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Car maintenance - How can I make my car last?
One of the most common questions we get asked is how to value a car for a trade-in. That’s a tricky question at the best of times, not least beca...
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Car values - How will Brexit affect me?
Well, it’s been almost a week and the repercussions of the UK’s vote to leave Europe are still rumbling on and still pretty much unknown. Althoug...
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New Car Sales soar but does Brexit spell doom for the Irish Motor Trade?
Car Sales Statistics released today by Car History experts Motorcheck.ie showed New car registrations surged more than 23% (101,248 units) for th...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Saab 9-5
Years built: 2010 to 2011 Bodystyles: four door saloon What is it? It’s the last of a long and occasionally glorious line of iconoclastic Swedish...
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Write off - Beware the cut-and-shut Car…
We’ve all heard the warnings over the influx of cars into Ireland from the UK which have been previously written off. Now, there is a level at wh...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Ford Ka
Years built: 1996 to 2009 Bodystyles: Three door hatchback What is it? It was the first Ford car to be designed according to the ‘New Edge’ philo...
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Potholes are the dark secrets lurking in a car's history
We have long since suffered a pothole epidemic on Irish roads, so much so that it has become a running joke, and even lead to an outbreak of peop...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Ford Focus
Years built: 2005 to 2011 Bodystyles: Three-door hatch, five-door hatch, four-door saloon, five-door estate What is it? It’s only one of the mos...
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PCPs driving down used car values
PCPs driving down used car values? It’s already happening… Last month, we warned that the values of used cars in Ireland are beginning to soften,...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: BMW 3 Series
Years built: 2005 to 2011 Bodystyles: Four-door saloon, two-door coupe, five-door estate What is it? It’s the car you’ve always wanted. Well, for...
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Selling a used car - Sniffing out the dodgy used cars.
Did you know that our sense of smell is one of our most powerful sources of information? We always tend to think of humans as being either visual...
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Motorcheck Used Car Guide: Seat Alhambra
Years built: 2010 to today Bodystyles: Five-door large MPV What is it? It's the second-generation Seat Alhmabra and, somewhat surprisingly, it’s...