As winter approaches it’s an important time of year to think about how safe your car is. This is even more important if you’re planning a long car journey. We all remember being shown how to check the oil in our car, top up the screen wash and check the water level, but what about…
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Driving Yourself To Distraction? Here Are The Keys To Cutting Car Costs
Read moreAs a parent, a car is a vital piece of equipment. Not owning one is like a chef without a knife or a painter without a brush – it’s pointless. However, because you are a parent the odds are high that you may find the cost of running a vehicle is out of your budget.…
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All Aboard The Safety Car
Read moreFlickr Picture It’s great fun heading on a trip with the kids, but you have to make sure that the car is safe for your family on the road. This is fairly easy to do, and it is worth knowing the right steps here. The roads can be a dangerous place, and you don’t want…
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Car Safety Tips for Travelling with Kids
Read moreWith new changes in the laws regarding car seats for children I thought now would be a good time to address this, along with some other car safety tips when travelling with children. The new child car seat laws mean that manufacturers aren’t allowed to introduce new models of backless booster seats for children shorter than 125cm or…
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Tips for looking after your car this winter
Read moreAs a car owner, looking after my car is important to me. Even more so in the winter months. My car is an important part of my life. It transports me from work and home again, but it also carries my children on a very regular basis. It’s for this reason that I decided to…
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Getting the Car Ready for Summer: 10 Top Tips
Read moreEvery time winter rolls around, I see guides popping up here, there and everywhere with tips for keeping your car safe in the colder months. What about keeping your car safe in the summer though. Well, that’s exactly what you’re going to find out in this post! Depending on the age of your car, you…
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Getting a New Family Car – How to Spread the Cost
Read moreGetting a car is a big financial decision, and even more of a big decision when you have a family to think about. This post takes a look at the options you have for spreading the cost of a obtaining a car for you and your family. Buy Used Buying a used car is a great…
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What my car says about me!
Read moreWhat does your car say about you? Like it or not, the car you drive says something about the type of person you are. And though few of us like to admit it, we all pass some sort of judgement on other drivers when we see what they’re behind the wheel of – if I say…
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What was your first car?
Read moreI’ve worked in the car insurance industry for around 10 years now. It’s not a career that I thought I would end up in, but 10 years in and I’m still going strong! I started not long after I’d left college. I’d had a number of other jobs such as cleaner, cashier etc, but I…