Car Care BLOG
Tips, advice and guidance keeping you on the road!
Car Brake Problems: Warning Signs That Your Breaks Need to be Inspected
If your brakes are trying to tell you something, you should pay attention. Knowing the warning signs that your brakes need maintenance is essential to keep you safe on the road. A properly operating brake system helps ensure safe vehicle control and operation and it...
Why and How Often You Should Get a Car Tune Up?
Doing inspection and tune-ups varies from one vehicle to another. For older cars with non-electronic ignitions, they need to be tuned every 10,000 to 12,000 miles or every year, whichever comes first. As for newer car models with electronic ignition and fuel injection...
Wrong Fuel in Your Car? Here’s what to do
Wrong Fuel In Car or Van? The moment you realise you've just filled, or started filling your car with the wrong fuel has got to be one of the most sickening feelings in owning a car. Feeling completely helpless isn't uncommon, but if you follow some simple steps you...
When Did The ‘Basic’ Get Taken Out of Basic Car Maintenance?!
Your car is getting more complicated - it's a truth which is embarrassing many car owners when it comes to even some of the most basic maintenance tasks such as oil changes, oil top ups, brake fluid top ups, cooling system top up - even screenwash top up! Why the...
Tyres, the vital link between you and the road
Following on from our car servicing article, we're talking about another vital element to your vehicle maintenance. In many ways, even more vital - as poor tyre maintenance can cost you a bit more than just your hard earned cash. That's right, I'm talking about 3...
Servicing, a Luxury or a Necessity?
Servicing your car can seem a luxury, many car owners are over the moon when the trusty steed passes it's once a year MOT and believe that this amounts to good car maintenance. Unfortunately, this is simply not true (sorry) - an MOT is a test of a cars' safety, not...
