In September 2024, we took delivery of a set of Michelin’s award winning all-season tyres; the CrossClimate 2, which we promptly installed to our Audi A6 2.8 FSI quattro test vehicle. You can read our introductory article on these tyres here, and also our autumn review here After doing approximately 600 miles over the winter
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The temporary car insurance experts at Tempcover surveyed 2,000 UK car owners, revealing how financial concerns are driving many to take risks attempting DIY fixes, delay essential repairs, and turn to social media for vehicle diagnostics before seeking professional help. Key findings include[1]: One in four UK drivers (25%) have attempted DIY vehicle repairs rather
Read More: One in four car owners admit to carrying out DIY repairs to save money says Tempcover
7 Simple Car Maintenance Tips UK Drivers Can Follow to Save Hundreds As cold weather continues across the UK, drivers may face disruptions to their journeys. Additionally, colder temperatures increase risks on the road and the likelihood of vehicle issues if proper maintenance checks are not carried out during the cooler months. Luckily, the experts
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Only 7% of UK drivers reportedly understand the meaning of car warning lights. To address this, the temporary car insurance specialists at Tempcover have created a guide highlighting the most common warning lights you should never ignore, as well as the warning lights Brits struggle with the most based on Google search data for their meanings.
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Despite frosty mornings seemingly past us, a cold snap looks set to hit the UK over the next few nights, leaving many Brits with frozen windscreens. However, savvy motorists are looking for ways to stop the frost affecting them altogether. And while there are plenty of ways motorists can make their mornings easier, there is
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Free Car Mag are rather taken with this new product which seems to be a jolly good idea. The average cost of replacing a windscreen has been estimated by one of the UK’s leading insurers at £700* – and in many cases exceeding £2,000 on premium and luxury vehicles’ windscreens**. Now, a brand new, exclusive and
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To many, the topic of tyres may seem a little dull, but here, at Free Car Mag, we find them fascinating, reckons Kiran Parmar who wrote the story and took the pictures. After all, the tyres are the only components of your car that make contact with the road. You can have the most expensive
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In our second installment of exploring the Autoglym car care range, we decided to look at the Autoglym’s Instant Tyre Dressing. After washing and polishing your car, your tyres are often left looking dull and drab letting the overall appearance of your car down. The good news is that Autoglym has your ‘back’ or rather
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Here at the Free Car Mag garage, we do like to keep our cars clean. Lets face it, nobody wants to sit in a dirty, germ infested car! We were delighted to receive a fantastic, revolutionary product from Autoglym that does two jobs for the price of one – a cleaner and a sanitizer which
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Car owners are being advised not to resort to quick-fix online ‘hacks’ to remove the growing quantities of tree sap currently being deposited onto vehicles. The recent high temperatures across many parts of the UK have prompted a sharp increase in the sticky deposits, but car care firm Autoglym has advised that the use of
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The AlcoSense Pro personal breathalyser will help Dad easily tell when alcohol has cleared his system the next day. It uses a slightly smaller version of exactly the same sensor used in several UK, US & European Police breathalysers. So, it’s extremely accurate. It features a full colour screen that will give clear readings of his
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Welcome back to Free Car Mag product tests. In particular welcome to our hands on grapple with Bulldog BDX. We’ve heard an awful lot about the product over the years but because we are lazy and had to work through a job lot of well known, but far less cool, or effective, developed for spacecraft
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