Last time, we looked at two aspects of the new 20 mph speed restrictions in Wales – how they were being enforced and whether they still had public support. On this outing, we’ll investigate whether the restrictions are actually doing what they’re supposed to, and what the effects are for everyone. Have the restrictions actually… read more
Back in December 2022, we published a blog post with the title Life in the slow lane: are you ready for Wales’ 20mph limit? You could check it out right now (thereby enriching your life almost infinitely), but to summarise, it looks at the pros and cons of the Welsh government’s introduction of new 20… read more
So, despite eating your own weight in turkey and Pringles, you’ve somehow made it into 2024. Well done, that’s the first hurdle out of the way! What does the rest of 2024 have in store? We were researching that very question when we came across this story in The Telegraph: ‘Electric SUVs dominate Car of… read more
What are you going to get your car-and-motoring-obsessed loved one this Christmas? If you’re out of ideas, we reckon you could do worse than that old standby, the car book. It’s the ideal gift for them to cherish forever/drop some Christmas pudding on/have a quick look at, then store next to last year’s Christmas… read more
Once a firm favourite for UK drivers, the estate car is rapidly becoming an endangered species on our roads. You know things aren’t healthy when Volvo, the king of estate cars, announces that they will be removing their leading estate models from the UK market. Yep, the once-mighty S60, V60 and V90 are being… read more
Guess what? Fuel prices are skyrocketing again! According to The Guardian: Diesel prices rose by more than 8p a litre to 163p in September, the fifth biggest monthly rise since 2000, and on top of another 8p rise the previous month, the RAC said. Petrol prices rose by 4.5p a litre to 152p, the fourth… read more
Image credit: By SEAT S.A. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63313201 It looks like SEAT’s days are numbered …at least in the form we’re used to. According to Thomas Schafer, head honcho at Core (the big four VW Group brands – VW, Audi, SEAT and Audi): “The future of SEAT is Cupra, that we decided a long time… read more
In Part One of this post, we looked at how electric cars are doing. And at the end of a gazillion statistics, our conclusions were that: Globally, EVs are selling like hot cakes at a hot cake enthusiasts’ convention. Pretty much everywhere you look in the world, EV sales are accelerating. Most people who buy… read more
What with the ULEZ wars and Rishi Sunak’s amendments to Net Zero policy, electric cars (EVs) are back in the spotlight. And that got us thinking that we hadn’t looked at the EV issue since… well, forever. In fact, the last time we dived into anything to do with EVs, we were still spending our… read more
There’s such a lot to dislike about parking machines. They regularly break. They give incomprehensible instructions. Some of them still only take coins. But does that mean we would be better off without them? A lot of organisations seem to think so. From London to Somerset, parking machines are being removed in favour of app-based… read more
