Used Cars to Avoid

Moneywatch.com has come up with an interesting list of used cars to avoid. Some suggestion in the same range are also given.

Hand wash car at Stoney Stanton Rd, Coventry

Found this great car wash on Stoney Stanton road. They did a great job and only charged me £3.

Identify this car

Noticed that great looking convertible at Sainsbury's a couple of days ago.

Can you identify the car? No prizes sorry.

The Mini Countryman

The Mini Countryman

New BMW 3 Series cars

BMW is launching the new 3 Series Coupé and Convertible Sport Plus Editions on 1st September. The cars come with the distinctive M Sport body styling such as 19" M Sport alloy wheels and an M3 rear spoiler (on the Coupé only).

A range of additional equipment comes as standard.

Toyota Advanced Technology Vehicle Display

­Little Tokyo Design Week: Future City announces the Toyota Advanced Technology Vehicle Display. The event will be held this coming July 14-17 in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, California).

They plan to exhibit the Prius Plug-in, the RAV4 EV battery-electric vehicle and the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid.

The range of the Prius Plug-in is approximately 13 miles (at speeds up to 60 mph). The compact Lithium-ion battery can be fully recharged quite fast - in 3 hours on 110 volts and 1.7
hours on 220 volts. The best part is that when the EV power is depleted, the Plug-in performs like a
conventional Prius.

Toyota plans to launch the car for sale in the first half of 2012 in the US.

The RAV4 EV is a joint project with aims to develop an electric version of the RAV4 with the intent to bring a RAV4 EV to market in 2012.

Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell hybrid vehicle fleet has logged several million miles since hitting the road in 2002, with significant technological improvements along the way. Toyota's current FCHV-adv
nationwide demonstration program is placing more than 100 vehicles with demonstration partners by 2013, providing one of the largest fleets of active fuel cell vehicles in the country.

The primary goal of the demonstration program is to spur infrastructure development prior to fuel cell vehicle market introduction in 2015.

For more information, visit the ­Little Tokyo Design Week site.

Buying a motorhome

Now that the holiday season is here I can see a lot of caravans and motorhomes on the roads. As compared to caravans, motorhomes are costlier to buy and to maintain. However, they are ideal for people who hate the idea of towing a caravan. If you thinking of getting yourself a motorhome, check out C4 Caravans. When I last checked, they had 195 Motorhomes for sale.

You can search for motorhomes based on condition (new or used), price range, manufacturer and other options. The cheapest was for a Mercedes Spencer Classic (4 berth) for just £1,600.

Having a motor home would mean double taxes and insurance (including my car) but is something I am definitely interested in.