Follow Friday - Its a car thing - 10th July

Here we are TGIF except my new commitment to blog my #followfridays means some extra effort again.

At CarCare Direct we are committed to helping the private motorist and small business save money on their servicing, warranty and vehicle purchases. To do this we have a number of strategic partners and a very active interest in the automotive sector..oh all right we love cars! So today's #followfridays are brought to you, in no particular order, with a car related theme:

@Tristian_Young Motoring journalist and editor of one of the better Business and Fleet magazines. The difference about those with a Fleet view is they tend to be more pragmatic than the retail mag journalists. Therefore you get better insight into the ownership story. Also worth following to keep up to date with changes affecting company cars (if you have one of course)

@richardaucock another motoring journalist but one that likes the past as much as today. One of the advantages of following any motor journo is you also get a live feed from whatever launch they are at and Richard is good at posting pics. He also posts other good stuff too.

@BrawnGP the official Brawn site and after the season they've had what a great follow. You've already missed quality tweets about Jensons helmet ( I dread to think what auto follows that post got!) yes it's all F1 with a huge Jenson and Rubi bias but hey a Brit is leading the F1 championship -again!

@DealDrivers actually a partner and I use them to help me when I can't find a car for a client. A proper new car broker that is based on an ethical proposition because they plan to be around for years to come. Some of their posts are a bit cryptic as they "share" tit bits of information around price increases and availability, but this information that they get is quite sensitive so hence why they are careful, but also why worth a follow to keep in the know

@CarDealerEd ok so he's on holiday so his recent tweets look a bit thin but well worth a follow. His mag is for the motortrade and as such gives us, the retail punter, an interesting insight into the challenges and changes facing the franchised and non franchised dealers. Sets the occasional best car type challenge too which is always good for challenging your motoring grey cells

@In51der this is a great blog site full of tales from the motortrade. Sharing tricks of the trade and market trends. This has much more useful tips for the potential retail buyer than any parkers mag could hope to offer plus armed with his information you won't p**s any garages off just help get a good deal and understand the process better.

@ToyotaPR there are a few Car manufacturer PR bods on twitter but Scott is much more engaging and also willing to offer personal opinions and not just talk the corporate line. Toyota are an innovative company and have used twitter as part of their recent prius and IS convertible launches which was a bit of fun listening in and interacting with the actual test drives

If you're into cars then twitter has lots of excellent people to follow. It's also interesting to watch the number of new motor related entrants as manufacturers, dealers and leasing companies explore this medium as a way of engaging with customers. If you follow my #followfriday suggestions you'll be in pole position to keep up to date with these changes

Cool bananas
Martin