Which registration office do I have to go to? According to section 46 paragraph 2 of the Vehicle Registration Ordinance, registration, re-registration and deregistration of vehicles by a private person are only possible at the registration authority of the main place of residence. Information on registration and opening hours can be found on the authority's website. Here you can download the document as a "pdf" ...
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In firm hands all round
In firm hands all round BMW's active steering system proves that there is still room for improvement in steering systems. A Swiss company believes it has made the mechanical quantum leap. The functional principle of the PSS steering system, made easy to understand / Automobil Revue The search for a steering system that is as direct as possible, yet stable and smooth-running, has ...
Oils for classic cars
Castrol has developed the "Classic Oil" programme for the special requirements of classic car engines. The range consists of state-of-the-art oils and has been specially produced for the requirements of classic vehicles. The engines of classic vehicles are not comparable with the successor models of today. The load limits are much lower ...
Windscreen repair
In which areas windscreen repair is possible Hopeless cases are impacts larger than a euro coin and located within the hatched area.
Pre-crash: and now total control
Passive safety systems now also intervene before the crash - a new approach to occupant protection. Active safety includes systems that are activated before the accident (ABS, ESP) and passive safety includes systems that are activated after the crash (airbags, belt tensioners). Systems such as Pre-Safe, from specialist TRW ...
Insurance-controlled workshop commitment
Insurance-controlled workshop loyalty Is that what you want? Claims Management Congress 2006 Autohaus Akademie Facts, trends and perspectives in claims management The market for accident claims management has definitely been in a state of upheaval since 2006: in recent months, trend-setting changes have been initiated for claims practice in Germany that represent a greater transformation than in the last ten years. Claims management ...
Auto-emotion and its pitfalls
So test he who binds himself forever - car emotion and its pitfalls DAR 12/2008 By Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Kukuk, Overath Anyone approaching the "object of desire" in the form of a classic car can be helped by serious checklists to cool down the "car emotion" somewhat, which admittedly is almost impossible, as passion for collecting and hunting fever quickly ...
Homage to Schumacher
"A NEW STAR IN THE FORMULA 1 HEAVEN 1991" Michael Schumacher's debut is based on a script worthy of a film. It begins with Jordan driver Bertrand Gachot spraying an English taxi driver with irritant gas in an argument. An English court sentences the hotheaded Belgian to 18 months in prison. Gachot's cockpit is free, and the ...
What happens to pregnant women in a crash?
Nowadays, every passenger in a car is protected by comprehensive safety systems. Only one is not - the unborn child. To get information about what an expectant mother and her unborn baby are exposed to in the event of an accident, Volvo Cars has developed the first official computer model of a "pregnant" dummy. "Now we can see the whole ...
Arbitration board established
As we all know, the wheels of justice grind slowly and an unresolved legal dispute can quickly become an incalculable risk. To prevent this from happening in the first place, BVfK and Deuvet have set up a new arbitration centre. The Bundesverband freier Kfz- Händler (BVfK) and the Bundesverband für Clubs klassischer Fahrzeuge e.V. (Deuvet) have set up a ...
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