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Ireland's Oldest Ford Fiesta
Ireland's Oldest Ford Fiesta John Egan and Ireland's oldest Fiesta Mk 1 1978It's been 40 years since Ford released the Fiesta and as part of Ford’s celebration activities to mark the anniversary, Ford have identified and unveiled Ireland’s oldest Fiesta. The celebration took place at Weston Airport were car owner John Egan was delighted that his 40 year old car...
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Taxi Drivers Stage Protest Over Rising Motor Insurance
Continuingwith the subject ofmassive Insurance hikes in recent times, dozens of taxi drivers staged a protest in Dublin City Centre yesterday over the rising cost of motor insurance.Hundreds of Dublin Taxi Drivers blocked Merrion Square around lunchtime overthe massive hike in insurance. Driving through the city centre they soundedtheir horns loudly to draw attention to their demonstration. This was seen...
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Motor Insurance Crisis
With the massive hikes in Motor Insurance in recent times there is a lot of public concern about where these Insurance increases are going to stop. Added to the public outcry on the huge increases in Insurance, the discussion within Government is focused on the need to address fraud and the random nature of personal injury court awards as a...
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Roads That Charge Electric Cars
Charge While You Drive Believe it or not, the UK is testing roads that can actually charge your electric car as you drive. It seems that electric cars are rapidly becoming the future of transportation. This transformation has been helped in no small part by Tesla Motors who have just announced that its patents will now be made ‘open source’...
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Petrol and diesel cars to be banned by 2030!
Autobahn Stau, Brandenburg German weekly news magazine, Der Spiegel has dramatically announced that Germany's Upper House, the Bundesrat last week passed a resolution that seeks to ban petrol and diesel vehicles from European roads from 2030. Emissions-free German Autobahns by 2030Apparently, the German Government has been in consultation with the EU Commission in order to "evaluate the past tax...
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BUDGET 2017 - MOTORING NEWS
Climate change Minister of Finance Michael Noonan this afternoon has announced some measures related to ‘Climate Change’ that will have an effect on the Motor Industry in Ireland. He stated that, “Work has been ongoing across Government departments to create Ireland’s first National Mitigation Plan to transition Ireland to a low carbon economy by 2050.” Under his Climate Change...
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AUTO TRADE EXPO 2016
The team at MyVehicle.ie will be attending this years Auto Trade Expo 2016 event at Citywest Exhibition Centre on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd of October. The event has been quite a success in the last couple of years since its inaugural year in 2014 and this years show looks to add to the success of previous two years....
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Now Drive a €45,000 BMW i3 in Dublin for just €8.99/Hr
The car rental service, GoCar, often termed asDublin Bikes but for Cars, have rolled out automatic electric BMWs in Dublin, which you can now drive for just €8.99 an hour and no additional per Km charges. The company which first started operations in 2010 gives you the freedom to rent the vehicle as long as you are a member. The...
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Why Modifications are not cool
Generally, most of the performance and aesthetic modifications are very expensive & they are even known to increase the cost of your Car's insurance premium. Every now and then we consider, specially if we are young, kitting our vehicle with some latest alloys, bigger wheels, sports exhaust or tune up the old engine. Although, when you personalize your car &...
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Things to Consider before Buying a New Car
Investments and Expenses Many drivers believe that buying a car is a big investment but in reality the purchase is more like a big expense. When you make an investment, you assume that you will make some kind of return. In contrast, the purchase of a car which is considered more of an asset continues to depreciate. You would...