Long Term Parking
If you are going to leave your car parked for a while there are a few simple things you need to do before hand. Suzanne Keane has some tips for taking your car off the road Whether it’s because of an extended holiday or just to save some cash, it may be necessary from time to time to park your car up for more than just a few weeks. But what should you do beforehand? Paperwork – If your car won’t be taxed while...
Making use of your Bluetooth
This week on the garage, Suzanne Keane fills you in on how to retro-fit Bluetooth hands free into your car. Many new cars come with Bluetooth built in but if your car doesn’t have it included don’t despair – There are plenty of options out there, cheap and expensive to make sure you don’t pick up any unnecessary penalty points! There are 4 main options when it comes to fitting Bluetooth to...
Off-Road Declarations
New measures have been introduced to clamp down on Motor Tax evasion and drivers now have to declare cars as ‘off road the road’ before tax runs out writes Suzanne Keane. Up to July this year if you weren’t using a car that wasn’t taxed all you needed to do when you eventually wanted to tax it again was fill in an RF100 form, get it stamped at your local garda station and take it to the tax office with your hard earned...
Diesel Particulate Filters
This week Suzanne Keane looks at DPFs (Diesel Particulate Filter) DPFs (Diesel Particulate Filter) are designed to reduce the soot emitted from diesel cars by about 80% – and because of EU exhaust emissions standards are fitted to all new diesels. In theory they are great, help the environment and lead to cleaner air….. however in practice they can be a disaster…. There are different types of Diesel...
Time for a new exhaust…..
Being a petrol head at heart, when the exhaust on her VW Golf had reached the end of its life Suzanne Keane wasn’t able to just settle for a standard off-the-shelf replacement and was determined to upgrade to stainless steel….. Exhausts – Big or small, loud or quiet – every car has one and it’s not generally something you take any notice of until it goes wrong! But it’s not just that pipe sticking out the back...
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