Fright Night: What the Halloween horror car looks like (Picture © Warranty Direct)
The firm has imagined just how unreliable a car could be. It has taken data from 50,000 live policies and put together a motor built of components from the worst performing models in each category of its Reliability Index. Surprisingly, Japanese motors – usually feted for their bullet-proof reliability – feature prominently.
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Whether or not you buy a used car warranty depends on the type of person you are. Are you prepared to gamble and hope that nothing will go wrong with a used car? Will you save a small amount of money each month to build up a fund for running and repairing your car? Or would you prefer to play it safe? If the answer is play it safe, then you should consider taking out a used car warranty. This is essentially an insurance policy against the cost of parts and labour following any mechanical or electrical failure. Continue reading
Checking whether the car you want to buy should be reliable is easy to do (Picture © Mazda)
It used to be one of the most difficult questions to answer for a car buyer – what is the most reliable car money can buy? Yet is has always been one of the most important too, as no driver wants to invest their hard-earned cash in a car that’s going to be as temperamental as a toddler. Continue reading
Potholes have become a regular and unwelcome feature of our motoring landscape. (Picture © Warranty Direct)
The Government’s promised £6 billion over six years to tackle the country’s pothole plague won’t be enough to fix the huge backlog of road repairs, according to councils. Some local authorities claim it will take them £100m to complete work on the holes in the road that can wreck car tyres, wheels and suspension parts. Continue reading
Sporty Audi RS6 is most affected by pothole damage (Picture © Audi)
Upmarket motors are the most likely to suffer from suspension damage caused by the shocking state of our roads, experts claim. Continue reading