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TyreSafe: Birmingham City Council reveals high levels of risk associated with buying part worn tyres

(14/07/2010)

TyreSafe is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of the dangers of defective and worn tyres. The high levels of risk associated with buying part worn tyres has been revealed by Birmingham City Council after its trading standards officers examined a selection of part worn tyres being sold in the city and found that nine out of ten failed to meet the minimum legal standards. Among the failures were tyres which had nails embedded, illegal tread depth, e... [more]

Thule: Thule roof top boxes can accommodate up to 520 litres of luggage

(12/07/2010)

With summer holidays looming large on the horizon, vivid memories flood back of cramped family car journeys where passenger comfort plays second fiddle to accommodating all that vital luggage. But help is at hand for those literally put-upon passengers - Vauxhall retailers are offering a wide range of Thule attachments to help keep luggage out of the passenger cabin and off the back seat. Thule products are of the highest quality, approved by Vauxhall to ensure a perfect fit and safe fixing, ... [more]

TRACKER: TRACKER motorcycle recovery system helps recover stolen Suzuki

(06/05/2010)

A 10-month old Suzuki GSX-1000 K9 fitted with a TRACKER stolen vehicle recovery system, which had been parked by the owner outside his workplace in Central London, was stolen and loaded into the back of a van and driven off. Unbeknown to the thieves, not only was the crime caught on CCTV, but they also triggered the motion sensor which informed TRACKER of the unsolicited movement. With the help of the police, it wasn’t long before the owner, 34 year old Edgar Montez from Clapham Common, South L... [more]

Toyota: Toyota offers free warranty extension or free three-year service plan

(06/04/2010)

All new Toyota cars purchased through retail from 27 March come with the choice of either a warranty cover extended from three to five years, or a free three-year service plan. Toyota Managing Director Miguel Fonseca said: “This great new programme not only represents superb value for our customers, it also gives them complete peace of mind around their choice of vehicle. It also underpins the principle of trouble free motoring characteristic of Toyota’s products. And with the choice of a lon... [more]

Trafficmaster: Trafficmaster introduces Pay As You Go tariff for Smartnav satellite navigation

(24/03/2010)

Trafficmaster’s Smartnav satellite navigation is the first Pay As You Go (PAYG) navigation application on the smart phone market, allowing users to only pay for satnav directions and traffic information when they need it. Trafficmaster’s PAYG satnav service is available on Apple’s iPhone and is an ideal application for people who only need navigation once in a while, but still want to have access to superior routing and navigation, which uses up-to-the minute traffic information. In addition all... [more]

Toyota: Toyota Prius sales not impacted by recall campaign

(19/03/2010)

Just one month on from the launch of Toyota’s accelerator recall campaign, work has been completed on 90,000-plus – i.e. more than half – of the cars that have been identified as requiring attention. An even larger proportion of recalled Prius models have received adjustment to their braking software programme with 58 per cent of the affected vehicles updated. More than 200 Toyota service centres around the country are pulling out all the stops to ensure the recalls are carried out as quickly... [more]