Lets cut straight to the chase. The days of replacing the brake pads on their own or getting your brakes “relined” went out with bell bottom pants and Go-go boots. The average customer does not understand this and is often upset at the cost of a brake replacement repair. The cause for this is a…
As an authorised Blue slip inspection station we deal with our fair share of trailers. There is no one size fits all, everything from campers, boat trailers, caravans and even DIY fabricated rickety metal frames welded together by some retired presbyterian minister. Whilst a lot of what we see is about as road legal as…
With the closure of the last of Australian vehicle manufacturers in recent years companies are now forced to look else where for their fleets. Not excluded from this issue is the federal government. Currently the fleet of vehicles used to ship MP’s judges and other important, mildly overweight governing officials and dignities around is the…
Anyone who has inhabited this world long enough to remember Belinda on Play School will by now have come to terms with the fact that owning and running a motor vehicle of any type is expensive. There are certain makes and models that amplify this “cost of living” but that is a conversation for another…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Isuzu Motors has announced its plan to increase the price of its range of D-MAX pick-ups and MU-X SUV with effect from 01 January 2019. The company has announced that the overall prices will go up by 1 to 2 percent for the commercial range – D-MAX Regular Cab & D-Max S-Cab, while prices of…