Top tips to make looking after your car easy. Find out how to choose the best oil, check your motor before a long trip and change its windscreen wipers
It’s true that electric vehicles (EVs) tend to be cheaper to maintain than the equivalent petrol or diesel models. And over a lifetime they can work out much cheaper. We…
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…
Increasing numbers of people are struggling to pay their car maintenance bills. One way some drivers think they can save money is to source spare parts cheaply to fix a…
If you do decide to give your garage the oil to perform the change with, there are some things to look out for. On the face of it, it seems…
We see a lot of advice from supposed experts making all sorts of outlandish claims. That changing brake fluid is a simple DIY job is one of these. And because…
Rather than meaning extending the range of an electric vehicle (EV), our reader is talking about preserving the lifetime of the battery. And although we don’t think you should have…
For many of us, the summer holiday gives our car the biggest work out of the year. In addition to covering multiple miles, our cars often have to contend with…
Topping up a car’s coolant is an important job. But it’s also a relatively simple one that anyone with even the scantest knowledge of how a car works can undertake.…
A paintwork scratch can be an eye sore, a constant reminder of something you’d rather not be reminded of and cost you money when it comes to reselling your car.…
We’ve been asked by more than one reader how to save money on servicing. It’s not easy because running a car is being just as affected by price inflation as…