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Saturday, October 25th, 2008 |
DVLA new car/vehicle registration number format. System introduced on September 2001.
In September 2001, the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) changed the format to not only establish the year of the vehicle, but to also display the area in which it was originally registered.
The biggest change with the new vehicle registrations was to go from yearly issues to every six months. The new system would then see two new vehicle registration/age identifiers each year.
In 1999, prior to the introduction of the new system, the DVLA were forced to run the remaining six registration numbers (S, T, V, W, X and Y) over a three year period with a new registration every six months. This was to use the up the remaining letters of the alphabet to start the new system on the first letter - “A” - for those who don’t know:).
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008 |
Inner-City streets could soon see a new type of speed camera which use Wi-Fi technology to communicate with each camera. The new speed camera’s transmit images of vehicle registrations to eachother making it increasingly difficult for motorists to dodge their watchful eye.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008 |
Peugeot have now topped their 308 range with the new Peugeot 308 THP 175 GT which has a 1.6 litre, turbocharged engine producing a respectable 175 bhp. Now compare that with a 20 year old 1.6 litre Ford Escort RS Turbo running at 132 bhp, the technology of today is certainly showing its worth, without even mentioning fuel efficiency.
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 |
The beefed up, four wheel drive MINI Crossman will be on its way to the UK sometime in 2010. This will be the first MINI to the built outside of the UK as Australian vehicle assembly manufacturer Magna Steyn will get the job. (more…)
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Monday, April 7th, 2008 |
It’s the performance car everyone’s been waiting for – the Nissan GT-R V-Spec has arrived in Europe.
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008 |
Coda Development, a company based in the Czech Republic have patented a Self Inflating Tyre - SIT which automatically maintains the correct tyre pressure by continuous inflation from a peristaltic pump built into the tyre wall. (more…)
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 |
Not too long ago, car buyers were often put off from buying a diesel motor on the grounds that they are dirty, slow, noisy and smelly. In recent years, this conception has changed with many new diesel powered cars making use of turbo’s and in general have been much quieter, cleaner and with better performance.
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 |
As a diesel fan myself, i was instantly drawn to an advertisement i seen on MSM for the new Saab 9-3 Aero TTiD Twin Turbo diesel. Just recently i have noticed that diesels are really gaining in popularity on today’s roads.
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Friday, February 15th, 2008 |
Dutch inventors have designed a £55,000 car fuel filling robot which fills your petrol tank without having to leave the car.
The new “TankPitStop” will only work on cars where the fuel filler cap is not locked. On entering the filling station, the robot will check your vehicle against a database of fuel cap designs and program the parameters to fit your vehicle.
The robot will work similar to how a human would fill your vehicle by carefully unscrewing the fuel filler cap and inserting the fuel hose nozzle before filling.
The inventor of the device, Nico van Staveren said that he got the idea from visiting a dairy farm yard: “I was on a farm and I saw a robotic arm milking a cow. If a robot can do that then why can’t it fill a car tank, I thought”. He added: “Drivers needn’t get dirty hands or smell of petrol again”.
Van Staveren expects to be rolling out the design in a few Dutch service stations throughout the year.
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 |
Your driving through the country lanes at night, out in the middle of nowhere when suddenly you hear a strange noise coming from the engine. Moments later your car grinds to a halt, engine hissing and your blood pressure rising. You call breakdown assistance which tell you to wait for 45 minutes, if your lucky.
The thought of breaking down can be scary for anyone, not just the vulnerable. By carrying a few essential items can help take away some of this fear or better still, get you back on the road again. Here we have compiled a list of items that would be useful in an emergency.
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 |
As from today we are going to be offering our forum members a chance to win a cool blue headlight bulb upgrade for their vehicle. The first member to reach 50 posts wins.
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Monday, January 28th, 2008 |
Our new forums are now live. Tomorrow we will be announcing a small prize giveaway for new member registrations. Details of the giveaway will be posted here and on the forum tomorrow.
See our new forum.
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Monday, January 28th, 2008 |
We have almost complete our new forum which we expect to have live later today. Obviously the forum will be a bit quiet for the first few weeks until we get a few members together but we hope this will only be short term. The forums will be closely monitored by Autowirez staff but this does not mean we will be having strict rules like some forums which members are scared to breathe.
We want to make the new forums and enjoyable place for our visitors so we would welcome any comments or suggestions you may have by email - admin@autowirez.co.uk
We hope you all find the new forums interesting once we get moving with a good few members.
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Monday, January 28th, 2008 |
We have now added stop, tail, reversing, indicator, repeater and interior light bulbs to our website. At the moment our range is fairly limited but we do intend to broaden our range over the next few weeks. Diadem and silver coated indicator bulbs to prevent the ‘fried egg’ effect on your front lens will be added along with a number of other bulbs shortly.
See our Auto Bulbs section for our full range.
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