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Suzuki SX4 Expert Northern Beaches
Suzuki
Dannie Lyman

Suzuki SX4 Review

The SX4 is the love child of both Suzuki and Fiat. This compact small four wheel drive is a very unique vehicle that for the most part is considered somewhat unnecessary. There is nothing overtly wrong with the vehicles with only a few common known faults that are not expensive to have rectified when compared

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Subaru Recall
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Massive Subaru Engine Recall

Hats off to Subaru. When a recurring problem presented itself Subaru decided to do the right thing by its consumers and develop a repair for the fault and then issued a global recall on the issue. Unlike Ford with the dreaded power shift transmission issues. almost 400,000 Subarus globally and some Toyotas that share the

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Holden Barina Review
Holden
Dannie Lyman

Holden TM Barina Review

The TM Barina runs in the same engine family as the Astra, the Cruze and the Trax and frankly they are not much chop. This vehicle is manufactured on a budget, the result is you can buy a car and drive away in it brand new for around $15K. The only way the manufactures are

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Ford Focus expert Northern Beaches
Ford
Dannie Lyman

Ford Focus Review (Third Generation) DO NOT BUY

The third generation of the Focus covers vehicles released between 2011-2018 and comes with a warning. Do not buy these cars. There is currently all sorts of legal carry on happening with the Focus powershift transmissions after the ACCc got involved and slapped Ford with a Fine. Currently the world is waiting and watching what

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Ford Focus Review
Ford
Dannie Lyman

Ford Focus Review (Second Generation)

There are four generations of the Focus. The first is atrocious, the third comes complete with a rubbish transmission from factory and the fourth is so new we are holding our breath to see how average it truly can be. Time will tell. The second generation is the model we are reviewing here. The year

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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

The Best Cars For Students

Here is a list of our mechanical opinion of the best vehicles for students. University or high school students are known for having a wardrobe on the back seat, several sets of shoes in the boot and almost no money. For this reason we have listed the best vehicles for these people solely based on

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Kia Carnival Review
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Kia Carnival Review

This article relates to the second generation of Kia Carnival which was released between 2006 and 2014. Through the years of 2007 and 2013 the Carnival was the top selling people mover in Australia. The vehicle came with a variety of different engine sizes, diesel and petrol and both manual and automatic. The long and

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mini expert northern beaches
BMW
Dannie Lyman

Mini Review

The mini released in Australia between 2001 and 2014 is in fact produced by BMW and is no longer “mini” Now a full sized motor vehicle. Mechanically these cars are a complete disaster. We only advise buying one if you absolutely love the cult classic vehicle and have spare change in the vicinity of two

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Subaru Impreza Review
Subaru
Dannie Lyman

Subaru Impreza Review

The Subaru is an exceptional vehicle. For most however the XV is probably unnecessary. The impreza and the XV are basically the same car. The XV comes with a few extra features and is a couple of inches higher off the ground. For those few features and a bit of extra ground clearance you do

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