Last time, we looked at that rarest of automotive breeds, the cars that reached one million miles on the same engine. What quickly became apparent is that getting to a million miles isn’t all about buying the right marque. That’s not to say that some brands aren’t consistently more reliable than others – it’s just… read more
How long do you expect your current car to last before it has to be scrapped? 200,000 miles? 300,000? Maybe you’re thinking too small, because it turns out that more than a few cars have made it past the million mile marker. So, in this two-parter, we’ll be looking into what cars have succeeded in… read more
Last time, we looked at why fuel prices have (thankfully!) come back down from the record levels seen last summer. In Part Two, we’ll tackle a much trickier question…what’s coming next for fuel prices? Let’s dive straight into four things that will be influencing your filling-up costs. 1. OPEC+ What OPEC (the Organisation of the… read more
As the UK’s economic gloom train thunders on, here’s one bit of good news: petrol and diesel prices have finally come down a bit. The big question is, what’s next? Is this just a blip before prices rocket up again… or can we cautiously wave goodbye to last year’s craziness? In this two-parter, we’ll do… read more
What, you didn’t check Part One of this article? Then we gently encourage you to do so, but if you’re really too busy, here’s the TL;DR: Recent news stories have reported that drivers could soon face sleep-deprivation blood tests (more on that in a bit). It turns out that driving with even modest sleep deprivation… read more
A few weeks back, we saw a bunch of news stories suggesting that roadside blood tests for sleepiness were on the way. Here’s one from the RAC, for example, and another from The Independent. Actually, the story turns out to be a bit of a nothing-burger. All it amounts to is that there’s some promising… read more
Last time, we told you what the state of play is on Cardiff’s proposed congestion charges. The short version is that there’s a consultation in progress, nothing’s decided, but the talk is of charges for both residents and visitors, though the former might be subsidised. This time, we’ll have a go at summarising why a… read more
Low emission zones are springing up around the UK like mushrooms. In addition to London, clean air zones have already been introduced in cities from Bath to Portsmouth, Birmingham to Glasgow, with plenty of additional councils running feasibility studies and what-have-you. And one city on that list is home to plenty of WVS’s customers —… read more
So, you’ve taken your pride-and-joy along to a trusted MOT centre. You’re learned that it’s failed. Unexpected, but fair enough. Ah, but when you’re told the reason, your blood pressure goes nuclear. If you’d been failed for a proper reason, fair enough… but failing you for that? That’s just taking the…, etc, etc. Time to… read more
Picture the scene. You’re tootling along in a 30mph zone when a car zooms up in your rear view mirror. You can see what’s about to happen, so you tap the dashcam app on your smartphone. As he blasts past you at double the speed limit, the app opens your phone camera, focuses on his… read more
