As the nation looks forward to the 2012 Olympics, up to 3,000 runners are expected to pound the city’s streets and green spaces on the 13.1-mile route. The start line will be situated on Victoria Avenue and the course takes in some of Cambridge’s beautiful landmarks, including the River Cam and Kings College before crossing over the finish line onto Midsummer Common.

We’re pleased to announce that Discount Autoparts’ Trading Director Alex Howard will be amongst the runners. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish Alex and all the other runners the best of luck with the race, which is likely to raise a significant sum of money for Cancer Research UK.

We’d like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all our customers who took the time to vote for us in the competition.

We now await the outcome of the competition, with the winner to be announced at an awards ceremony at Twickenham on Friday 3rd Feb.

This winter, don’t wait until it’s too late – vist us for a FREE battery and alternator test. Our diagnostic equipment can test all lead acid, AGM, sealed and Calcium batteries, highlighting any potential faults which may be developing. We can also test your vehicle’s alternator to  ensure that it can cope with the demands of winter.

Whilst you’re visiting, why not check out our great range of winter products; everything from screen wash and de-icer to jump leads, battery chargers, Silicon upgraded wiper blades and super bright headlight bulbs.

Designed for passing through a plug hole or port to inspect engine internals, Ring’s RBS50 plugs into a USB equipped laptop or PC (Windows XP, ME, 2000,Vista, 7), giving a view on the PC screen from it’s flexible remote camera head.

As well as live video, you can capture an image; great for mechanics to show damage to a customer after inspection, or for emailing whilst a job’s in progress. The unit even comes with a magnetic pickup tool for recovering lost nuts, washers, etc, a mirror for accessing even more obscure angles and a handy hanging tool.

Priced at £49.99, the RBS50 is great value for money and also useful for DIY around the home, checking blocked drains, cable routing under floorboards or in cavity walls, etc.

Wiper Blades

Probably one of the most fundamentally important parts on a vehicle when it comes to safe, clear driver visibility, all too often wiper blades get neglected until they’re beginning to fall apart.

In winter conditions, deteriorating wiper rubbers go hard, screeching and scraping their way across the windscreen, whilst failing to work in the effective manner they should.

Here at DAP, we stock a wide array of quality Valeo wiper blades to fit all common applications, including the newer style flat, flexi blades first seen on Audis and increasingly fitted to newer vehicles.

Headlight Bulbs

Dark winter nights can make for a miserable driving experience. Brighten it up with upgraded headlight bulbs!

Over recent years, bulb manufacturers have made major advances in improving the output of the humble light bulb thanks to Xenon gas and advanced filament technologies.

We stock a wide range of road legal, ‘E’ approved upgrade bulbs from Ring and Osram. These can dramatically improve the light output of your existing headlights; for the ultimate upgrade, ask in store about Ring XenonUltima, which can upgrade your standard headlights by up 120%!

Winter Essentials

If, like us, the first big frost of the season caught you off guard and saw you frantically searching your car for anything vaguely resembling de-icer or an ice scraper, why not pay us a visit and stock up on those winter essentials. We stock value and premium deicers, ice scrapers and screen wash to stop your washer jets icing up on cold mornings.

We also stock products you might not have considered before now, such as frost protection windscreen covers.

Rather than spending time scraping and spraying your screen on cold winter mornings, why not cover it up the night before, then simply remove the cover and drive the next morning. With prices starting from just £3.99, a windscreen cover can also save money over the course of a long winter, as well as being more environmentally friendly, removing the need for endless cans of de-icer, or long periods sat by the roadside with the engine running, waiting for the heater to start working.

Everything else!

Whatever you need for winter driving, we’re likely to keep it in stock, from Snow Chains to snow shovels, road salt, emergency car kits and much, much more. Visit us today, whether it’s for those driving essentials, or a Christmas stocking filler for any driver.

Here at Discount Autoparts, we’ve won the prestigious “Retailer of the Year” award on three separate occasions. This year, for the first time in a number of years, we’re entering again, so need the support of our valued customers in helping to achieve this aim.

Winning this award would help us attract free publicity as well as the prestige of the title itself, which all helps in the current tough economic climate so, if you can spare a few minutes, we’d really appreciate your vote, which can be entered by visiting the following page:

http://www.catmag.co.uk/cat-awards-2012-vote-now

You can find us under section 3. Once you’ve cast your vote, please ensure that you click the “Submit your votes” button, which is slightly hard to find tucked away between sections 7 & 8.

With thanks in advance to everyone who takes the time to vote for us.

Poorboy's Car Care

Manufactured in the USA and widely acclaimed within the modification and tuning world, Poorboy’s range include a wide array of products for general paint care, as well as specialist products for enhancing and protecting paint finishes, wheels and interiors.

Lining up beside Meguiars, AutoGlym and CarPlan products, Poorboy’s makes a great addition to our range, helping to further reinforce our position as Cambridge’s leading supplier of car care products for every budget.

Trailers and Towing

We offer our customers a wide range of towing products and trailers from the leading brands within the marketplace.

Towbars

We supply Witter towbars which are the UK’s leading towbar manufacturer. This brand has the highest standards of design, quality, safety and security for motorists.

For applications not covered by Witter’s range, we can also offer high quality tow bars from Brink and A1 towing, as well as original equipment style Land Rover tow bars from Bearmach.We also provide a fitting service at an extremely competitive price. Please contact us today for a quote.

Trailers

We now stock a range of Maypole general purpose leisure trailers. There are 3 different sizes in the range, all ideal for camping trips, trips to the tip, car boot sales etc. They are designed for easy storage with recessed rear lights allowing you to store the trailer upright in your garage or shed etc. All come with add-on accessories such as covers and high side mesh kits.

Other Towing Accessories

• Mirrors
• Towballs
• Lighting boards
• 7 Pin sockets and plugs
• 7 Core cable

Tools & Garage Equipment

Our store carries a wide range of tools from a selection of good quality brands catering for the professional user or private motorist;

• General maintenance tools
• Tool boxes
• Jacks
• Axle stands
• Car ramps
• Air compressors
• Automotive diagnostic equipment

Draper

Draper Tools has been trading since 1919 and have a reputation of producing good quality tools from a comprehensive range of products that cater for the automotive, industrial, construction and gardening industries. We keep many Draper products on the shelf and are also able to source any non stock items very quickly;

• Builders tools
• Garden tools
• Tool boxes
• Screwdrivers
• Pliers and wrenches
• Automotive tools
• Air tools
• Cutting tools and abrasives
• Engineers precision tools
• Power tools and accessories
• Electrical tools
• Compressors and power washers
• Welding tools

Gunson

Gunson has been renowned for producing simple innovative products, which make life easy for the automotive enthusiast seeking high performance and trouble free motoring. More modern, sophisticated vehicles now require a different type of tool for identifying electronic problems. Gunson have a range of simple, ingenious tools that allow the home mechanic or service engineer to access vital information, without having to spend a fortune;

Diagnostic Equipment;

• Testers
• Multimeters
• Service reset tools
• Fault code readers

Brakes and Wheels Tools;

• Brake fluid testers
• Brake bleeding kits including;
• The ‘Eezibleed’: This system sets the standard for affordable brake and clutch bleeding systems. Using air pressure from a spare wheel it will effortlessly bleed hydraulic systems. There are a number of adaptors available to fit most vehicles with screw cap reservoirs.
• Trakrite wheel alignment gauge;
• ‘Trakrite’ is the simplest, most accurate device for checking the alignment of the wheels of cars and light commercials. This is suitable for the professional user, fleet operator or private motorist.

Performance Testing Tools

• Compression testers
• Timing lights
• Tuning including;
• The ‘Carbalancer’ for multiple carburetor applications, which measures and indicates the air flow very simply and accurately and can improve performance, produce more miles to the gallon and provide smoother and better accelaration.
• The ‘Colortune’ allows you to see into the combustion chamber of the engine and to adjust the mixture simply by colour. Fits most standard petrol engines.

If you’re looking for a specific Gunson product, please contact us and we’ll be happy to confirm whether it’s in stock or, if not, how quickly we can source it.

Sealey

We have access to a large range of Sealey products and carry a small range in stock. Stock items include the currently very popular, great quality ‘Brake flaring tool kit’.

Number Plates

DAP Cambridge Ltd has been a member of the Register of Number Plate Suppliers since its inception. As a registered member, we are able to supply number plates which comply with all current legislation, saving you the hassle of a needless stop by the Police or MOT failure.

In order to supply a number plate, will need to see at least one document from each of the lists below. This will allow us to confirm your name, address and entitlement to the registration number. All documents must be original, not copies.

Documents to confirm your identity

One of the following:

• driving licence, whether or not issued in the United Kingdom (UK) (with or without a photo) – this is preferred because it’s a secure, government-issued document showing both name and address
• a bill issued by your electricity, gas or water supplier, a landline telephone bill, or a council tax bill (current within the last six months)
• a bank or building society statement
• a passport, whether or not issued in the UK
• a national identity card issued by the government of a state or territory other than the UK
• a debit or credit card issued by a bank or building society
• a police warrant card
• an armed forces identity card

Documents to establish your entitlement to the registration number

One of the following:

• vehicle registration certificate (V5C or V5CNI) – these are the preferred documents
• the new keeper supplement (V5C/2 or V5C/2NI) of the registration certificate
• certificate of entitlement (V750)
• retention document (V778)
• vehicle licence renewal form (V11)
• temporary registration certificate (V379)
• authorisation certificate (V948) with an official stamp from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) or Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)
• a letter of authorisation from a fleet operator (including lease or hire company) – the letter must quote the document reference number from the registration certificate, not the vehicle identification number