Wheel alignment, often known simply as “tracking”, is the adjustment of the angles of a car’s wheels so they are set to the manufacturer’s specification. To handle and perform to its best, a car’s wheels must be “dead straight” in line with the car so that they roll freely when driving. If any wheel is …
Most recent diesel cars (any manufactured after 2008) are fitted with a Diesel Particulate Filter, which traps soot from the engine before it exits into the atmosphere, and heats it to very high temperature to reduce it to very fine white ash. These use the temperatures generated by the engine to break down the soot …
There seems to be no stopping the oil companies, as the price at the pumps continues to rise to astronomical heights for a myriad of reasons, valid or not. Civil wars, international conflicts, hurricanes, lack of refining capacity… they all seem to conspire to increase oil, and therefore, petrol prices. In the face of rising …
A new European directive is calling for almost all pre-1984 cars to be made exempt from MOT tests. It seems strange that for once the EU appear to be advocating reducing road safety, but there we are. The directive suggests that cars which are at least 30 years old, out of production, and running to …