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What Mods Affect Car Insurance?

A lot more than you’d think, is the initial answer.  

Iconic Cars- Batmobile

The latest in our Iconic Cars series takes a slightly apprehensive peer behind a waterfall, into a dark cave, around about dusk…

How to Remove Car Paint Scratches

Urban living particularly can take its toll on your ride, not least in terms of that spanking candy finish it leaves the paint-shop with. Any number of things can quickly reduce it into looking like- well, every other car parked in the street. And it ain’t so cheap getting it professionally fixed.

Tuck vs Poke vs Flush

To some people reading this, the title may at first appear to be indecipherable code, however, as is often the way with these things, the answer is far more straightforward. &nb...

Iconic Cars: Wayne’s World AMC Pacer

Don’t worry if you haven’t seen Wayne’s World, you haven't missed out – NOT! The oddball comedy is one of a kind and actually defined popular culture during the early 1990s, with unforgettable jokes, catchphrases, and one-liners. Some of these are still used today, mor...

Need For Speed- Most Wanted Cars

With the already released ‘Need For Speed’ breaking out in every direction across the country, it’s already proving a fine vehicle for propelling Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul onto the big screen.

Annoying Driving Habits to Avoid

Man. Where to start?   Slow down to a crawl for no discernable reason without indicat...

F1 Driver Salaries

One of those high profile sports that seems to splash a seemingly inexhaustible supply of cash, regardless of the economy, F1 is forever in search of the best drivers in the world. Understandably, in such a high pressure, dangerous and unforgiving sport, participants tend to have quite a short career, but it’s one that has its upside one o...

How to Calculate the Horsepower of a Car

‘Horsepower’ was originally dreamt up as quite a random, abstract set of numbers, plucked out of the fragrant 18th Century air by one James Watt.

Trackday Driving Experience

I remember watching an episode of Top Gear where the gang chose 3 track prepared cars (well, one was a Morgan 3 wheeler...) and went to have a play around Donington Park race track. Clarkson was enthused by how much fun it can be for around £100! The only small issue is that not everyone has a £50k+ track ready car. So what if you are a car enthusiast and would...

Stretched Tyres

It may well have been Plato who stated that Necessity was the Mother of Invention. To be sure though, he wasn’t looking lovingly at his low roller VW Golf when he said it…

10 Reasons Why F1 Is Anything But Boring

Iconic Cars: Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino

 Starsky & Hutch is one of those shows that dates you: those that were there: whose face cracks into a lopsided dreamy smile at the mention of it and those that have absolutely no idea what you’re on about.  A

The Must-Have Alloy Wheel Repair Guide

If your alloy wheels are in need of a face-lift, you may feel brave enough to take on the task yourself. However it's important to know that refurbishing alloy wheels is very time consuming, by which I mean it takes up to two weeks for the final coat to harden - so if you haven’t got the time, patience, or a spare set of wheels to use in the meantime, it may be bette...

F1 WAGs

Firstly, I’d like to make it clear that I was instructed to write this blog by my boss. I would also like to state that it was the hardest blog I’ve ever had to write and took many, many hours of study in the making.

The Torque Converter

Not to be confused with a torque converter, also used in transmissions. As we all know, there’s something called a clutch that separates the engine from the wheels, enabling us to stop the car, whilst not stalling the engine. What is less well known is that automatics can’t actually use a clutch as s...

How to Correctly Paint Alloy Wheels | LK Performance

Whether they are a little the worse for wear, purchased second hand, or you just fancy a change of view to your mags, they can be repainted without too much difficulty, so long as you have the wherewithal to get the wheels off and indeed the tyres off the wheels and the space to work in comfort.  

Supercharger vs Turbo

For almost the entire time that both of them have been in existence, it has been a constant source of discussion as to which is better, the supercharger or the turbo.

The Italian Job Mini

Don’t ask me about the remake. I’m not going to talk about it. There’s perhaps not that many people reading this that can say they remember 1969, however anyone who’s seen that year’s s...

6 of the best Top Gear challenges

If we’re honest the most important part of Top Gear has never been the cars, no the real star of this show is the rivalry between Clarkson, May and Hammond and the ridiculous lengths Jeremy goes to win at all costs. Bring on the Top Gear challenges...   Budget superc...