Unless you entered hibernation this weekend, there was one main event which wouldn’t have escaped your knowledge: Snow. The UK was once again brought to a standstill with temperatures plummeting as low as -12C. As an icy blanket froze over Britain, so did our transport networks once again. Why is it that Britain and snow just don’t go?
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We know how difficult it can be to plan the perfect Valentines day so we’ve decided to make things a little easier!
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Latest DVLA figures show over 10,000 divers are still on UK roads despite picking up 12 or more penalty points because of “exceptional circumstances”.
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Take 5 out today to ensure you track your tread depth and check if you’re exceeding the limits.
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Winter can put a great deal of pressure on your Tyre quality, and whether you realise it or not, the government are on the crackdown when it comes to tyre safety. Continue reading “Protect Your Wallet This Winter” »
We are getting there… slowly…
Whilst blogging away about things we are passionate about hasn’t caused too much concern, understanding how to get the best out of 140 characters on Twitter hasn’t been such a smooth ride. Do we direct message, re-tweet, tweet, follow, reply # tag or @ tag?!
It’s a fascinating and sometimes quite perplexing platform. It’s all too easy to get lost down avenues of links and profiles and hash tags but it’s also quite exciting to find such a rich vein of interesting businesses and individuals just trying to make some new contacts.
Anyway, if you too are a Twitter novice or Tweet Pro, please come and follow us at @tyrequote: http://twitter.com/tyrequote – we’d love to hear from you!
In my recent article about the proposed changes to MOT schedules, you may have noticed that we had a number of concerns. So it was to our happiness that we found out about the ProMOTe campaign to retain the frequency of Britain’s MOT testing. Naturally we have signed their petition, followed their Tweets and look forward to seeing more positive news in the press as the campaign gathers pace and support.
We’d all rather keep the £50 a year extra it’s likely to cost us if annual MOTs are scrapped, let alone the peace of mind that untested jalopies aren’t careering about our roads.
So visit the Pro-MOTe campaign website yourselves if you would like to join the petition: http://www.pro-mote.org.uk/
Thanks for reading.
Our coalition government are tinkering around with a number of motoring initiatives just now, from tougher driving tests to switching off motorway lights at night. However it seems one new measure will see a relaxation of existing legislation.
The Department of Transport are proposing that we have our cars MOT’d even less. So now we are required to start getting an MOT for our new cars and vans after 3 years and then every 12 months after that. In the future it is suggested that we’ll MOT our new motors at first 4 years old and then every 2 years after that.
At TyreQuote.com we believe the cost of everyday motoring has almost become a luxury, so on the face of it the money saving on less frequent trips to the MOT station is a welcome one. Take it a step further though and we are little concerned. Firstly, with the obscene costs in fuel, insurance and tax, there are too many people on the roads driving illegally without insurance, tax or even having actually paid for legal fuel. These drivers are unfortunately escalating these costs and also making the roads a more dangerous place to be - if they aren’t required to MOT their vehicles every year, there’s also an increased chance of them tearing around in poorly maintained motors too.
We are major advocates for the exceptional service we get from local independent garages. The small businesses often family run with extremely talented mechanics and apprentices and much lower overheads than some of the ‘high street’ garages and therefore smaller charges. If these garages start to see lower levels of business from less frequent MOTs and the maintenance that follows, they could come under threat and be swallowed up by the bigger market players and that would be a very sad situation for the motor industry.
So, we would much rather the system was left alone and cost savings are made elsewhere. Perhaps they could tax us every other year instead?!
Merry Christmas from us all at Tyrequote.com!
Free MOT for one lucky customer that ‘likes’ our Facebook page
After posting my last blog post, I thought wouldn’t it be great if we could give something back to the lovely people that come on to our Facebook page and leave some feedback on our service, our advert and just what we are trying to do in general. So I spoke to John Fox and he said let’s give them a free MOT when they need one. Thanks John!
So get liking and posting and fingers crossed it’s you that gets picked out. Always nice to save a few quid.
We also have some more juicy offers to put to you soon, so keep an eye out on Facebook and on our blog.
James