Category - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

What Is a Sequential Gearbox?

By Drew Hickman - November 28th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

Mainly used in sports and race cars, a sequential gearbox lets you change gear manually, thereby giving you a faster shift. Read on to learn what a sequential gearbox is, and what the benefits of this type of transmission are. What Is a Seque...

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A Beginner's Guide to Car Jargon

By Eve McPherson - November 25th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

Understanding your car can be complicated enough without all the jargon involved. In this article, we’ve simplified the process for you by providing definitions for some of the phrases and services you might hear in relation to your car. W...

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How to... Tell If You Have a Gearbox Problem At Home (Novice)

By Eve McPherson - October 17th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

Without a functioning gearbox, you may find yourself breaking down in the middle of a busy road. That’s why it’s so important that you learn to recognise the signs of a failing gearbox, so that you can put a stop to problems early on...

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How To Drive An Automatic Car

By Lucy Thomas - October 11th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Lifestyle

Automatic cars have become increasingly popular in recent years. All electric cars are automatic, and the majority of petrol and diesel car manufacturers offer their most successful models in automatic. Some would argue that automatic cars are m...

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What is an Alternator?

By Drew Hickman - September 28th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

The article title over a car alternator, in a blue overlay.

Without a functioning alternator, you will likely notice that your car's headlights, radio, and other electronic components struggle to work. Though your battery is responsible for restarting your vehicle once it is turned off, the alternator ha...

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MOT Exemption

By Lucy Thomas - September 22nd, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

For most vehicles, an MOT is a yearly occurrence to ensure our cars are safe and road legal. Certain vehicles are MOT exempt, meaning they do not need to be MOT tested. Read on and find out which vehicles are MOT exempt, the grounds for MOT exe...

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Tyre Size: Explained

By Drew Hickman - September 21st, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

Whether you drive a car or a van, you don’t want to be driving along on tyres that are not built to carry the weight of your vehicle. You could do some serious damage to your vehicle by driving on tyres that are the wrong size, and this in...

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How to Appeal a Parking Ticket

By Drew Hickman - September 16th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

When most drivers catch sight of a yellow-coloured, small plastic bag stuck to their car’s windscreen, their heart sinks: it’s a parking ticket. But instead of taking the Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) on the chin and coughing up to set...

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What is Engine Tuning? All You Need to Know About Remapping

By Drew Hickman - September 16th, 2022 - 3 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

Engine tuning is the process of fine-tuning your car's engine to provide greater performance, smoother power delivery and better fuel consumption. Manufacturers limit the output of their engines to sell their models in as many territories as pos...

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How to Check the Real MPG of a Car

By Drew Hickman - September 15th, 2022 - 0 Comments - Ultimate Guide to Car Maintenance

Real world MPG in new cars is often much lower than what manufacturers claim. In 2011, the AA estimated that the average difference between claimed and true MPG was just 8%. Most drivers could probably forgive that. However, by 2014, that averag...

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