Bending over your car on the side of the road, there are people driving by checking you out. Do you want to look cool, calm and in the know? Or do you want to look defeated? Changing a tyre sounds like a daunting task, but it’s not so bad if you know what to do.
As you head off campus for your summer break make sure you are ready for anything that might come your way. We at www.studentvillage.co.za want to make sure you know what’s going on and that you get to your …

Many people see their cars as (extended) members of their families, and for some, an extension of who they are.
People will give their cars names or worse, when their cars get scratched – it is assumed that it also suffers some sort of emotional trauma, and you’ll find people begging their cars for forgiveness…
That said – why is it that cleanliness isn’t high on people’s to-do list for their cars? Why don’t people wash their cars as religiously as they wash their own bodies? If you feel the need to …

Unless you’re super smart, because you’re a student on campus, you should be roughly around the age of 18 years. One of the greatest milestones of turning 18 in South Africa is that you finally qualify to get your driver’s license!
A driver’s license is your pass to show that you’re capable of driving designated automobiles…in other words: you can drive.
Getting your driver’s license is not only your legal right to drive on South African roads – but it opens a number of doors, namely; convincing your parents to help you …

Getting into gear, and accelerating.
Recession or no recession – one needs to catch a ride!
Considering the economic climate, getting a car isn’t as easy as it use to be. Not with the credit acts and affordability restrictions. We can all enter a win-a-car competition daily – but that’ll just reduce our chances of winning. So until I win the lotto, I need to start getting my gear in check and buy a second hand car!
Like many of you on campus – I don’t do a lot of travelling. I use …