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You don’t need to be a mechanic to do some basic maintenance on your car. And to neglect it can be dangerous. Whether it’s checking your tyres, getting your car prepped for winter or knowing what to expect from an annual service and MOT, we’ve got the info you need right here.
Updated: 22nd Oct 2018. We have such unpredictable weather in Britain that many of us are unprepared when unexpected cold snaps hit during the winter months. There are some basic things we can all do to prepare our cars for winter, which...
Updated: 22nd Oct 2018. It’s easy to underestimate the importance of having the correct tyre pressure. So here are 5 questions you should be asking about tyre pressure. Why is correct the tyre pressure so important? Correct tyre pressure...
So, all you really need is a petrol garage and a £1 coin. Most petrol garages have an air pump station that does all the hard work for you (so you can forget worrying about having to aggressively stamp on a blow-up pump). Before setting...
Dust, mud, tree gunk, bird poop - windscreen washer is there for you, whatever the mess. Being able to see is sort of important for moving forward without crashing, so here's how to make sure you're good to go. Here's the...
Car maintenance - not my bag. I'm good at many things but making machines go is not one of them. So, I recently spent a sunny afternoon learning how to check and fill up my car's fluids. Because I'm a loser like that and had nothing better...
Car maintenance - that thing people who order slacks from the back of newspapers do on sunny days or before the annual road trip to Skegness. The thing the rest of us ignore all too often. I couldn't tell you the number of times I've...
University season is fast approaching, which means packing up all your wordly possessions and hoofing it (back) to your halls or house. The question is: to car, or not to car? Sure, you'll be able to get your stuff to your room a lot...
According to the RAC, you can expect to spend around £300 a year on servicing and maintenance alone. And that's if your car's new. If you're driving a 10-year-old car - like a lot of the ingenie community - it's likely you'll spend more....
You'll probably buy your first car with the tyres in pretty good nick (I bet your dad did a fair bit of tyre kicking when you went to look at it, huh? Mine did.). However, it's pretty unlikely they were brand new, so at some point in your...
Hands up if you forget that windscreens ice over in the winter until you get to your car, about 5 minutes late as usual. *shoots hand straight up* Why do we do it? We have smartphones that tell us it's -2. We have weather forecasts. We...
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