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Asda cutting fuel prices again

May 12, 2012

SUPERMARKET Asda is to cut its fuel prices by up to 2p a litre, it has been announced.

Drivers filling up at Asda forecourts will pay no more than 134.7p a litre for petrol and no more than 139.7p a litre for diesel from Thursday.

It is the first time since late February that Asda diesel has fallen below the 140p-a-litre mark.

Andy Peake, Asda's director of petrol trading, said: "We're chuffed to be offering a third price move in as many weeks to hard-pressed motorists running on empty."

A Sainsbury's spokesman said: "We are doing everything we can to help our customers save money and along with the promotions we run in our stores, competitive fuel prices are a great way for us to help shoppers to meet their weekly budgets.

"By (Thursday), we will have cut fuel prices in all petrol stations by up to two pence per litre."

Posted by Will Dracott.

My other car? Oh that's a Ferrari, it's parked in my garage

May 12, 2012

Unable to rustle up the £15m he needed to buy his dream Ferrari, car enthusiast Chris Smart came up with an innovative solution - paint it on his garage door.

He spent two weeks sketching and painting the rare 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO with weather resistant paints.

Now neighbours and passers-by could be forgiven for thinking the customer support worker has traded in his BMW 1 Series for a classic motor.

The former art student took two weeks to create the image

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Posted by Will Dracott.

Dealer 'clocking' sentence delayed

May 11, 2012

A VEHICLE dealer from Nottingham who made in excess of £100,000 after wiping millions of miles off the clocks of more than 100 vans has had his sentencing delayed.

Maxwell Stuart Alvey, 50, was due to be sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday after admitting 10 counts of fraud at an earlier hearing.

But the judge, John Milmo QC, adjourned sentencing until June 22 for further reports.

Alvey, of Gedling Road in Arnold, bought the vans at auction and tampered with their mileage between Augu...
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North West suffers biggest sales slump

May 11, 2012

NEW CAR sales slumped the most in north-west England last year, according to official figures.

A total of 14.4% fewer cars were registered in the North West in 2011 than in 2010, a fact booklet from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed.

The next biggest dip was in Northern Ireland, down 11.7%. Overall, sales slipped 4.4% last year to 1,941,253, with the West Midlands (up 10.8%) being the only region to show a rise.

Other facts in the SMMT booklet included:

:: The 1.94 mill...
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89% 'blame government for fuel prices'

May 10, 2012

NINE OUT of 10 motorists blame the Government for the record high cost of petrol and diesel, a new survey has found.

A poll of more than 26,000 drivers for campaign group FairFuel UK showed 89.3% felt ministers were to blame for soaring prices at the pump.

More than three-quarters thought MPs were "out of touch" on the issue of petrol and diesel prices, while 86% said lowering fuel duty was the most important tax issue for the UK economy.

FairFuelUK spokesman Quentin Willson said: "Our MPs and s...
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Government crack down on drug driving menace

May 10, 2012

The government announced plans today to crack down on those who drive while under the influence of drugs.

Legislation unveiled in the Queen’s Speech will create a specific drug driving offence. Currently police have to demonstrate that driving had been impaired by drugs in order to prosecute.

Under the proposed legislation it will automatically be an offence to drive a motor vehicle if you have certain controlled drugs in your body in excess of specified limits. This will make it much easier...
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New small Vauxhall to be called 'Adam'

May 9, 2012

VAUXHALL’S new supermini is to be called Adam, but will not be officially unveiled to the world until September’s Paris Motor Show.

The new small car was officially named in a quirky cartoon-style press release today. It aims to be a ‘blank canvas’ that will allow buyers to customise it to their own exact desire, while hoping to offer something for everyone in its basic design.

Vauxhall states that buyers will be able to customise their Adams more than any other car – a bold claim wit...
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New car sales set to increase

May 9, 2012

SALES of cars are set to increase over the next few months, according to a survey.

As many as 18% of adults intend to make a vehicle purchase in the period to August, the poll by Sainsbury's Bank found.

This represents 8.33 million people and is well above the 5.56 million who said they planned a purchase between September 2011 and this February.

The amount expected to be spent on changing vehicles is also much higher - up from £40.2 billion in the period September 2011 to February 2012 to just...
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Used car market pressure eases

May 8, 2012

AN INCREASE in the number of used cars coming into the market has “taken the edge off prices” and calmed some corners of the industry, according to used car pricing experts CAP.

A greater influx of part-exchange cars arriving at dealers is partly responsible, and with many franchised dealers focusing for the time being on selling those vehicles, competition to acquire stock on the open market has decreased.

CAP reports that the pressure has been lifted on some dealers who had become frustra...
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Teachers most likely to own caravans

May 8, 2012

CARAVAN owners are more likely to be teachers than any other profession, according to research released today.

Data collated by The Trading Floor, which manages the UK’s largest database of car insurance details covering 8.8 million drivers, found that teachers were the most likely people to have bought into the caravanning lifestyle.

Other professions that appear to be keen on camping are engineers, police officers, company directors and civil servants.

Statistics show that 2011 saw a 5% incr...
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