Customer protection agency to examine PCP car finance market
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) announced that it has commenced a study of the Personal Contract Plan (PCP) car finance market If you have bought a car on a PCP agreement, particularly if you have either experienced problems in understanding the product before buying or had difficulties from the time of siging up to the contract then the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) would like to...
WIN TomTom GO 6200
Take the hassle out of summer travelling with a TomTom GO 6200 navigation system, worth €385 Ensure you never have to worry again about getting lost. Compatible with Siri, TomTom Go is able to interact with your phone to read out messages and update over Wi-Fi so you can be confident the maps are always up to date. Plus, the TomTom traffic alerts mean you’ll never need to worry about being late again. The TomTom GO 6200 is smarter,...
The best reason for riding a motorbike – to find a boyfriend
Lara Platman takes a humorous look at the benefits of acquiring a motorbike licence It has been a while since I have been on a date and wondered what ingenious ways I could conjure up to acquire one. I remembered when I was riding a twist and go Vespa Scooter in London years ago I would quite easily meet people at traffic lights, so with this in mind I set to gaining my full motorbike licence and decided this might be a jolly good...
A car for a growing family, wheelchair, dogs and luggage
Our guest Contributor Tom Clonan looks at the challenges when buying a family car that needs to accommodate 4 kids, a large power assisted wheelchair and a Golden Retriever assistance dog So, here’s the problem. We have four children – three boys, aged 16, 15 and nine, and a young lady of 12. Eoghan (15) has recently graduated from a manual wheelchair to a very large power chair. In addition, he is accompanied everywhere...
Volkswagen Caddy Beach
Suzanne Keane gets behind the wheel of VW’s new Caddy Beach What is it? While the VW Caddy Life is becoming almost as regular a sight on our roads as the commercial version the Caddy Beach adds a new dimension to this popular van. Styling? The Caddy is a very stylish van and the tinted privacy windows of the Caddy Beach don’t detract from this. The model tested was in Blackberry Metallic and I was asked about the colour on more than...
