Tips to avoid problems when buying a used car
Buyer Beware – we look at the possible pitfalls when buying a used car include stolen vehicles, write-offs and outstanding finance, writes Geraldine Herbert From buying a stolen car to a dangerous write-off you need to be aware of the possible pitfalls when buying a used car. WRITES-OFFS: According to Motorcheck.ie there are approximately 60-70,000 cars written off in Ireland annually. Of these about half (30,000) would be what...
Car Chat with Caroline Grace-Cassidy
We talk cars, dream locations and vineyards with TV3 regular and best-selling novelist Caroline Grace-Cassidy. Your current car – Love at first sight or just a means to get from A to B? A bit of both. I was looking for a bigger car as my kids are growing. I needed something big enough to get scooters and bikes and friends into for my 2 girls Grace, 8 and Maggie, 4. I looked at a few but keep coming back to the Peugeot 2008. I...
Fundracer in aid of Irish Autism Action and The Jay & Ellie Foundation
Supercars, Race cars, Drift cars and rally cars in action, all for a very good cause writes Suzanne Keane On 27th May I popped along to Mondello Park for my first FundRacer. This event guarantees a huge selection of supercars, rally cars, touring cars and drift cars on display but it’s not just a static show – the air was constantly filled with the smell of burning rubber and the sound of high powered engines as all the cars were also...
Sweet Post Team Up with Formula Vee racer Aimee Woods
Aimee Woods has attracted backing from a new Irish Company Sweet Post for her Formula Vee 2016 campaign Formula Vee driver Aimee Woods has just secured the backing of the brand new Irish company Sweet Post for the remainder of the 2016 season. The Longford based company has taken both the Irish and International market by storm since their establishment in December 2015. Woods races an Irish built Leastone chassis in...
Unique event celebrates Volvo XC90
The Women’s World Car of the Year trophy is presented to Volvo in Sweden At a unique event in Volvo’s history, Mr. Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Car Group, last week gave a clear indication that Volvo’s future depended on forward thinking. “Our design concepts are just one aspect of where we are headed,” he said. “Another indication is that we are here today to acknowledge a very important segment of...
Nicole Drought becomes Sean Edwards Foundation Ambassador
Irish Touring Car Star Nicole Drought has been invited to become an Ambassador for the Sean Edwards Foundation and she will represent them in Ireland, Having travelled to Germany and France with the Foundation earlier this year, and enjoyed a successful Porsche GT3 Supercup test at Le Castellet, Nicole now joins names such as Susie Wolff and Le Mans 24 Hour winner Brendon Hartley as one of their Ambassadors. “We are delighted to...
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