Missy Cummings - one of the US Navy’s first-ever female fighter pilots, who’s an engineering professor at Duke University, rained all over the car industry’s robot car parade, at a recent US Senate Commerce Committee hearing.
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Here’s a thing of beauty and a joy to behold. If you’ve always wanted a Bugatti Veyron but had a problem with the million-dollar-plus pricetag, eBay has the answer for you … as long as you don’t mind cutting a few corners.
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You’re parked on the filling station forecourt: You want cheap fuel. Which petrol is really cheapest? Which one drives your dollar further? Let’s see.
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GM Holden, Ford and Audi took podium positions on the local lemon cars list, according to Choice - which is like Consumer Reports in the USA, only with anorexia. About two thirds of these vehicles have problems in the first five years - Holden worst, then Ford and Audi - and about one in seven overall of those problems were major.
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The heat in a closed car can be fatal for your pet - in minutes. Here's what you need to know this summer.
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HSV's recent GTS-R speculation made ninety-nine out of 100 motoring journalists wet themselves spontaneously … but it’s really a joke on bogans
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if you grease nuts/bolts it can increase the torque by 20% I don't know if the mfg figures given are for greased or not
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Forced induction is set to get even more popular, and hybrid turbochargers could be tomorrow’s new black
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Fed up with poor car company customer service? These people - and many more - have launched hugely effective anti-marketing campaigns online...
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I want Volkswagen to fix this issue or provide some serious support in trading the car. I am also considering suing them if there is a reasonable chance that this would produce a useful outcome. Advice?
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I got my vehicle serviced by Jeep and noticed they scratched the one of the wheels. When I brought this up, they said the damage was already there. How should I approach this?
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Hyundai Tucson's recent four-star safety score is, in a sense a bad look for ANCAP, the privately owned but publicly funded Australasian New Car Assessment Program. Take a look why...
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How car industry spin doctors deploy weapons-grade bullshit on consumers, at considerable expense, over allegedly counterfeit alloy wheels...
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Find out the real reason why too many car dealerships will refuse your legitimate warranty claims - and then you can smash them into submission
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If you're in the market for a new car, here's why you absolutely should not trust a car of the year award. Not even as far as Mr Puniverse could throw it.
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Are Subaru EyeSight windscreens more vulnerable to damage?
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Did Volkswagen just prove diesel is fundamentally dirty?
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Consumer Reports surveyed almost three quarters of a million new car owners to find the least reliable cars. Here they are (at least the Aussie-applicable ones).
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Let’s cut through all the BS surrounding octane rating, and figure out the cheapest fuel for your car. Many car owners simply don't need premium.
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