For our last post of 2024, test your knowledge of driving in different parts of the globe with our Super-Duper Christmas Quiz. We’re not clever enough to cover up the answers, so they are down at the bottom of the post below Santa. Off we go… Round One: Six Great Roads of the World Just… read more
Across Wales, England and Scotland, the average wait time for a practical driving test is four-and-a-half months. How long?!? In this post, we look at how we got in this mess, how scammers are using it to exploit learner drivers, and how you can protect yourself. What caused the driving test logjam? In a July… read more
Our last blog post (hey, check it out) ended with a lame attempt at a teaser. After 900-ish words arguing that new roads almost never reduce traffic, we promised that in the next part, we’d tell you what does help. So here we are. What we didn’t mention is that this solution is about as… read more
Traffic jams: we all hate them. From regular rush hour tailbacks to Bank Holiday horror shows, how many hours do we waste in nose-to-tail queues, bored out of our skulls, half-hoping for a zombie apocalypse to clear the streets? If only there was another road to ease the pressure. If only the government would get… read more
17th September 2024 marked the first anniversary of the controversial 20 mph limits on many roads throughout Wales. How have they been working out? A reminder on what roads are affected For those readers who don’t live in Wales, or visit that often, here’s a reminder of where 20 mph restrictions have come into place:… read more
As we discussed in Part One and Part Two of this series, new petrol and diesel cars are due for the chop in 2030. If the current legislation remains in place, by 2030, the only new cars available will be powered by electrons (assuming that the ban extends to plug-in electric hybrids). This time, we’ll… read more
In Part One of this post, we looked how the goalposts kept moving for the UK ban on new ICE (internal combustion engine) car sales. The upshot of those shenanigans is that the UK is currently aiming for a 2030 deadline. There’s some uncertainty over what its scope will be – it’s unclear whether hybrids… read more
A ban on selling new ICE vehicles in the UK is approaching – but successive governments keep moving the goalposts on when it will happen. In this two-parter, we look at the current state of play with the ICE ban and whether the UK can get there in time. Pick a date, any date… By… read more
We are the independent Volkswagen Group specialist garage in South Wales… and yet this blog hasn’t done a VW salesy-financey round-up in absolutely ages. In this post, we’ll put that right with a quick summary of how our favourite automotive giant is doing. The European background According to Forbes, European car makers are facing some… read more
The recent road safety campaign by National Highways takes a gentle approach – but do the brutal approaches of the past work better? A few weeks back, National Highways launched a road safety campaign that it called, ‘Little changes, change everything’. It targets two driving issues: middle-lane hogging and tailgating. Take a look at one… read more
