When it comes to choosing a new car you will have to decide if you want a diesel or petrol. There are advantages and disadvantages of both. Diesel cars are often a little more expensive to buy to start with and the fuel is usually more expensive. Having said that you should get a better miles per gallon than the equivalent petrol models. Diesel cars that have been manufactured since 2009 have to have a DPF fitted (diesel particulate filter). This filter is designed to catch some of the harmful substances that the car releases into the air. This is a fine soot that is produced by the engine. Once in a while the car needs to get hot enough to carry out a DPF regeneration which is essentially when...

So many of us take the time to either wash our cars or go and get them cleaned on a rgular basis, but the inside is often left quite a bit longer and sometimes only cleaned once it has gotten really bad. By this point it can already be too late and many of the marks and stains may not come out. It is important to maintain the interior of the car as much as the exterior. You should aim to give it a quick clean at least once every two weeks and then a deeper clean once every month (depending on how much you use it). If you have a dog that comes in the vehicle then you should try and ensure that you have blankets or covers on...

It is very important to look after your car if you want to try and avoid having costly bills arising. Obviously, you cannot avoid everything happening but maintaining your car to a high standard will help to try and prevent this. All vehicles require services at different intervals depending on the make, model, age and mileage. You can find out when a vehicle is due to be serviced by looking in the handbook. Here you will find a service schedule which will tell you what service schedule is recommended by the manufactures and also what items should be changed / checked at each service. If you do not look after your vehicle adequately and get it serviced when it should be then you run the risk of things going wrong...

When something goes wrong with your car, it can be a worrying time as you often don’t know how much it is going to be to fix it. This is especially true for situations when you don’t know what is wrong and there may be an amount of investigation work first before the issue can be diagnosed. If you are considering doing some or all of the repair work yourself then you need to be sure that you know exactly what it is that needs fixing. Once you know this you can then start to cost up parts. If you have been given a quote by a garage for repairs then be sure to get a written breakdown of what exactly is covered within the quote. This will then allow...

Electric cars are the future and many manufacturers are doing all they can to ensure that they can move towards producing only electric vehicles in the future. Jaguar have said that they will be all electric by 2025 leading the way for other car manufacturers to follow suit. Lots of people are still not convinced about electric cars as they say that the world does not seem ready for them. Most electric cars have a battery that often doesn’t do more than about 250 miles on a full charge. To fully charge the battery can take around 10 hours meaning that long journeys may need to be split over two days or more. Scientists are working on a battery that is said to last slightly longer and that can be...