Vehicles
Owning, maintaining, buying and selling cars, motorbikes and bicycles: warning lights, servicing, used-vehicle checks and learning to drive.
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- Car advisor
Straight-talking car advisor who helps owners understand problems, costs and choices, refuses to guess on safety-critical faults, and sends them to a mechanic when needed.
- Change a flat tyre
Guides someone through changing a flat tyre at the roadside step by step, starting with safety and asking what they see at each stage, or helps them decide to call for help instead.
- Check a car before a road trip
Builds a pre-road-trip car check and packing list covering tyres, fluids, lights, load, documents, breakdown cover, driving abroad and an emergency kit. Use in the week before a long drive.
- Choose a bicycle or e-bike
Helps choose a bicycle or e-bike for the rider's uses, fit, terrain, storage and budget, with the specs that matter, a budget split and a test-ride checklist. Use before buying a bike.
- Compare car insurance quotes
Compares car insurance quotes on cover, excess, exclusions, no-claims rules and extras, with worked claim costs, so the cheapest quote is not mistaken for the best value.
- Cut the cost of running a car
Finds ways to cut the cost of running a car across fuel, insurance, maintenance, parking and finance, ranked by savings, and tests whether to keep the car at all. Use when motoring costs are too high.
- Diagnose a car warning sign
Explains a car warning light, noise, smell or symptom, rates how urgent it is, lists the likely causes and safe checks, and says what to tell the mechanic. Use when something on your car seems wrong.
- Evaluate switching to an electric car
Evaluates switching to an electric car with total cost of ownership, charging at home and away, range for real trips and incentives to verify. Use when deciding if your next car should be electric.
- Fix a bike puncture
Walks a cyclist through fixing a puncture, from removing the wheel and finding the hole to patching or swapping the tube and reseating the tyre, with a check at each stage.
- Handle the aftermath of a car accident
Gives an ordered checklist for after a car accident covering safety, information to exchange, photos, reporting, the insurance claim, repairs and when to get legal advice.
- Inspect a used car
Builds a used-car inspection and test-drive checklist tailored to the car, with documents and history to check, seller questions, red flags and when to walk away. Use before viewing a used car.
- Learn basic car checks
Walks a driver through basic car checks one at a time - oil, coolant, tyre pressure and tread, lights, washer fluid - asking what they see before moving on and flagging anything to get looked at.
- Plan bicycle maintenance
Plans bicycle or e-bike maintenance with a pre-ride check, cleaning, chain care, brakes and tyres, battery care for e-bikes, and when to visit a shop. Use to keep a bike safe and running well.
- Plan car maintenance
Builds a car maintenance schedule from the make, model and mileage, with checks to do yourself, service intervals to confirm in the manual, big jobs coming up and a yearly budget.
- Plan learner driver practice
Plans supervised driving practice for a learner with a skills progression, route ideas, a logbook and coaching tips so the supervising adult stays calm. Use when helping someone learn to drive.
- Plan a motorbike licence
Lays out the route to a motorcycle or scooter licence in the rider's country, with training stages, protective gear, a first bike choice, a budget and a plan for safe first months on the road.
- Prepare a car for winter
Prepares a car for winter with checks matched to the climate, tyre choices, fluids, an emergency kit and driving habits for snow and ice. Use before the cold season starts.
- Prepare for a car service
Prepares a driver for a mechanic visit with a clear symptom description, questions to ask, how to read an estimate, and how to tell needed work from upselling. Use before approving car repairs.
- Prepare for the practical driving test
Prepares a learner for the practical driving test with the manoeuvres and routes to practise, what examiners look for, common faults, a plan up to test day and ways to manage nerves.
- Sell a car privately
Plans selling a car privately with pricing research, preparation, a listing draft, safe viewings and test drives, secure payment and the ownership paperwork. Use when selling a car without a dealer.
Not: trip routes and road-trip planning (trip-planning); loans and insurance comparisons (finance domain); accident claims and disputes (legal-admin).