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Age reminders for female motorists
The elephant in the room for many young motorists is to do with the age of drivers and their ability to keep driving safely into their 80s and 90s. We recognise that it’s hard for some older motorists...
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Thank you Motoring Mums
This post is for Motoring Mums everywhere in time for Mothering Sunday. If someone nudges me nearer the time, we’ll remember motoring dads at Fathers Day, just to be fair… I’m talking about the many...
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Continental Tyres visits Tyretraders new premises in Minworth
As proud sponsors of the FIFA World Cup 2014, Continental Tyres is embarking on a road trip around England, taking a little piece of Brazil to local football fans, including FOXY Ladies we hope, near...
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Are driverless cars the future of motoring?
Ask petrolheads like Jeremy Clarkson if driverless cars have a future and you can imagine the inflamed reply. But will ever more-practical women drivers take such a dim view of these when presented...
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An ideal motoring career for women?
Browsing through some insurance broker websites looking for the evidently female friendly ones to promote to Club members I came across chauffeur plan insurance which started me thinking....
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When your car reaches the end of its working life…
It’s a sad moment when a cherished family car finally reaches the end of its economic life. The MOT tester rubs his chin and shakes his head. He finds it hard to tell you there’s no way it’s going to...
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Why shouldn’t women have their own Haynes Car DIY manual?
Caroline Lake is a female mechanic whose new book, the Haynes Women’s Car DIY Manual will help more of us develop a better understanding of car maintenance. Caroline runs her own garage called...
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Ignorance of the legal limit claim women drivers
In 2013 more than 800 women drivers failed a breathalyser test after an accident. That’s the ones that got caught – clearly not all the females that do this. Simply because they were unable to say no...
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Fuel forecourt fiascos: female vs male drivers
I’m not at all surprised that men are more likely than women to run out of fuel and to fill up with the wrong sort. We hear of this happening a lot so if you were to put the wrong fuel ie petrol in a...
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Are you an independent female motorist?
As you may have noticed from my blogs I usually go out of my way to compliment and encourage women drivers because I honestly believe that the majority of us are good and safe drivers who deserve...
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Let’s pick on women drivers, again, says Erin
Not content with winding women drivers up in November, Erin Baker (Telegraph Cars MD) has posted the same feature again in December about why women drivers drive her mad. And mad she clearly is....
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Treating men and women differently
When you touch on or even mention any gender related subject, such as running a motoring club for women as I do, I accept I won’t please everyone. Maybe it’s the competitive or tribal nature of our...
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Practical car key care tips
It’s all too easy to lose your car key so it can be a shock to discover that a replacement typically costs between £20 and £50 for a blank electronic remote with a blank transponder (the clicking...
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Foxy competition time…
We’re feeling the love and have three great gifts for women to win… 1/ If you’ve missed our Harrod’s Valentine Day champagne and chocolates offer at our Facebook Page (it ends on Wednesday 11 February...
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If you want the job done girls, DIY
New research out today questions the stereotypical image of men doing the pre-holiday vehicle checks before a long journey as 60% of women say they are more likely to be carrying out vehicle checks on...
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Women ‘more likely to drive on short breaks abroad’
The perfect car to drive in Italy we sayIt’s probably fair to say that one thing both women and men have in common is a love of going on holiday. But there might well be some destination differences in...
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Ladies evening in Dunstable
We’re often asked about courses for women who want to know how to DIY re car maintenance so here’s a good one for ladies in Dunstable this time. These are not sales occasions, more community evenings...
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Women drivers and classic cars
The ‘She’s a Beauty’ theme has been given to this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s NEC from 13-15 November. Whilst mostly about the cars, it also celebrates the motoring...
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How do I love thee…
My apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning for the title here… Like you, your car wants to look its best at all times and to feel loved. So seeing as February is the month of love and we women love our...
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Surprising celebrity cars
Celebrity culture influences us all it seems. A guilty pleasure for many (says she), as in reading the likes of OK and Hello magazines in hairdressers, marvelling at the extravagance of celebrity...
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