Motoring

In the market for a new car? Here’s some old school advice dressed up as “game theory”

Someone sent me this article from the Irish Times, In the game for the best price, from their Motoring section. The article [...]

Book value of cars in Ireland – some things to note

One of the more popular search terms that brings visitors to the ValueIreland.com website is “car book value ireland” or some combination [...]

What garages are doing to get customers in the door

Talking to a colleague of mine during the week, he had a story that made him pretty angry the previous weekend.  He’s [...]

How to identify a clocked car

A little later than I intended, here is our Value Ireland Top Tips on how you might be able to identify if [...]

Top Tips for Cheaper Car Insurance

One of our more popular pages on ValueIreland.com was our Top Tips on getting cheaper car insurance. Associated with this was a [...]

What can I do about petrol station changing its prices?

Irish News of the World Sunday June 14th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Question: My local petrol station is well known in the area [...]

Watching out for clocked cars

Irish News of the World June 14th, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Watching out for clocked cars The National Consumer Agency released their 2008 [...]

Mean garage wouldn’t even pay for petrol for replacement car

Irish News of the World May, 2009 Diarmuid MacShane Question When I left my car in to be repaired in a garage [...]

Price of oil vs Price of Petrol in Ireland – a comparison

Here’s an updated version of a graph that I originally put together last year. It shows the movement in the price of [...]

Consumer News Weekend Short Stack

A few short snippets to get you through the weekend: SIMI Scaremongering Again – Last Sunday saw a news story in many [...]