Fuel is creeping up again, isn’t it? Every time I go past my local station, it has gone up just a little bit more. We’re not at the levels of last summer yet, but I fear it’s a case of when and not if, that we’ll hit a new high in fuel prices. But have no fear! Hyundai are at hand! Hyundai has just announced that if you buy one of their new cars in Read more…

To our American friends – wikipedia classes them as: Chav is a derogatory term applied to certain young people in the United Kingdom. The stereotypical “chav” is an aggressive teenager or young adult, who is usually, though not always, of working class background,[1] who often engages in anti-social behaviour,[1] and is often assumed to be unemployed or in a low paid job. It first appeared in English dictionaries in 2005.[2][3] The term Charver is more widely Read more…

The death of a celebrity always provokes headlines in the media. It was the case yesterday when news came of the death of the actress Farrah Fawcett, after a long battle with cancer. But that was nothing compared to the world reaction late last night of the sudden and unexpected demise of one of the music world’s greatest icons, Michael Jackson. You’ve probably heard about five songs of his in your car already this morning, Read more…

This is how a traffic jam happens. It all begins with the perpetrator pressing the brake pedal too hard. Behind him, caught unawares, the next driver presses his break pedal harder still to compensate for the unexpected heavy braking. This in turn triggers a wave of progressively harder braking until, some point several miles back, a traffic jam happens. The perpetrator continues on his journey, completely oblivious to the frustration and – yes, let’s go Read more…

The make-up of next year’s Formula One grid remains uncertain, despite the sport’s governing body, the FIA, today publishing the 2010 entry list. All of the entries from the current teams have been included, but those from championship leading team Brawn,  McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault and Toyota are only provisional and are dependent on those teams removing the conditions that they applied to their entries not later than close of business on 19 June, two Read more…

The Ferrari Formula One team has threatened to walk away from the F1 world championship at the end of this year if plans to introduce a limit on what teams are allowed to spend aren’t dropped. Max Mosley, the head of the sport’s governing body the FIA has said that Formula One can survive without the Italian team, and I agree with him. You see, there’s a myth about Ferrari which I don’t believe stands Read more…

Leading car hire price comparison site Carrentals.co.uk is expanding its affiliate offering for UK businesses – offering 5% commission and a market leading conversion rate of 4% – through a new agreement with Trade Doubler. The announcement comes following the company’s launch of its affiliate programme earlier this year.  The new agreement with Trade Doubler – Europe’s most extensive and successful affiliate network – is designed to extend the reach of the Carrentals.co.uk affiliate programme Read more…

It’s not the sort of headline you’d ever have thought you would read. General Motors, which was once the world’s largest car company, is filing for bankruptcy. It’s the biggest failure of an industrial company in US history and ranks as the third largest bankruptcy in the US, after Lehman Brothers and telecoms giant WorldCom. It also means that famous car names such as Pontiac, Hummer and Saab are under threat. General Motors, or GM Read more…