All cars over three years old must have a MOT carried out every year at an approved garage. As a car gets older, the likelihood is the car will need work doing to it for it to pass a MOT year upon year. The work that may be required to pass a MOT can vary from something very small such as replacing a bulb or wiper blades to a whole new exhaust system needing to be fitted. There are a number of simply checks you can do and possibly replace parts if needed to avoid a MOT failure and keep costs down. The wipers are checked on your vehicle as part of the MOT and if they are not working correctly or have little wear left on the blade then...

Breaking down at any time is a real nuisance and if we could avoid it many of us would be willing to pay a bit extra in order to do so. There have been some amazing changes recently in the world of motoring and breakdown companies are now offering many customers a piece of kit that could potentially avoid a breakdown. The AA and Green Flag are two of the well-recognised breakdown companies that have their own devices which claim to do this. The prices for these boxes vary, but Green Flag are currently charging £35 per year for the subscription. The Green Flag device is called Alert me and the AA one is called Car Genie. They both claim that they can that can read important data from your...

Buying a new car can be an exciting time but it can also be a little bit worrying if you are having to fork out thousands of pounds. The cost of a brand new car can range drastically in price with very few costing less than about £10,000 upward of a hundred thousand pounds. You firstly need to work out what your budget is, from this you can then see which cars are available to you within that price bracket.  You may already have the money or plan to use the money from the sale of another vehicle to buy your new one, but you may have to get a personal load or finance to cover it. If your credit rating is bad then you may struggle to get a...

Many motorists are getting fed up with the amount of money they are having to fork out month on month for their car. Firstly there is the cost of th car which you may have had to have a loan, finance or put on a credit card. On top of this you have the added costs of insurance, Tax, MOT, breakdown cover, fuel and repairs/maintenance. Motor insurance is often a large expense for many people, even if you pay it monthly. Shopping around to get the best price really does pay. You can literally save hundreds of pounds on your renewal price by switching to a new insurance company.  With sites like Compare the Market and Uswitch, you can instantly see the prices given by tens of different companies making...

Many people love having a new car but if you have to have a second hand car then you may worry about what you are going to end up with and if it is going to have problems which will cost a fortune to fix. Did you know that on average a car loses up to 40% of its value in the first year? A huge chunk of this is knocked off the price as soon as the car is taxed and leaves the forecourt. Even if he car has not been driven, as soon as it is registered, it is classed as a used car.   If you buy a car that is a year or two old, then the chances are it won’t need much work doing on...