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Secondhand car imports doubled in November
Secondhand car imports increase The latest statistics on secondhand car imports from the UK has revealed that car imports into Ireland skyrocketed by 98.8 per cent in November compared to the same month last year. During the month there was a total of 7,571 imported used cars licenced up from 3,906 in November 2015. In total 97% of all used...
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Private Buyer Checklist
Buying a car checklist On a daily basis, MyVehicle.ie receives emails and phone calls from of a lot of people who are trying to or have already purchased a used car, only to realise that they have been caught out in some way or another. When you have found a car that you like and can afford, the first...
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Top Ten Ways to Avoid Buying a Stolen Car
Avoid Buying a Stolen Car There are on average 11,000 vehicles stolen in Ireland every year. The vast majority of those vehicles are recovered within 48 hours. However, on average 2,000 vehicles are never recovered. Some of these vehicles invariably end up in scrap yards or cut up and sold as spare parts. Others, though, are sold on to innocent...
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Dublin City Council to ban cars along the Liffey
New proposed car ban on the Liffey Dublin City Council are under pressure by local communities in the inner city not to bring in a ban on cars along parts of the Liffey. The council is proposing a car and truck ban along the quays in order to facilitate a continuous cycle path from Heuston Station to Dublin Docklands. They...
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Petrol prices set to rise
Petrol prices are set to rise again at the pumps Although crude oil costs are lower than they have been for years, fuel prices at the pumps are set to rise. The average Irish driver has been paying around €40 less per month on petrol or diesel in the past while but some petrol retailers have decided to put...
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6 ways to help prevent traffic congestion
You can help ease rush hour traffic There are always going to be certain times of the day when there is traffic congestion. Morning and Evening ‘rush-hours’ are the worst but there are ways your own driving habits can help minimise the magnitude of congestion out there. The Phantom Traffic Jam - an explanation Easy on the brakes Believe it...
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Deaths due to fake crashes staged to make insurance claims
In a shocking statement, the global head of Aviva said that some of their customers have died as a direct result of fake crashes staged to make insurance claims. While in Dublin last week, head of Aviva, Mark Wilson, who is from New Zealand, said that whiplash fraud in Ireland is a "national disgrace". To counteract this, Aviva has given...
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UK motor insurance fraudsters target Ireland
UK motor insurance fraudsters target Ireland Investigators have said that motor insurance fraudsters are now travelling from the UK to stage crashes here in Ireland with the express purpose of exploiting, what they believe to be, the lucrative compensation environment that exists here in Ireland. The criminals know that Ireland has some of the strictest data protection policies in the...
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Motor Insurance Industry Under Fire
The motor industry and Central Bank are being accused of throwing Irish consumers to the wolves over the massive costs of car insurance in this country. Insurance premiums are spiralling out of control and an Oireachtas committee has been warned that the rapidly rising premiums are unlikely to be reversed any time soon. The Joint Committee on Finance, in a...
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Mazda Announces Electric Cars Coming in 2019
Mazda electric car coming in 2019 Mazda President and Chief Executive Officer, Masamichi Kogai has announced that the company will introduce zero-emission vehicles in response to the tightening standards in the United States. The company plans to sell electric cars in 2019 as tightening emissions stands abroad increase. In a group interview referring to rules in California and some other...