by Karl Dyson | Aug 27, 2019 | tyres
Winter season in some countries comes with severe cold and heavy snow. Driving on regular summer tyres in these conditions is dangerous, as the rubber of tyres gets stiff and their tread is unable to provide proper grip with snow- and ice-coated road surface. In this...
by Karl Dyson | Aug 21, 2019 | Skoda
Make no mistake. I love the Skoda Octavia. Having owned my Mk3 VRS for nearly 5 years, I’ve been keen to jump the mess that was the double headlight Mk3 facelift in favour of the upcoming Mk4. These pictures (Thanks to Carwow and Autoexpress) reveal the Skoda...
by Karl Dyson | Jun 6, 2019 | Skoda
Sometimes you just can’t help running in “the red”, maybe you’re further away from a petrol station than expected or you’re going for a hypermiling full tank range record. When you’re cutting it to the wire, you need to have at...
by Karl Dyson | May 9, 2019 | emissionsgate
Its been over two years since we invited owners affected by the VW Emissions fix to fill out our VW Emissions Fix survey, after a whopping 3,041 responses – the final results are in. Before we dive into the details, here are the figures which really stand out...
by Karl Dyson | May 4, 2019 | dpf-diesel-particulate-filter
DIY DPF removal. Can you really do it yourself? It’s a question we get daily from disgruntled owners faced with a dealership DPF replacement/regeneration quotes, often of the four-digit variety. So can you tackle this job yourself and replace/remove the DPF...