Is your car pet friendly?
Pets have become part of the family, so when you travel by car, often they will too. Here’s how to travel with pets, safe for them, safe for you. IT PROBABLY ISN’T SOMETHING top of
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Author: murrellp@bigpond.com
Police ignoring guidelines for speed cameras
AS WITH ANY piece of equipment, there are guidelines on how radar and speed cameras should be used. However, these guidelines are being ignored, and motorists are being unfairly (and possibly illegally) penalised as a
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Nine most common mistakes drivers make every day.
Despite the cavalier way we approach it, driving a motor vehicle is probably the most dangerous thing we do on a daily basis. THINGS ARE definitely improving, with the number of fatalities steadily falling across
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Ten new car features that buyers really don’t like.
MOST CAR REVIEWS blather on about all the wonderful new technology that’s fitted to the latest model, but talk to owners and you quickly learn that a lot of the so-called features are superfluous to
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How many bad habits are learners picking up from mum and dad?
ACCORDING TO RESEARCH released recently by the RACQ, more mothers are teaching learners to drive than any other supervisor. More than 53 percent of learners surveyed reported they were mainly supervised by their mums or
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Motorists unable to identify brake warning lights.
A SURVEY OF 1000 British motorists (and sure to yield similar results if held in Australia) has highlighted a worrying lack of knowledge when it comes to car maintenance, warning lights and habits. The survey
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Aussie car buyers bitter about lemon laws.
WHILE OVERSEAS CAR BUYERS are well protected with so-called “lemon laws” if they buy a vehicle with documented faults, Australian buyers have no such protection. Some time ago, we suggested there might be hope on
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Reader enquiry: What are those holey things on the Citroen C5 Aircross?
“Are those ‘holey’ things under the doors vent-type thingies or just aesthetics? I wonder if they might also be foot holes, rather than a ledge? if so, presumably they will be able to take the
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Fiat announces another limited edition 500
IT’S GETTING SO ALMOST every Fiat 500 on Australian roads is a special model or a limited edition of some sort. Now Fiat Australia has announced the release of the Fiat 500 and 500C Collezione
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Audi Q3 Sportback here in 2020
FURTHER BLURRING THE LINES between models, Audi is adding a compact SUV with coupé styling to its model range with the Audi Q3 Sportback. The new model combines the convenience of an SUV with the
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