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April 2017 will see (VED) vehicle tax changes!!

Vehicle Tax Changes: Are you considering buying a new car? If so these new vehicle tax changes may affect you, as vehicles registered from 1st April 2017 will have their tax calculated on their carbon dioxide emissions. We have attached a guide below for you to read about what the changes are and how they may affect you. Click here to find out more about Tax Changes

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Everything you need to know about DPFs

Everything you need to know about DPFs We have regularly posted information about DPF, we have covered various issues from Cleaning, Carbon Build up, right up to the legal side of DPF’s and the new MOT procedures that are to be implemented very soon! We came accross this article in a publication recently its talks about the Technical side of DPFs, how DPFs become blocked, Regeneration and Damage to DPFs.  We felt it would be a good item to share with our viewers as it reiterates the issues we have previously talked about and explains how Carbon is an issue. Click here to read the article As a business who offer a Specialist Cleaning service which uses the leading cleaning products sold in the USA, we understand the problems that people regularly face through poor maintance or premature wear to … Continue reading

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Latest News on MOT changes being introduced May 2017 for DPF’s – If you own a car with a DPF you really should read this!

DPF included in MOT from May 2017. How will MOT Changes relating to DPF affect you? We have been warning our customers that changes were imminent regarding DPF and MOT Tests.  It’s just been announced as part of the Roadworthiness Directive, from May 2017 all vehicles with a DPF fitted will have these inspected at MOT. This will be tested by advanced technology, that can detect the Removal of the DPF along with Emissions testing. This means that those of you who have Removed your DPF, this will result in a failure at MOT. Your vehicle will be found to be non compliant, which is an offense under the Road Vehicles Regulation and could result in Penalties of £1000 for a car and £2500 for a van. Please click here to read the full article about MOT changes for vehicles … Continue reading

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Carbon Reduction & Performance Restoration for Cars

Carbon Reduction & Performance Restoration: As any car owner will know, cars are often unpredictable, one minute they will be ok, the next they have a light on the dash, make a strange noise or simply wont work. We know from experience that many of the faults that our customers get are as a result of premature wear from Carbon build up.  Over time the inside of your vehicle gathers layers of Carbon on the parts that it requires to function properly. We use a system from the United States called BG Products in the USA it is the leading supplier to dealers 4 to 1 for resolving Carbon related issues and improving MPG. Its a similar system to Terraclean, BG Products is our chosen supplier as we have tried and tested it and had good results and we wanted … Continue reading

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