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Ohio wants to go in opposite direction to Utah and Florida

Friday, October 5, 2012 16:20 No Comments

The US state of Ohio is debating Bill 273 that would allow anyone, not just licensed salvage dealers, from bidding in car salvage auctions. Supporters of the legislation say it would allow insurers to receive higher prices for wrecked cars sold via salvage auctions. Car insurance companies say it would result in lower automobile insurance premiums [...]

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A Total Recall According to Honda

Friday, October 5, 2012 16:18 No Comments

Honda in North America is facing a massive recall of up to 600,000 of its Accord models with V6 engines manufactured between 2003 and 2007. The power steering hose in those models has shown to deteriorate and crack or split resulting in fire or loss of power assisted steering. This is on top of over [...]

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Braking up isn’t hard to do

Friday, October 5, 2012 16:13 No Comments

The Association of British Insurers has said that autonomous emergency braking (AEB) technology would now be incorporated into car insurance group ratings. It is estimated that cars fitted with AEB will have their insurance rating lowered by up to five groups, which could mean a 7-10% cut in premiums.
Three quarters of all insurance claims are [...]

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Datsun the way we like it

Friday, October 5, 2012 16:11 No Comments

Be it watching The Italian Job on a Sunday afternoon or getting the family to sing along to a Fleetwood Mac cassette on long car drives to Devon, at car-salvage.org we appreciate a classic. So it was when we heard that Nissan are reviving the Datsun Brand. This is interesting considering the brand was stopped [...]

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We’ll take any colour as long as it’s green.

Friday, October 5, 2012 16:06 No Comments

Toyota has in recent years been synonymous with green motoring. Their efforts to be at the forefront of balancing ecology and technology have been an inspiration to many car manufacturers. They have now brought disposing of your end-of-life vehicles into the digital age with their just launched Rewarding Recycling. The system will mean that owners [...]

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