Gritted roads: how to protect your car from winter salt
The gritters are out and the roads are covered in salt – how do you protect your car from this worst aspect of winter? Martynn Randall explains.
winter Tips and Tutorials Archive
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Winter Emergency Kit: What to Pack in Your Car?
Make sure you're prepared for driving this winter by packing an emergency kit. Here's a list of items you should keep in the car boot...
How to prepare your brakes for winter
It's important to check that your brake pads are in fine fettle ahead of winter, says Martynn, and to know what to do if all is not well...
How to drive in winter conditions
What's the best way to drive up a snow-covered hill? What do you do another vehicle loses control? Learn how to drive in winter with these tips. ...
5 tips for storing your car in winter
How do you store a car in winter? You could just stick it in the garage and hope for the best or you could follow these five tips and do it properly.
5 reasons why old cars are good in winter
The winter months are upon us, but that doesn’t mean you have to squirrel your classic car away. In fact, you should do the opposite. Keep driving it.
The Semi-Annual Winter Tyre Swap
There is no better time than now, while you are packing away your Christmas decorations and putting them back out ing the garage, to swap on your snow tyres. If you live in the northern half of the UK, or anywhere in the mountains, the next few weeks promise to deliver freezing temperatures and...
What are winter tyres?
Winter tyres have been growing in popularity over the last few years, and in many European countries they are actually a legal requirement for use during the winter months.
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