I only wanted to buy a car!

Advantages: Choice, worth it in the end, you can save lots of money
Disadvantages: Time consuming, challanging

...Buying a new car should a pleasurable experience, but for many it can be stressful & intimidating. There is something special about owning a new car, choosing something that you have always wanted & getting that new car feeling, that new car smell (albeit the smell of plastic) & driving a car no one has driven before. That is except for the factory workers, test drivers, transporter drivers, garage mechanics & sometimes the handy man at the garage. This is not a review on which new car to buy but a review on the likely pit falls when dealing with sales staff at franchised dealers. Having spent many years working at franchised dealers on the after sales side I have seen more than my fair share of questionable tactics played by sales staff in an attempt to sell cars. DOING YOUR HOME WORK Unless you are the kind of person who...

ScottishWestie 12.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Buying A New Car

How to Stall an Electric Car

Advantages: Looked good on paper (for about 5 minutes)
Disadvantages: It will actually help kill the market and then Darling put the boot in as well.

...The Aim The idea was to offer an incentive for us to all go green and buy an all-electric car. You get ?up to £5,000? for trading in your old banger for a nice clean electric one. The goal was to boost electric vehicle (EV) sales and spur the emerging manufacturers like Reva, who make the best selling G-Wiz, on to improve and develop the technology faster. The Lack of Joined Up Thinking What actually happened was Mandleson announced this initiative and then practically the next week Darling announced another scheme? Get £2,000 for trading in your old banger for a new car. Not a greener car, just a new one. This was obviously the work of two conflicting lobby groups at Westminster. The EV makers who want to sell more EVs and the rest of the motor industry that just wants to sell more of anything before they go bust this year...

buyer991 16.05.2009 · Read review
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A VERY SLOW CAR REVIEW!

Advantages: A Truly Historic Event. Fascinating Veteran cars. Low Speed Thrills and Spills!
Disadvantages: Weather Can Be Awful. Brighton Sea Front Very Crowded.

...Being privileged to live in Brighton, for almost all of my life, I may be forgiven for becoming somewhat blasé about some of the annual events and attractions that take place here. Some of these are 'local' events, whilst others are far more widely known. Probably the most well established event on the calendar is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Brighton has links with the dawning of the motorcar that may well not be widely known. An example of this is the National Speed Trials, held on the sea front on the first Saturday of September each year. This event has taken place since 1905, the year that the Brighton and Hove Motor Club (the oldest motor club in the country) was founded. However, even that illustrious motoring event pales into insignificance when compared to the London to Brighton Run, which was first staged on 14th...

RICHADA 10.11.2006 · Read review
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Not a good place to buy a car!

Advantages: Price of the car was cheap.
Disadvantages: It took 3 attempts to get car driving properly. Horrible customer service.

...I have just bought a car from CarGiant and found it an extremely stressful and unpleasant experience. Buying a car from Car Giant is not something I would recommend that anyone does. At one stage the ?customer service? people were being so unreasonable when I made a request of them that I vowed that I would share how bad my experience had been with the widest possible audience unless they at least considered my request for some sort of refund for their poor service. They just didn?t care! I?m now making good on that promise as I felt very badly treated and I want to make sure that anyone who buys from Car Giant does so with their eyes wide open. I?m posting this review in as many places as possible in the hope that everyone who needs to see it will see it and avoid the error that I made. I had read a few poor reviews of Car...

drkings1 18.10.2009 · Read review
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Electric Cars - The Answer to Reducing High CO2 Emissions?

Advantages: A valuable resource to bring down the carbon emissions in cities.
Disadvantages: The chance of me raising the cash to buy a car that is over five grand is essentially nil

...Ok, so the government is going to offer up to £5k to the public for the purchase of a brand new car. Well ? given that the chance of me raising the cash to buy a car that is over five grand is essentially nil (unfortunately I can?t claim money a second home, porn etc, etc) I?m not really very excited and could only suggest they sink that money back in to public transport, removing my hard earned pounds from the pockets of the greedy monopolising swine that steal from frustrated commuters on a daily basis ? but I digress. From 2011 the government?s strategy to reduce CO2 emissions will include a scheme to pay back £2,000 - £5,000 on the purchase of new electric cars. The thinking behind this is simple; road vehicles account for 19% of the UK?s domestic emissions and less than 0.1% of the UK?s 26 million cars are fully electric, but...

kerrieryall 15.05.2009 · Read review
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How to survive a long car journey !

Advantages: relieve boredom
Disadvantages: could cause one too many distractions

...Never attempt to make a long car journey in a car without an ample supply of boiled sweets in the glove compartment. An average size butterscotch, driven at a constant 70 mph, will last for almost 25 miles, or two if you crunch it. If you are travelling with your partner make sure they have sweets to suit them. Discovering that your beloved has only brought pineapple chunks for a drive from Perth to London can put considerable strain on the relationship. Check all levels before you go: oil, water, petrol and bladder. Again the standard rule here is that most people average 2 bladders worth to a tank of petrol. Naturally, emptying and filling rarely coincide which is why the nation's hedgerows are under chemical siege ! Always make sure you've got your favourite CDs, MP3s with you. These you can listen to in the three minutes your...

joeyhey2007 30.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Car Safety

An amazing car seat

Advantages: safe, cosy
Disadvantages: none

...Where to buy: This car seat is readily available. You can buy it from all the shops you'd expect to be able to buy them from including Halfords, mothercare, john lewis', toys r us etc. What do they cost: prices vary depending up on offers and stores but usually this car seat retails at £100. How do they attach? This car seat is different to many of the others on the market. It clips onto a base which is attached to your car, This makes it easy to get the car seat in and out of the car without waking up the baby. The car seat base is attached by the seat belt securing it in place and a metal leg which keeps it stable. Are they comfortable? This car seat is very padded and so a nice cosy seat for your baby. It comes with a head hugger which makes it cosy and safe for a newborn. This headhugger can be removed revealing much...

fearsafe 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

great car seat

Advantages: see rview
Disadvantages: expense, heavy

...I bought this when I had my baby as it was apparently the best on the market and I really can't find fault with it at all it has been the most reliable of our baby products and can't rate it highly enough. This car seat is different from others as it is suitable for up to 9 months whilst the majority of others are just up to 6 months. The seat is well padded and has a 'head hugger' so it is safer for newborns. This headhugger can then be removed once your baby is big enough. The straps also can be adjusted once your baby grows so that it is still safe and comfortable. The straps are easy to use- at first they were fiddly but once you have the hang of them then you know what you're doing they're easy! once you have strapped your baby in you then pull on the straps to make them tight so that your baby is safetly in place...

ditzygirl10 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

£5000 incentive for an electric car...shocker!

Advantages: No more boy racers with missing baffles.
Disadvantages: An electric car, do I need to point any out?

...At the risk of sounding cynical, this is a stupid idea. Not the £5000 incentive, the idea of electric cars catching on. In theory it appears to be a step in the right direction in lowering the carbon footprint we keep hearing about but in reality it won't make a blind bit of difference and I'll tell you why. Initially it might seem like it's working but what happens when there are as many electric cars on the roads as there is petrol/diesel driven ones? I'll tell you, more nuclear power stations to cope with the demand of 40 million people charging their cars overnight. It's already a strain on the power stations when everyone switches on their kettle during half time of the big match. All this equals to more nuclear pollution and heightens the possibility of a disaster. Current technology isn't sufficient nor efficient enough to...

LawrenceP 09.05.2009 · Read review
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Brilliant infant car seat

Advantages: Excellent for safety, comfort and totally practical
Disadvantages: no negatives for this product

...I used this for my daughter and used it from birth right through to the upper weight limit which is actually higher than most other car seats in this category. She always seemed so content in it and happily napped when travelling. The sun canopy is excellent, great for protecting the baby when driving and carrying about. Sun canopy also stores away easily when not in use, remaining attatched but out for the way. I also bought the easybase which made loading and unloading baby from car very quick and easy - especially when its raining which it so often does here. Also purchased mosquito net & Raincover both excellent purchases and in the UK I certainly needed them. I liked the fact that there were internal pads that could be removed as she grew to enable more comfort and space for her within the seat. Covers are easily removed for washing...

chippy20 22.09.2009 · Read review
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