Another day, another review.  This time it's one for our driving instructor, Dave Allenby.  Read the full review from Matt Fulford here regarding his experience with Dave and A-Class Driving School.



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Matt Dawson has recently embarked on a fuel saving challenge, seeing him drive from Preston to London trying to use as little diesel as possible.  He undertook the 294 mile, Shell backed mission in the the new VW Golf Bluemotion,  averaging an impressive 78.1mpg.  It's the kind of figures that all drivers want to achieve (especially us driving schools) and many teams have invested heavily in wining the  competition  so to take part in  European  leg of the world Eco-Marathon, starting today i...
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CAR GIANT Toyota is recalling around 75,000 models in the UK due to a possible steering fault.

The UK recall is part of a 2.77 million worldwide recall by the Japanese company which has had to recall millions of vehicles in recent years due to a series of problems.

The latest incident for UK drivers involves certain Avensis and Corolla models from July 2001 to March 2009 and for some Prius models from July 2003 to April 2009.

Toyota GB said today: "On certain Avensis, Corolla and Prius models th...
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HUNDREDS of supermarket filling stations will be offering cheaper fuel from today.

Asda led the way by announcing a 2p cut in petrol and diesel, then rival Sainsbury's, followed later by Tesco, said they would be cutting their fuel by "up to 2p a litre".

Asda said its reductions would mean motorists paying no more than 131.7p a litre for petrol and 137.7p a litre for diesel.

Asda petrol trading director Andy Peake said: "Today's move shows that we are once again leading the way in reducing the p...
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Kia has recalled 468 cee'd and 6,585 Picanto models in the UK after identifying safety issues.

The cee'd recall relates to a brake problem on cars equipped with ESP (Electronic Stability Programme). According to Kia, affected cars could 'suffer insufficient brake force,' although the company is keen to stress there have been no reported incidents in the UK.

Potential fuel leak issues have been identified in the Picanto. Kia blames it on the high level of de-icing fluid used during th...

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Almost half a million car crashes are the result of drivers losing control after late goals, according to new research.

Insurance company More Than says research suggests football fans lose control at the wheel when they hear their team score, a problem termed Final Score Syndrome.

"With the Premier League coming to a thrilling conclusion a lot of fans will either be suffering joy or despair this weekend," said Pete Markey, from More Than.

"Sunday in particular could prove a peak da...

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Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia could face up to 10 years in jail after being arrested on suspicion of getting someone else to take part of his driving test for him.

The Frenchman, who scored a last minute winner for his side in their 3-2 victory over Arsenal on Sunday, was held by officers on Wednesday at a test centre in Greater Manc...

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Bridge Valley Road (the horrid 180 degree turn off The Portway into Clifton) will be closed on the 8th March, so all those who are taking their test on that day breath a small sigh of relief.  That's one less thing to have to worry about.

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Heavy rain due on Thursday morning, they have issued a "severe" warning.  If you're on your test, make sure you know where the windscreen wipers are and keep a 4 second gap.

Learn more about how to drive in extreme weather with the onlie driving lessons - http://www.a-class-driving.com/weather.php

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