November 2014

For really cold weather or snow, read this: http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/seasonal/winter_motoring.html

Check your ice scraper is clean and grit free to avoid scratching the screen. If you have time, use your heater to clear the screen instead.    

It was 3 degrees outside this morning. Both my windscreens were covered in a thin layer of ice. Tip for the day – defrost your car with the heater before trying to lower frozen up electric windows, otherwise you risk damaging the electric motors. These are not cheap to replace. For further winter driving advice,

Regular readers will know that I have two 2010 Skoda Octavias. One is a 2.0L petrol turbo vRS estate with 200bhp, a dual-clutch DSG gearbox and is well specced with navigation, leather seats and Xenon lights. I have owned this from new and it has 56,000 miles on it now. The other is a Scout

I was at a Lexus-sponsored rugby day yesterday and had a close look at their new NX 300h Petrol Electric hybrid. This is car is at the expensive end of the smaller SUV market, but I was very impressed with what I saw.  The design is an evolution of the RX450h’s look, but more compact