How to test drive a new car.
IT IS A CONSTANT SOURCE of amazement that people continue to buy cars without properly test driving them first. Some people are silly enough not to test drive their intended purchase at all! The test
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Is there really an electric car in your future?
IT IS THE HOT TOPIC of the moment, and judging by some of the opinions being thrown around, half of us will be driving electric cars within 20 years. But let’s take a more reasoned
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Depreciation. The hidden cost of car ownership.
MOST NEW CAR BUYERS will research running costs, fuel consumption, servicing costs and a whole host of other expenses, but often overlook the most crippling cost of all: depreciation. We all know the old saw
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How to save money on fuel.
SOME PEOPLE THINK the fuel consumption figure on a new car’s windscreen is an unalterable fact of life, but the simple truth is that most cars’ fuel consumption will vary considerably from the quoted figure.
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In-car electronics may actually contribute to driver distraction.
Touted as being a major step to reducing driver distraction, it appears some new in-car voice control systems are actually making the problem worse. Research conducted by the US AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has
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Invite Big Brother into your car to reduce your insurance premium
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, it hasn’t arrived in Australia as yet, but overseas, drivers are being encouraged to install tracking devices in their vehicles to be rewarded with reduced insurance premiums. It can only
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Drivers aren’t getting the message about distractions.
FORGET THE FATUOUS CLAIM that people are being killed on our roads as a result of speeding, drink driving or failure to wear seat belts (although they are all causes of road fatalities). The real
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Have road safety initiatives really reduced the road toll?
WE ARE OFTEN TOLD how new road rules and safety initiatives are responsible for reducing the annual road toll, but just how effective have they really been? Officials are quick to point to short term
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Need to free up the money tied up in your classic cars?
ONE OF THE THINGS that pushes up the value of classic cars is their investment potential, and while this pushes many of them out of the reach of genuine enthusiasts, it’s a fact of life.
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How to keep pedestrians safe.
ONE THING IS almost certain: in any collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian, the pedestrian will come off worst. Whenever you’re in a vehicle, you have a responsibility to ensure the safety of pedestrians.
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