Motoring Guides
Expert opinion on topics of value to Irish motorists, including Car Finance, Motoring abroad, EV’s or hybrids, petrol or diesel? and much more!
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European Auto Industry suffers largest collective write down in decades due to slower than expected EV sales.
By Hugh Maguire. The Backstory: You would think if you listen to some that EV sales are rocketing ahead but in fact while indeed they are growing they are growing way more slowly than expected not just here but across Europe. According to the SIMI new car sales figures in March this year were down
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The Great EV Debacle Explained!
EV sales have plummeted, down 24% for 2024, but not just here in Ireland this is mirrored throughout Europe. Why? I am not against EV’s. But some realities need to be discussed and these are my personal observations over many years road testing a huge variety of cars. It’s interesting that most discussions around EV’s
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Car interiors becoming mobile entertainment and communication centres and its causing accidents!
We all know that it is illegal to use a hand held mobile phone while driving a car, and rightly so, as its extremely distracting. It has even been proven that holding a phone conversation (using bluetooth and handsfree) is distracting in itself with drivers surveyed unable to recall the last few kilometres of their
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As Renewable Fuels And Hydrogen Become Solutions For Combustion Engined Cars Are EV’s As Green As We Are Led To Believe?
The much vaunted 2030 deadline for the sale of new cars with combustion engines has had a change! Strangely not many seem willing to discuss this change as it makes their push for us al to drive EV’s seem miss guided! The EU has now amended the rule on the sale of new combustion engined
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Being Green needs More Focus Than Just On Tailpipe Emissions!
The current system of road tax in Ireland is way out of touch with todays digital world. Sure I understand the government needs to raise revenue but the road tax system is a hugely carbon heavy way to do so. Here is a way road tax can be abolished and yet with no loss in
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A short trip to France aboard a new cruise ship, the WB Yeats.
Its almost the end of August and the kids are soon heading back to school. This for some is an ideal time to take break. Things are less busy and prices are lower. Irish ferries have a new super ferry operating to Cherbourg from Dublin Port and I have been on board to check it
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The Car Enthusiasts Perfect Christmas Gift!
How about a very unique driving experience as a Christmas gift? The idea behind the Silverstone Porsche Experience is to offer Porsche and indeed non- Porsche drivers the opportunity to drive either their own car or one of the supplied Porsche cars from the Porsche model line-up on their specially designed track. This may just
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Forget, 2 hour check -in and endless security checks, take your car and travel by sea to the UK and France.
As one who is more accustomed to travelling by air, I found it particularly interesting recently to experience conditions at sea level. Sailing on the recently introduced Irish Ferries vessel Epsilon – which services the Dublin – Holyhead route save for weekends when she operates a return service from Dublin to Cherbourg – I enjoyed