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What car maintenance can you do yourself?

If you want to save some money, you can do quite a bit of maintenance on your own car, certainly enough to get you between major services. Changing the oil All you need to do is jack up the front

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Why don’t we raise the driving age to 18?

At 17, the UK’s minimum age you can get behind the wheel of a car is one year higher than Australia and New Zealand, two years higher than Panama and some American states, and three years higher than Alberta in

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Why does a lorry have so many gears?

When a large lorry pulling a heavy load gets a green light it seems like they have changed three or four gears before they are even through the junction. But not all lorries are like this. A smaller rigid lorry

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Are wider tyres safer than narrower tyres?

Wider tyres can make your car look better, although it’s all subjective, but are wider tyres actually safe for your car, and do they have any disadvantages? Wider tyres are often used on sports cars. These tyres tend to have

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How do you get rid of an old, broken-down car?

Eventually it becomes uneconomical to maintain an old car unless you have the skills yourself. Sometimes it will be a cherished family car, while other times it’ll be a lemon that you’ll be glad to see the back of. There

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Why don’t we have American-style bonneted lorries in the UK?

Bonneted lorries, or ‘trucks’ as they are called in America and Australia have some advantages in some situations over the cab-over lorries that we have in the UK. In fact, you’ll rarely see bonneted ‘conventional’ trucks in the UK. Let’s

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How does a car’s air conditioning system work?

Summer heat can make motoring uncomfortable, while winter dampness fogs up your windows. Air conditioning can deal with both, leading the driver to be less distracted by driving conditions that aren’t ideal. How do you operate air conditioning? There are

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