Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping, and according to Tiger Wheel & Tyre it’;s time to give your car battery the old pre-winter once over.

“Much like humans, car batteries aren’;t especially enthusiastic about getting started in the cold. The exercise is often accompanied by much groaning and if you’;re lucky, after a few failed attempts you might enjoy success. But if you’;ve ever been stranded in the cold with a dead car battery, you’;ll need no encouragement to bring your vehicle to Tiger Wheel & Tyre and have your battery tested,” said Group Marketing Executive Joe du Plooy.

It bears mentioning that even a relatively new car battery can die prematurely if you don’;t actively take measures to extend its life. Here are some guidelines from Tiger Wheel & Tyre to extend your battery’;s life this winter:

• If you go away for any length of time, disconnect the battery and attach it to a trickle charger or arrange to have someone come over regularly to start and run your car for several minutes at a time.
• Keep in mind certain vehicle tracking devices draw power from your car battery and will drain it completely if the battery isn’;t allowed to recharge.
• Cut down on short trips. Frequent trips of less than 20 minutes don’;t give your battery enough time to charge and drain it faster.
• Park inside the garage where it’;s warmer, to protect the battery from extreme cold which shortens its lifespan.

Kickstart winter with a free battery test from Tiger Wheel & Tyre, because you know that if it is going to die it will happen on a Sunday morning at 2 AM,” concluded du Plooy.

Tiger Wheel & Tyre stock a range of superior quality, maintenance-free automotive batteries from leading brands ATLASBX and Duracell. Visit the website www.twt.to to locate the store nearest to you, then stop in for your free battery test and to get sound advice on the best battery for your vehicle.

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Safe Driving in Winter /Driving in Snow and Ice

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping, and according to Tiger Wheel & Tyre it’;s time to give your car battery the old pre-winter once over.

“Much like humans, car batteries aren’;t especially enthusiastic about getting started in the cold. The exercise is often accompanied by much groaning and if you’;re lucky, after a few failed attempts you might enjoy success. But if you’;ve ever been stranded in the cold with a dead car battery, you’;ll need no encouragement to bring your vehicle to Tiger Wheel & Tyre and have your battery tested,” said Group Marketing Executive Joe du Plooy.

It bears mentioning that even a relatively new car battery can die prematurely if you don’;t actively take measures to extend its life. Here are some guidelines from Tiger Wheel & Tyre to extend your battery’;s life this winter:

• If you go away for any length of time, disconnect the battery and attach it to a trickle charger or arrange to have someone come over regularly to start and run your car for several minutes at a time.
• Keep in mind certain vehicle tracking devices draw power from your car battery and will drain it completely if the battery isn’;t allowed to recharge.
• Cut down on short trips. Frequent trips of less than 20 minutes don’;t give your battery enough time to charge and drain it faster.
• Park inside the garage where it’;s warmer, to protect the battery from extreme cold which shortens its lifespan.

Kickstart winter with a free battery test from Tiger Wheel & Tyre, because you know that if it is going to die it will happen on a Sunday morning at 2 AM,” concluded du Plooy.

Tiger Wheel & Tyre stock a range of superior quality, maintenance-free automotive batteries from leading brands ATLASBX and Duracell. Visit the website www.twt.to to locate the store nearest to you, then stop in for your free battery test and to get sound advice on the best battery for your vehicle.

Also view:

Safe Driving in Winter /Driving in Snow and Ice

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping, and according to Tiger Wheel & Tyre it’;s time to give your car battery the old pre-winter once over.

“Much like humans, car batteries aren’;t especially enthusiastic about getting started in the cold. The exercise is often accompanied by much groaning and if you’;re lucky, after a few failed attempts you might enjoy success. But if you’;ve ever been stranded in the cold with a dead car battery, you’;ll need no encouragement to bring your vehicle to Tiger Wheel & Tyre and have your battery tested,” said Group Marketing Executive Joe du Plooy.

It bears mentioning that even a relatively new car battery can die prematurely if you don’;t actively take measures to extend its life. Here are some guidelines from Tiger Wheel & Tyre to extend your battery’;s life this winter:

• If you go away for any length of time, disconnect the battery and attach it to a trickle charger or arrange to have someone come over regularly to start and run your car for several minutes at a time.
• Keep in mind certain vehicle tracking devices draw power from your car battery and will drain it completely if the battery isn’;t allowed to recharge.
• Cut down on short trips. Frequent trips of less than 20 minutes don’;t give your battery enough time to charge and drain it faster.
• Park inside the garage where it’;s warmer, to protect the battery from extreme cold which shortens its lifespan.

Kickstart winter with a free battery test from Tiger Wheel & Tyre, because you know that if it is going to die it will happen on a Sunday morning at 2 AM,” concluded du Plooy.

Tiger Wheel & Tyre stock a range of superior quality, maintenance-free automotive batteries from leading brands ATLASBX and Duracell. Visit the website www.twt.to to locate the store nearest to you, then stop in for your free battery test and to get sound advice on the best battery for your vehicle.

Also view:

Safe Driving in Winter /Driving in Snow and Ice

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping, and according to Tiger Wheel & Tyre it’;s time to give your car battery the old pre-winter once over.

“Much like humans, car batteries aren’;t especially enthusiastic about getting started in the cold. The exercise is often accompanied by much groaning and if you’;re lucky, after a few failed attempts you might enjoy success. But if you’;ve ever been stranded in the cold with a dead car battery, you’;ll need no encouragement to bring your vehicle to Tiger Wheel & Tyre and have your battery tested,” said Group Marketing Executive Joe du Plooy.

It bears mentioning that even a relatively new car battery can die prematurely if you don’;t actively take measures to extend its life. Here are some guidelines from Tiger Wheel & Tyre to extend your battery’;s life this winter:

• If you go away for any length of time, disconnect the battery and attach it to a trickle charger or arrange to have someone come over regularly to start and run your car for several minutes at a time.
• Keep in mind certain vehicle tracking devices draw power from your car battery and will drain it completely if the battery isn’;t allowed to recharge.
• Cut down on short trips. Frequent trips of less than 20 minutes don’;t give your battery enough time to charge and drain it faster.
• Park inside the garage where it’;s warmer, to protect the battery from extreme cold which shortens its lifespan.

Kickstart winter with a free battery test from Tiger Wheel & Tyre, because you know that if it is going to die it will happen on a Sunday morning at 2 AM,” concluded du Plooy.

Tiger Wheel & Tyre stock a range of superior quality, maintenance-free automotive batteries from leading brands ATLASBX and Duracell. Visit the website www.twt.to to locate the store nearest to you, then stop in for your free battery test and to get sound advice on the best battery for your vehicle.

Also view:

Safe Driving in Winter /Driving in Snow and Ice

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping, and according to Tiger Wheel & Tyre it’;s time to give your car battery the old pre-winter once over.

“Much like humans, car batteries aren’;t especially enthusiastic about getting started in the cold. The exercise is often accompanied by much groaning and if you’;re lucky, after a few failed attempts you might enjoy success. But if you’;ve ever been stranded in the cold with a dead car battery, you’;ll need no encouragement to bring your vehicle to Tiger Wheel & Tyre and have your battery tested,” said Group Marketing Executive Joe du Plooy.

It bears mentioning that even a relatively new car battery can die prematurely if you don’;t actively take measures to extend its life. Here are some guidelines from Tiger Wheel & Tyre to extend your battery’;s life this winter:

• If you go away for any length of time, disconnect the battery and attach it to a trickle charger or arrange to have someone come over regularly to start and run your car for several minutes at a time.
• Keep in mind certain vehicle tracking devices draw power from your car battery and will drain it completely if the battery isn’;t allowed to recharge.
• Cut down on short trips. Frequent trips of less than 20 minutes don’;t give your battery enough time to charge and drain it faster.
• Park inside the garage where it’;s warmer, to protect the battery from extreme cold which shortens its lifespan.

Kickstart winter with a free battery test from Tiger Wheel & Tyre, because you know that if it is going to die it will happen on a Sunday morning at 2 AM,” concluded du Plooy.

Tiger Wheel & Tyre stock a range of superior quality, maintenance-free automotive batteries from leading brands ATLASBX and Duracell. Visit the website www.twt.to to locate the store nearest to you, then stop in for your free battery test and to get sound advice on the best battery for your vehicle.

Also view:

Safe Driving in Winter /Driving in Snow and Ice

Kickstart this winter with a free battery test at Tiger Wheel & Tyre

TomTom introduces GO Mobile, a free Android app

Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 March 2015,– TomTom (TOM2) today launches a new navigation app with TomTom Traffic in South Africa. People can now experience TomTom’s premium navigation and real-time traffic information, driving up to 75km every month at no additional cost. * Drivers can upgrade to unlimited driving with a simple in app purchase.

Sharing the same user interface as the award winning TomTom GO satnav, the mobile app now helps drivers get to their destinations faster, every day. With offline Maps, TomTom Traffic, superior routing and Speed Camera warnings, the app is the ideal travel companion for mobile users. The new app features a global map licence so South African drivers can use it all over the world ** even without a ne2rk connection***.

“The TomTom GO Mobile app for Android is made for drivers who want to experience the best of TomTom on their smartphone,” says Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director, TomTom Consumer. “We entirely rethought our Mobile solution so every driver has the chance to try navigation with TomTom Traffic. Now all android owners can avoid the traffic jams and get to their destinations faster, every day.”

The app is free to download, and users can drive every month for 75km at no additional cost****. Users can also choose to subscribe to unlimited driving for one year or for 3 years as needed.

The app is now available to download from the Google Play store for free.

Additional Info:

Pricing:

In-app purchase for unlimited kilometres

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• 12 months = R249.99


• 3 years = R549.99

Smart phone requirements:

Drivers need a Gmail account and a phone with Android v4.0.3 or higher and a screen resolution of 800 x 480 pixels or higher.

Current users of TomTom Navigation App:

• The old TomTom Navigation App is no longer available for sale on the Google Play store in South Africa.


• Current users of the old App can still find it in ‘my Apps’ on the Google Play store.


• There will be no additional map updates on the old TomTom Navigation App.


• Drivers who have purchased a TomTom Traffic and Speed Cameras subscription will still receive these services for the current time.


• Existing customers will receive a 3 year unlimited navigation subscription for the new TomTom GO Mobile app for R10.00.

TomTom GO Mobile app features:

• Lifetime TomTom Traffic: Always drive with real-time traffic information for the lifetime of your app*****


• Tap and go: Tap one of your favourite destinations on the map, and you’re on your way


• Navigate to Contacts: Never memorise an address again. Select a contact from your list and the app will plan your route.


• Quick search: Find your destination faster with intuitive search results. Quick search starts to find your destination as soon as you start typing.


• Points of Interest: From petrol stations to hotels, your app comes pre-loaded with millions of useful POIs


• Lifetime Speed Cameras: Avoid speeding fines with accurate and timely speed warnings for the lifetime of your app*****


• Offline Maps: Maps are stored on your smartphone. So you don’;t need an internet connection, or data roaming, to plan a new route or re-route.


• Lifetime World Maps: Always drive with the latest maps for over 100 countries******

For a detailed overview of all features and available maps, please go to:

www.tomtom.com/navigation/android/go-mobile

TomTom NavKit

The TomTom GO Mobile app shares the same user interface and NavKit navigation software as the award-winning TomTom GO satnav, as well as superior NavKit routing. NavKit is the foundation for almost every TomTom product that we bring to market, including Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs), in-dash automotive systems and smartphone applications.

* A mobile data plan with the user’s chosen mobile ne2rk provider is required in order to be able to access all of the features of the app.

** 111 countries in the world.

*** Drivers receive 75 free kilometres every month, which includes TomTom’s premium navigation, TomTom Traffic and TomTom Speed Cameras. On the first of every month the free 75kms are added to the driver’s app. These kilometres are not accumulated if not driven in the 30 days. A mobile data plan with the user’s chosen mobile ne2rk provider is required in order to be able to access all of the features of the app.

**** A ne2rk connection is required to access all features such as TomTom Traffic.

***** Check http://tomtom.com/19212 for availability per country. Services require a mobile phone connection. Your operator may charge you for the data used and costs may be significantly higher.

TomTom introduces GO Mobile, a free Android app

Totally free Stuff Alert! This Is the Very best Swag We Nabbed at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show

Everything’;s better when it’;s totally free

In between sprinting from press conference to press conference, conducting interviews with auto execs, taking hundreds of photographs, and all the selfies we take in front of new supercars, 1 of our preferred issues to do at auto shows is gathering swag. We’;re talkin’; totally free stuff here, the tiny trinkets, posters and pamphlets, and press materials—info on new debuts, existing models, and concept cars—that automakers give away at their booths to haggard journalists like us. Normally, these things are not obtainable to the public, so at the 2014 Los Angeles auto show, we snatched up a bunch of swag to give you a taste of the auto-journalist life.

Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, and Ram—in a pen

The pen, as they say, is mightier than the sword. That statement counts for double when the pen is equipped with an 8-GB USB stick stacked with the most current on Fiat-Chrysler’;s products.

Jaguar saves the manuals

Jaguar is literally saving the manuals—both the of the transmission and paper how-to assortment. As portion of its rollout of the stick-shift 2016 F-kind, Jaguar released a valuable guide to driving a common transmission and performing so is the very best thing ever. As a bonus, Jag even threw these sweet Save the Manuals–style buttons in for excellent measure.

Mopar crucial and cylinder press kit

What far better way to provide an overview of Mopar’;s comprehensive replacement-parts and accessories catalog than to load that details onto, effectively, components?

Mopar important and cylinder press kit

Fiat-Chrysler is identified for providing away inventive swag, and this essential/cylinder combination does not disappoint. In case you have been wondering, the USB stick is constructed into the end of the key.

Lincoln Black Label booklet

It might look basic and outdated, but a nicely simple booklet is by no implies undesirable if it’;s accomplished proper.

Lincoln Black Label booklet

This pamphlet’;s 4 pages briefly but efficiently cover the 4 interior and exterior style themes accessible on the new Black Label MKZ and MKC models. As a bonus, it really is recyclable. Or edible. (We consider so, at least.)

Maserati 100th anniversary celebration

This year marks Maserati’;s 100th anniversary, so as you’;d count on, the firm was celebrating in complete force at the L.A. show. The prize for us? 2 booklets, a single of which turned out to be practically 50 pages extended and covers the brand’;s history and its present lineup.

Maserati 100th anniversary celebration

You would not count on Maserati to use ho-hum photography, would you?

2015 Chrysler 300 press kit

2015 Chrysler 300 press kit

2015 Chrysler 300 press kit

Totally free Stuff Alert! This Is the Very best Swag We Nabbed at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show

Basic Pedaler: GM Introduces Free Bike-Sharing Plan at Michigan Tech Center

Appear out, Google: Sufficient Basic Motors employees wanted to arrive at meetings covered in sweat that the firm has introduced a bike-sharing program. Okay, a desire for damp, winded staff almost certainly had much less to do with GM’s selection than the rising recognition of active-workplace programs, but still—up right here in Michigan, it is fairly warm outside.

Employees can now pedal across 330 acres of GM’s technical center in Warren, Michigan, instead of driving or taking a shuttle bus to the 61 buildings on-internet site. While biking on the job is not new—Ferrari workers can ride a lot more than 100 red bikes in Maranello, and a handful of Tesla employees take bikes inside the Fremont, California, factory—GM claims it is the 1st U.S. automaker to offer a formal bike-sharing service.

GM’s fleet consists of white 6-speed unisex bikes offered by Zagster of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The bikes can be reserved and unlocked from a smartphone app, and they even have a neat basket for laptops. We’d have expected GM to offer its personal GMC-branded mountain and road bikes, such as the sportier, low-cost TopKick and Denali 2-wheelers discovered at Wal-Marts, but they would probably have gone “missing” after a matter of days.

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So does GM truly think that bike sharing will replace vehicle ownership or, as sustainability director David Tulauskas put it, that “today’s classic company model of promoting automobiles to person buyers is under threat?” Probably not, but these days, plans to convince white-collar workers to physically exert themselves at the office are “in.” Hey, so extended as we’re not sitting near these folks in a one-hour meeting . . .

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Osborne signals totally free pension advice

21/07/14

By David Hughes

Millions of people will get totally free, impartial guidance on how to make the most of their retirement savings below George Osborne’;s radical shake-up of the pension technique. 

The announcement follows a consultation on the reforms set out in the Spending budget, which elevated the flexibility for individuals to access their pension pots.

Support individuals to make their personal choice

The guidance will be delivered by a variety of independent organisations, such as The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) and the Money Advice Service (MAS).

This follows concerns consumers would not trust info given by organisations with a vested interest in promoting a financial item or service.

Chancellor George Osborne stated: “It is right to assistance tough-operating men and women that have taken the lengthy-term choice to save for their future.

“I’;m pleased that the responses we had to our proposals on producing pensions much more flexible have been overwhelmingly constructive.

“We’;re creating confident that folks have the right assistance to make their personal decision about how best to finance their retirement.

“I am pleased to confirm that absolutely everyone with defined contribution pension savings reaching pension age will get free of charge and impartial guidance on their variety of offered selections.”

Guidance ‘must be separate from the industry’;

In total, 18 million folks will be capable to advantage from the modifications to pensions need to they want to do so, the Treasury mentioned.

From April next year, 300,000 individuals a year with defined contribution pension savings will be in a position to access them as they want when they turn 55, subject to their marginal rate of tax.

The response to the consultation confirmed that the Government will continue to let men and women to transfer from private sector benefit schemes to contribution pension schemes.

This would be topic to 2 new safeguards – a requirement to take suggestions ahead of transferring and new guidance for trustees.

Pensions professional Ros Altmann, the Government’;s older workers’; enterprise champion, stated:

“The choice that guidance need to be impartial and separate from the sector is a genuine game-changer and will assist equip men and women to make the proper decisions for them.

“The challenge is now firmly with the sector to develop the items that men and women want, rather than simply the products they wish to sell.”

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Osborne signals totally free pension advice