Everybody knows that drink driving is a bad idea, yet so many people continue to do it every day.  Many people believe that they are simply untouchable and that they will never be caught for something like driving under the influence of alcohol.  This is entirely the wrong way to think about such a dangerous and irresponsible act that could cause death or injury to another road user. A drink is always nice – but Read more…

George Bush continued his run as outgoing-President in Iraq earlier this week and was met with the usual love and affection: It reminds me of the Austin Powers film. Obviously, nothing to do with cars, but fun anyway!

Remember in our very first blog that we spoke about Zipcar and if it will affect the car rental industry. Well, low and behold Hertz have now come up with a direct competitor to them with Connect By Hertz. Now I wonder if my prediction that I’ll get $1million for Christmas will come true?

Winter is upon us. There’s snow on the ground and we’re finding ourselves huddled around the fireplace.  While many people take special care to prepare their homes for the winter, they often never consider that their car might also need some special preparations for the cold weather. With relative ease, everyone can ensure that their car will be properly prepared for the winter.  You never know, proper winterization of your car might just save your Read more…

I’ll take the cappuccino to go, thank you very much. And the granuals? Can you put them in my tank please? Hang on a minute, this isn’t some caffiene induced dream – it’s a reality. Researchers in the University of Nevada Reno have come up with idea to power cars on ‘the other black stuff’ Imagine a car coming past smelling of coffee. That’s just too exciting to think about for me….

It’s a debate that will rage on for as long as the car still exists. What are the best cars of all time? You’ve read all the other lists, now read ours. This is Carrentals’ version of the best cars of all time and it shuns the norm, because we’ve got 16 cars on our list. Sixteen: Nissan Skyline Ever watched The Fast and The Furious? Nope. Well, in it there’s the wonderful Nissan Skyline, Read more…

Seems like it’s a day of bad news, isn’t it? Honda, the great failures of Forumla 1 have pulled completely out of F1, with immediate effect. Honda have decided that spending a reported £300million a year to run round the back is not a good marketing plan and will put that money to something better – perhaps a dancing robot or something. It’s a shock for F1 to lose such a big car manufacturer and Read more…

As we said in an earlier blog, and with everyone cutting back, buying a new car seems to not be the trend at the moment. As stated here and here it seems the bottom has fallen out of the new car market and no one is willing to risk a 30 – 50% depreciation of their new vehicle in the first year. On one hand, you have the richer(?) people saying that at least you Read more…

Most car rental experiences go without a hitch. You get to the airport, you pick up the keys, you drive around in a safe, albeit anxious fashion, and then you return the car and fly home. Mostly. For the unlucky few whose experiences are not so trouble-free, car rental is a lot like playing Jenga – one tiny little thing goes wrong and it triggers a cataclysmic, holiday-ruining chain of events. I was like that Read more…