A few weeks back, we saw a bunch of news stories suggesting that roadside blood tests for sleepiness were on the way. Here’s one from the RAC, for example, and another from The Independent. Actually, the story turns out to be a bit of a nothing-burger. All it amounts to is that there’s some promising… read more
Last time, we told you what the state of play is on Cardiff’s proposed congestion charges. The short version is that there’s a consultation in progress, nothing’s decided, but the talk is of charges for both residents and visitors, though the former might be subsidised. This time, we’ll have a go at summarising why a… read more
Low emission zones are springing up around the UK like mushrooms. In addition to London, clean air zones have already been introduced in cities from Bath to Portsmouth, Birmingham to Glasgow, with plenty of additional councils running feasibility studies and what-have-you. And one city on that list is home to plenty of WVS’s customers —… read more
So, you’ve taken your pride-and-joy along to a trusted MOT centre. You’re learned that it’s failed. Unexpected, but fair enough. Ah, but when you’re told the reason, your blood pressure goes nuclear. If you’d been failed for a proper reason, fair enough… but failing you for that? That’s just taking the…, etc, etc. Time to… read more
Picture the scene. You’re tootling along in a 30mph zone when a car zooms up in your rear view mirror. You can see what’s about to happen, so you tap the dashcam app on your smartphone. As he blasts past you at double the speed limit, the app opens your phone camera, focuses on his… read more
In Part One of this post, we looked at why Volkswagen needed the Golf, how it was designed, and how it turned around VW’s fortunes. But what happened after the Mk1? To answer that, instead of painstakingly picking through each model, we’ve picked three themes that we hope show how our expectations about cars have… read more
Can you remember a time when there wasn’t a Volkswagen Golf? For many people, the answer will be no: the enduring German hatchback has been part of our motoring landscape for almost five decades. And for some, it’s a car to get all misty-eyed about. Because for the millions who owned a Golf as a… read more
Every so often, we like to catch up with our favourite automotive giant, the Volkswagen Group. After all, as an independent South Wales garage specialising in servicing, repairing and MOTing VW Group cars, we have a vested interest in how they’re doing. In any industry, big challenges can create new winners and losers – and… read more
31st January 2023 was the fortieth birthday of a remarkable driving innovation. It marked a revolution in car safety, which in the four decades since its inception has saved many thousands of lives. Even more remarkable, this wasn’t an incredible technical breakthrough by motor manufacturers. It was a simple change in the law, compelling us… read more
Yesterday, the government started a consultation on reducing the frequency of MOTs. As things stand, a new car needs to have its first MOT after three years, and thereafter the car must be MOT’d once a year. The government is considering (a) extending the new-car MOT period to four years and (b) increasing the time… read more
