With the changing of the season, there is also traditionally added impetus amongst classic and specialist car owners to get their cars back on the road again for the warmer days and weeks ahead...

Motorsport Technologies have really helped in the development of road going cars. From materials like Carbon Fibre to electronics like ECU's, Traction Control and Telematics, they've all seen track time development...

We thought we'd have a change from the usual article format and would write an open letter to Car Designers across the globe with a list of things that some of the staff here at AutoAid HQ would like to see in the next generation production cars.

Whilst purchases from car dealers offer a consumer slightly more 'rights', it is still prudent to undertake your own due diligence when viewing a new set of wheels.

Rust is a killer of older cars. A vehicle that could otherwise be in good condition with good working mechanical parts could be condemned and taken off the road if there is excessive rust, or rust in particular areas (i.e. seatbelt mounts, structural areas) that make the driving of the vehicle potentially dangerous.

Driver aids are part and parcel of any new car nowadays. You wouldn't batter an eyelid now if you buy a car with a reverse camera, or proximity sensors for when you're too close to the car in front, and more recently, even cars that 'park themselves' seem to be becoming 'the norm'.

Pothole season is nearly once against with us. The time of year when roads that seemed perfectly passable a month or two prior, suddenly seem to resemble rutted farm tracks or abandoned air fields, unfit for anything other than large 4x4's or tractors.

People of a certain generation probably remember with fondness, or perhaps amusement, the pyschology of our parents when growing up in terms of the optimum time of day to leave for a long road trip in order to minimise delays and traffic. Being woken at 4am with a bag of sweets slung into one's hand was the done thing in the 1970's and 1980's...but is it still (or was it ever?) the best time to leave for a journey?

Now that it we are well into September we are starting to see a lot of new drivers on the road because many learner drivers try to get their practice in during Summer when the weather is a little more predictable and the roads tend to be clear of rain and snow (plus, it's an ideal time for students who passed their test during the long summer to make their own way to schools and universities).

The science behind automotive stopping distances is simple, in so much that the faster you go, the longer it takes to stop your vehicle. Knowing your stopping times and distances is essential to being a safe driver. However, the time that you need to stop your car does not include the average 1.5 seconds of thinking time to react.

Most countries have speed limits. Whether you consistently abide by them or regulary like to creep a few miles per hour above them, they are there to provide a maximum speed at which a vehicle can travel on a particular road. This article examines some different facts about speed limits including the different types of speed limits, why are they in place, and do they actually work? 

In our last 2 articles, we’ve covered how peak times change during the summer holidays for road travel, and some accidentally illegal things you may end up doing whilst driving. In this lastest article, we consider to look at how road travel changes in the summer holidays...including travel overseas. Taking your car abroad doesn’t need to be stressful, it just involves some organised planning.