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Winter Road Safety Tips

With the winter season hitting us hard and fast, it’s the time of year when cars may experience more faults than in any other season. To help minimise accidents, VCARS have compiled a list of essential safety measures, which will make your Christmas safer on the road.

Our Top Winter Tips
Fill her up
My driving instructor always [...]

10 Diesel Cars With The Best Fuel Economy (MPG)

I remember a time when the only people bending over to pick up a penny were the homeless and the odd superstitious folk looking for good fortune. In a dramatic twist, I’m now seeing cityslicker bankers crease up their Burton suit trousers to scrap for the loose change. In this economic meltdown the pennies are [...]

Bugatti Veyron Runs Out Of Fuel

The Bugatti Veyron has already featured on our VCARS blog on a few occasions, and it’s proved to be quite an attraction to our readers. It’s undoubtedly a great piece of machinery, and with it currently ranking number 1 as the Fastest Production Car On the Planet, there’s a lot to natter about.
But what do [...]

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Make Your Own GREEN Fuel

Make your own fuel!

Making your own fuel could not be easier! BioDiesel is made from used vegetable oil – which you can find dumped at landfill sites or fish and chip shops up and down the country! Alternatively, you can grow your own rapeseed (those annoying bright yellow hay-fever giving plants that seem [...]

How to get the Coolest Screensavers for Ubuntu(Linux, KDE)

This 3 part tutorial will guide you to getting a cool car screensaver with calendar & digital clock on Ubuntu.
Part 1: Install KDE
Open Terminal. So in Gnome, go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal
Then, in the terminal, type sudo aptitude update.
Install KDE with the command sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
When KDE is done installing, type exit [...]