Just five minutes once a fortnight can save you hundreds in premature wear, and (potentially) thousands in big-ticket repairs. What have you got to lose?
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The great 5yr warranty tsunami of 2019 has washed up on Australia shores earlier than expected. What does it mean for you?
Read MoreCars are demonised increasingly, but exactly how big - as a proportion of the overall greenhouse problem - are the carbon dioxide emissions from cars, according to official data?
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Coming up, the contract killer’s guide to backing out of buying a car, once you’ve stupidly, shamefully signed a contract and paid a deposit. A lot of people do that…
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What you need to know when the dealer tells you to run premium petrol to prevent your engine from ‘clogging up’: Classic misinformation…
Read MoreVW, Ford, Hyundai, etc., are pumping themselves up, literally, with the hi-tech miracle of so-called overboost - but what exactly is it?
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Australia has 51 automotive brands selling passenger vehicles. Let’s shred that list, so you don’t buy the wrong new car
Read MoreIs all the clever tech in your shiny new car helping or hindering your attention to the core driving process? Do you even know what all the beeps and chimes mean?
Read More2019 lemon list - the essential guide to the cars and brands to avoid buying in 2019. Unless of course you’re a masochist, in which case, knock yourself out. Literally
Read MoreThis is a dead-easy mistake to make - especially if you are new to diesel. And it can cost you an arm and a leg. Worst-case scenario: you’ll be on the hook for $10,000+
Read MoreWarming up your car up before driving it: With a modern car is this a good idea or bad idea?
Read MoreCars have become astonishingly reliable and durable - as evidenced by the proliferation of 12-month service intervals. But these do have a dark side…
Read MoreThis is where price and perception strap on their Wonderbra to convince you that the product is far more desirable than it actually is. Is it costing you thousands?
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Why don’t we go 100 per cent ‘bush mechanic’ and run our diesel cars on kerosene? That’s a question from you - well, one of you at least.
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Battery-powered CEO Elon Musk just smoked the most expensive joint in history - live. Unfortunately, a new high for the $20 billion space boy also means a new low for Tesla shareholders
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The ACCC channels Faust, while VW’s lawyers train for the 100m ‘bend at the waist’ at the Tokyo Olympiad - metaphorically. Move over Cirque du Soleil...
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Will our fine regulators here in Shitsville follow in the knee-jerking footsteps of the Eurostanis and ban diesels in our so-called cities? Let's find out if that might work
Read MoreBanning diesel would be practically impossible here in ‘Straya. Politically impossible and logistically very difficult
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ANCAP (the crash testing dudes) have lost the plot, and it's time we said 'enough' to their mentally retarded safety ratings nonsense. Because they used to make sense
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Dealing with a new car dealer: So much fun. Like taking a toothpick to a knife fight in a phone box. Let’s deconstruct a classic rip-off that happened just last week
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