It can be easier than expected to invalidate your car insurance. Searches for ‘what can invalidate your insurance’ have risen 133% in the last 12 months totalling 2,140 searches by Brits. Brits were also found to be interested in modifications which without declaration can invalidate insurance. ‘Personalised number plates’ received an average of 3,840,240 searches on Google over the last 12 … [Read more...]
Survey illuminates high bulb costs
A blown headlight bulb can cost up to £846 to replace on some of Britain’s best-selling small cars, research reveals. A study by What Car? into 13 popular models on sale found headlight repair bills vary by several hundred pounds depending on whether the models have halogen or HID or LED bulbs. Of the vehicles examined, four came with High Intensity Discharge (HID) bulbs on some or all trim … [Read more...]
New headlights, new hazard ?
Modern car headlights might be a shining safety issue because they are too bright, suggest the RAC. The headlights of some newer cars are so bright they are causing a road safety hazard for drivers with as many as two-thirds (65%) of motorists saying they regularly get dazzled by oncoming headlights even though they are dipped. Fifteen per cent of motorists surveyed by the RAC claim they … [Read more...]