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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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19 January 2020

What the MOT history check can’t tell you about a car

MOT checks won't win any popularity contests any time soon. However, they can be incredibly useful. If you're a driver, it can alert you of potential dangers for your own safety. As a buyer, the...

18 January 2020

Car Tax Bands: What you need to know

Are you confused about the UK's car tax bands? Don't worry, it really is quite complicated. In this article, we'll show you all possible tax bands and explain their cost for you. The history of...

17 January 2020

Noddle: How to use it for your car purchase

The financial times they are a changing. And we're not talking about the newspaper here. No, what we're referring to is the market for financing and, specifically, rating agencies. In November of last year, rising...

15 January 2020

Are short term loans with no credit check advisable?

Short term loans with no credit check sound tempting. Who wouldn't want money without the hassle (and, sometimes, humiliation) of going through a lengthy application process? Reality isn't quite as rosy, unfortunately. In this article,...

14 January 2020

Car Wash: Recommendations

There was a time when a car wash used to be a weekly ritual: Crank up the radio, enjoy a cool drink and spend the morning getting your car into top shape again. Alas, no...

13 January 2020

What is PPI and why is it such a big deal?

The mis-selling of PPI is, without any doubt, one of the two biggest recent scandals of the car industry – Dieselgate being the other one. Although made public years ago, PPI related cases are still...

12 January 2020

VED: How high is my Vehicle Excise Duty?

Owning and driving a car is expensive enough as it is. So when, in 2017, the government announced incisive changes to the VED, this obviously led to a lot of concern. Not all of the...

11 January 2020

What is the difference between a soft and hard credit check?

And "Which do you choose, a hard or soft option?", the Pet Shop Boys once famously asked. For years, fans and critics have tried to decipher the meaning of that question. Perhaps, we might suggest,...

10 January 2020

How to improve your credit score

How to improve your credit score – entire books have been written about this. If you, too are affected by a bad credit score, it might be a good idea to pick one of them...