Anna NicAmhlaigh’s First Car ….
What was your first car and why did you buy it? I had booked my driving test for 19th January 1994. Now on hearing this my dad said to me “if you pass, I’ll give you the car”. Now the 19th of January was also my Dads birthday, so there was a lot of excitement. On the morning all the tests were cancelled, due to blizzards and testing only began a half hour before I was due to sit mine. I had a lesson with my...
New drivers will need N plates from August
New rules to place restrictions on ‘novice’ drivers come into effect from tomorrow, August 1st From tomorrow (August 1st) two new changes take place effecting newly qualified drivers, or novice drivers. One is the introduction of ‘N’ or Novice Plates and the other is the lowering of the penalty point threshold for learner and novice drivers. 1) From Friday when you pass your test and get a full...
Ten Cars Coming Soon
We look at ten new cars coming to Ireland soon writes Geraldine Herbert BMW X4 The X4 sits between the X3 and the X5 in the BMW SUV line up but is probably best thought of as a smaller X6. Arriving here at the end of this month it will be priced from €57,720. Given the success of the other X models, the X4 will no doubt prove popular but with now five SUV’s in the one range is this simply a niche too far? Citroen C4 Cactus...
Baby You Can Drive My Car; Car sharing alternatives
The alternatives to owning a car are becoming a lot cheaper and more convenient writes Geraldine Herbert In the last few years, the notion of car sharing has begun to seriously take hold in cities all across Europe. What started as simple file sharing by Napster in the 1990s has evolved into a growing, shared economy where everything from spare rooms to office spaces can be rented out on a pay as you go basis. After generations of...
Barbour for Land Rover
We test drive Barbour for Land Rover style at the new collection launch writes Geraldine Herbert Cars and clothes have more in common than you might think. Clothes aren’t simply something to keep us warm – they make us feel special and express who we are. Similarly, our cars are much more than a way to get from A to B – they wrap us in a metal couture and are for many the essential lifestyle accessory. Now the worlds of fashion and...
Affairs of the Heart
Some cars make no rational sense whatsoever but poor fuel economy, high servicing costs and eye-watering depreciation do nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of their owners says Geraldine Herbert Critical decisions are made in seconds, we may dither about our lunchtime sandwich, agonise over a pair of shoes and worry about the particular shade of green in our shirt but when it comes to cars, instinct takes over. Fast, shiny and...
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