The Tank of Mum and Dad Report from comparethemarket.com highlights just how reliant young drivers are on their parents to help them pay for insurance, petrol, repairs and motoring taxes. Over a third of parents (39%) said that they paid some or all of the costs for the duration of their child’s first year driving. 14% contributed for the first two years … [Read more...]
The cost of a lifetime on the road
The cost of a life on the road has been calculated The average driver will beep their car horn 2399 times, have 1935 rows with their partner and fork out a staggering £168,880 on running costs, says autoeurope.co.uk . Pollsters found the typical driver will spend nearly seventy thousand pounds on fuel and rack up a bill of forty grand on MOTs, … [Read more...]
Motorists most likely to neglect tyres to save money
GoCompare insurance found that almost one in seven drivers have put off essential vehicle repairs and servicing because they couldn't afford them at the time. The survey of 2,000 UK motorists found that replacing tyres was the repair most likely to be delayed by motorists with brake related problems, mechanical repairs and windscreen repairs also … [Read more...]
