We’ve had a few questions about airbags not going off. It’s worth repeating that airbags aren’t designed to inflate in every type of crash. How do airbags go off? Airbags…
Transport for London (TfL) is introducing a scrappage scheme that offers £2,000 if people take older polluting vehicles off the road. We’ve spoken to some experts who think this might…
There are many relatively recent terms that describe the different types of electrification applied to cars. Two of the more confusing are mild hybrid and micro hybrid. What is hybrid?…
It’s that time of year when you can either scrape the ice off your car’s windows or spray a de icer on to melt it off. But it’s true that…
The weather’s getting colder and when temperatures fall below 7 degrees C, that’s when winter or snow tyres come into their own. But what if you don’t have winter tyres?…
We’ve seen various hacks with people suggesting you can make your own car screenwash to keep your windscreen clean and save money. Here we look at whether that makes sense…
In the UK it seems to have been raining for months on end. The result is that water is saturating ground and rather than soaking in, rain runs off and…
Hardly any new cars come with a full-size spare wheel these days. Owners will either find an inflation kit or a space saver spare wheel in the boot. As we…
The full service history has long been an important part of buying a used car. But changes have taken place over recent years. Rather than a garage putting a stamp…
Our reader wants to fit tyres that are 245/45 R18 100W on the front axle and on the rear 245/50 R19 100W. They haven’t said what car this is for.…