Nine Things I Learned Driving a Nissan Leaf for 4 weeks
To find out if I could successfully adapt to the plug-in lifestyle I spend four weeks Living with a Nissan Leaf writes Geraldine Herbert and discovered quite a bit along the way 1) Charging is easier than you might think. Instantly living with a Leaf adds a new dimension to my evening – plugging in my Leaf. It takes over night to charge but by the end of week the Nissan Leaf and I are in a nice little routine. 2) The range on many...
The Challenges of Keeping an old car on the Road
How hard is it to tax, insure and maintain an old car asks Geraldine Herbert Late last year two insurance companies Aviva and Allianz Insurance announced that will no longer be insuring older cars. By older they mean anything 15 years or over and while they assured existing customers who own cars that exceed these limits they would continue to insurance them, they would not however be accepting new customers. In May 2000 I bought my...
2016 Women’s World Car Of The Year – Winners
Women motoring writers have their say! Voting is complete to find out the 2016 Women’s World Car of the Year writes Geraldine Herbert The Supreme Winner of the 2016 Women’s World Car of the Year is: Jaguar F-PACE Judges vote initially for the car of their choice in six different categories. The Jaguar F-PACE won the SUV/Crossover category from six other contenders. Judges then voted again from the list of six category...
Car Chat with Mairéad Ronan
We talk cars with Mairéad Ronan a producer with Today FM and a TV presenter. Your current car – Love at first sight or just a means to get from A to B? My current car is a Renault Captur, she’s like a best friend, I love her. What does it say about you– It says, I’m sporty, fun, but always reliable! What’s under the bonnet? My Captur has a 1.5 diesel engine so it is great, especially for long distance travel. I forget I’m...
Living with a Leaf – Week 1
In an effort to find out what it’s really like to live with an electric car I am going to be doing just that for the next four weeks– Living with a Leaf We’ve had our new Nissan Leaf for a week now, our new ecar home charge point has been installed and we’re ready to covert to the EV revolution. This year 371 electric cars have been sold in Ireland, a figure down almost 20 per cent on the year despite an increasing choice...
Maxol Fuel Economy Run 2016
Laura Keane shares some of her fuel saving tips that helped her secure second place in the Maxol Fuel economy run 2016 On Sunday the 25th of September myself and my navigator Claire Collins set off representing wheelsforwomen.ie and we were kindly supported by Hutton and Meade in Blanchardstown who provided us with a new Hyundai i40. The Fuel Economy Run proudly sponsored by Maxol was hosted in order to raise much needed funds...
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