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Used Car Buying Guidelines and Tips

“If you buy a used car you’re buying someone else’s problems!” There may have been an element of truth to this, but it’s certainly not the case anymore if you know exactly how to go about finding a Convenient Deal4U, when you’re not looking to buy new

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Road safety precautions can save you more than ‘Coldrink’ money

The Easter weekend road accident death toll is perhaps the one reality that most noticeably brings into view the state of the driving going on throughout our roads, with fatalities and injuries particularly spiking this time of

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How to Prepare for a Long Drive

The rest of the pre-long trip ritual entails ensuring that you’re personally ready for the trip, such as making sure you’ve had enough sleep, planning your stops well in advance, and perhaps even using a

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How to keep the exterior of your car looking brand new

Whether you bought it brand new from the official dealership or indeed if you found a Convenient Deal4U through a pre-owned car dealer, when you drive your newly-acquired set of wheels, it comes with that unmistakable exterior sheen which can disappear very quickly if you don’t look after it properly. Keeping your exterior looking

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Wheel balancing and alignment

Generally, a good frequency with which to check and perhaps complete wheel balancing and alignment processes would be

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Vintage cars

Vintage cars are more of a hobby, hence the Sunday afternoon drives to complement the periodic classic & vintage car exhibitions and competitions. If we discuss some of the obvious dynamics around owning a classic car, nobody must be under any

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Tyre rotation frequency and it's importance

Accredited tyre centres will have trained professionals who can advise you on the best way to have your rotations done, but each vehicle comes with

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How to change a tyre

As much as each car comes with its instruction manual covering the make-and-model-specific details of how to go about changing a flat, here are some general car tyre changing basics, which incidentally, are the bread-and-butter of mechanics, roadside assistants and even those friendly petrol attendants whose great service we’re guilty of taking for

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How often must tyres be changed

As a basic rule of thumb, your tyres should be changed as often as they need to be changed, which primarily means when the recommended tread-depth levels have been exceeded by the tyres’ wear, or when there is damage and wear that warrant a change. So in addition to worn tread, it’s time for

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How often should wiper blades be changed

Otherwise, as a general rule, wiper blades are like a subscription to the wonderful sights of the world as seen through the screen which is your windscreen, renewable annually, so you should never let a set of wiper blades be in use for more than 12 months. Don’t wait until the worst of times to realise they need replacing, because a set of wiper blades that

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Fuel efficient cars-It’s all about finding the right set of wheels for you

“Uzadla iM3 yahko namhalnje” translates to “You’ll eat your M3 today” in isiZulu, a variation of the phrase thrown around to poke fun at a usually young driver, whose fuel-thirsty BMW M3 has them seemingly spending all their money on petrol and subsequently not being able to fill up their bellies with their regular dining options of choice. It’s all in good spirits, because as much as this young lad’s friends are happy to pick up the bill for the food to go around, they take pride in being able to go for a spin in their friend’s top of the range BMW M3 or equivalent “I’ve arrived” car.....

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Caring for your tyres

It’s somewhat of a tradition these days, fuelled by the car dealers who naturally want to shine a little bit of the spotlight on themselves as well, how that perfect social media shot is inevitably uploaded following the purchase of your car. You know exactly what we’re talking about – the #blessed, #blessings, #lookatGOD posts featuring the handing over of a ribbon wrapped four-wheeled baby...

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Different ways of saving on fuel

Announcements of yet another petrol price increase, by the Department of Energy, seem to be hitting the news circuits more frequently than a taxi driver violates the road rules to get his passengers to their destinations on time. In reality the taxi driver’s questionable take on advanced driving has nothing to do with getting his passengers to work and school on time, but everything to do with

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THE NEW SANDERO STEPWAY PLUS

 New SANDERO STEPWAY model delivers on the value for money Stepway offering PLUS much more in the form of

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All New Volvo XC60 launches in SA

The all-new XC60, one of the safest cars ever made, is fully-loaded with new technology and when tested by Euro NCAP in

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Hyundai's i20 gets smarter

Hyundai Automotive South Africa is continuing its success in the segment for mid-sized hatchbacks by introducing a refreshed i20 line-up with a more

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Refreshed Ford Ranger Arrives in 2019

Refreshed Ford Ranger Arrives in 2019 - With More Performance, Efficiency, Features and Capability

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