It’s often said that as soon as the first drops of snow fall in England, the entire country grinds to a halt. The slightest film of ice on a road causes untold numbers of accidents as cars pirouette into each other, or the kerb. Even though we know it’s going to be cold, we never seem [...]

During an average week in our workshop, we typically see around 60 cars in for service or repair. Over the years, that’s a few thousand vehicles of all shapes and sizes with a multitude of different faults. Now, whilst my memory is normally pretty good, I can’t claim to remember every defect on every car [...]

Sometimes no matter how hard you try, things don’t always go as planned in the world of car maintenance. The simplest of jobs can occasionally turn into an ongoing saga of misery and failure with the technician trembling at the sight of the rogue car reappearing on our forecourt with yet another defect.
At the [...]

With cars generally getting ever more reliable these days and having longer and longer intervals between services, it’s little wonder that the bonnet rarely gets opened between visits to the garage. When cars could barely manage 6000 miles between services and DIY maintenance was a relatively simple affair, it was quite normal for the owner [...]