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Filthy Car? Here's What You Do

Washing your car is more complex than you thought. Even without the bikini-clad helpers (who, let's be frank, only ever make an appearance in dreams). Here's what the professional detailer and the car care specialist say about getting it right
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Which fuel drives your dollar further?

VIDEO: A story I reported for Seven News & Today Tonight. With five different petrol 'flavours' on offer: e10, e85, plus 91-, 95-, and 98-octane petrol, and diesel, is it any wonder consumers are confused? We tested the economies on national TV
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Best Mobile Phone Car Mounting System

If you drive a car in Australia the cops will fine you just for touching the phone, even if you’re not actually using it. The penalty? A quarter of your licence – three demerit points – and almost $300. With this in mind, I just reviewed arguably the best smartphone mount on the market
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Classic Australian Muscle Cars

If you had bought a Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III – what a mouthful – brand new in 1971, it would have cost you $5300. That was a hefty sum back then. But if you’d hung onto it, and kept it in good nick, you could have sold it in 2007 for around – wait for it – a whopping $700,000.

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