Win Tickets to the Carole Nash Irish Motorbike & Scooter Show 2017
The Carole Nash Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show returns to the RDS on the 3rd of March and wheelsforwomen are giving away 5 pairs of tickets to our readers The Carole Nash Irish Motorbike and Scooter will be held from the 3 – 5 March and is the largest gathering of every marque of motorbike and scooter for sale in Ireland. 2017 New Bikes, latest accessories, clothing, helmets, training, adventure holidays … in fact just about...
Why there’s no buzz about Electric Cars in Ireland
Electric cars are coming whether we like it or not so what needs to be done to encourage more sales asks Geraldine Herbert From an initial investment of €6.3 million in 2004 Elon Musk, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and CEO of Tesla, has managed not only to produce the fastest and most desirable electric car in the world but he has elevated the lowly milk float electric car to something both cool and commercially viable along...
Audi Q2
Q is for Quality – Audi’s new baby of the SUV range ticks all the premium boxes writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? Its clear Audi know a thing or two about creating desirable SUVs given the popularity of their existing Q range of cars and their latest addition to the Q family is the smallest in the line-up, the Q2. Who is it aimed at? The compact crossover market is dominated by volume sellers so Audi is aiming to carve a...
PCP deals from €300 or less per month
Thinking of buying on a PCP (Personal Contract Plan), we have five cars for €300 or less per month writes Geraldine Herbert Honda HR-V Honda may have pioneered the concept of the small sports utility vehicle (SUV), when the original HR-V model was launched in 1998, but it was Nissan that changed the way we think about family motoring with its Qashqai. Designed to appeal to young families unimpressed by the typical mini-MPV, the latest...
Quick Car Checks You Can Do on your own car
Our resident mechanic Hannah Gordon has some advice about checks you should regularly do on your own car Tyres It is important to check these three things on your tyres; Tyre tread depth, this should be 1.6mm or more over 75% of the central part of the tyre. You can measure this using a depth gauge or looking at the wear bars in the tyre tread. Tyre pressures, can be found in the cars handbook or online, don’t forget to check the...
