After looking at the RAC foundation I thought I would look at the AA’s equivilent which was the AA Motoring Trust and its role has now been past on to IAM Trust, the advanced driving motoring organisation.
Here there is a bit more information with news as recent as 5th and 4th April and then January before that.
I am sure their must be more issues to mention than that, but at least there is news from this month. (more…)
During the golden years of motoring your motoring club or in this case the RAC would not just take care of breakdown cover but be a voice for all motoring issues too.
But as our motoring clubs became insurance providers the role of being a voice to the motorist was passed over to a new independant charity, in this case the RAC foundation. (more…)
A recent campaign has been brough to my attention called Make Roads Safe. You can visit it here at makeroadssafe.org
It is supported by huge names such as Desmond Tutu and Michael Schumacher (more…)
This is supposed to be a breakdown cover blog, with a hint of motoring thrown in. But lately something has happened to British motor Sport that we have not seen for a long time.
And that is the arrival of a true champion in F1. In his first 3 races, Lewis Hamilton had delivered 2 podium races. (more…)
I write this post sitting in an internet cafe on the Costa Blanca in Spain. Unlike many I have hired a car, but there is an abundance of cars showing the GB stickers and UK registration plates.
Knowing how ling it can take to get a car repaired in these parts, I can´t imaging how anyone would travel this sort of distance and not have some sort of European Breakdown Cover. (more…)
Well a big blow for the 2 nations of Fance and Italy, because 16 out of the bottom 18 manufacturers were from here.
Of course the poll was only from the top 100 cars sold in the UK, but 16 of these in the bottom 18, must show a trend. (more…)
I thought I had better write this today, 6 days after Hamiltons superb performance in his second grand prix.
Who would have thought, 2 grand prixs and 2 podium finishes. Some drivers spend years just to get one podium place, absoluty fantastic! (more…)
This weeks Auto Express shows this years “Driver Power” results of the the top 100 cars, from a poll of 30,000 drivers.
And something that we would not have imagined 15 - 20 years ago is that Skoda have produced Britain’s most satisfying car. (more…)