CV (Constant Velocity) joints are clever bits of engineering used on all front-wheel drive cars, and many real-wheel and 4-wheel drive vehicles too. CV joints transfer torque from the transmission to the drive wheels at a constant speed, while accommodating the up-and-down motion of the suspension, and the turning of the wheels whiles cornering. Inner …
Running a car is costly but some attempts to save money on repairs and maintenance just don’t make sense. A recent survey by pressure group (pun intended) TyreSafe has shown that buying part-worn tyres can be expensive in more ways than one. TyreSafe is one of the UK’s leading tyre safety organisations, dedicated to raising awareness about …
With petrol prices causing regular pain to every UK motorist (£82 at my last fill-up) there is a growing demand and market for ultra-fuel-efficient cars, and almost every manufacturer is producing models tuned to offer the maximum mileage from the minimum amount of fuel. Their published fuel economy figures are laughably inaccurate when compared to …
Triggs Garage can offer a full range of accident repair services that are guaranteed to meet manufacturers’ specifications and standards. Our years of experience mean we have the expertise to restore your vehicle to its original condition. Bodywork Repairs in Brentwood Triggs pride themselves on being one of the Brentwood area’s best-equipped car body repairers. …
One of the EU’s flagship policies (but not flagship enough that anyone actually knows about it!) is to reduce deaths on Europe’s roads to zero by 2050. That’s right, no deaths from road accidents anywhere in the EU, which is a pretty bold target for our normally hyper-conservative Eurocrats. One part of their approach to …
You use your senses every day to make sure things are OK in many aspects of life; a quick sniff of a foodstuff is usually enough to work out whether it’s sensible to eat it. Why not do the same with your car? It can give you early warning of issues which may need looking …
Affordable tweaks to increase your car’s performance can be tempting but are almost always associated with increased fuel consumption; a very unwelcome side-effect in the current climate of sky-high petrol prices. However there are a few ways to increase performance without negatively impacting your mpg. Here we take a closer look at some of the …
Slung away underneath your car (unless you have a “68 Chevy with pipes on the side” as ageing rockers Saxon would say) your exhaust has to take punishment both from inside and outside, as it channels hot noxious gases away from your engine whilst being battered by spray, grit and mud thrown up from the …
You probably don’t think much about your car’s air-conditioning or climate control system, it just sits there doing its job with most of its working parts hidden from view, but the fact is it does have working parts which need occasional maintenance to prevent them wearing out. Your car’s aircon system works using essentially the …
Despite the overwhelming evidence for Global Warming it doesn’t seem that we in Britain are getting our fair share of the benefits – lots of “rainiest month since records began”, and not so much “repeat of the 1976 heatwave”. I don’t know about you but I’m ready for a heatwave, and I don’t count the …