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Can car subscriptions take off?
Car subscription services were promised to us more than a decade ago, but for the most part they’re a promise that never really came true. That...
1 week ago -
Our favourite cars of 2024
It’s coming to the end of 2024, and Christmas is approaching fast — you can tell because of the increasing levels of Mariah Carey and Michael Bu...
1 month ago -
Car Test Drive Tips and Tricks
When it comes to buying a second hand car, the test drive is everything. Here, you not only get to find out if the car suits your driving style,...
2 months ago -
The best 4x4s in Ireland
Now, before we start on all this, we need to get our terms straight. This is not a piece about the best SUV nor crossover in Ireland. There are...
3 months ago -
What’s the best dash-cam?
It’s best to think of a dash-cam as your literal last line of defence. If all of your careful driving, your car’s safety systems, and plain old...
4 months ago -
How to save money on your car insurance
Paying for car insurance is one of the biggest issues for Irish motorists. It’s long been the case — a combination of a poor road safety record,...
5 months ago -
The best cars in movies
It’s the summer. At least it says so in the calendar. I’m not so sure, as I had to have the heating on this morning and I’m typing this while we...
5 months ago -
How to valet your car at home
Ireland often seems an unkind country when it comes to cars. In this specific instance, we’re not talking about taxation, nor insurance, nor eve...
7 months ago -
How can your fuel efficiency be improved?
With the recent rise in the cost of fuel at the pumps, many of us will be trying to find ways to stretch our fuel budgets a little further. You...
8 months ago -
Road safety tips everyone should know.
Keeping yourself safe on the road has long been a tricky game. Ireland’s road network, with its preponderance of poorly-surfaced, poorly-lit, po...
9 months ago -
What’s the best family car in 2024?
Buying the right car for a family is a tricky business. You need lots of space, of course. Some extra seats for those days when more people than...
10 months ago -
Self-driving cars — are we ready for the future?
The rise and rise of the self-driving, or autonomous car seems to be almost inevitable. Ever since the United States’ Defence Advanced Research...
11 months ago -
Classic cars for 2024
As the new year ticks around, so another tranche of favourite old cars become, officially in the eyes of the taxman, classics (or ‘vintage’ to g...
1 year ago -
The best new cars of 2023
While, at the end of 2023, it can feel as if motoring is somewhat embattled — caught between rising prices and interest rates on the one hand, a...
1 year ago -
The best Japanese cars you can buy
Back in the late sixties and early seventies, the European — and especially Irish — car markets were hit by an utter earthquake. Having built up...
1 year ago -
The best German cars you can buy
Germany invented the car, let’s not forget. While any successful invention has an infinite number of parents, it was Karl Benz who created the f...
1 year ago -
How to prepare your car for winter driving
There’s no point in saying, in a Sean Bean impression, that ‘winter is coming’ because it’s already here. Have you looked outside the window lat...
1 year ago -
The best British cars you can buy
While the Germans get the credit for inventing the modern motor car, the Brits got into the game pretty quickly too — one Henry Sturmey was buil...
1 year ago -
Is it better to buy or lease a car?
With peak car-buying season rapidly approaching, along with the new 241-plate in January, it seems like a good time to consider a commonly-asked...
1 year ago -
The best French cars you can buy
French cars often get a good kicking in some circles. Too unreliable, cheaply-made, too quirky, weird steering wheels… As is so often the case,...
1 year ago -
What to do if your car overheats?
With temperatures soaring across Europe this summer, there’s perhaps something of an irony in that nature can hit back at the car for all those...
1 year ago -
What is tyre balancing?
It’s one of those motoring chores that many of us ignore, and many more of us simply don’t understand. So, what is tyre balancing and why do we...
1 year ago -
How long do penalty points last?
Since they were introduced in 2002, the penalty points system for motoring offences have been considered a major weapon in the war against dange...
1 year ago -
How do I know how much my car is worth?
Figuring out the value of your car is a vital process when it’s coming up to trade-in time, or if you want to sell it yourself, privately. While...
1 year ago
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