The average car’s capacity for luggage/shopping/junk is 350 litres, which is enough for most people most of the time, and anyone needing to carry more stuff regularly can buy an estate with 500 litres or more. But rather than buying a huge car an affordable way to add capacity temporarily when needed, for that annual …
Whether your car is cruising down the motorway at 70mph or bobbing about in town, the engine is generating heat – well it’s not called a combustion engine for nothing. In fact only about 28% of the thermal energy released by burning fuel in the engine is available for driving the car; 42% is lost …
What are shock absorbers? Well they’re a range of sports bra for a start, but that’s a different blog altogether. More accurately, for our purposes, they are the tubular metal devices filled with hydraulic fluid and fitted to each of your car’s wheels to help absorb the impact of bumps and holes in the road …
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 …
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. …
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 …
We’re often asked what the ‘rules’ are regarding retests when a car fails its MOT. If your car unfortunately fails its MOT test, you have a number of options depending on the kind of problem which needs repairing. 1. Free retest – minor issues If your car fails due to the fairly minor issues in …