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24 July 2025

Should You Buy or Lease Your Next Vehicle?

So, you’ve found the car you want. You know what air freshener to get, and you know it’ll get you where you need to be...

24 July 2025

What You Need to Know About Car Insurance for Young Drivers

The world of car insurance can be a minefield, especially when combined with shopping for a car as a new driver.  Today, we’re taking a...

11 June 2025

The Dos and Don’ts of Driving at Night

Driving at night comes with its own unique set of challenges.  Not only is it much darker, reducing visability, but it can also cause headlight...

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14 December 2020

Is buying cars from retirees the secret no one told you about?

In a recent Reddit discussion about finding the perfect used car, someone suggested the following: "My dad always buys cars from retirees. You often get a 10 yrs old car with no mileage which spent...

10 December 2020

Car Loan or Car Lease? Here’s the ONLY answer to that question!

Buying a car is rarely a pleasurable experience. It's expensive, tiresome and time-intensive. Rejection is a realistic possibility. And even if you do get accepted, the danger of a default looms high. Which is why...

7 December 2020

EV revolution: Soon, you won’t be able to buy petrol cars anymore.

The green revolution is coming. As reported by the Financial Times, a new government plan will ban the sale of all petrol. and diesel cars within the next decade. The plan is part of a...

3 December 2020

Negative Interest Rates: Will They Destroy Car Finance?

These are strange times. So it's no surprise that even the Bank of England has to resort to extraordinary measures. Still, their most recent announcement did raise an eyebrow or two. As reported by Reuters,...

1 December 2020

You Won’t Believe What Your EMI can do for Your Car Finance!

To all the music fans out there: Curb your enthusiasm. This article is not about that EMI - one of the world's most famous record companies, (former) home to the Beatles and Radiohead. No. This...

30 November 2020

LTV Ratio: The Magic Number in Car Finance

Would you like to know a magic number? A number that can keep you out of trouble when applying for car finance? Which can improve your chances of getting accepted for a loan, while keeping...

24 November 2020

A loan with a long tenure is actually great – if you do it THIS way!

Car loan tenures are getting longer. That's a fact. Whether or not you think that's a good thing, however, remains disputed. Experts will usually argue that increasingly long loan tenures are a problem. You want...

19 November 2020

Never ever buy a car with outstanding finance!

The title of this article is pretty clear. Nevertheless, allow us to repeat the message: Never ever buy a car with outstanding finance! Not even if it's cheap. Not even if it's dirt cheap. Just...

17 November 2020

Experts warn: PCP and HP are the Road to Ruin

Financial website This is Money has issued a strong warning against PCP (personal contract purchase deals) and HP (hire purchase). According to their experts, these financing options are far too complicated for the average consumer...