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26 August 2025

What is Hire Purchase (HP) and how does it work?

If you’re new to car finance, you might be looking at ways to purchase a car without the lump sum. Hire purchase (HP) is a...

18 August 2025

Can you get car finance without a driving licence?

Whether you’re learning how to drive or simply figuring out your options, you’ve probably been wondering how car financing works without a full driving licence. ...

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...

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26 July 2022

Voluntary Repossession / Kicking the Trade: The Ugly Truth

Cars are constantly getting more expensive. But we still need to drive. Combine these two facts and you've got a recipe for disaster. Car prices in the UK have risen pretty much in step with...

25 July 2022

It’s true: Car finance is better than a bank loan! 

You may have read or heard somewhere that taking out a bank loan is ideal when buying a car. That it beats most other financing options in terms of cost and flexibility. You may also...

25 July 2022

What are the best bad finance car brands?

If you have enough money on the bank, buying a car is fun. If you have to make ends meet, however, it's hard. Suddenly, what you want or need hardly matters anymore. All that matters...

15 July 2022

Part exchange in a Post-Covid World

Part exchange – it used to be a dirty word. Or at least a process which left many confused: Should you embrace it? Devise a clever strategy for it? Separate it from the act of...

12 July 2022

Online or Dealer: What is the best place to search for used cars?

Why don't we buy more cars online in the UK? That's a reasonable question. After all, we buy pretty much anything on the web these days: Beauty products and CDs, televisions and clothes, food and...

8 July 2022

Car Drivers Save Yourself! Here’s Help to Beat the Heatwave

"It’s too hot. England can’t cope with this weather," renowned weekly The Atlantic recently wrote, "This is a place that works in gentle temperatures and on gentle cloudy days." That sounds just about right. The...

7 July 2022

Dealership vs private seller: 9 Questions you NEED to ask yourself

It's so incredibly sexy: Buying a fantastic car from a private seller and saving thousands of Pound in the process. Are you wondering if this is a good idea? Then read on. In this special,...

4 July 2022

Used car buying … why is it so rubbish?

Buying a car should be thrilling. Joyous. Fun. Considering the cost, it is perfectly okay if the process turns out to be difficult. Challenging. Disappointing even at times. But what it should certainly not be...

1 July 2022

Electric cars: The revolution is for real!

We've been blogging about electric vehicles for quite some time. But never have the signs of change been clearer. More and more UK drivers are making the switch to EVs and manufacturers are ramping up...