Crazy about car

This is the second part of my small guide that's full of tips on selling your car, for the first part click here. In the first part we discussed the potential selling methods and preparing your car for sale. Advertising - When selling your car, it's strongly reccomended to spread the word about it in order to generate as much interest as possible. The best method to do this is to create a good advert. A good advert should have the car specifications; clearly labelled from one another to avoid...

Nowadays, cars, the maintenance that comes with them and insurance prices becoming more and more expensive. If you find that you don't neccessarily need a car with your current life style then it might be a good idea to sell your car. Selling a car can be a difficult and frustrating process and I've compiled some tips to help you on your way! First of all you'll need to decide which method you want to use to sell your car. The first and most popular method is to sell it or trade it in to a...

With all of the winter weather occuring recently, and more planned to hit the UK, I thought i'd make a post on driving in these wintery conditions. Even the most experienced of drivers can be affected by snow, whether it be heavy or light when driving a car. When driving on ice, skidding is usually the biggest danger. You should always drive carefully, and gently use the accelator, steering and brakes when needed. If you find yourself in a position in which the vehicle starts to skid, steer...

Want to relive Barack Obama's early days driving around Chicago as a junior U.S. senator? All you need is a working Ebay account and the small fee of 1 million dollars. Tim O'Brien, The owner of the 2005 Chrysler 300C which President obama once leased, is attempting to sell the car for atleast 1 million dollars.The auction on Ebay, which is being managed by well known eBay car seller Lisa Czibor, claims to have documents proving that Obama once leased the car. After looking at the photos...

Described as a switchknife by VW themselves due to its ability to serve many different purposes, the VW Up has four new concepts that will be unveiled at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The new concepts are named the Swiss Up, Winter Up, X Up and Cargo Up. First up is the Swiss Up which appears to be a homage to the Geneva Motor Show and features an interior and exterior based on the colour of the swiss flag. Apparently this concept also contains a special pouch behind each front seat which...

What you're looking at there is the latest incarnation of the Bugatti Veyron, it seems to be a cross between the open-top body of the Veyron Grand Sport and the 1183bhp powerhouse that is the Veyron Super Sport. The result could possibly be the fastest convertible ever. What on Earth does Vitesse mean? well apparently it's French for speed, I suppose it's a little more creative than names like Grand Sport and Super sport that have been features on past incarnations.The 16-cylinder engine that...

I recently found this video on youtube showing some car crash tests and the results are unbelievable. The video features cars from Italy, Britain and China taking part in crash tests and most if not all of the cars in the video fail very badly. Some of the worst crashes in the video include the proton at 1:20 which doesn't come out of the crash test to well. The 92 Holden Commodore at 2:30 also fails the test epicly after being left in a pile of scrap metal from the collision.If you own any...

According to a recently released report by MPs, the big increase in whiplash injury claims is the main cause behind rising car insurance prices. At the moment 2 billion a year is given out to Whiplash claims, according to a report by the Association of British Insurers. In addition to this, the number of car passengers making claims for whiplash ras risen by 37% over the past 3 years bringing the total up to 570k anually.Even though there has been a 23% decrease in road accident casualties,...

The 1990 Honda Accord, belonging to a man from maine has racked up a total of 1 million miles. To put that into perspective, it's the equivalent to driving around the world 40 times. On average, he's racked up a whopping 62,000 miles a year The car began it's wild journey when Joe Locicero, a car buff and experienced technician, bought the vehicle in 1996 with 74,000 miles on it. He intended to get his money's worth out the car, I think it's safe to say he achieved that. After reaching...

Over 2.7 million drivers on UK roads are putting themselves and others at risk by driving with bad eyesight according to the insurer, Esure who carried out the study. When asked, 2.7 million drivers admitted that they would probably fail their driving test if they were to retake it due to their poor eyesight. Half of those asked by the insurer confessed that their eyesight had deteriorated since they first passed their test. The insurance provider found that just over 4000 drivers were banned...

This year, more people have lodged official complaints about used car dealers than any other type of trader, according to new figures. Nationwide, over 56,000 people complained to the Office of Fair Trading's consumer sectionabout second-hand cars from January to the end of September this year. Over 70% of the complaints were about faults with the cars. In addition to this, another 13% of the complaints were about dodgy deals and misleading claims from sellers, and nearly 7% were about poor...

Hybrid vehicles have a big advantage over their gas-guzzling siblings when it comes down to fuel comparisons, but it also appears that batteries and electric motors make them safer too. The Highway Loss Data Institute or HLDI for short did a study with 25 vehicles made between 2003 and 2011 that used both typical and hybrid engines. However, the Toyota Prius and the Honda insight were excluded from the study, due to the fact that neither vehicle has a conventionally-powered counterpart. The...

As I'm currently learning to drive, I've decided to begin looking at an ideal car to buy and more importantly, quotes for car insurance. In case you don't know, Car insurance for new drivers has sky rocketed in the past decade, especially for young men. This is all down to the number of accidents that drivers under the age of 25 are involved in, with a large portion of these accidents probably being the result of competitive driving. According to research carried out recently by the AA,...

We all know that car manufacturers are trying to make more economically efficient cars and reduce their carbon footprints. Possible solutions to cutting carbon emissions include the research of hydrogen fuel cells and even algaed power cars. However, the most ingenious method, a car powered by coke and mentos is currently being developed. Although research into the Diet-Coke-and-Mentos-powered vehicle is only young, the group have made progress on the diet coke and mentos powered car. They’ve...

The internet giant Google has been given a patent for the technology behind the autonomous creation. The patent itself focuses on the method used to switch the vehicle from a human-controlled mode into an "auto pilot" state. Using Hi tech sensors, the vehicle would be able to dock at a landing strip, from there it could receive instructions or directions through the internet or other devices. Once the instructions have been downloaded, the car could switch to an autonomous state and follow...