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Write off - Beware the cut-and-shut Car…
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 which a written-o...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Ford Ka
Years built: 1996 to 2009 Bodystyles: Three door hatchback What is it? It was the first Ford car to be designed according to the ‘New Edge’ philosophy. Remember...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
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 people ‘helpfully’...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Ford Focus
Years built: 2005 to 2011 Bodystyles: Three-door hatch, five-door hatch, four-door saloon, five-door estate What is it? It’s only one of the most popular cars...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
PCPs driving down used car values
PCPs driving down used car values? It’s already happening… Last month, we warned that the values of used cars in Ireland are beginning to soften, having spent t...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: BMW 3 Series
Years built: 2005 to 2011 Bodystyles: Four-door saloon, two-door coupe, five-door estate What is it? It’s the car you’ve always wanted. Well, for many of us it...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
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 or tactile cre...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Seat Alhambra
Years built: 2010 to today Bodystyles: Five-door large MPV What is it? It's the second-generation Seat Alhmabra and, somewhat surprisingly, it’s already been wi...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Nissan Leaf
Years built: 2011 to today Bodystyles: Five-door hatchback What is it? It’s the first electric car you could actually, realistically, use on a day-to-day basis,...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Car profit - How to make your car make money.
In recent weeks it’s become horribly apparent that we may be building up a nasty bubble of car finance. With rising sales of new cars, the values of used ones a...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Opel Insignia
Years built: 2009 to today Bodystyles: Four-door saloon, five-door fastback, five-door estate What is it? The Insignia was Opel’s big comeback car. Following ye...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago -
Fuel consumption figures are good news but there’s a Co2 sting in the tail.
This past week, PSA Group, which basically means Peugeot and Citroen, released what it calls ‘Real World’ fuel economy figures for three of its key models. Thos...
by Michael Rochford
10 years ago
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