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Texting while driving a menace but change needs to start at home
Irish drivers are fully in agreement with the recently introduced legislation on texting while driving, a fifth say they frequently use their pho...
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Car Clocking still a major issue in Ireland
Car clocking was finally criminalised in Ireland when the amendment to the Road Traffic Bill proposed in January was enacted into legislation at...
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Winners all at the 2014 Motorcheck.ie Fleet Car Awards
German, Japanese, Swedish and Korean brands excelled at the 2014 Motorcheck.ie Fleet Car Awards announced today at Carton House Hotel, Maynooth....
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Consumers missing out on protection against car write-offs
Motorcheck.ie, Ireland’s leading vehicle history check service, is warning that Irish car buyers are missing out, with the announcement that Auto...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Honda Civic
Years built: 2006 to 2012 Bodystyles: Three-and-five-door hatchback What is it? Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Honda Civic. It’s the space age one. H...
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Diesel engines - Diesel do nicely? Maybe not…
There has been such a spate of fed-up drivers removing the diesel particulate filters (DPF) from their cars that the authorities in the UK have d...
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Toyota Recall 6.39m Vehicles Worldwide
8,500 Irish vehicles thought to be affected by the latest Toyota recall With their impeccable reputation for reliability, the Toyota recall of 6....
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Car electrics - electric dreams or nightmares?
I can still remember when the first ‘multiplex’ wiring systems were introduced just over a decade ago. These fibre optic cabling setups were the...
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New Car Sales for 2014 continue to soar
Latest results show a 25.4% increase on Q1 last year, with positive economic sentiment and availability of finance being touted as the biggest co...
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Car Colours
I can still remember the day. I was lucky enough to be stooging around in an Alfa Romeo, a Giulietta Cloverleaf hot hatch. It was a brisk, fun to...
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Getting the best out of your trade-in
This week we examine the lost art of trading-in your old car at the local dealers and advise how to make the best of that depreciating asset stuc...
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Car Ownership: 9 out of 10 of us could not live without a car.
92% of Irish drivers feel that their car is “essential to their life” according to a survey carried out by insurers 123.ie. That’s the average fi...