How to adjust and use your mirrors.
FEW THINGS IN A CAR are as vital as your rear-view mirrors. They let you see what is happening around your vehicle, and to identify other vehicles or potential hazards that aren’t in your direct
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Football, meat pies and Holden cars… about as dinky di as the Camaro.
NOW THAT WE no longer produce Holdens locally, there’s one myth that we really need to put to bed, once and for all. “We love football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars” was the catchphrase
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They’re the driving habits of other people that we love to hate, but how many of them do you commit?
A STUDY IN THE UK has identified the ten most hated road habits. Taking out top place was talking or texting while driving. Even though it is illegal there as well as here, it is
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Speed kills is the mantra, but a UK study proves otherwise.
ROAD INCIDENTS CONTINUE to be studied, dissected and interpreted, but the findings that speed isn’t the most important factor continue to be denied by Australian authorities. A startling report from the UK, “Licensed to Skill”,
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Audi Driving Experience more approachable
ONE OF THE BEST driving experience programs is run by Audi Australia (under the capable guidance of Steve Pizzati) and it has been announced that for 2019 there will be some changes, including removal of
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Mazda updates the CX-8
MAYBE IT’S JUST a symptom of getting older, but updates and new models seem to come around much more quickly than they once did. Latest to update is Mazda who have made changes to the
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New car sales continue to fall
FOR SOME YEARS, it seemed new car sales in Australia would just keep on increasing, but the trend seems to have stalled. The FCAI (Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries) reports that new vehicle sales for
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Nissan falls into line with five-year warranty.
WE CAN THANK the Koreans, and especially Hyundai in the first instance and more lately Kia, for the longer warranties now being offered by all of the Top 10 car brands. The last hold-out was
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Are fuel companies manipulating prices?
THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A SNEAKING SUSPICION that fuel prices are unrelated to anything other than ensuring oil companies make the biggest profit possible. Of course, the huge excise that governments extract from every litre is
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Front-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive? Does it make a difference?
YOU’VE PROBABLY WONDERED why motoring enthusiasts seem to have a preference for rear-wheel drive vehicles, while most car companies are moving across to front-wheel drive. So, is one better than other? And if so, is
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