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Should we copy the UK, and let learner drivers learn on motorways?
It has long been an established tenet of learning to drive that you don’t do it on the motorway. There is a blanket ban on learner drivers, held...
by Michael Rochford
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Tips For Buying A Used Car, From The RSA
Buying a used car? Don't regret it! Buying a used car can be a daunting experience. At best its a large investment that can be fraught with risk....
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European Driving Rules: A little homework can keep those holiday blues at bay
Many of us will be planning a trip away, out foreign, for some part of the coming summer (well, we say summer but it's belting down outside as we...
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Towing limits - Knowing your limits.
It made for a pretty spectacular sight. I mean, the Airbus A380 is always something of a spectacular sight. Not the prettiest aircraft in history...
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Car safety rating: Does a poor safety rating mean a car isn’t safe?
The Ford Mustang, that classic icon of all-American freedom has been brought crashing down to Earth this week when the crash test experts at Euro...
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The great winter tyre debate
The key question here is, are Ireland’s winters really that harsh? I know, it gets chilly and the rainfall count never seems to drop off, but by...
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One in four UK imports could have defective tyres
When the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union back in June, many of us predicted that Ireland would be immediately swamped by an inco...
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Motion sickness: Why sick simulators will make for a smoother ride for everyone
Are you one of those people who starts to feel queasy in a car if you read a book or watch a movie on a tablet? You’re not alone – car sickness i...
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Car maintenance - How can I make my car last?
One of the most common questions we get asked is to value a person’s car for a trade-in. That’s a tricky question at the best of times, not least...
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Write off - Beware the cut-and-shut…
We’ve all heard the warnings over the influx of cars into Ireland from the UK which have been previously written off. Now, there is a level at wh...
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Potholes are the dark secrets lurking in a car's history
We have long since suffered a pothole epidemic on Irish roads, so much so that it has become a running joke, and even lead to an outbreak of peop...
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Selling a used car - Sniffing out the dodgy used cars.
Did you know that our sense of smell is one of our most powerful sources of information? We always tend to think of humans as being either visual...