Archive for October, 2009
History of the Volkswagen no comments
It was Ferdinand Porsche who was the founder of Volkswagen.
It is said that he was indeed a genius and was employed by a great number of car companies eg Austro-Daimler, Mercedes, Daimler-Benz to name but a few.
In 1930 he opened his own design company. Read the rest of this entry »
Used Cars With Great Prices no comments
Buying a car is a big investment. Whether a brand new or a second hand automobile, you still have to beat out a tidy sum to hopefully get the automobile that meets your specifications.
Second hand cars can be purchased by going to the local dealer, looking at the classified ads or checking out the diverse websites that allow a person to search and purchase a automobile on-line. Read the rest of this entry »
Insurance for Business Vans no comments
Every business van user is different, whether you use pickups, small vans like Transits or larger models.You need to have your vehicle insured to be legal on the road and to cover day-to-day risks that wouldnt face “ordinary” drivers.Choose a policy that entitles you to a replacement van if yours gets panged or if it’s in for a service and if keeping mobile is essential, then breakdown cover and legal expenses should be included in your policy. For insurance purposes, a van is defined as any vehicle designed to carry goods and less than four passengers – although Crewcab and Doublecab models may also be covered and the vehicle must weigh less than a maximum of 3.5 tonnes.
In many ways, commercial van insurance is just a more elaborate version of business car insurance, covering your employees and your company’s vehicles when they are being used by your workforce.The difference with commercial vans is that they often transport a large and expensive payload. Read the rest of this entry »
Many More Problems with Your Car During Winter Months no comments
Winter can be quite an expensive time of the year, I mean there are so many different things that you need to pay for. There is so many special occasions that will set you back a bit such as Halloween and Christmas. But there is also another problem with winter time. Read the rest of this entry »
What is the Best Car Brand no comments
There are such a huge amount of cars to pick from in this current year, but what type of things do you look for when needing a new vehicle? Is it cost you look at? Or is it the comfort of the vehicle, or how it looks from the exterior. Read the rest of this entry »
A New or Old Car no comments
Money is currently tight with a lot of people, but people in this day and age still need cars if they want to get around anywhere. But what will be more effective to purchase, would it be a heap of junk or a brand new vehicle? Let’s have a look at the plus and minus sides of both. Read the rest of this entry »
Travel 100 Miles for the Price of a Burger no comments
The motor show in Frankfurt last month was dominated by electric cars. It will be some time before we see a lot of near silent electric cars on our roads.
Unfortunately there is actually only one vehicle, the Mitsubishe MIEV supermini, that is close to becoming readily available. Read the rest of this entry »
Most Car Buyers Continue to Choose Silver no comments
Silver has remained the favored new car color choice in North America for the ninth consecutive year. Around 57% of new cars are either silver or black.
This (2009) is the ninth consecutive year that silver has been at the top when it comes to car color choice. Read the rest of this entry »
Using the iPhone for Sat Nav no comments
TomTom (the most famous creators of the Sat Nav) have actually teamed up with Apple in making a piece of sofware for the iPhone that does something very similar to a normal Sat Nav?
Well the short answer, no. This is coming to the iPhone for quite an expensive price of £60. Read the rest of this entry »
Is this the future for unlocking and locking a car? no comments
There is a newer and better way to unlock the car now and it comes from Zipcar. Basically they are a car rental company with something a bit unique to them now. This company, like many others have actually been keeping their eyes on the market and have realised that the iPhone is very popular so they have come up with a brand new idea for renting one of their cars. Read the rest of this entry »